Three months is a long time to go without updates. It's like starting fresh I suppose. I didn't quit. I got busy. I got frustrated. Then I quit. Then I started again. And this is the cycle my life took.
I started going to the gym. A big thing for me. I even went to a low impact cardio class a couple times a week. For a week. Stopped going. Then started again. And then I started going just for the treadmill. The problem I had was that I was seeing NO results. I know it takes time. I know it won't happen overnight. But the longer that scale showed no change, the more angry I got. And it really didn't help that when I went to the doctor last month, I found out that my scale is (WAY) off, and I actually weigh 10 POUNDS more than I thought. How awful is that?!?! Not only am I not losing, but now I've GAINED. Not really, but that's how it felt. And I gave up. Resigned myself to the fact that I will be fat forever. And Halloween came. Guess where half the kids' candy (mostly chocolate) has gone? In fact, yesterday was the first day I didn't eat any chocolate. Amazing feat for me. I was really impressed when I realized it late last night. And then of course all I could think about was chocolate. Didn't have any though. Score one for me.
Yesterday, while sitting home, after doing a good deal of house work, I spotted a link a friend posted, about a Wisconsin cardiologist who says that wheat is the culprit when it comes to a great deal of illness, diseases and obesity. He says wheat is killing our insides. But the way he says it makes a lot of sense. And it goes along with all those people who are ill because of gluten issues and are now on gluten-free diets. It made sense. On top of that, there is a Vancouver journalist who has decided to go wheat free and track her progress in a blog. On the spot, I decided that I am going to challenge myself. Dr. Davis' book says most people will stop having withdrawal symptoms and start to feel better by day 5. The journalist said she could notice the changes by day 3.
Today is day 1 for me. I am going to go 7 days without wheat, but I'm not going to do much else above that. I struggled a bit today. It took a while to figure out a good meal for breakfast. Most sausage contains wheat, did you know that? I didn't. Well, local to our community, we have farmer sausage. I don't know if all farmer sausage is wheat free, but I was lucky enough that the sausage I had, that was already cooked in my fridge from a meal a couple of days ago, is, in fact, wheat free. So I was able to make eggs and farmer sausage and tomatoes. It's a good, hearty breakfast, and one I thoroughly enjoyed eating. The only downside is preparation. I am not a morning eater. I have a hard time just eating simple things like cereal, toast or even granola bars. But now that they're all off the table, I don't have a lot of choices. For this reason, I will not cut out oats. I have to at least be able to have oatmeal in the morning. I can only take so many eggs. I will have to come up with more creative items for breakfast foods.
Lunch and dinner are slightly easier to experiment with. I can have rye bread (checking to make sure no wheat is added), and then of course meats and vegetables. Lunch was a simple salad - red leaf lettuce, chopped turkey lunch meat, and small cubes of cheese, and Italian dressing. Supper was a breeze - roast chicken and potatoes, and gluten-free gravy, which I found on this website. It will take a few tries to make a perfect gravy this way, but it was really good for a first try.
So Day 1 is over. I weighed myself this morning. On my new scale. I am 221.8lbs. I am not expecting a big change in weight over the next 7 days, but it would be nice to see something. Even half a pound might just make me ecstatic.
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