Week 2 of the program saw us quit sugar. Everything was out. This made me extremely anxious. I use to think I didn't actually eat that much sugar, until I found out it is added to so many things you wouldn't think... and the thought of going cold turkey was a little scary! Luckily the forums and experts on the site gave us plenty of information and tips to get through the withdrawal. I love how much information we are given, it really does make the whole quitting process so much easier.
So anyway, this week sugar was out. So that meant no fruit, fruit juice, dried fruit, jam, honey, chocolate, lollies, tomato sauce, balsamic vinegar, tinned tomatoes, tomato paste and more. We were also told to get rid of any low-fat foods - we were kicking out sugar and upping our fat intake. Whhaaaattt? We've always been told that fat is what is making us fat, especially saturated - i.e eat margarine not butter, drink low fat milk and cook with canola, soy, corn and sunflower oils. Turns out, that is a load of shit. I won't go into to much detail here but I would strongly urge you to read David Gillespie's book, Sweet Poison. This goes into far greater detail than I can here. If you don't want to purchase the book you can also read more here.
Basically, experts have only just realised the basis of modern dietary thinking is wrong and are starting to reassess the science and our guidelines. The science now shows that sugar, not fat, has been the culprit all along.
This week, we again had access to meal plans and a shopping list. It seems as though the whole last night's dinner is today's lunch is going to happen all the way through the program - this annoys me. It just feels a bit like lazy planning by the organisers - we did pay $150 for this privilige! I would like to see more lunch ideas from the team but really that is my only complaint so far. We also received access to:
- Weekend read - all about the flawed science of eating fat = bad.
- Movement plan - this week the exercise was upped. We were told to allocate a session to each day of the week, so yoga for 1-2 days, gentle cardio 2-3 days and strength training 2-3 days. We were given a little strength circuit to perform which was good.
- Try this - tips on exactly what to cut out and get rid of from our cupboards
- Tuesday eats - ideas on how to manage sugar cravings
- Expert tips - some information on the addictive nature of sugar. The I Quit Sugar experts told us about the psychological nature of addiction and how we can beat it.
This week I've noticed, especially towards the end of the week, some major sugar cravings which happened mostly towards the end of the day. To combat the afternoon cravings I would drink tea - licorice tea. This has really been my saviour this week. I'd also try and go for a walk, or get on my ipad and look at beauty products and blogs to try and distract myself! (quitting sugar = hauling beauty products, oops!). I am still sleeping better as well, I have even made it through a couple of nights without waking up! Oh and another interesting thing - I have started to find that i'm getting full quicker. They do say that because we are upping our protein and fat intake, and lowering sugar, we will get full quicker but I didn't think this would start to happen soon.
Even though I have had big cravings I've stayed strong and not lapsed. This makes me feel incredible, and even though I'm probably going to feel worse over the next few weeks I'm looking forward to it as it just means one step closer to breaking the sugar addiction.
What do you think? Do you have any questions at all? Feel free to comment or email me at pinklipgloss85@gmail.com
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