Hi everyone! It's now been 3 big weeks since starting out. I'm over the detox. I'm over the flu. I'm over sugar and caffeine. I'm not over grains though. I found I can't not have some grains in my life and function normally. So, rice, rye bread, gluten free bread, spelt, quinoa and oats in porridge are still on the menu. Just not so much anymore. So, what's been happening? Well, I've lost 3.5 kilos and seem to be fitting into my size 14 clothes comfortably which I'm happy about. My sleep patterns vary. I'm very sleepy by 8pm, but it's a natural sleepiness. My body aches and pains, including back pain have all gone. I'm exercising every day again - something new though, I've stopped jogging and started aerobics and weights and exercise biking. It's getting cold and dark in Lobethal now, so I've switched to an indoor routine. I've got enough energy to enjoy a 40 min workout from 7am - 7.40am and love the energy it gives me all day. I've got no sugar cravings at all. I've cooked a few dextrose and glucose recipes, like chocolate cake, pancakes, and fudge which all worked. So you don't have to give up cooking treats on this diet. Except that I find them too sweet now and easy to over indulge on. But even with the dextrose powder, it's too sweet for my retrained taste buds. I ate too much bread and cheese last week and quickly felt bloated. So this week I'm definitely cutting out the bread. This sugar free diet says you can eat butter and full-fat milks as this helps regulate your appetite better than eating low fat foods. But I know that I still have to go very easy on them as my fat cells are already full!! So I am still buying full fat lactose free milk and full fat malt free soy milk, just not having more than a glass a day. I cook my meals in a little butter or olive oil, but not too much! I have to also be careful not to eat cheese, as I overindulge easily and I get stuffy sinus's with too much dairy. I've decided to have my two pieces of fruit a day mixed as a fruit and vegetable juice. I bought a Breville Juice Fountain yesterday and have loved the juices I've made, combining veges and fruits. The machine retains a lot of the pulp so I still get the fibre too. It's an easier way to have my fruit and vege serves and I digest it easily. I love love love it!!! I know this diet says that juice is a no no, but I'm going to make sure that I use the low fructose fruits that are allowed and always combine them with lots of different veges. I never thought I'd love vegetable juice!!
It's amazing going into a super market now, or West field shopping center and seeing all the sugar laden foods on the shelves or in Darrell's or the coffee shops etc, And seeing everyone eating it! Sugar foods are so dominant!!! At the front of the supermarket as you line up, you're tempted with cokes, lemonades, chocolates, lollies, etc. But I'm just not tempted. I would be absolutely mortified now if I even accidentally put something in my mouth that had cane sugar in it! It's like there's been a switch flicked in my brain that stops me cold from wanting to eat sugar products. They are so off the menu and off my radar now. And because of that, I'm noticing so many other healthy sugar free options out there!! There is a tonne of other food you can eat!! With all the vegetables and meats, fish and seeds, nuts, grains etc I'm overwhelmed sometimes wondering what do I want to eat?? My options are endless. So, the other best thing I've found over the last 3 weeks is not needing Caffeine anymore. Not needing it 3 times a day, not even thinking about it or missing it is amazing to me. And the calmness I feel and having stable moods and energy all day makes it all worth it and makes me never ever want to go back to it. So this new eating plan is working, is deffinitly going to be an easy life- long thing now and I'm so very glad that I persevered through the first 2 tough weeks and stuck to it!
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