About the food:
Well I am doing great with eating, although it is only day 3. I did really have some urges to eat last night but i just had my healthy snack and worked on a drawing for awhile and i was fine. The one thing i have noticed is that i was parched in the middle of the night. I think it is because i am eating less and therefore not getting a lot of the water i would just from eating food. I need to amp up my water intake. But i have lost about 5 pounds so far and i know this is all from water retention. I think i peed like 4 times the first night after i started eating clean. Feels good, like my body is regulating itself. I feel MUCH less bloated and my clothes fit better. And all this only after a couple of days. I can't wait to see what it will be like after a month or two!!
Another thing, i am LOVING lettuce wraps. I like the texture of the crunchy lettuce better than the chewy texture of a flour or corn tortilla wrap. And i am cutting out a ton of calories and sugar by using the lettuce. Anything that you can make as a wrap can be a lettuce wrap, it's a great alternative to sandwiches which just load you up on sugar.
Another great thing about eating clean is that you actually taste food to your full potential. It's like your palette has been cleansed. This also happened to me (but more dramatically) when i was on the detox diet. I remember getting a cup of cottage cheese for a snack and i almost spit out the first scoop. It tasted like someone had poured salt into the container. You start to realize how much sodium is already in your food, and you don't need to ADD additional salt. Plus, for me, when i can really taste my food, i feel like i don't need to eat such big portions. Just savoring the yummy flavors of small portions is satisfying in itself. Just to experience this, i recommend anyone to try "clean" eating for even just a couple of days.
1/5/11
Bfast:
1/2 APPLE
1 PIECE WHOLE WHEAT TOAST
SMALL SCOOP PBUTTER ON TOAST
COFFEE
snack:
STRING CHEESE
lunch:
EGG WHITES
SALSA
DIET SODA
snack:
FRUIT AND OATMEAL
dinner:
CHICKEN/VEGGIE CURRY
1/4C JASMINE RICE
snack:
1 CUP POPCORN
1 MINI CHOC CHIP COOKIE
activity:
25MIN FAST WALKING
I really like the way you're going about this, food-wise! Sometimes when we go all crazy and do something like the detox diet, once it's "over" we feel like we have to go all crazy the other way. This is one reason why diets don't always work. When you deprive yourself of things you're SUPER used to, the withdrawal is just too much to handle. Doing it slowly, however, you've got a way better chance of not only sticking to it, but getting even BETTER at eating as you get used to it! Everything you list for your meals through out the day is super yummy stuff!! You make ME want to eat even better!! I also think Monica said in another comment something about having a "fat day"...it's VERY tricky, but it can be done. And it's almost a necessity because otherwise you'll drive yourself nuts. Now you don't need to go out and get a Supersized Big Mac meal with non diet soda!!! But every once in a while, I'll have like a cheeseburger. Or I'll eat three Oreos one night. ;) It's enough to satisfy the ever-present craving for sugar/salt, but also adds just enough guilt (not overpowering and emotionally draining) to make me say, "ok that's it! that's my treat this week!" And the longer I do it, the less I even FEEL like a cheeseburger or Oreos!! :D You just have to learn how to trust yourself and how disciplined you can be!! Tough, but a great skill to have!
ReplyDeleteKatie, I totally need to acquire that discipline. One of my big downfalls is when i start snacking, i won't stop. So i need to get to that point where I can have a couple cookies or a small treat once in awhile and call it quits. At one time, I was really good at doing that so I know i've got it in me! I agree about not totally pigging out on some huge meal of fast food and that is something i haven't done in a long time. The most i ever eat out at McD's is a happy meal or a dollar menu thing.
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