thoughts on induction

My two year blogging anniversary is this week,
and I have some thoughts on LoCarbing!

Induction was (for me) like spending a year in a 

Monastery as Tibetan Monk -- of the appetite.
Something I already knew I needed to do.

 Going in, I already knew Induction would be "Spartan."

I had to remind myself that this diet would be like eating
 "prisoners rations" - it would sustain life - and that is all.
Kinda like Cool Hand Luke... I need to get my mind right!


Don't worry - It gets better in phase two!
A sick person in Recovery would have a Bland Diet...

Not a fancy festive party diet!
And certainly not an every day indulgence.

I had alot of "metabolic blandness" to go through first!
Induction doesn't have to be boring or Spartan...
But compared to eating anything I want - 
it is usually perceived as being both!


I scoured the literature looking for a loophole.
Turns out, my pancreas can't read! 
It didn't really care what the literature said.
It simply just could not keep up with all the junk 
processed - and otherwise -
I'd been giving it for the last (nearly) 50 years!

Truth is, all diets require us to cut back on some of the things we like.

There is no other way. Some are just better at replacing those items

with something else. No books (or programs) would ever be sold 

if they told us up front we would be hungry and not get to eat

what we wanted .... we would say - Eff That!

And move on.

Early on, I fasted frequently - sometimes I just skipped lunch.

And I was so hungry I wanted to curl up and cry.

Just from missing one meal!

It was interesting to sit back, detached, and observe my own behavior.

It was like watching a 5 year old "brat" being put in "time out."

And that would be for correction - not for punishment.

And I knew then that I had become a complete slave to my appetite.

There were times I couldn't even delay a meal. 

It was that bad! Could it really be that bad?

I couldn't even wait 5 minutes to eat - and the food was gone in 2 minutes.

 I would eat like I hadn't eaten for months!
Maybe time to redefine my relationship with food.

My hand - my mouth - and the few inches in between. 

My only job was to control that space in between.

Why could I not even do that? I'm 50 years old.

Educated. Urbane. And I can't even wait 5 minutes?
Many an Induction meal was eaten right in the truck.
Outside the store in the parking lot!


Something warm, something cold, salty, sweet .....

It was like specialness - a special relationship with food.

Except that food can't love us back.

Maybe that's why I chose it?

I also walked every day - even if it was for 5 minutes.

I would rather have walked 3 times, for 5 minutes

Than to walk once for 15 minutes.
Now, I can walk for an hour +
And even walk/jog for 15 minutes or so.
And getting better every day!

I trained myself to think that being slightly hungry is a good thing -

It means I am losing weight! Or at least willing to try.

Thank goodness for the blogs - lots of support there!

To be continued..... just some thoughts on 

Induction - what it's worth...


Hope your day is great!