Back on the Wagon!

I've attempted to get this Blogg going for the passed 2 to 3 years, but life is always too busy with the kids, house, work etc.
Let me catch up to where I am today without being boring or too long
I started the MB 12 weeks Body Transformation mainly due to a friend who is doing it and has lost a whole bunch of weight. So, I signed up with the hopes of achieving similar results knowing full well that I shouldn't count calories and not do the low fat stuff they suggest and not use the sugar (regardless of the little amount).
For the most part, I have followed the plan mainly for reference and ideas as I am the main cook at home and need to provide meals for my family.
The work-oust are very good, but way too long and frankly unsustainable long term. But my approach is that if I do something, it is better than nothing. So, improvement there.
The best part is that some of the local friends have joined too and we've created a small group where we give each other support and meet once a week for an outdoors work out.
In the middle starting the diet, we had to move houses, Baby had a stomach bug, then I had the stomach flu, then now a very nasty cold! Needless to say, the weight loss has not been as fast as I expected, but I know it has to do with me not following low carb/no sugar foods or even the diet itself. Yes, I have been indulging! All in all in the last 5 weeks I've lost 3 kilos! not bad! better than gaining them, right?
I'm back on track as far as commitment goes and food ingestion goes.
I have decided heavily against the foods that include low fat, and sugar and or too many fruits and definitely no wheat. I know I think better when I have no wheat products and definitely NO SUGAR!!

So, I am following the template for the 12 weeks program, taking advantage of the conveniences of menu planning (even if I tweak it to be LCHF= Low Carb/High Fat).
Why do you ask? Well, in the passed year or so I have become so much more educated on nutrition.
I found a few bloggers who share their knowledge and links to gurus out there making a difference, such as Dr. Cate Shanahan, Author of Deep Nutrition. Sean Croxton UGW, Mark's Daily Apple, Christine Cronau, Gary Taubes, Abel James, The Swedish Diet Blog to name a few.
They all share the same information on how food works, how the body reacts to what we eat and what our bodies are designed to eat.
It's taken me a while to be committed to not eat junk (sweets mainly). I take every day with a grain of salt and aim for the best. I am findining that having small mini goals are a great way to get there. As a student mentor I always told my students when they felt overwhelmed with the amount of work they had to was to remember who chickens eat= One grain at a time. So, I am taking my own advice.

I was recently reading Abel James e-book and I loved how he explained everything in laymen's terms. I love that he make it a point to point to include the need to visualise ourselves as to how we want to be and look like and always have that present in our thoughts. I also like the link to experiencing food and respecting it as a way to really enjoy your master pieces and enjoy what you eat.
I have been experimenting with a few recipes lately and have come up with a couple of keepers. Which I will post in another post so that I can write the ingredients.
I have to say that I am now 4 days without Sugar and counting.
Until next time Sweet Partners.

Disapointment

Ok, why does it take me over a year to come back to this blog? Seriously, why do I bother? why am I here now?

After reading my last two posts (and only posts) I realised that reading back one's feelings is very helpful. So I've decided to continue to write.

Since I last wrote, I have to say nothing too

on a mission again...

Hi! I'm still a sugarholic! But boy, do I know so much more about nutrition since the last time I posted. Surprisingly enough, I know I can control my sugar cravings as am convinced that I can over come it.

I've had a few ups and downs in the past few months. I started to follow the Dukan diet, and honestly, that really does work to take the sugar cravings away. I lost about 5 + kilos in a few short weeks. Then we went on a little vacation to Melbourne

and I "treated" myself to anything I couldn't have on the diet. Mainly sugars and bad carbs... since then I have tried to start the diet on and off without truly committing to it as I did when I first embarked on this new challenge.

well, I'm back at it again... This time, I've armed myself with the help of Marksdailyapple.com (I have his book on primal living and his cook book) Dr. Cate Shanaha's Deep nutrition boon (I also joined the Spakpeople group for her program called T.R.I.M>) and I have Gary Gaube's book Why we get fat (which I'm still reading). There two things that all these diets (even the great Dr. Atkins, which I am also following) have in common: 1) greatly minimizing carbs 2) eliminating sugar. Two of the most difficult things to do, especially when there is an addiction involved. But I know I can do it and I Must do it.

Ok. Let's see how this goes and I pray this time is the last time I fall so low into the vicious cycle.

Day 1: realization

Ok. I continue to struggle with commitment to better health. I know everything there is to know about my addiction, I know how to fix it, but yet, somehow, I sabotage my progress every single day. Everyday, I have one too many cookies!

I know I must do it for me, if not for my kids so that their mom is around a little longer. I know, I must do this, but I cannot make myself commit to just one day. I can barely make it through one meal without killing myself with food!

I believe there is a link between all the freaking sugar I am eating and Candida! I will test this theory by eliminating the sugar, and adding nutritious things like, blackstrap molasses, apple cider vinegar with the mother to try and balance my body. That also means, no alcohol.

I also need to commit to writing in the blog everyday and telling the world my issues.

why do I need to do this? I think the more people who know what I am going through the better as I seem to not value my own opinion. This is a way for me to hold myself accountable.

I need help and I need to stop this madness.

My plan for tomorrow is:

No sugar, No coffee, no Milk, no bread, no pasta

Start with hot water and lemon

take multivitimine, acidofilus,fish oil

Apple cider vinegar and BS Molasses

Oats for breakkie with a banana, perhaps an egg.

Mid morning snack:

fruit

Lunch:

Brown rice, beans and other protein

Mid arvo snack: yogurt, a little salad

Dinner: protein and veggies

late snack: protein shake (no milk)

Let's see what happens..

I need to report at the end of the day on my success.

Lord help me get through this once and for all.