New Affirmation

[pt_tangles]

I am Strength

I am Power and Beauty

I am a Witch with PMS

Stay the Fuck out of my way!

I don't think I could have picked a worse week to start a diet if I tried! I was so desperate for chocolate today that I actually bought a sugarless chocolate bar (not all that bad, actually ... it calmed the rage for a while). What I really want is a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream and a cherry ... have I mentioned how much I miss fruit! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!

8 more days to go! Only 8 more days until fruit ... eep!

--Phae

Comments

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

Ok, not trying to derail you. I couldn't even have the dietetic candy so I couldn't wait to get off of it!

[pt_tangles]

Today I discovered Baskin Robins hard candies made with splenda ... they taste like Campinoes (one of my favorite hard candies), and *don't* taste like sugar free candies! They are definitely a gods sent!

--Phae

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

You do the sugar substitute candy to keep the calorie count down, correct? Are you counting calories, too, or just changing eating habits and keeping servings smaller?

[pt_tangles]

No, its to keep the carbs down. The portion sizes are actually the same if not larger. This diet also insists that you eat six times a day (hence why it is getting expensive). The point is to manage your blood sugar levels so that you aren't hungry throughout the day (because apparently feeling hungry means that your blood sugar is low, and that isn't good).

It is over all about moderation. In the mantanence phase (phase 3), you can actually have junk food, but just not much of it, and you need to make sure that you are getting enough fibre as well so that you blood sugar doesn't spike from it).

I have had problems with mild hypoglycemia because I usually don't eat breakfast, and so I would sometimes get nauseaus, headachey, and this hollow starving feeling at about 11 oclock (which I would have to wait until it passed until I actually *could* eat). Like my insomnia (which I assumed everyone had until I met WD), I didn't really realize that that was a bad thing until I read about this diet.

So far it is working pretty well on the 'not hungry' front. I am getting good at telling when I *will be* hungyr, so that I eat something before that happens.

--Phae

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

Ah, the carbs. Yeah, no carbs was very hard for me. I had maybe 3 mg carbs per day when I had dressing on the salads. lol. I did do low fat cheese, though, but too much cheese. For awhile I understood the phrase "cheese is binding". lol

Eating 5-6 times a day, and those meals and snacks not being crap will blood sugar even and keep the metabolism running at max.

[pt_tangles]

LoL - yeah, I am trying to balance out the cheese and meat with lots of leafy greens ... so far so good. I also bought fibre suppliments incase it decides to stop working ~_^

--Phae

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

The extra cheese and greens (which is fiber) really does a number! Up your water intake, too. And if needed, something like Soflax™ is a lifesaver. ;-)

The Protonix I'm taking so I can take the script strength Motrin has markedly decreased my digestion time. Adjusting for that is a PITA, too. Eventually I expect I'll have it sorted out and get a wee bit healthier even if I do not lose any weight.