I am almost finished with my 30 day challenge of no sugar/grains. It's been surprisingly easy. Even when I was making cupcakes for my son's third birthday party, I was able to resist. I am proud of myself for that moment because I LOVE to eat raw batter. I also love to eat frosting straight from a can. And I also used Oreo cookies to crush and make the "dirt" part of the cupcake...I can't even tell you how much I love dunking those cookies in milk. I resisted every sweet thing possible that day!
I almost gave in and got just a spoonful of frosting. I'm so glad I did. I need to keep it a matter of the mind. If I can resist, then I know I can always resist. Now, I'm definitely looking forward to having a very special sweet treat as soon as this is over. But I want to make it worth it and canned frosting will NOT be worth it. The problem I have is that I only want to add back in either grains or sugar first to truly test out the effect.
I keep getting asked if I've noticed a difference. I have noticed that I don't feel bloated at all...ever. Which is nice, you know? But as far as energy levels...no change, but that could be because I am not getting sleep at night since I'm still getting up 2-3 times a night to nurse my daughter. So the broken sleep is kind of outweighing any positive energy change I might experience from this.
Preparation, again, is key. We went to my mom's today and had no snacks. Thankfully she had some good food for us to eat, but we really need to get better in having snacks with us.
I'm looking forward to my special treat...now, what to choose? :)
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Hi! I'm following your blog now--I didn't know you had one. I'm the oldest daughter of your Mom's best cousin (Teresa):) LOL Anyways....I did a very restrictive diet change with no grains/sugars a few times this past year and found that afterward I was much better at not "needing" carbs and such.
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Hi Christi!!!
ReplyDeleteI have slacked so much on my blog! I've done fairly well with our eating but of course after my 30 days (actually ended up being 6 weeks) I've allowed some sugar, gluten, etc. into my diet. It helped tremendously though...I don't need sugar in my coffee at all anymore. Baby steps, right? :)