Hi
@MEJG - Let's see the day before I had the following:
1pm - about 12 macadamia nuts
3pm - 4 grilled pork baby back ribs; asparagus and mushrooms sauteed in evoo
6:30pm - 3 ribs with the same veggies as above; 2 small bowls of romaine with caesar dressing (I was trying to eat a lot of food here to really 'feast' and I was ok after the first bowl of salad but painfully full after the second)
I logged my food and my net carbs were at 18 and calories at 2034. This is much higher calorie than I'm used to, but the carbs were right within range. The fat and protein ratios were good - 178g fat, 93g protein
A couple of other things stand out from that day, Sunday:
1. My energy and stamina were impacted quite a bit. A couple of days before, on Friday, I had about half the food as this day after breaking a 24 hour fast and I went to the gym after dinner and did laps for an hour. I was surprised, but I was very energetic. On Sunday, I went to the gym after dinner as well, but was only able to do 40 minutes and I really dragged for the last 20.
2. Sunday I was pretty active - I did a 2 mile walk, a 25-min Jillian Michael's Shred workout, and then the swimming after dinner. So it appears that my insulin (?)/carb cravings gets spiked with too much food regardless of my activity level.
Right now I'm on hour 20 of my fast and I feel fine, no cravings or hunger at all. I'm going to continue the IF through February and see how I do. That will give me a month to work out any kinks. Then in March, I will switch to the Atkins Induction and compare results.
My cycle is due on Mon/Tues so that might also have something to do with the extra cravings. Oh, and I'm going to look up the nutrition on those pork ribs. They were the pre-seasoned uncooked ones that Costco sells, and I think maybe the seasonings might have had some part in the cravings.
ETA: I looked up the ribs and they don't seem to be a problem carb-wise. I do remember reading in the Atkins book that excess protein turns into glucose. Possibly my eating window was too small for my system and the amount of food I ate.