I had a great weekend, but it also taught me an important lesson about my limitations while on a very low calorie diet. I managed to do quite a lot of garden work as well a fertilizing and watering the roses and fruit trees. It didn't feel like a lot of work, but my body begged to differ. Prior to my diet I'd be carrying 50 lb. bags of compost and soil, and yanking up dead plants and weeds for hours. This year, my body wasn't going to have it.
I found myself feeling quite dizzy after an hour or so. I needed to sit down, drink lots of water, and have some soup (with beneficial sodium). I did this a couple of times over the weekend, but the dizziness stayed on, and I finally gave up. I wasn't sweating, but maybe all the bending over caused the dizziness.
This year, I'm going to need some help from my big strapping boys if we're going to have some nice veggies to eat. The last thing I want is to feel sick or hurt myself in the process. But heck, there is nothing wrong with everyone pitching in. That will be the reality this year and it will be a family garden in the truest sense.
Although I focus mostly on the psychological part of my journey in this blog, I thought it might be helpful to those who are just starting out to hear about my experience of over-doing it this weekend. I'm not alarmed, I'm just being practical. A body can't be expected to move mountains on 450 calories a day! When I reach my goal, and start eating food again, I'm sure I'll be good as new, and planting and pruning with even more energy.
I found myself feeling quite dizzy after an hour or so. I needed to sit down, drink lots of water, and have some soup (with beneficial sodium). I did this a couple of times over the weekend, but the dizziness stayed on, and I finally gave up. I wasn't sweating, but maybe all the bending over caused the dizziness.
This year, I'm going to need some help from my big strapping boys if we're going to have some nice veggies to eat. The last thing I want is to feel sick or hurt myself in the process. But heck, there is nothing wrong with everyone pitching in. That will be the reality this year and it will be a family garden in the truest sense.
Although I focus mostly on the psychological part of my journey in this blog, I thought it might be helpful to those who are just starting out to hear about my experience of over-doing it this weekend. I'm not alarmed, I'm just being practical. A body can't be expected to move mountains on 450 calories a day! When I reach my goal, and start eating food again, I'm sure I'll be good as new, and planting and pruning with even more energy.
