Trick Your Metabolism

Day 2 Journal of the Idiot Proof Diet

To read this weight loss journal from the beginning, start at Day 1.

Today is Day 2 of the 11 day Idiot Proof Diet which is a diet I purchased from this link. I’m journaling about the journey on this blog which will cover various aspects of calorie shifting and tricking your metabolism.

October 15: Day 2 of 11

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How am I doing on Day 2 of the Idiot Proof Diet? Today I’m bloated, very bloated! I’ve eaten fruit three times and get to have one deli sandwich for dinner time. Did I mention I’m bloated?

TMI ALERT:  I spent a lot of time in the bathroom today.

I wasn’t hungry when I first woke up but made a big fruit salad with loads of different fruit and mixed it with one spoonful of dessert topping and a small container of strawberry yogurt.  It was tasty like dessert for breakfast! I also ate a half a grapefruit.

I do know from the Grapefruit Diet that grapefruit can rev up your metabolism and I love grapefruit.

Today I felt hungry and sluggish before the sandwich.  I went grocery shopping for more foods for the diet and found myself judging people in the grocery store by what was in their cart (ok, and I was a bit jealous of those buying tortilla chips and ice cream.) The store gives free cookies to kids and my four year old was blissfully unaware of my pain I trudged through the store and he ate his free chocolate chip cookie.

I love fruit but had my son here today eating peanut butter sandwiches and crackers although he was totally into the fruit I was eating also!  I realised at 3:00 that I hadn’t had any water to drink all day so I’m sure that contributed to my sluggishness.  The calorie shifting diet recommends drinking a lot of water which can help your body do its thing and keep your metabolism going as well.

The Idiot’s Deli Sandwich

I didn’t love the sandwich I ate today.  I thought I would but the meat just didn’t taste nice. The sandwich was pastrami, roast beef and ham. 3/4 of the way through I ditched everything but the ham and it still didn’t taste right. I made myself eat it, though since it’s all I can have today besides fruit.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.  I looked ahead and have a day somewhere down the line where I can only eat vegetables. I’m guessing that one might be difficult kind of like today.

Hopefully tomorrow or the next day I’ll see that the scale move a little and tomorrow does have some stuff on the menu I’m looking forward to.

Not everyone eats the same foods as I have in this journal as the diet generator rotates each time it is generated under your user name and password and based on your personalized foods list.

I did notice that when I had to regenerate the menu due to accidentally closing my first copy, Day 2 was the same in both so I’m wondering if that’s something that doesn’t change. I guess I’ll find out after my eleven days are up but not before my 3 cheat days which I’m already sorta thinking about.

Food Stats for Today:

total calories: 958 (ooh, that’s why I’m feeling so sluggish)

% Carbs:62%

%Protein:20%

%Fat: 17%

See you tomorrow for Day 3