I. Am. Sick.
It all hit me yesterday evening after I returned from dinner. I was preparing to sit down at my hotel (I was traveling for work) and watch some Glee and New Girl before going to bed and something just didn’t feel right. Suddenly I was very cold and found myself with a huge headache and I started to ache all over. To be honest – I felt like I was bonking on a bicycle… but wasn’t riding a bike. So instead of watching TV I laid down and just went to bed. This resulted in the most restless sleep I’ve ever had – I felt like I was on fire and at times was wondering if I was dying (lol – yeah, I was delirious).
Finally sometime this morning I goolged Paleo + my symptoms and discovered something called the “Low Carb Flu”. Essentially if you’re used to eating to SAD (Standard American Diet) standards and then drastically switch your diet to one where your carbs are coming solely from lean meat, veggies, fruits and nuts – I guess your body can flip out. Well, mine did. Finally around 5:30 AM I was able to get two solid hours of sleep before leaving for a client. It was truly by the grace of God that I made it through the day and pulled it off without looking like death warmed over.
So that’s the downside – the upside is that I’ve managed to stick with it even though I had a serious moment of weakness when I felt like I was dying this morning to go eat something horrible for me in hopes of making this all go away. Then I realized that things like changing your diet are never going to be easy – if it was then we’d all be skinny. Granted I’m sure I’m experiencing more pain than those on a simple calorie reduction plan but I also can eat all the time and actually find myself struggling to meet a reasonable daily calorie intake sometimes and I’m never hungry.
After coming home from my trip and sleeping for four hours I feel better but I don’t think I’m out of the woods quite yet. Thankfully I have some vacation time so I can sleep and get some rest as I adjust to this new diet. I will say that outside of last night I do feel better overall. Even with the lack of sleep I wasn’t dead tired like I normally am and even though I ache a bit my body just feels better. So… I’m looking forward to the weekend and continuing past this stage.
Night!
John
