Kate's Corner - What Diet Books *Don't* Say. . .

Diet books are a big seller. The market for them is HUGE, and given the situation with our nutrition & eating habits in this country, not going to wane anytime soon. Some of them are good. Some of them are complete crap. I've yet to find one that talks about the down sides of completely changing your eating routine.

The breakouts:
Holy crap. I thought I had acne problems when I was eating dairy. For the past two weeks I've had one breakout after another. Thankfully, they are relatively brief breakouts, but still - its gross. Why does this happen? I can only figure that we humans store yuck in our pores, and when we start to get healthier, it comes out. Every evening I've had a small constellation of pimples that are gone by morning, or soon after. This is not unique to me. It happens.

The Poop:
I have NEVER read a diet book that talked about what happens to your intestines once you start eating healthy. If they did, a whole lot of people wouldn't try that diet. OMG, for two weeks things have been pretty gross. I'm not going into details. Much like pores, intestines get filled with yuck. It comes out - sometimes explosively.

The Aches:
This morning Bronnie asked me if I was noticing any pick up in energy. I replied that I'd let her know as soon as I stopped hurting long enough to tell. When you haven't been moving much, and then you start, it hurts. You're building new muscle. That's good. The way muscle is built is that the old one is very lightly torn, and then it repairs itself. That' HURTS. All last week through today, my legs have felt like they were on fire, and the rest of me isn't far behind.

The Tiredness:
I haven't craved coffee in a while, but today, I'd murder a pot. Not going to, but the craving is there. Why? Because I'm tired. I'm to the bone weary, and its only Tuesday. I've encountered this before w/ other eating plans/exercise plans. Something happens when you make a change like this, and you need more sleep. However, that's hard to get in our current society. Its hard to get enough sleep when you aren't doing stressful things.

Those are the things that are plaguing me. I can't think of any others right now. I'm certain there are others, I just haven't had to slog through them yet.