Misadventures in Dieting....
SO I decided to play a weird little game with myself (not that kind sicko!) Starting October 1st I stopped eating any meat and stopped drinking any pop. I was curious as to how much weight I'd lose, and what kinda reactions I'd have. I figured this would make me more aware of what I was and should be eating
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The best thing to do is make a huge pot of vegetable soup yourself (you can use a jug of V8 for base if you like the taste of it), add all the vegetables you like in it and eat a bowl as often as you can for a week. You can have a bowl alongside fish, a sandwich or whatever, just try to have it often. The cabbage soup diet recipe is a really good one for a week's cleanse, or you can try leek soup, or have both.
If you get tired of veggie soup, just remind yourself it's just for a week :) It's only a cleanse! But you'll feel much better after it, and you will lose weight and lots of toxins that have been built up inside. I suggested a veggie soup cleanse to a friend and she lost an astonishing 13 lb in her fist week (Me, I dropped 6 lb on a veggie soup week cleanse). Gosh, I sound like an infomercial. But still!
The caffeine headaches will go away. I had the same kind of headaches when I first cut carbs/sweets out, but after 2 weeks I was fine again. You could try taking ginko for caffeine instead of drinking coffee, or munching on a few dark chocolate covered coffee beans instead.
And since the weather is really lovely right now, you can try taking a 10 or 15 minute walk at night whenever you can. It's very therapeutic :)
You should also measure yourself if you haven't yet, and keep record of them every month. Sometimes you can't see a difference yourself, but the numbers don't lie.
Good luck, and keep posting on your progress!
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