D-Day

This is it. Week one of this program involves carb depletion to train my body to use my extra fat for energy and NOT the glycogen that's been stored up from eating an excess of carbs. Thank goodness only the first week is carb restrictive. I'm excited to do this because it really just might work. Everything I've read so far makes good scientific sense. But I'm also nervous because according to what I've read, I'll probably started feeling pretty worn out by day two or three because that glycogen will be gone and my body will have to go looking for fat. Which is a good thing, but I'm a little worried about how I'll be feeling. I'm feeling pretty exhausted and not so good now as I'm writing this. If depleting the glycogen makes me even more tired than I already am, well, that makes me wonder how bad I'm really gonna feel. The last thing I want is to have anything get in the way of being a wife and a mom. I don't want my family to suffer because I feel like complete and total poop because I've been depriving myself of carbs. On the other hand, once I make it past that there's supposed to be a "shift" in which I have way more energy than before. Apparently, your body gains energy at a higher rate when it actually uses fat instead of glycogen. I am looking forward to having more energy. I'll especially need it to keep up with a growing baby, working, and starting school. Not to mention just doing day to day chores in the house.

I plan to start my day off tomorrow with a protein shake. Something quick and easy, which is good because I haven't had a lot of time to do any sort of meal planning and getting things ready. That's right.... I'm not only an avoider, but I'm also a procrastinator. So i'll just start with a protein shake for breakfast and then make a meal plan from there. I'll go into a little more detail tomorrow about what's involved in week one, and what I can eat and I should avoid. For now though, I'm headed to bed :-)