Monday, March 11, 2013
21 Day Sugar Detox- week 1: check!
I ate three meals out this weekend...and all 3 were 100% detox friendly!
And I even got a small iced black coffee today. (I NEVER drink black coffee)
The cravings are finally subsiding, although they are still there. Not getting a diet soda when I was out to lunch this weekend was VERY hard.
It's interesting though- there has been two times now where I've tasted something that I know isn't sweet but tastes incredibly sweet to me. It's incredible! First was a red bell pepper. Oh my gosh! It seriously tasted like candy. And then earlier tonight was Kombucha that just had ginger and unsweetened cranberry juice added to it. It tasted incredibly sweet and I know without a shadow of a doubt that typically unsweetened cranberry juice is not sweet. I'm happy about this development though-- means that things are happening!
...And now I've completed week 1. Two more to go--I'm ready to keep truckin' along!
(p.s. I haven't been paying too close attention to the scale but I think Im down about 4 pounds or so!)
Thursday, March 7, 2013
21 DSD- day 5!
Today I said no to a handful of chocolate chips, bunny grahams, and goldfish. It was so difficult!!! I work as a nanny and boy is it hard not to grab a handful of this or that when it's snack time. Wowzers. But I said no so I'm taking it as a victory.
I did better with water today and am quite certain I will get more than the normal 6 hours of sleep tonight.
The cravings haven't subsided yet...Im anxiously waiting that time to come. Maybe day 5 wont be as much of a tease?
I'm learning about me mindfully eating on this cleanse....even though when I eat it's mostly paleo I grab handfuls of things, a piece of fruit, etc. without even realizing it! Pretty interesting to observe.
Goodbye day 4, onto day 5!
goodnight-
I did better with water today and am quite certain I will get more than the normal 6 hours of sleep tonight.
The cravings haven't subsided yet...Im anxiously waiting that time to come. Maybe day 5 wont be as much of a tease?
I'm learning about me mindfully eating on this cleanse....even though when I eat it's mostly paleo I grab handfuls of things, a piece of fruit, etc. without even realizing it! Pretty interesting to observe.
Goodbye day 4, onto day 5!
goodnight-
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Day 3
Today was rough.
I'm about to go to bed so here are the highlights.
--headache again this afternoon (and again now actually)
--I feel more hungry than normal...like i have to eat more to feel equally satisfied
--could have done better on the water; didn't hit 64oz. today.
--get really tired after being awake for about 9 hrs.
--I ate A LOT of almonds. I couldn't stop!
Most importantly though: I did it and am still on track!
I'm about to go to bed so here are the highlights.
--headache again this afternoon (and again now actually)
--I feel more hungry than normal...like i have to eat more to feel equally satisfied
--could have done better on the water; didn't hit 64oz. today.
--get really tired after being awake for about 9 hrs.
--I ate A LOT of almonds. I couldn't stop!
Most importantly though: I did it and am still on track!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
21 Day Sugar Detox: Day 2
I made it. Huzzah!
I woke up very hungry this morning but noticed that I slept really really well last night.
Hit a pretty low energy point in the afternoon when I was working on some school work at the computer and experienced a headache too. All to be expected really. I made a point to drink a lot of water today and I think that helped. Probably over 64 oz. when all was said and done- I will try to do the same tomorrow!
Here is what I ate:
3 hard boiled eggs
piece of fruit
some roasted almonds
healthy portion of my beef stew
bag of veggies that had: carrots, celery, tomato
and a new recipe for dinner!
The recipe was sausage stuffed portabella mushroom caps. Essentially you bake the caps up and then cook up some sausage, onion, and spinach (I used broccoli) to then combine with some egg and a little coconut flour. Put the sausage mixture on top of the mushroom caps and broil for 5 minutes. Lastly top with tomato sauce. Delish!!
Anyways, I've been up a long time and am all tuckered out so Im headed to bed.
Goodnight- see you tomorrow.
Julia
I woke up very hungry this morning but noticed that I slept really really well last night.
Hit a pretty low energy point in the afternoon when I was working on some school work at the computer and experienced a headache too. All to be expected really. I made a point to drink a lot of water today and I think that helped. Probably over 64 oz. when all was said and done- I will try to do the same tomorrow!
Here is what I ate:
3 hard boiled eggs
piece of fruit
some roasted almonds
healthy portion of my beef stew
bag of veggies that had: carrots, celery, tomato
and a new recipe for dinner!
The recipe was sausage stuffed portabella mushroom caps. Essentially you bake the caps up and then cook up some sausage, onion, and spinach (I used broccoli) to then combine with some egg and a little coconut flour. Put the sausage mixture on top of the mushroom caps and broil for 5 minutes. Lastly top with tomato sauce. Delish!!
Anyways, I've been up a long time and am all tuckered out so Im headed to bed.
Goodnight- see you tomorrow.
Julia
Monday, March 4, 2013
21 Day Sugar Detox- day 1
Life has been a crazy whirlwind and I finally feel like I have a few weeks to breathe now that a few big tasks are behind me. Ahhh.
Things with school are going well...I just went back and read a few posts back and to my loyal readers in blog-land: I ended up purchasing that Horn that I mentioned I had been trying out back in November. I love it! Just performed a recital on it also which I thought went really well. *phew!*
In the weeks leading up to the recital I cleaned up my eating and, in turn, officially lost the 8-9 pounds I gained over the course of last semester. Boy did that feel nice! But, in the process of being crazy stressed in preparation for my recital I told myself that after my recital I would buckle down some and concentrate on myself. I made it a goal to attain a relatively normal sleep schedule and get my eating back in check. I'm tired of gaining and losing the same 5 pounds...I'd like to build off of the 20 pounds I lost 8-10 months or so ago. And who knows, maybe I can even figure out a way to fit in a workout or two during the week. :P
This is where the 21 day sugar detox comes in...this happens to be coming at the perfect time for me and, after a week of celebrating my recital being over, I'd say it's time to get back on track.
(side note: when in music school your recital is similar to a very very large project so is very time consuming)
Day 1 Report
I think it's just as much a lack of sleep thing as it is the detox but boy am I tired on day 1...wow! I expected this though so I'm not necessarily alarmed- just bummed I have over a 15 hour day today. Sleep tonight will be awesome.
I'm excited about the next 21 days and I'm hopeful that it will help re-create some habits as I enter into the last part of my school semester.
Here's what has been on the menu so far today:
3 hard boiled eggs and a piece of fruit for breakfast
Some roasted almonds and cut up carrots and tomatoes for snack
Hearty bowl of beef vegetable stew for lunch.
--I will have more beef stew for dinner--
For those familiar with the detox lingo- this is my first round of the detox and I'm doing level 3 with one exception: I decided to do the cleanse after I had gone grocery shopping so I have some fruit that I'm technically not supposed to have. (Your choices are typically either a green apple or a green-tipped banana) So- I will still be only having one piece of fruit a day but am going to not let those pieces of fruit go to waste.
But, other than that we are on track and ready.
I'm going to try to check-in every day...hopefully I can find the time in my schedule to do so.
So, until tomorrow-
J
Things with school are going well...I just went back and read a few posts back and to my loyal readers in blog-land: I ended up purchasing that Horn that I mentioned I had been trying out back in November. I love it! Just performed a recital on it also which I thought went really well. *phew!*
In the weeks leading up to the recital I cleaned up my eating and, in turn, officially lost the 8-9 pounds I gained over the course of last semester. Boy did that feel nice! But, in the process of being crazy stressed in preparation for my recital I told myself that after my recital I would buckle down some and concentrate on myself. I made it a goal to attain a relatively normal sleep schedule and get my eating back in check. I'm tired of gaining and losing the same 5 pounds...I'd like to build off of the 20 pounds I lost 8-10 months or so ago. And who knows, maybe I can even figure out a way to fit in a workout or two during the week. :P
This is where the 21 day sugar detox comes in...this happens to be coming at the perfect time for me and, after a week of celebrating my recital being over, I'd say it's time to get back on track.
(side note: when in music school your recital is similar to a very very large project so is very time consuming)
Day 1 Report
I think it's just as much a lack of sleep thing as it is the detox but boy am I tired on day 1...wow! I expected this though so I'm not necessarily alarmed- just bummed I have over a 15 hour day today. Sleep tonight will be awesome.
I'm excited about the next 21 days and I'm hopeful that it will help re-create some habits as I enter into the last part of my school semester.
Here's what has been on the menu so far today:
3 hard boiled eggs and a piece of fruit for breakfast
Some roasted almonds and cut up carrots and tomatoes for snack
Hearty bowl of beef vegetable stew for lunch.
--I will have more beef stew for dinner--
For those familiar with the detox lingo- this is my first round of the detox and I'm doing level 3 with one exception: I decided to do the cleanse after I had gone grocery shopping so I have some fruit that I'm technically not supposed to have. (Your choices are typically either a green apple or a green-tipped banana) So- I will still be only having one piece of fruit a day but am going to not let those pieces of fruit go to waste.
But, other than that we are on track and ready.
I'm going to try to check-in every day...hopefully I can find the time in my schedule to do so.
So, until tomorrow-
J
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
We all have 'em: Triggers
I've been thinking a lot lately about why many of us have tried so many "diets" only to give up 2 months in...or perhaps even 2 weeks of 2 days. Why is that?
(As a side note I must say that I don't really consider paleo to be a "diet" anymore, but I talk about it as if it is because I do want to lose weight while eating this way and also because it's quite different than the "normal" American diet.)
Anyways- while attempting to eat '100% paleo' I am usually not '100% perfect.' Go figure! :P
But I've been trying to figure about what my triggers are so that I can be a little more successful each day. Here are some things I've come up with:
1) "Hi my name is Julia, and I love all things sugar."
I believe that as a society we are all whole-heartedly hooked on sugar. In makes sense...it's what fuels our bodies! But boy do we over do it, and boy is all that stuff addictive. I'm no scientist and can't even cite studies but I've read things that have said that sugar is just as addictive as some drugs. This may seem a little dramatic but I still think it drives the point home.
2) I love all things sugar even more when I am tired.
I have realized that I must sleep enough in order to make this happen. Experts say you need a good night sleep in order to lost weight because it allows your body to do a whole bunch of good things that support your weight loss. Cool, right? Yea, sure. But for me it's simply because if I'm not rested enough I want to go for sugary things that give me quick energy!
p.s. I wake up super early everyday for work so I have a hard time with the whole sleep thing.
3) I consider dessert type things to be a reward.
These first 3 were a perfect trifecta last week. Here's how the story goes: I was tired and hit my wall hardcore around 3p. So what do I do? Head over to the coffee shop to get my afternoon cup of tea. (all is good, so far...) And then I see this cookie that a friend of mine told me was awesome. And then I remember that I had played really well earlier that day in a competition so I deserved that cookie. And then I remembered why I was there in the first place (exhaustion!). So yea, the cookie begged for me to buy it and boy was it delicious. ha!
4) If I don't plan I'm screwed!
I usually have to pack all 3 meals everyday which gets a little hard come Wednesday or Thursday night when all I want to do is go to bed....but the days that I don't plan I pay for it the next days- both with my choices and with my wallet.
5) I say "well, I can just re-start tomorrow."
Yikes. This generally leads to one bad choice followed by the rest of they day filled with bad choices.
6) Happy hour.
nuff said. Can't go to happy hour starving; it's dangerous! And I need to order better drinks...even if they do cost a little more.
7) I'm human, and therefore not perfect.
_________________
Now, with all that said- things are going well! I had lost a few pounds just before Thanksgiving and put them right back on over that weekend but have been back on track and am back down to my pre-Thanksgiving weight. And I don't regret any of it either. haha. And yes- I did have pie for breakfast one morning. :)
Things with school and work are good too! Some really exciting stuff in the works, actually. The past couple weeks have been one of those rare occasions where I actually feel like some of my hard work is paying off. It's been really refreshing. More on all of this later.
That's all for now, thanks for checking in-
J
(As a side note I must say that I don't really consider paleo to be a "diet" anymore, but I talk about it as if it is because I do want to lose weight while eating this way and also because it's quite different than the "normal" American diet.)
Anyways- while attempting to eat '100% paleo' I am usually not '100% perfect.' Go figure! :P
But I've been trying to figure about what my triggers are so that I can be a little more successful each day. Here are some things I've come up with:
1) "Hi my name is Julia, and I love all things sugar."
I believe that as a society we are all whole-heartedly hooked on sugar. In makes sense...it's what fuels our bodies! But boy do we over do it, and boy is all that stuff addictive. I'm no scientist and can't even cite studies but I've read things that have said that sugar is just as addictive as some drugs. This may seem a little dramatic but I still think it drives the point home.
2) I love all things sugar even more when I am tired.
I have realized that I must sleep enough in order to make this happen. Experts say you need a good night sleep in order to lost weight because it allows your body to do a whole bunch of good things that support your weight loss. Cool, right? Yea, sure. But for me it's simply because if I'm not rested enough I want to go for sugary things that give me quick energy!
p.s. I wake up super early everyday for work so I have a hard time with the whole sleep thing.
3) I consider dessert type things to be a reward.
These first 3 were a perfect trifecta last week. Here's how the story goes: I was tired and hit my wall hardcore around 3p. So what do I do? Head over to the coffee shop to get my afternoon cup of tea. (all is good, so far...) And then I see this cookie that a friend of mine told me was awesome. And then I remember that I had played really well earlier that day in a competition so I deserved that cookie. And then I remembered why I was there in the first place (exhaustion!). So yea, the cookie begged for me to buy it and boy was it delicious. ha!
4) If I don't plan I'm screwed!
I usually have to pack all 3 meals everyday which gets a little hard come Wednesday or Thursday night when all I want to do is go to bed....but the days that I don't plan I pay for it the next days- both with my choices and with my wallet.
5) I say "well, I can just re-start tomorrow."
Yikes. This generally leads to one bad choice followed by the rest of they day filled with bad choices.
6) Happy hour.
nuff said. Can't go to happy hour starving; it's dangerous! And I need to order better drinks...even if they do cost a little more.
7) I'm human, and therefore not perfect.
_________________
Now, with all that said- things are going well! I had lost a few pounds just before Thanksgiving and put them right back on over that weekend but have been back on track and am back down to my pre-Thanksgiving weight. And I don't regret any of it either. haha. And yes- I did have pie for breakfast one morning. :)
Things with school and work are good too! Some really exciting stuff in the works, actually. The past couple weeks have been one of those rare occasions where I actually feel like some of my hard work is paying off. It's been really refreshing. More on all of this later.
That's all for now, thanks for checking in-
J
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Truckin' Along and Building Habits
Hey hey!
Well, after I make a big deal about being back I suddenly disappear again. Although not for as long....and not because I wanted to necessarily either. But alas, working close to 20hrs a week while going to grad school full time leaves extra time at a minimum. :)
I do have the beginnings of some fun recipe and cooking posts though! Perhaps I'll find time this weekend or next to sit down and finish them. :)
I'm truckin' along though. Most days I classify as "mostly paleo" but that works for me right now so I'll take it. Yesterday turned out to be a 100% paleo day which was great.
Perhaps it's just a matter of building my "planning ahead" habits more so that eating cleanly becomes the new normal? I think I might be onto something there... :P
Had a midterm last night and I'm so glad that that's behind me! Now just 5 more school days until the beloved time off that is Thanksgiving. Just the thought of catching up on sleep makes me so happy! Haha.
Aside from all the foodie stuff, the most exciting thing in my world right now though is that I'm searching for a new Horn! It's been really fun looking around and playing on a whole bunch of horns...especially because I can actually afford to buy one should I find one I really like.
And the little added bonus to all of this is that I'm currently borrowing one that is perfectly in my price range that I'm, so far, really liking. I'm going to play on it for a few weeks and hopefully for some more trusted sets of ears but it looks promising so far. :)
That's all for now I suppose; I've got a 3 year old vying for my attention!
Xo-
J
Well, after I make a big deal about being back I suddenly disappear again. Although not for as long....and not because I wanted to necessarily either. But alas, working close to 20hrs a week while going to grad school full time leaves extra time at a minimum. :)
I do have the beginnings of some fun recipe and cooking posts though! Perhaps I'll find time this weekend or next to sit down and finish them. :)
I'm truckin' along though. Most days I classify as "mostly paleo" but that works for me right now so I'll take it. Yesterday turned out to be a 100% paleo day which was great.
Perhaps it's just a matter of building my "planning ahead" habits more so that eating cleanly becomes the new normal? I think I might be onto something there... :P
Had a midterm last night and I'm so glad that that's behind me! Now just 5 more school days until the beloved time off that is Thanksgiving. Just the thought of catching up on sleep makes me so happy! Haha.
Aside from all the foodie stuff, the most exciting thing in my world right now though is that I'm searching for a new Horn! It's been really fun looking around and playing on a whole bunch of horns...especially because I can actually afford to buy one should I find one I really like.
And the little added bonus to all of this is that I'm currently borrowing one that is perfectly in my price range that I'm, so far, really liking. I'm going to play on it for a few weeks and hopefully for some more trusted sets of ears but it looks promising so far. :)
That's all for now I suppose; I've got a 3 year old vying for my attention!
Xo-
J
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