Hunger Graph
As mentioned in an earlier post, I started the Paleo Challenge last week and kept a log on paper. I posted some of my first week’s log entries to this blog.
It’s now been 11 days since I started the Paleo Challenge. The first few days were difficult. The cravings were not horrendous but my body felt lethargic despite the fact that I was eating almond butter in large quantities from the jar with a spoon. As a side note, growing up, my mother used to send my brother and I out the door to school with peanut butter on a spoon. No, it wasn’t Paleo, but she had is right knowing her kids needed fat rather than Pop Tarts for a good day at school!
When I did the Zone, despite my consistent adherence to my block prescription and increasingly multiplied fat blocks, I continued to be hungry all the time, or om, obsessed with food. This did not change much with what I ate or what I was doing in the hours between meals. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a big fan of the Zone and think my eventual end point will be a Paleo/Zone eating style, but for now, I’m focusing on Paleo only.
As part of my log I kept track of the number of hours until I experienced hunger. I know, I know – there is little scientific basis for this graph. You’re thinking, “Come on Nicole, there are a TON of factors that you have not accounted for in this graph.” Fine, I will agree with that. But it’s still interesting to look at! Check out the increase in hours until hungry beginning at Day 5! I’m going to create another graph for the last week of my Paleo month and compare.
