I was surprised at how little I craved that absent sweet 'sugar hit', but I think that, over time, the monotony of my diet would have depressed me. I had half-hoped that, when I reintroduced my treats, I would have an enhanced sugar taste, making them taste all the sweeter...but this hasn't happened. Perhaps if I had kept it up for longer, my tastes would have changed but I don't particularly want to find out!
Yet I did notice a definite change in my energy levels. The mid-afternoon slump was greatly diminished and I felt less nauseous when my alarm jerked me out of bed each morning, after too little sleep once again. But on the flip slide I have been generally a bit more drained and weary this week and feeling forced to go to the gym most days feels a real drudge. However I can't say for sure whether this is due to a lack of ready glucose for my muscles, chronic sleep deprivation or overdoing it...I have noticed that I am developing a problem because I don't rank a weight-training workout as highly as a cardio one. As a result, I have occasionally "just done a few weights" on a rest day, feeling that these don't really count as proper exercise. It was such a momentous change to introduce two rest days a week and my hold is beginning to slip. I know this is dangerous - once it becomes habitual to work out almost every day, it rapidly becomes almost impossible for me to tolerate a day off without feeling grossly fat and lazy.
I'm shattered - time for bed! Thanks for reading!
Feeding some of my leftover Weetabix to our new "pets" at work...
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