So, it begins. I’ve been attempting to write this blog a few times, but every time I come here my brain does a fart and I can’t think!! Maybe it’s the lack of sugar.
I’m just about wrapping up day two, and a number of things are very starkly starring me in the face…
- How much sugar makes up my usual diet?!?!
Lots…apparently. Yesterday, I ate bacon, tomato, mushies and egg for breakfast…see photo —->
I had a rice cake and a tangerine for lunch and then this lovely dish for dinner….
a nice bit of River Cobler with butter bean cassoule! YUM. But on realising I had 10grams of natural sugar allowance left, I thought – GREAT! Let’s have some fruit. Only to find that my 10grams of fruit was made up completely of three grapes. THREE! Three grapes and a spoonful of natural, not messed with at all, yoghurt.
One thing that scared me, was that all day, I’d only consumed 664 calories, but had reached my sugar limit. In a last ditched bid to see if I could bring my calorie intake up, I started munchelling on some roasted nuts. So in answer to question 1) yep, my previous diet must have been make up of some serious sugar.
Today, I’ve managed to up my calories to an acceptable level 🙂
I realised today that I need some measurements – I need to be able to establish the change in myself from pre-sugar challenge. So, because of the research I’ve done, there’s a number of factors I’m going to measure along the way that are strongly attributed to too much sugar in the diet. They are:
- Fatigue
- Mood swings (and for me, Rosacea of the cheekles!)
- Headaches
- Cravings
- Sleep quality
- Sinus problems
I think that’s all, though I may edit with more tomorrow when my brain is working better! Main symptom today = tiredness only cured by a strong cup of black coffee! And brain not working very well.
On the plus side – I’m not having many cravings at all, and I feel surprisingly sedate, more sedate than normal!
Want to know a little fact?
Apparently, food standards dictates that Demerera sugar and Muscovado sugar can be called this, even when the actual sugar is white sugar covered in white sugar caramel! So some of them aren’t as good as you think! Look for ‘unrefined Demerera/Muscovado’ to be sure it’s not white sugar in disguise!
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