I have done a low carb diet about 4 times. Each time, it goes like this:
- 2 full weeks of brutal cravings for carbs during the initial hardcore phase. Feel like complete garbage.
– After two weeks, I seem to lose cravings for carbs at the same time a small amount of complex carbs get added back.
– Cravings for carbs are completely gone, and I want to eat healthy food for up to one year.
– I have some crazy moment in my life and find myself eating garbage for a week.
– All cravings for carbs and sugar come rushing back, and I’m defeated and don’t attempt for some time.
I know that I feel much better eating a low carb/GI diet, but it’s intimidating getting back on it when I know how awful those first 2 weeks are. And when I say that I feel better, I mean that I have more energy, never go hungry, and possibly feel happier.
The low fat thing didn’t work for me at all. I was hungry all the time and I felt worse.
I’m on a Breakfast Cereal and BeerĀ© diet right now, which has me 15 lbs overweight and feeling like dogshit.