Day 4- Digging in

Today was tough and successful at the same time. Tough because I stuck to my intended plan and schedule despite feeling fatigued, hungry, and generally whiny about the whole thing.

Today was successful because I stuck to my intended plan and schedule despite feeling fatigued, hungry, and generally whiny about the whole thing.

Weird how that works.

As a huge bonus, I was super productive on the book project. Not sure I hit my goal of twenty stories for the day, but I cranked out some stuff I’m proud of, so I’m going to cut myself some slack in that one area.

I kept to my schedule, pretty much to the minute until 2 pm. That’s when the wheels fell off of my energy level and I crashed. When your body throws both middle fingers up at you and basically says, “bruh, what are we doing here? I don’t like this.” It’s best to pay attention. I took a 45-minute rest and was back at it by 3 pm with renewed energy.

I feel sure it’s from the sugar withdrawal. It’s a powerful force to deal with for the first few days, but I’ve been here before and know to expect it.

I want to change my attitude about these 10,000 steps. They feel like a chore, even though I have some wonderful walking trails that stretch for miles around here. When I’m out walking there is a part of me that feels like I’m being unproductive. I have about 400 more steps to go to hit the daily goal, but I can usually do that indoors. this house is huge and just getting from one place to another takes steps.

I realized I hadn’t talked much about food. Damn, I’m hungry right now. Not so much physically, my body feels pretty good, but my brain wants to feel full for some reason and my tastebuds miss pizza. A lot.

Today’s meal was basic. I brought some homemade Brunswick stew I had in the freezer and added a good bit of rotisserie chicken to it, added two mini cucumbers to that, and called it a day. It filled me way up. Tomorrow will be similar.

I’ve been drinking water like it’s my job. Mostly to keep hunger at bay, but also because I’m thirsty a lot. Wouldn’t hurt to add in some electrolytes to avoid the keto flu that might creep up in weeks three or four when my body goes into overdrive burning fat for fuel.

The only thing left to check off for today is the final 15-minute session of meditation. I did 15 minutes this morning, and while it was not wildly different than my typical 10 minutes, I’m not sure I’m ready to triple my usual sitting time overnight. Especially not with all of this other stuff I’m trying to get right.

I’m happy with how today went. I feel like I made progress in this experiment and my growth. I certainly got closer to my goals today than I have in the previous three combined, and that’s a good feeling.