The Carb-Night Solution, Day 5

OK, so the Carb-Night diet (ahem, "lifestyle," as Coach Jaye corrected me) is getting easier by the day. I'm starting to get a rhythm down, and we figured out a bunch of things that I can actually eat and drink, so the last couple of days have gone a bit smoother. Still not a picnic, but I'm sure it will get easier as time passes, and I am looking forward to the eventual carb night chowdown.

Jaye gave me some tips on drinks, snacks/multi-meal foods, but the important concept that set my mind at ease, and helped me to feel like I was really "doing" the program, rather than just cheating or fumbling through it, was the understanding that 30 grams of carbohydrates per day is more like an ideal, than an immovable, immutable, carved-in-stone rule.

You want to keep carb intake low, and as close to 30 grams as possible, but 40 or even 45-50 is ok. Jaye also said that when I get back to strenuous daily workouts, I might even be able to bump it up to closer to 100! I don't know if I'll want to go that high, once I really get this process down, but the trouble I was having was counting carbs up to 30 grams per day, when you have to have whey protein isolate in milk at least twice a day, and that's about 13-15 grams of carbs already. Even total skim milk (not 1% or 2%), has something like 13 carbs in it. On top of that, almost every fruit has carbs in it (a LOT), and I was getting tired of eating tuna fish and 0 carb cheese; even a diet of only meat can get a little stagnant (people that know me well are having a hearty laugh right now, as I am basically a carnivore when it comes to standard diet). But I think with the modifications made, I can do this for the long haul, so I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Also looking forward to getting back to workouts and martial arts classes, but I need just a little more time off, so I'm skipping Judo tonight. I may be picking-up a second shift job as well, and I want to take the time to hang with the family while I can. Anyway, so far, so good, as the insane carb cravings seem to have evened-out. But I will keep y'all posted...

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