Week 32 ends & Week 33 begins

So it was as always an interesting week.

I have been super hungry....to the point where I'm making 2 eggs and a little bacon to fill me up. I should always know that this typically means the hormones are shifting and prepping for you-know-what....

I keep feeling like I'm on a never ending cycle with my hormones. I guess some of us go through this on ketogenic diets. Sigh..... oh well, I just have to deal with it.

I was starting to lose a little throughout the week and then on Saturday I went back up again a little. Not enough to really be a big deal though, as I still showed a loss on the scale. What really bugged me was that my body fat % went up more than 2% which always means that TOM is coming. I was so upset at my weigh in. After 32 weeks I think I had thought things would settle down and I'd find some sense of normal. Nope.... my body is doing whatever it wants and I guess there's still lots of hormones stored in my fat cells and causing me to have these long cycles and dramatic changes in my BF% readings.

I think my coach was pretty surprised at how upset I was. Even though I still lost 1/2" in my hips and 1/4" in my arms I was still furious. She was the one who said it was time for me to shift into Phase 2. I wasn't going to say it because I didn't want to do something based on anger. She was smart enough to realize I'd had enough and I needed a change. Phase 2 is still really similar to phase 1 so it's not that big of a deal. It's introducing more real food which if you think about it, I've kind of been doing since I seem to need more protein throughout my day. So now I am supposed to eat real food for lunch and dinner and only have packets for breakfast and snacks.That's a 2 week cycle. Then I shift into phase 3 when I start eating real breakfast but still have a packet for a snack. We're waking up the pancreas in phase 3 so that it's not in shock. I get to have very specific amounts of carbs reintroduced into my diet this way so my body doesn't freak out. I'm actually not too concerned about that..... I think I'm more concerned about reintroducing normal everyday stuff back in. I have had so little sugar and carbs that I'm wondering what it will be like to taste a dessert again. I can't go crazy or else I'll gain weight and have all the horrible problems I had before. That's NOT going to happen again.

So that's where I'm at right now...in my first days of phase 2. It seems strange to be on this path....of phasing off into maintenance! I'm hopeful that I don't screw things up....and I think I'll be okay but I'm a little worried to tell you the truth.  I just don't want those horrid cravings and the accompanying stomach pains to come back. I don't want to gain a lot of weight back.... so I'm tentative.... keeping the faith....