Lauren. Tired.

Day 1 of Ideal Protein.... not so bad. I was stoked to get started.
Day 2 of Ideal Protein.... still not too bad, but already so sick of vegetables. I may be in trouble. The supplements kinda suck too.
Day 3.... Oh My God NO MORE VEGETABLES. I swear I have eaten every vegetable allowed from the list already. On the plus side, I'm diggin' the IP chocolate shakes, and creamy chicken soup. Oh! and the chocolate covered soy puffs?? could so eat them all day. The day was okay, aside from the wicked headache that I had. Not sure if it was a product of the weather (rainy and blah) or straight up sugar withdrawal.
Day 4... headache is gone (yay!) I did however, against the advice of my Dr., got on the scale this morning. All I saw peering back at me was a big fat "L". As in low battery. I guess I should take that as a sign.
The morning was okay. I'm kind of becoming friends with my coffee containing only milk. (I miss you Butter Pecan coffee creamer.)
Lunch time tried to kill me. My heart was racing, giving way to a full on panic attack. I called my Dr. only to find him out of the office today. I did some research on my own and determined my blood sugar dipped too low. Apparently, according to the article I read, when ones blood sugar drops, the body releases adrenaline. Low sugar + Adrenaline= FREAK OUT MODE.
I pulled through it. Even added in an extra shake to balance me back out.
I used to eat so much sugar. Now? none. My body must be losing it's marbles for sure. I know my mind is.
This weekend will be close to impossible. My daughter's birthday is here, and I have lots of pizza to order and cupcakes to make. I MUST resist and continue to focus on the long term!
I'll let you know how that goes.
And you wanna know what I miss the most? Surprisingly, it's not sugar. I miss salted butter, and cheese! OH! how I miss cheese.
I'm tired. Patiently waiting for my energy to refill.
BUT!!! This is the best part so far..... the constant knee pain that I had...GONE!! Must be I have rid my body of the crap causing the inflammation? Who know's. All I know is that this is the best they have felt in months!
Thanks for listening!
Lauren