04-26-2012, 09:23 PM
So, I have been sort of absent from the forums for some time now... partly because I have not had a lot of results to report, partly because life got hectic. But I've had some interesting things happen in the past few weeks that I wanted to share.
I am on stage 3 (should have moved on by now to stage 4, but more on that in a second) and about midway through stage 3, I started to notice an increase in cravings of "bad" food- fast food, sweet things, etc... I did not always indulge in whatever it was I was craving (though a few times I did), but it was not what I wanted to be feeling.
Now, we move forward a few weeks to the present... I have been listening to stage 3 about 4 days longer than I should have- kind of because i forgot, kind of because I'm lazy, kind of because of technical difficulties... BUT. I have noticed some startling things in the last 3 days!
For about the last 3 days consistently, I have had very odd feelings towards food.
First of all, I thought it was really strange to begin with that literally in the last 3 days, every single day, my thoughts/feelings towards food have changed so VASTLY! The only thing i can think of that has changed in that time period is that its the amount of days I've listened to stage 3 beyond what I should.
Today, for example, i ate two sausage burritos from mcdonalds earlier for breakfast- not the best choice, but going by their nutritional info, not too bad at all...
and then about an hour ago (which was around 11pm), i realized that i literally had not eaten anything else all day (though i had been drinking water, had one pepsi next and some Perrier). Hadn't thought about food. Knew i SHOULD eat something, expecially after testing my blood sugar and finding it for the first time in a LLOOOOOOOONNG time not just normal but on the low end of normal....
So, i made a small amount of cheese and crackers, wasnt too excited about eating them but ate them anyway.
The weirdest thing of all... its not that I'm not hungry. I can actually feel a little hunger right now, I just dont CARE.
I may have another small something before bed, I may not... either way, it really deosnt bother me.
This is the strangest thing I have experienced since I started using Shannon's subs, at least from my perspective...
Why on earth is this happening from a prolonged used of stage 3?
Does that mean i shouldn't move on to 4 yet? Or does that mean its a sign I SHOULD move on immediately?
I am definitely a little confused by the last few days... but I have to say, its been pretty darn nice not thinking about food all of the time! And SUCH a foreign concept for someone like me, which is why I just can't get over it.
Any thoughts, Shannon? Or anyone else?
I am on stage 3 (should have moved on by now to stage 4, but more on that in a second) and about midway through stage 3, I started to notice an increase in cravings of "bad" food- fast food, sweet things, etc... I did not always indulge in whatever it was I was craving (though a few times I did), but it was not what I wanted to be feeling.
Now, we move forward a few weeks to the present... I have been listening to stage 3 about 4 days longer than I should have- kind of because i forgot, kind of because I'm lazy, kind of because of technical difficulties... BUT. I have noticed some startling things in the last 3 days!
For about the last 3 days consistently, I have had very odd feelings towards food.
First of all, I thought it was really strange to begin with that literally in the last 3 days, every single day, my thoughts/feelings towards food have changed so VASTLY! The only thing i can think of that has changed in that time period is that its the amount of days I've listened to stage 3 beyond what I should.
Today, for example, i ate two sausage burritos from mcdonalds earlier for breakfast- not the best choice, but going by their nutritional info, not too bad at all...
and then about an hour ago (which was around 11pm), i realized that i literally had not eaten anything else all day (though i had been drinking water, had one pepsi next and some Perrier). Hadn't thought about food. Knew i SHOULD eat something, expecially after testing my blood sugar and finding it for the first time in a LLOOOOOOOONNG time not just normal but on the low end of normal....
So, i made a small amount of cheese and crackers, wasnt too excited about eating them but ate them anyway.
The weirdest thing of all... its not that I'm not hungry. I can actually feel a little hunger right now, I just dont CARE.
I may have another small something before bed, I may not... either way, it really deosnt bother me.
This is the strangest thing I have experienced since I started using Shannon's subs, at least from my perspective...
Why on earth is this happening from a prolonged used of stage 3?
Does that mean i shouldn't move on to 4 yet? Or does that mean its a sign I SHOULD move on immediately?
I am definitely a little confused by the last few days... but I have to say, its been pretty darn nice not thinking about food all of the time! And SUCH a foreign concept for someone like me, which is why I just can't get over it.
Any thoughts, Shannon? Or anyone else?