Hi All
I've mastered the colours so I'm nabbing purple! This week has been like one long condemned woman's breakfast. I've been saying goodbye to all those foods that I won't be able to eat for the next three months and probably longer.
I've read Marilyn Granville's book 'Fat round the middle' and was so struck by it ( she describes my symptoms exactly - very scary) that I've decided to take the plunge and change my eating habits, possibly for good, my exercise habits and start taking some useful supplements. It means cutting out sugar completely for at least the first month, cutting out wheat (which I already do) and learning a new way of eating.
I do have a few misgivings, such as being able to buy enough fresh fruit and veg, not easy in a small village, and possibly feeling a bit weird as my diet is going to be so different from a 'normal' person's. I'm also worried about how much the supplements and some of the food is going to cost, as a lot of it you can't get at a supermarket.
Having said that, I am going to give it my best shot. If it helps to ge me where I want to go then it has to be worthwhile. I'll write up a more detailed plan when I've got the energy ( I've had three poorly kids and not enough sleep recently) to remind myself of what I need to do.
In the meantime I'm saying goodbye to potatoes, ice-cream, alcohol, sugary food and everything else that I have to let go of. It's a bit of a lingering goodbye, like the one on Brief Encounter, and I'm going to miss them all. I hope the promised banishment of cravings, increase in energy and weight loss materialise. And SOON!
Liz
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Good luck Liz ... and those cravings will disappear. I'm over my sugar ones (almost) but it does take about a month to get over them entirely. My daughter Mialani says that everything tastes like sweets when you give up sugar for a long time. We can only not taste the sweetness of our foods because we've sort of bleached our taste buds with refined sugars.
ReplyDeleteYou'll feel tons better for giving up wheat too. If you need any wheatfree help you are welcome to ask as we have been cooking wheat free for about 17 years!
OMG that was a long lovely detailed post , then i got to the bottom and it said LIZ - yes LIZ
ReplyDeletewow good on you babe , enjoying reading you blogging - see I knew you'd succombe eventually :o)
sounds good, I'll google the book to find out more.
LOL at Mialani saying everything tastes like sugar when off it for a long time - it's true, it didn;t stop me eating some chocolate custard yesterday though :-/
Thanks Sally, I get the feeling it's the sugar that's going to be the hard bit as I'm virtually wheat free already, but all help gratefully received.
ReplyDeleteAnd Dawniy, yeah, it was ME! Mad, eh? D-day is next weds I reckon as I'm waiting for my supplements to be delivered. Cost a bomb, but if it works it'll be well worth it. After all, I'll be able to fit into all those clothes that are just sitting there glowering at me in the wardrobe.:-)