Here is my latest update on our no sugar challenge! Honestly, there is not much new to tell... and yet I will ramble as usual, haha.
We have had little to no change at all in the last two weeks... neither me nor my husband. He is down 2 inches and 4lbs total, and I am going up and down in both inches and weight (but it seems to average about 2inches and 4lbs loss since 6 weeks ago). It is actually really disappointing to say the least. We did stop over this last weekend and I gained 2 lbs according to that alone. Sigh. I didn't even eat terribly much sweets, although the one gathering was Chinese takeout, so that might have done it for me. My stomach was not happy at all today. I also had digestive upset through the weekend after eating at the gathering, so that's too bad. My husband can fit into a pair of pants that he hasn't been able to button for a very long time now, though! That was interesting to find out!
Interesting bit was day 40. We had a membership meeting and we fast as a church membership for the day leading up to the meeting and then break the fast as a body afterwards. I had a lot of cooking and baking to do throughout the day and forgot to drink water as regularly as I should have (although I still did get 8 cups by the end of the day). At some point around making supper for the kids, I recognized that I was going to be in for a world of hurt if I didn't get something in soon, so I cooked a cup of broth for myself. I ended up feeling so sick by the time we had that meeting that I could not eat. My husband brought me some fruit which I did get down, but my head was pounding and I felt so nauseous that I couldn't get up to get anything else. I'm not sure why this was this way, but some think it may have been a further detox that was occurring. I may need to rethink how I do the fasting in the future. I did wake up feeling much better!
This weekend, being Easter, we had sugar. My daughter and I baked a lemon sour cream cake for my husband's family gathering and I had a tiny slice which was SOO good. I love lemon! I had lemon delight at my family gathering. I also had my first bit of chocolate in 6 weeks on Saturday. Surprisingly, it wasn't as good as I remembered. It also wasn't the 'good' dark chocolate I usually like, it was a part of a dark chocolate 'orange' that my husband got me for Valentine's day that we opened for the kids later on in March. I don't have cravings lately, and I'm not terribly hungry. Oh, we had some ice cream cake my husband wanted to save from my daughter's birthday party in March as well. I actually regretted that. The ice cream felt like it was bubbling in my stomach and I was burping all night. I don't think it was worth it.
I started back up with no sugar again today, and I aim to continue with my husband over the week to cut sugar and processed foods for a while, giving ourselves space on weekends to have those things. Not sure I will, though. Today I felt very yucky and I do not like that one bit.
Anyone heard of the bone broth 72 hour fast? I will admit, after the issues I had Tuesday, I am contemplating something like this to see if I can detox fully NOT in public at all. There are digestive issues in my family, and I dealt with a lot of them as a teenager, so perhaps this is something that could help me. Not sure. Right now I just need to appreciate that I've been eating healthier for a while now, and there will be benefits to that which I cannot currently see. And that's ok. Even if it makes me sad that I'm not seeing any change and I still can't have chocolate and I open the cabinet for no reason whatsoever just to close it and grab some water instead. Sigh.
Am I seriously getting another sugar withdrawal after only having some sugar 2 days?
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