For most of my life I have had blood sugar fluctuations with a variety of inconvenient side effects. First, I go through periods of hypoglycemia where I become weak, shaky, light headed, and feel generally awful. This is a problem that I know effects many people, especially those who have become "sugar dependant". The second side effect is having to eat extremely often and regularly. If I go more than two hours without eating I become tired and light-headed. Essentially, I eat continuously from the time I wake in the morning until I go to bed in the evening.
So I am going to do a little experiment over the next 14 days. My diet is already fairly high fat but I am going to up the fat take even more as I decrease carbohydrate intake. I am hoping that by the end of the two week period the headaches from sugar withdrawal decrease and my body will become more efficient at burning fat for energy. The "paleo" style diet has gained a lot of attention over the last few years, and while I am personally not a fan of any "fad" diet, I think there are definitely many positives that can be extracted from it, including the encouragement of eating unprocessed foods. My diet is paleo-ish but I don't believe that dairy, grains, legumes, ect. need to be completely abolished. I am interested to see how my body will respond.
I am not going to count kCal intake, and am aiming to be in a positive caloric balance. Once I become adapted to burning fat for energy, then I will feel comfortable cutting calories for weight manipulation.
Day 1- I am feeling a little light-headed and foggy from a lack of carbohydrates. I am very sleepy, but it is a relatively lazy "off day" so that's not overly unusual.
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