It has been 42 days since latest doctor’s appointment. On day seven I started a no carb process with fasting. So I have been less than 15 grams of carbs a day for over 35 days. My struggle has been daunting with both diets at the same time.
My stomach twisted and turned once again. Soft toilet tissue I cannot speak this enough soft tissue. I have not to date weighed myself since the last doctor’s appointment but my clothes are starting to fall even quicker.
Now to be clear this diet works for me because of my personality of all or nothing. When I drank, I drank everything, when I did drugs I did them all, and when I ate I ate it all. So for me and my personality this works because when I am not eating I am not eating. When I am eating I eat everything. During the last time when I say I ate like garbage I mean it. And I was still losing a pound a week.
I am doing this added part to see what happens when I care about what I eat plus fasting.
So far amazing. Yes it is hard and yes there are certainly cravings like no other. But the reason for this is 3 months of slight hardship for what gains. I am only willing to find out.
I found out what 5 years of eating crap and doing nothing but dining on self pity and excuses got me. So what happens when I take complete control of my diet? Will I be who I was or who I am becoming? Once in this long life I was what most considered fit and I became an asshole. I was a slut and not caring of others feelings.
This time if I make it to that level I swear I will be who I am now. I do not want to sleep around aimlessly or without regard to whom I am with. I just want to be healthy so I can help others for longer. Because, for certain, down the line I was consuming I would surely die early and leave many of my fellow survivors alone without hope of healing.
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