Day 2 - Well Day 1 wasn't so bad . . .

So much for blogging twice a day.  I'll try to do better.  :)

Well I awoke on Day 2 already noticing a difference in how I feel.  Most notably how well I slept, but that could also be from the extra exercise I got yesterday.  Not really sure which area I want to give the most credit too.  :)

Looking back at my food entries (I use MyFitnessPal to track my food), I ended up with 11 grams of sugar for the day all of which came from natural fruits and vegetables.  That is a HUGE drop in what I have been getting.  I dare not tell you how much sugar I used to get in my diet AND how much artificial sugar I was getting!  Using sugar free items is only replacing one bad thing for another.  To think that I won't take medicine but I'll put all that unnatural crap in my body . . . what a hypocritical lifestyle.

So I ate my last serving of bacon this morning.  MUST check those labels next time I am at the store.  Today I need to spend some time thinking about how I want to handle my grocery shopping.  If food is in the kitchen, I will mindlessly graze.  Thus, I think today should be about cleaning out the "crap" (a/k/a high sugar content foods) from my kitchen.  I guess this means I have to say goodbye to my frosted blueberry mini wheats!  :(  Makes me sad just thinking about it.  Maybe I will hide the box somewhere else so that when I'm feeling weak I can grab a couple.  I promise I'll tell you if I hide the box so I can be held accountable.  I can already tell that I am going to regret like hell starting this blog.  :)

I have a church dinner group tonight so I think I will make crockpot mac n' cheese.  Easy to make and no sugar.  Lots of other stuff but I can assure you it will make everyone at dinner group smile.

Today is beautiful so I hope to get my 10,000 steps in outside!  Here's to an exciting and productive Day 2.

P.S.  For anyone who wants to hold me even more accountable, you can follow me on MyFitnessPal, comment on this post and I'll send you a request.

Day 1 - Confession time

Here it is, confession time . . . I AM ADDICTED TO SUGAR.  There I said it, now how to deal with it.

It is Friday, April 11^th, 2014 and it’s around 8 am.  After a restless night where my thoughts wrestled constantly with what I can do for myself, my health, as well as my children, I decided it was time to take extreme measures.  Mind you this is not a new thought just a realization that I have to quit thinking about this and DO IT!

Thus, after my shower this morning I weighed myself.  It revealed a whopping 192lbs and I am not quite 5’7”.  I am approximately 60lbs overweight (this actually puts me in the “obese” category  L) and I have some health issues that I believe could be changed/fixed with a diet/lifestyle adjustment.  I’m not talking about a diet, I’m talking about cleaning up my diet and life in a huge way.  I had the pleasure (I use this term loosely) of reading a couple of articles last night that inspired me but also scared me.

I am convinced that sugar and dairy are the main culprits in my diet right now.  I went gluten free and dairy free about a year and a half ago with amazing results.  Why did I not stay on this???  That is a million dollar question, especially after my body showed how great the results were.

I am committing today to what will be a life of “hell on earth” as I can only imagine how hard it is going to be for me to take as much sugar out of my diet as I possibly can.  I have an addictive behavior pattern and thus cold turkey is going to be best for me.  I make all kinds of excuses when I try to “wean” off of sugar.  Therefore, I am starting this blog so that I can hold myself accountable to myself and to the world.  My thoughts are that if I blog about this every morning and every night, I might figure out how to break these patterns.  Funny how putting thoughts to paper brings about greater revelation . . . at least it does for me.

In addition, I am taking the 10,000 steps challenge.  I usually average anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 steps a day but I need to kick this up.  My weight is not only dictated by what I eat but also by how much I exercise. 

My first item of “tweaking” will be my coffee.  Black!  I usually use sugar free creamer but that contains a different form of sugar.  What I am learning is that sugar in all its forms needs to be deleted or curbed to the very minimum.  I know that I will not be able to eliminate sugar 100% because of the natural occurring sugar in fruits and some vegetables but I’m shooting for the 90% target as I can assure you that will make a HUGE difference for me.

Here is my first “slip up”.  I had bacon, scrambled egg with some black pepper and 2 tbsps of shredded cheese AND black coffee.  Yep, no creamer.  I actually drank it.  Funny thing is, I think I actually drink the coffee for the coffee and not the creamer.  Who knew!  J  Well I started this paragraph to explain my slip up.  Did you know Bacon has sugar in it?  I didn’t.  I buy the uncured, nitrite free kind and sure enough, 4^th item on the list under ingredients is “sugar”.  Well in an effort to be frugal and because I hate to throw everything in my cabinets out, I will eat the remaining bacon later this weekend.  I only have one serving left so I’m not slipping up heavily.  I can already tell that taking sugar out of my diet is going to decrease my calories in a BIG way.

Well off to work.  Lunch should be interesting as I don’t have anything to take with me so I’m going to be at the mercy of restaurant food.

See you tonight!