Day Four
Dreary day. November rain is grey and sad. No squirrels playing on the tree trunks, no birds flying around chirping. Everything is just grey and quiet. On the positive side, no wind and no snow, so I’m not really complaining, just stating a fact. Besides, do I have to look out the window? Technically, no.
Weight still dropping, although of course less rapidly then the first day. Normal, it had to flatten out, I knew that. Still, 6 pounds in 3 days? And 4 days to go. Of course, the fat weight drop will be less each day from here on out, but that’s fine.
I’m keeping an eye on the calipers, it’s all good droppings. Dwindeling fatty reserves. It feels great. The norm these days would have me say it’s “awesome” but since that really means “huge and scary” I’m not using it, because it doesn’t frighten me one bit.
You know, it beats me how some say you can be afraid of succeeding at reaching your dream body? I’ve thought that over time and time again when I’ve come across this statement. And frankly, I can’t fathom it. How could I be scared of finding myself in my dream body? Back to where I was in my 20s and even better, how is that scary?
I suppose, maybe, for someone who has gained weight as a self-defense protective wall or something, the fact of not having the fat to hide inside could be scary? What will they have to hide behind when the fat’s gone? If they think that way, are they truly ready to start the fitness journey? Mentally that is. I don’t know. Honestly, this is one point in all fitness books I have big problems wrapping my head around.
Personally I am more than happy, extatic even, to shed the excess bodyfat. And the EODD 7-Day Detox has brought me a tighter feeling all over my body. More detox for 4 more days, more weight training, and on to EODD plan proper starting next week … the tougher plan for a month, then probably the lifestyle plan over the Holidays, but back to the “tough” in January. It’s not really tough, I’ve been sticking to just one treat/week for 2 years, and I remember when I was growing up my brother and I got one candy bar and one bottle of soda on Saturday night after a healthy, home made meal; and we all had one home-made desert after Sunday lunch. The few families where cookies and candy were more freely available were where the overweight kids lived. Wonder if there was a relation between the two …
Yeah, that’s the question experts are asking these days, but to me it’s pretty straight forward and common sense. Stop eating all that sweet stuff all day and all week. Cut out all the junk food and fast food. (If it even qualifies as food). Then watch the “fat genes” disappear miraculously.
(OK, I’m off on my favourite rant again, sorry 
– not really)
Does this mean I don’t want you to enjoy a burger or a pizza? Of course not, but does it have to be the fast-food-joints’ unhealthy variety? Buy extra lean ground beef or chicken or turkey, mix in an egg to bind the meat better, add a little 0% fat milk (skim that is), salt and pepper to taste, chopped onions if you like that (finely chopped, or the burgers will fall apart); form into burger patties and grill. Serve that with salad and … your choice, whole wheat bread, pasta, unpolished rice, baked potato or yam. You still get your burger, and it’s so much juicier and tastier than the “joint-burgers”!
Same goes for the pizza, just make some whole wheat dough (same basic recipe as for bread, there’s no need for a “special pizza dough recipe”), pile it high with tomato paste (not ketcup which has sugar in it), vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, olives, zucchini, whatever you want; ground lean meat; and 0% fat cheese. What I enjoyed in France, was the pizza places where they also put an egg in the center of the pizza and cooked it with the pizza in the oven. Extra proten just make sure you make an indentation so that the egg stays in place until it’s cooked.
So you see, you can have the good foods, the tastes you like and frankly even better tasting than at the take-out place.
I’m sticking to this Detox for the next 4 days of course, I’ve come this far and I feel great, so no need to quit! Besides, quitting is not an option. I start it, I finish it; unless it’s something totally unhealthy and/or dangerous. And since today I am allowed a protein … I find that the first thing I really want in that category, is an egg; not meat. So , egg it is
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