I'm reading this book right now, callled the "4 Day Win." Premise is basically that diets don't work... you have to change the way you think about food in order to succeed. The author talks about Polar Bears, and starvation mode. Basically Polar Bears will eat everything that they can get their paws on, because they know there will be a time shortly when there won't be enough to eat. This is the same way that diets make you feel, you are immediately into starvation mode, which means that in many cases you will do the opposite of dieting. You will put away as much food as possible in order to avoid "starvation."
This is an interesting idea as I approach lifestyle modification. I am totally on board that deprivation will create an insane desire to overeat..... even thinking about deprivation launches me into planning my next meal. You'd think I grew up in the Depression, or that my parents didn't feed me. Believe me, neither are the case.
I am an expert dieter. I can regurgitate ww points values until the cows come home. I think the big challenge for me this time is changing the way I think about food. Food is fuel. Period.
The last couple of days have been pretty good. I've done ok on the food front, and have hit cardio every day. Its been a nice surprise that the gym has not killed me as I thought it would. I'm going to pick up strength training again next week, wanted to get a headstart with cardio first. Sucks to be the fat girl at the gym again, but so be it. I'm trying to find the lessons in starting over again.
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