ps after three days of dieting, finally i felt pretty much like shit today. i have a feeling it's unrelated to the diet, but anyway just ate a huge bowl of pasta with meat sauce and half a bag of m&ms 
i was craving the pasta, but it didn't actually make me feel that much better -- the sugary m&ms REALLY hit the spot tho. also, i got extremely full on an amount that i wouldn't have blinked at a month ago. when i first started this diet, i always thought about food, of course (doubly so since i love to cook and was experimenting a lot), and would just fantasize about eating an insane amount of this or that. now, when i do have my "cheat meal", i don't even desire that much (still a lot compared to a normal meal, but really not much at all).
another thing i noticed is my biceps tendon feels very strange and awful, maybe like it's going to snap. never felt such a sensation before...
the emboldened parts- YES!!!
that feeling is totally related to the diet. we address this in the book and tell you how to overcome it. it comes out if nowhere. typically in the tail end of your low days. the very act of walking makes you feel like your walking under water. am I close?
ya so you did right. the body doesn't need the big meal here. it needs a boost to get you thru to the next day. within 20 minutes you started to feel awesome. within an hour you could have trained. it's important to recognise this feeling and not have that big meal just a get me thru type cal adjustment as that's all the body requires. you can tell by home well it responds.
your getting it dude. gal and I have exchanged emails over these very things- the body telling you what it wants for a type of food when it absolutely needs it (there's a difference between craving and necessity).
secondly, the whole idea is that as you progress downward your stomach does shrink. it simply cannot handle the volume of food it used to, thereby limiting the severity your hunger and keeping you better satiated when you do eat. I'm at a point now where if I eat one pound of chicken breast w some PB I'm so full when I'm done it's ridiculous. to the point where I just cannot eat any more. and I'm a hard training male trying to support 230+ pounds of lean tissue. amazing just how 'little' food we really do need.
and finally the desire. your there dude. like your right there. fucking awesome. you got this. that's the last big key. thinking about all the foods that make your stomach growl and be indifferent to whether you eat them or not. in fact you find yourself thinking about them on purpose. it just does not bother you. once you hit that point your on your way. you've achieved one of the last major hurdles. your in lock down mode now as I call it. something that just never happens on conventional diets. I don't know what processes take place neurologically and chemically to allow for his but for some crazy strange reason the brain adapts as well to the diet as the body does.
now you know why gal and I weren't bullshitting about this dude. your there now. like right there. all you gotta do now is put the time in. and I can fucking GUARANTEE others reading this are going to be like 'oh ya, that's happening to me to. is that what that is? awesome!'
that's why we encourage the free exchange of ideas. cause it's going to help someone somewhere.
as for the bicep I can't speak on that. I'm still gtg w all my joints an stuff. was just telling gal today. typically when you get this lean shit start to fall apart a bit. there no fat or water really to cushion anything so you get worn out a bit. given the type of volume/ frequency I'm doing I'm amazed I have zero joint issues (I'm hitting tris and bis every other day right now.) and still 100% function. maybe gal can address this as I know he was battling some joint issues.
thanks for the feedback dude. cue the trolls.
