Ghrelin And Leptin

When we follow restrictive diets, count calories, eat according to an arbitrary meal schedule, etc., we disconnect from our satiety hormones.  We eat because it is time to eat.  We eat because food is available.  The more we do it, the worse shape we are in.
Bottom line, if you have had trouble sticking to a diet, it isn’t your fault — it’s your hormones.  The overwhelming drive to eat is coming from ghrelin, telling you to eat more.  You are no longer able to get the signals from leptin, telling you that you have had enough.  Understand that uncontrollable or constant hunger is a sign that your have made some dietary choices that aren’t working for you.  On the other hand, satiety is a good sign, telling you that your body is happy with what you are doing.
—     Gin Stephens
From her book:  “Delay, Don’t Deny“
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On This Day In:
2021	Current Heroes (II)
	Glued To The TV – 3,000 Miles Away
2020	Current Heroes
	I’m Mid-West Born, But California Raised
	Appropriated To Her Being
2019	All In Good Time
	Day 13: Pause & Resume
	Ghrelin And Leptin
2018	Gratitude And Warmth
	Remembering Loss, Sacrifice And Service
	Making Little Ones Out Of Bigger Ones
2017	Never Forget
2016	It’s All Greek To Me (Well, Latin Actually)
2015	Truism
2014	Thank You
2013	Really
2012	Ordinary Five Minutes Longer
2011	The Wealth Of Sons (And Daughters)

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Day 13: Pause & Resume

The end of day thirteen and the morning of day fourteen…
Morning weight: 354lbs. (on Day 14)
I am same / down “1/19”.  As in, 1lb down from yesterday and 19lbs down from my fasting start weight:  373lbs (the morning of Day 1).
Today’s answer to yesterday’s question (Pause or Plateau?) is:  Pause.  At least for today…
Day 13 was harder than expected and probably harder than it needed to be.  I watched some daytime TV and it looks like 50% of the commercials are about food and eating lunch out (dinner too).   Anyway, it’s hard to watch a couple of hours of “news” when you’re salivating over the commercials.  The bottom line:  Turn off the TV and walk away!
Last night was a strange night.  I feel like I had a terrible night of sleep because I was dreaming about eating.  LoL!!  I don’t really know where I was (home or out at a restaurant), but I was at a large round table which looked like it was loaded from a buffet.  The table was loaded with mounds of my favorite foods – and lots of foods which I would not normally consider my faves:  pork chops, corn bread, corn on the cob, BBQ ribs, shredded beef and pork, chunky mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and spinach, fried calamari and southern style fried chicken.  It sounds funny to say, but have you ever dreamed of your eyes opening to the size of dinner plates?  I felt like my eyes popped out of my head like I was in a “Loonie Tunes” cartoon.  I guess the TV commercials struck a deep chord in my psyche for the day / night.
The good news is I woke up today (Day 14) feeling full!!!  (Take that Madison Avenue!)
In the afternoon, I spent another hour or so working on the floor project I’ve got going.  We have some chipped tiles and the wife has decided enough is enough and it’s time for me to replace them.  The first step is removal (7 tiles).  The next step is making sure the grout and mortar is removed and the replacement tiles sponge cleaned and the same with the holes.  I replaced three tiles earlier in the year and I wasn’t satisfied with either the mortar process or the grouting process, so I’m going to try something “new”.  Instead of mortar, I’m going to try some Loctite adhesive bond.  It’s supposed to work best for concrete, but it says it will bond any two clean surfaces.  Today (Day 14), I’m giving it a try in an out of the way area.  Hopefully, this will help it be less noticeable if it doesn’t work.  I’ll let you know if it does work…
As mentioned in earlier posts, I’m going to try to integrate my blending fast with the intermittent fasting (OMAD) so I delayed drinking any blend until 1pm.  I’m going to try to get through with finishing my bottle by 7pm.  After that, it’ll be strictly water or tea.  I don’t want to try drinking coffee that late in the day / evening.  That means today will be day one for that test too.
Today is Day 14, which is the last day of the first two weeks of my blend fast.  Tomorrow, week two will be done and I’ll post the images from my start day, after one week and then after week two.  I had a peek today and I don’t see much of a change yet, so I’m not expecting much tomorrow either.  The point is not just to feed my narcissism, but to create a “public” record for myself.  I’ve been told (or I should say I’ve read) this is important psychologically to create / increase personal accountability.  I’ve never agreed with the philosophy, but I’ll give it a try…  In for a penny, in for a pound.
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On This Day In:
2021	Current Heroes (II)
	Glued To The TV – 3,000 Miles Away
2020	Current Heroes
	I’m Mid-West Born, But California Raised
	Appropriated To Her Being
2019	All In Good Time
	Day 13: Pause & Resume
	Ghrelin And Leptin
2018	Gratitude And Warmth
	Remembering Loss, Sacrifice And Service
	Making Little Ones Out Of Bigger Ones
2017	Never Forget
2016	It’s All Greek To Me (Well, Latin Actually)
2015	Truism
2014	Thank You
2013	Really
2012	Ordinary Five Minutes Longer
2011	The Wealth Of Sons (And Daughters)

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All In Good Time

In three words I can sum up everything that I have learned about life.  It goes on.
—    Robert Frost
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On This Day In:
2021	Current Heroes (II)
	Glued To The TV – 3,000 Miles Away
2020	Current Heroes
	I’m Mid-West Born, But California Raised
	Appropriated To Her Being
2019	All In Good Time
	Day 13: Pause & Resume
	Ghrelin And Leptin
2018	Gratitude And Warmth
	Remembering Loss, Sacrifice And Service
	Making Little Ones Out Of Bigger Ones
2017	Never Forget
2016	It’s All Greek To Me (Well, Latin Actually)
2015	Truism
2014	Thank You
2013	Really
2012	Ordinary Five Minutes Longer
2011	The Wealth Of Sons (And Daughters)

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