It has been a week since I have eaten any refined sugar, enriched flour, white pasta, or potatoes. I'm not alone. I have a support group, and I love them.
So, please don't be offended if I pass on a Coke or candy bar. And, here's the shocker, I don't miss it. I've lost 5 pounds. THAT's helping since today was a bit harder than last week. Last week I found stuff to eat easily. Today, not so much. I couldn't figure out why until I wrote that last sentence, actually - I haven't been shopping.
And then there's the discovery of a walnut allergy. I was only eating a handful every day after experiencing debilatating seasonal allergies all month. Today I ate some and an immediate itching of the throat ensued. I asked Liz to Google cross allergies and walnuts. Hey, turns out tree allergies and walnuts are totally related. Ha! I knew it! I feel like the guy who discovers the telephone after Alexander Graham Bell. But WAY dumbed down. Plus, there are others. Like maybe the bananas and strawberries in my morning smoothies. We'll find out.
So, that's it. Be amazed, because I am.
9 comments:
WOW!!!!!! You are awesome, though I am not amazed! You can do anything! Love you girl!!!
So impressed you were able to get off the coke!!! I get a wicked headache every time I try to get off caffeine.
Thank you Natalee!
Jules - It was a weaning process. And the first day off it was 4 Advil at the first faint beat of a headache, and I stayed on it until there were no more beats. I've done it before, a few times, so I knew what I was up against.
I'm amazed! What have you been eating? I've been having trouble finding things to eat and I'm supposed to be starting a diabetic diet and those things apply.
It would mean a MAJOR life style change if I cut out sugar. It what gets me out of bed in the a.m., thinking, "Oh what can I eat today?" Love it. I crave it. I eat it. Lots of it. Pass ME them candy bars!
Five pounds?! Great job, Miss Jen!
Excellent, excellent work! I am so impressed...and happy to be going hungry with you!
And about those walnuts...I think you're onto something. Perhaps switch to almonds?
Also, today I am totally craving chocolate ice cream in an oversized waffle cone (with reese's peanut butter cups mixed in).
Court - cocoa nuts!!!! We gotta get some!
Good job Jen!!! And, Court, I had the same craving a few weeks back and so I ate a Reese's cup, but after 4 weeks of no junk it tasted yucky (and it was just a small one). So you're not missing much - it was way toooo sweet!!
Way to go Kristie!
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