Sally's Plan

I am right there with you, you are encouraging me. I've had to cold turkey sugar since xmas as it may be causing my mood swings and definitely is making me feel crap. terrible sugar cravings. my body doesn't do well with sugar!

Dieting is ok when pregnant and breastfeeding as long as you are not keeping fat too low and eating enough of the right stuff. I did Slimming World and it is recommended by doctors and midwives during pregnancy and breastfeeding because you eat lots, but lots of good stuff. I found it was incredible for getting you eating veg and fruit and the support is great, but I find the fat is still too low and I suffer from depression on a low fat diet, and I worry about vitamin and mineral deficiency as many are fat soluble ...

So, my plan is:
I'm going to give myself one bit of crap to eat a week, and otherwise eat really healthy wholemeal stuff, lots of fruit and veg (of the less starchy variety), limit my dairy but keep it full fat, and watch out for too much starchy stuff. Lots of nice oily fish too. Keep my vits and minerals up (excellent for weight loss) and drink lots more fluids (also excellent for weight loss). Cutting out sugar altogether too is the way for me ... and avoiding wheat as much as possible.
I found it all works best if everyone at home is on the same sort of eating plan and you just don't buy the crap. Let's be honest ... our kids are going to have the same problems we are having if we train them to eat crap! I'm trying to keep their palates liking good food ... and I think that feeding them toward heart disease is not far off teaching them to smoke really ... and I WOULDN'T do that!

It just takes a whole lot of concentration and self discipline to keep to it for the length of time it takes to slowly lose the weight and keep it off. It's really a life change you are looking at. I find the book 'Nourishing Traditions' (be very careful ... it could put you off the idea of low fat = weight loss!!!) really useful for convincing me to keep off sugar and processed foods! I've lent my copy out and cannot remember who to! Must get it back to get me back on track!

today: so, today I had a mother daughter date with Mialani ... at pizza express! Not such a great start? However, I will certainly try to make that my junk moment for the week. I also made Staffordshire Oatcakes when I got home ... but I didn't eat them, much! I'm going to try to make them with oats only ... so very wholemeal, so they are good for the kids. Then I'm going to largely steer clear of them!

ps: would it be a good idea if we all have a colour that we usually post in, then we'd know straight away who we are reading???? I'm happy to take green.
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