The cravings come every 4 days (3 days if my workout is heavy), sometimes in the morning, but usually late in the afternoon. Some days they are really intense.
Here is my food journal. You can see that I really stuffed myself at dinner on Day 4. This seems to be the pattern. Nothing weird in my food journal that I can pick out. Feeling pretty good all day and then boom that night (wanting sugar).
Jeffrey
Day 1
Breakfast:
2 eggs with 3 oz cheese
2 cups oatmeal + 1tbs protein powder + handful of sunflower seeds
1.5 cups broccoli
Snack after gym (1 hr. weights / 30 min cardio)
1/2 cup unsweetened frozen berries
3 Tbs of protein powder
2 tbs. of ground nut powder
2 slices wholegrain bread
Lunch:
Can sardines
2 cups brown rice
2 cups salad
1 apple
Dinner:
8 oz. lamb
2 cups mixed salad
1.5 cups brown rice
Handful of hazelnuts
Small potato before bed
Day 2
Breakfast:
3 scrambled eggs
2 cups Oatmeal with 2 tbs. protein powder and handful of sunflower seeds
1 cup cauliflower
Snack
Protein Shake with fruit, 2 tbs. protein powder and 2 tbs of tahini
5 oatmeal crackers
Lunch:
8 oz tempe
2 cups brown rice
2 cups salad
1 apple
2 handfuls of roasted almonds
Dinner:
8 oz turkey
1.5 cups brown rice
1.5 cups steamed mixed veggies
tomato and avacado salad
potato before bed
Day 3
Breakfast:
2 hard boiled egg
1.5 cups oatmeal
2 Tbs. Protein powder
2 tbs. Ground chia and flax seeds
1 cup broccoli
Snack after gym (1 hr. weights, 35 min, cardio)
Protein shake with 3 tbs. protein powder
1 pear
5 oatcakes cakes w 2tbs. Tahini
Lunch:
6 oz can of tunafish
2 cups rice
2 cups salad
2 handfuls of almonds and 1 apple
Dinner:
2 cups salad with 2 oz. ground up cheese
1.5 cups quinoa
Large chicken breast and thigh
1 cup cauliflower
2 handfuls of hazelnuts
Potato before bed
Day 4
Breakfast
2 eggs
2 cups oatmeal with 2 tbs protein powder, 2 tbs seed powder
1/2 avocado
1.5 cups broccoli
Snack
Protein shake with l piece fruit, 3 tbs. protein powder
3 slices wholemeal bread
2 tbs. almond butter
Lunch
8 oz tempe
2 oz cheese on 2 cups salad
2 cups quinoa
1 apple
Dinner
6 oz turkey
2 cups brown rice
3 slices wholemeal bread with 3 tbs tahini
2 cups broccoli with 3 oz melted cheese
1 apple with 3 large handfuls of almonds
potato before bed with gobs of butter
: I read a post about beta endorphin
: crashing after 3-4 days. I seem to
: get this all the time, even post
: sugar detox. I am perfect for 3-4
: days and then the last night crave
: sweets big time. I then stuff
: myself with extra browns and nuts
: at dinner. Thank goodness not
: sugar!!
: How can I find more info about what
: is going on here and manage the
: cravings?
: Jeffrey