Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The labels
Failure
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wow
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I'm taking the plunge.
Today is the fifteenth day of my water fast, and I must say that it is getting easier every day; so easy, in fact, that I'm going to add to my challenge.
I have spoken to several people about what my next step would be in this quest to better myself - maybe giving up sweets, maybe starches, maybe something else. I was going to wait for Daniel to be my accountability, but I think I'm going to have to do this one on my own to prove to myself that I can indeed do it by myself.
I have the tendency to turn to sweet foods when I'm emotionally charged. Unfortunately, I grew up in a house where we both dealt with problems and celebrated by eating. and eating. and eating. My husband and I are slowly changing this trend by eating a little from each 'food group' at each meal in moderation and using lots of whole ingredients in smart ways.
I work in a place where there is constantly 'fake' food everywhere - processed, packaged, and boxed - kid food. Needless to say, this isn't so good for the ol' gut. So, drumroll please, I'm totally giving up crappy foods for thirty-one days as of midnight tonight. Whew, that took some courage to type.
What does this mean? Well, here are a couple of lists:
NO
Prepackaged foods
Baked goods, including all breads
White rice
Potatoes and root vegetables
Fried foods
Flour
Pasta
Sugar
Desserts
Foods labeled "low-carb;" this seems like a cop-out
Chips
etc.
YES
Beans
Nuts
Non-root veggies, especially crisp and green ones
Barley
Quinoa
Amaranth
High-fiber cereals
Brown Rice
Oatmeal
Fruits
Legumes
Meat
etc.
I think the root of all of this is to eat as humans were designed to eat. When we were first hanging out on our planet, there were no Oreos, Doritos, or cakes. I really believe that we were meant to eat lots of stuff straight from the earth, just as it comes with little manipulation. I'm not quite ready to do a raw diet (in fact, I don't think I ever will be), but I can get close. Of course, this goes on top of my water fast.
Sigh.