Well, the paper Rich gave me explaining how I should feel during this first week on the protocol is very accurate. It said that days 3 and 4 are the hardest because my body is using up the last of its glucose stores. I slept for eight hours, then woke up for a shake, slept for another five hours, and had another shake. I'm still not experiencing the ravenous hunger I usually get when I am eating a calorie restricted diet, and that is really good.
I'd like to talk about a quote that's been making the rounds on my friend's Facebook pages. The quote is "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." This is a pro-anorexia quote. It's on most pro-ana and pro-mia websites. Google the phrase and you'll see how connected it is to those eating disorders. Please, don't use this phrase to describe what weight loss has meant to you or what you are trying to achieve through weight loss.
To be honest, I never want to be skinny. That term does not have healthy connotations associated with it. Think about the word "skinny" - does it bring to mind anything close to what a normal person (woman especially) could, would, and should look like? No! At least for me, it brings to mind Twiggy, Kate Moss, and any other sickly thin model that acts as a eating-disorder inducing role model.
Thin, slender, healthy, curvy, sexy, hot, the list goes on for defining exactly how a woman's body should look. Maybe the label women really need to look for is this one - happy.
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