Dieters Gone Wild. It's what Tim Ferriss refers to the planned "binge" day as. The DGW is intended to cause a caloric spike, which prevents a regression in your metabolic rate. It also serves as a way to stay on track during the week because any little (or big) cravings you have for something sweet or something raunchy (depending on who you are) can wait till the DGW day.
I woke up in the morning looking forward to pancakes. Then, halfway through my plate, I couldn't take another bite. My sweetened coffee with half & half gave me a headache. My quick nap turned into 3 hours and when the guilt from a lazy day off started to wear at me, I put my ass in gear.
Lots of laundry.. and I decided to plan for dinner. I drove to the Chichester Country Store for yogurt (Stonyfield is the best and I wanted the probiotics). The smell of the homemade donuts got the best of me, and being my first DGW day, I decided to go for it. I was sick within 5 minutes of consuming most of the 2nd donut. But I had to press forward.
For dinner, I made a single serving pizza for myself and for my mom. Broccoli and tomatoes on top, nothing out of the ordinary - just a regular, somewhat healthy homemade pizza. It was OK. For dessert, vegan whacky cake from the Depression era. Normally I can eat the whole pan. Last night I had to force myself to stomach 2 large cupcakes.
I was glad when the night was over. But before I went to bed, I did force myself to put down that yogurt. Otherwise it would have gone to waste.
The other intention of the DGW day is to remind you that the food on the slow-carb diet is really not all that bad - in fact, my body agrees with it quite a lot.
Eating lunch right now - chili made from scratch. This batch is not as good as last week's but it's not bad either. Tonight I start my triathlon training. Glad to be moving again and looking for another loss this Saturday.
Still enjoying my cold showers...
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Dieters Gone Wild, thats funny
ReplyDeleteYou are right on about rebooting the metabolic system with more calories every once in a while, did you get that tip from Ben Greenfield?
Big Daddy: I'm reading and following the book called "Four Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss - using his slow-carb diet and his tips for efficient fat loss. I have a MS in Exercise Science and have learned a few tricks of the trade along the way but I was in the mood to try something new. I'm doing it for 3 months.. Then we'll go from there. So far, so good.
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