Thinking about cycling...

And no, not of the bike variety.  More, of the carb variety.  The hubbs and I have been talking about it over the last couple of days. The diet, that is.  Because I don't remember a lot from then... too much sleep deprivation!  LOL  Anyways, he remembers that I took time off, had girl's nights, and basically let myself eat more at certain times.  Now that I've sat and thought on it, he's right.  I most definitely did do that.  So, that got me to thinking if I should have 'cheat' days.  But here's the thing -- I hate the idea of cheat days.  Mostly because saying 'cheat' sounds like you're doing something wrong and I didn't really view it as that.  I just had more lax days where I didn't count so much and just really tried to enjoy the day and the food without charting every ounce of everything.  So, after reading some other people's experiences with it, how the plan works and that it is easily tweakable, I want to give it a go and see if it helps me.  I guess the worst that could happen is that I gain some and don't lose any.  And if that is the case after 30 days, I'm not sure what I will do.  I mean, I will be at a complete stop and will have to completely re-evaluate what I am doing and what my options are.  UGH.

Anyways, so yesterday I had moderate cals at around 1600 and my carbs were at 56.  My weight was 204.5.  Down half a pound.  But that doesn't mean much since weight can fluctuate so much during the day.  Heck, during the week!  So, I guess I am going to try a few days of higher carb and then drop down to under 40 again.  And then maybe 2 times a month have a day of whatever.  Maybe eat well, but have a couple of the things I very rarely eat.  And no, I am NOT going to go whole hog.  By upping my carbs, I mean some LC bread, nuts, and maybe a few other fruits.  I am not going to start eating crap.  That would be nuts.  Just going to try what one of the women I saw on one of the other forums did and up the carbs with healthy things. The only time I may have something completely off plan will be the 2 times per month.  And I may only do one.  I'm not sure.  I'm just going to start and go from there to see how it goes.

As strange as this may sound, I am actually thinking of following my husbands shift schedule.  I feel like my eating habits change somewhat based on what he is doing anyways, so maybe that would feel the most 'natural' to my body to do that.  I eat way less when he is on nights.  I'm not sure why.  Then when he's on day's, I eat fairly normal.  But when he's off, well, I do tend to eat more.  Not bad stuff, really, but just more in general.  And considering he's on rotating shift work, it changes every few days.  So, if I were to follow it as far as my diet goes, it would be a good amount of 'up and down' with some moderate thrown in there for god measure.  LOL

I guess this is it then!  ANOTHER new start.  Or is this a tweak?  I'm not sure.  But I guess I will just have to wait and see where this part of the journey takes me and see if this is the right route for me.  Worst case scenario, I start all over at the end of this 30 day trial.  I'm not going to change any of my tickers or anything, but I may add one.  Just because it can be annoying trying to figure out what is going on with them if you take them off and start all over.  Besides, my goal is still the same.  But I guess a lot depends on if I see any changes with this.  I won't know for sure if anything changes until I do at least a few cycles.  So, we will see.  Going to go now and spend some time with the hubbs.  He is anxiously awaiting for me to finish this blog so we can watch 'Reaper'.  LOL  FUNNY STUFF!