Find motivation and information in places like Reddit (despite what you may have heard, it’s an oddly supportive community), and information wherever you can whether that's from a trusted friend, a nutritionist, or doctor. Use what resources you can, you have the internet (I guess, since you’re reading this internet-only article). I can only tell you that educating yourself about your diet will aid you enormously in your quest for fitness. I wish I could churn out a list of foods that would magically transform your midsection (along with exercise, there's no escaping that), but I can’t. But, the six pack I’d started out for? Not quite yet. I’m leaving with a massively stronger understanding of what foods work well for my body, the amount of work required to really achieve fitness goals, and yes, a better looking body. (You don’t know the sheer joy of eating almonds until you can't have them.) I looked forward to my bi-weekly check-ins with CRF that would usher in a new chapter of foods to eat. My body literally felt like a lean machine, running like an efficient, clean, and well-oiled contraption. Eventually, the rhythm became less of a challenge, and bordered on enjoyable. And it was far more enjoyable to sit at home than to weather questions about why I was abstaining from alcohol, or the mind numbingly dull queries from the person who just started paleo and wanted to know all about what diet I was on. It seemed easier to avoid hanging out with people who would tempt me with “bites” of their dessert or try and persuade me to drink. I found clever excuses for avoiding the now-complicated meals out such as “No,” and “I’m tired,” or simply not responding and crying. Slowly, life settled into a rhythm of sleeping (rest is extremely important when it comes to getting fit and healthy), exercising, eating, working, and eating. For the night, I’d have to make due with their company to enjoy myself. As I said, I was born to eat, and eating with people, drinking with people, and sharing meals of food I love (food I was currently resisting) is perhaps my favorite past time. And in the midst of this reunion with old friends, that sort of made sense, especially when gazing at a menu full of mouthwatering steak, fried morsels of heaven, and a cocktail list I desperately wanted to order from. My former boss pondered that for a moment and said she knew it to be true, but she also mentioned that these people tended to be boring because they didn’t enjoy themselves as often as they should. Especially if they’re past, 25, let’s say. I told them about everything that I’d learned, and explained that whenever they see somebody who has shredded abs, or is in insanely good shape, that they’ve got no idea how much work that person has put in, how much they deny themselves, and how dedicated they are. They heard all about the diet after a flurry of questions when I ordered a club soda with lime at the bar. I desperately wanted to go to a real-live restaurant, and of course, see my friends. I'd been cooped up in my apartment alone for so long and one was visiting from out of town. If you’re setting off on a similar path, be prepared for mountains of suck, at least in the beginning.Ī little into this thing I had dinner with my old colleagues. It’s the natural state of denying yourself what you want, and the chemical reality associated with withdrawal. That unwelcome fatigue was my body on low-carb mode and low energy, and it completely sucked. My body was in withdrawal, and things I once found simple in the gym were suddenly monumentally hard. My head pounded, I yearned for sugar to the point of madness, I hungered for steak, for food with substance. For the first week or so, I felt like a newly-recovering addict. All of those things would get filed into MyFitnessPal (a calorie tracking app) to be reviewed, tracked, and examined by the folks at CRF. Until then, me, myself, and I would wander the aisles of Whole Foods searching for new things to eat, dine alone on fish (so much fish), a shit-ton of vegetables (bless you, avocados), and not much else.
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