After reading
about the NSNG Diet (No Sugar/No Grains) and the effects of going into ketosis
(where you eliminate almost all carbs from your diet and your body starts
burning fat for energy), I decided to see if I could handle a 4 day test. The
goal was to get 50-75% of my calories from fat, 15-40% from protein and no more
than 10% from carbohydrates. Following was exactly what I ate the past 4 days,
as I read you don’t want to initially be in ketosis for longer than that amount of time:
· - Thursday:
coffee w/butter, bacon/eggs (dinner
after fasting all day)
· - Friday:
coffee w/butter, nuts/protein drink/bacon & eggs x 2 (lunch and dinner), salsalito
turkey
· - Saturday:
coffee w/butter, spinach salad, meat buffet (one meal in the middle of a 15
hour road trip Saturday)
· - Sunday: coffee
w/butter, protein drink, avocado (guacamole mix), 2 hamburger patties, fried
okra, peas
The pros:
1. I lost 4.4
pounds and half an inch off my waist
2. Experienced
more clear-headedness than I have in a long time.
3. My hunger
went away, despite restricted calories. Even when fasting for 24 hours, I
wasn’t hungry. Full disclosure, though: I really limited activity during this
trial, only working out one day and walking an average of 25% less than normal
(some due to an all-day trip).
The cons:
1. Butter coffee
takes a long time to get used to….
2. I didn’t take
in enough calories, so some of my weight loss was muscle (lost ¼ inch on arms)
3. Being a
chocoholic will make this diet incredibly difficult over the long haul.
My next goal
is to loosen up a little bit on the carbs and increase protein consumption to
where the diet is doable longer-term.
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