[quote]Qaash wrote:
Day 10
I dreamed about food [/quote]
You may be dreaming about food but back in reality your body is shaping up. Stick with it, it sucks but is well worth it.
I’d rather dream about food, then in real life drink protein shakes and be lean than dream about being lean and in real life eat food and not have the body I want.
Agree?
[quote]Qaash wrote:
Oddly enough, i always felt full last week with my meals but today I’ve actually gotten hungry. The meal schedules are essential spaced out the same as last week but now i do get hungry and have to have a shake ASAP.[/quote]
I feel like at first your body doesn’t know why the hell you aren’t eating the normal stuff you eat and kinda starts out slow accepting the protein shakes and flax as all the food its gonna get. After about 11-13 days your body really zones in to use them as fuel and you see a little bit of delayed fat loss due to this effect, or at least it seems this way. And for the first time in your life, you actually can crave a protein shake.
Weird stuff eh?
[quote]Qaash wrote:
…I dreamed about food [/quote]
So what was the dream? was the food attacking you?
[quote]downwardog wrote:
Qaash wrote:
…I dreamed about food
So what was the dream? was the food attacking you?
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No, it didn’t attack me but I went on a binge after accidentally eating one fry and started justifying other lapses in control…until I realized I was dreaming.
[quote]Higgins wrote:
Qaash wrote:
Day 10
I dreamed about food
You may be dreaming about food but back in reality your body is shaping up. Stick with it, it sucks but is well worth it.
I’d rather dream about food, then in real life drink protein shakes and be lean than dream about being lean and in real life eat food and not have the body I want.
Agree?[/quote]
Affirmitively
Thats so weird because when I was on week 2 I had 2 different dreams about cheating then binging and getting really upset but then realized it was a dream…weird.
Day 10 continued…
Today the mental challenge began. I’m still on jury duty and today I seriously thought about cheating. One of the jurors had a lunch from Blimpies and it smelled so good. I almost asked for a potato chip…then another juror came back with a huge turkey sandwich and offered half cause it was so big, talk about temptation…the whole time in my head I’m thinking it wouldn’t hurt to have a piece or half a sandwich plus the damn dream didn’t help much either…I didn’t have any, just drank my shake thought of something else…but it was hard.
[quote]GetSwole wrote:
Thats so weird because when I was on week 2 I had 2 different dreams about cheating then binging and getting really upset but then realized it was a dream…weird.[/quote]
It sucked cause the very things from the dream happened today…it’s really a mental game for me now…not cheating and justifying it to myself.
Hey Qaash,
Glad you made it through your most recent trial, and since I only have experience with those kind of feelings on a solid food diet, I can only imagine how strong they are when essentially everything that isnt a shake is cheating!
[quote]Sayjin wrote:
Hey Qaash,
Glad you made it through your most recent trial, and since I only have experience with those kind of feelings on a solid food diet, I can only imagine how strong they are when essentially everything that isnt a shake is cheating![/quote]
Thanks Sayjin, love the avatar by the way…this was the first real instance where I thought about it and now my body’s realizing there are no carbs essentially coming in, its starting to act up.
[quote]GetSwole wrote:
Thats so weird because when I was on week 2 I had 2 different dreams about cheating then binging and getting really upset but then realized it was a dream…weird.[/quote]
Before I realized it was a dream I was so disgusted with myself…I felt like such a looser after the money I shelled out for this to give in in only the second week.
Workout
Circuit 1- reps increased by one
Db shoulder press lunge: 4x25#x5
Bb Hang clean: 4x80#x5…these were really ugly tonight. My form was all over the place…gotta watch more videos.
One-arm Db rows: 4x65#x5
30 seconds rest between sets
Circuit 2
Close-grip bench press: 4x135#x5
Bb curls: 4x70#x5
Bb front squat: 4x100#x5
30 seconds rest between sets
Plank: 2x100sec.
Post weight session 3 BCAAs
NEPA walk on treadmill 20 minutes @ 4 degrees incline 3.5mph…I missed my regular session this morning so i made it up after my workout and drinking Surge Recovery as I type this.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
Before I realized it was a dream I was so disgusted with myself…I felt like such a looser after the money I shelled out for this to give in in only the second week.[/quote]
I believe this is the reason at the core of why people keep overeating.
People go on a diet undereat have cravings, eat and then beat themselves down because of it.
It becomes a cycle of failure that doesn’t end without a serious intervention.
The good news is you have found it! Your tool to make the needed changes.
I’m looking forward to reading your thread on day 28!
bill
[quote]Qaash wrote:
No, it didn’t attack me but I went on a binge after accidentally eating one fry and started justifying other lapses in control…until I realized I was dreaming.[/quote]
Lucid dreaming, then. Cool. You’re becoming more conscious then, in your waking AND sleep life.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
It sucked cause the very things from the dream happened today…it’s really a mental game for me now…not cheating and justifying it to myself.[/quote]
You’re killing the cheating/justifying part of yourself. He’s going to struggle to stay alive by tricking you but you’re going to win and he’ll be gone for good.
Be sure to finish the job.
Be pure and Spartan.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
Before I realized it was a dream I was so disgusted with myself…I felt like such a looser after the money I shelled out for this to give in in only the second week.[/quote]
That’s exactly where it wants you: feeling bad and disgusted and unable to break from the habitual. It’s the saboteur within you. Kick it to the curb.
Day 11
Today was a good day…no thoughts of cheating or excess hunger…meals went as scheduled. Finally got a bottle of fiber choice tabs…so I can chew on these when I get hunger pangs…
Thanks to all for checking in on me…you help keep me honest.
Day 12
HOT-ROX & BCAAs
Meal 1: chocolate Metabolic Drive with flax and 3 flame out caps
Meal 2: strawberry Metabolic Drive
I have to say that the HRX have really kicked in. I’m definitely more alert during the day…even during those court sessions.
[quote]TheWookiee wrote:
I am just a day behind you, Qaash. Like you it isn’t melting off scale-weight-wise, but I have noticed significant strength/muscle gains. I had been eating like you: Basically T-Dawg with the occasional cheat meal (er, and beer). I didn’t see a big water-weight loss - just slow and steady, but my pants are looser, I’m hitting new highs on weight volumes, and I can see the moobs & love handles shrinking. Shugart and I chatted about it briefly and we think it might be that I am getting more quality protein than before and luckily for me I put on muscle faster than some (no complaints!). He suggested I focus on the tape measurement around the love handle section of my midsection as a way to judge fat loss.
Oh, and for the moobs I have been focusing a little more on incline and close-grip bench presses as I recall Thib suggesting it.[/quote]
You’re definitely right about using the tape measure as opposed to the scale…I’m putting more stock in actual measurements…I’ve done it periodically during the week and the differences are more evident with the tape measure. Coach Thibs had an article about using declines as well for overall chest development.