Two down

Today is the start of week three.  For this week I need to be extra vigilant in measuring my blood sugar, my pulse rate, and my moods.  This will establish the baseline for the future.

It has not been an easy journey.  I am craving foods more than ever.  And food is everywhere!  Before I started this, even when I was on a diet, I could still eat what I wanted, when I wanted, I’d just have to “adjust” my diet to allow for the calories.  And often I forgot the adjustment.  Which may explain why I’m still well over 200 pounds.  But this diet is different.  Partly because I know that this phase is temporary.  I will someday be able to test those foods again.  Maybe in a slightly different format, but I will test them and find out how I react to them and also find out how to do them better.  I have eaten a lot of “okay” foods in my life because I was too much in a hurry or too gluttonous to find a better alternative.  At this moment, I have to find an alternative.  And that has made me more aware that there are good alternatives out there.  All I need is a little creativity.

I am also being forced to plan ahead.  I cannot eat something less healthy because I forgot my lunch.  Old excuse.  Forgot my lunch at home, have to eat fast food again! Oops!  Sorry!  Now, if I forget my lunch, I go hungry.  There aren’t a lot of alternatives available for me now.

The other reason this diet is different is because I’m detoxing.  If I cheat, even once, I have to start all over.  I don’t want to start over.  I have two weeks invested in this process.  I don’t want to waste two whole weeks. 

I feel like I’m entering a new phase.  This is the truly scientific phase.  I have learned a lot about what I can and cannot do.  I’ve learned to make dishes with turkey that I would never have thought worked with turkey.  And they worked.  I’ve learned that I can plan ahead and make food that is tasty and good.  (I still haven’t cracked the breakfast issue – what do you eat that is breakfast when you cannot have grains or eggs?  But I am enjoying the foods I eat.)

So now I will monitor my body.  I will pay attention to what I eat, how much, and how my body reacts.  And in the end I will be healthier.  That is my goal.  That is my expectation. 

Onward, ever onward!