I've been looking for a way to jump
start my weight loss... again. I really like doing low carb because
it broke me of sugar cravings, but I've reached a point where not
much is happening anymore.
Granted, part of this is due to sitting
behind a computer for 10 hours a day, coupled with the fact that the
stinkin' groundhog lied about Spring so it's still cold as Jack
Frost's nutsac here.
There's really only two things I missed
while being on a low carb diet: pizza and rice. Not together
obviously, but as separate, delicious entities.
Pizza is pretty much out, unless
there's a “pizza only” diet out there that I'm not aware of.
Rice, on the other hand, has several. Specifically, a brown rice
detox.
So, in one of my stupider moments, I
jumped all over that. It's only a week, right? Plus it's really high
fiber, so that's good, right? Like a pooping yourself thin.
Well, I did it for a whole week. I ate
mostly brown rice, vegetables, fish and water. Lots and lots of
water. Low calorie and very low fat.
By the second day, I was thanking God I
worked at home because most of my time was spent in the bathroom.
Then on the fourth day, my intestines
went on strike and stopped working altogether. I woke up that morning
having all the bodily discomfort of a woman in her 9th
month of pregnancy, but without the impending birth.
Or so I thought.
By the fifth day, I reenacted the John
Hurt scene from Alien.
Days six and seven were fine, but the
bloating was ridiculous. The experiment was over.
Still, I was pretty happy I made it a
whole week on mostly vegetarian and low fat foods. I honestly thought
I'd have something good come out of it, but no. I actually gained
weight.
I don't know how much because I refuse
to use a scale, but my jeans are tighter than they should be.
How can someone actually GAIN WEIGHT on
a low fat diet?
Rice is ruined for me forever now, or
at least for a very, very long time. But maybe that's a good thing.
4 comments:
As Bob Hope once said: I am on a vodka diet - recently I lost two days.
Personally, I would not put my body through a difficult regime, except that, since I gave up smoking tobacco I have gained enough weight to have to buy new trousers.
Mrs Weasel refuses to have a weighing scale in the house, so you are not alone.
Ahh, vodka. Vodka is probably part of my problem as well - I like my nightly drink too much. From now on, I think I'll stick to my regular diet and try to walk more. I'm past the age for weird diets, apparently.
I really enjoyed reading your posts on Margaret Thatcher. She was a great lady. It saddens me to see the celebrations and rude comments over her passing. She worked hard to do her best for Britain.
Forget the low fat. go low carb. Of course load up on the veggies. But nix that rice. Low fat with fish? What kind? A lot of fish is fatty. mmmmmm Yummy fishy fat.
Mostly tilapia. Not sure how fatty that was. The rice detox was a total failure...but yeah. I'm back to low carb. And the gym. Heh.
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