What happened...
1. I found out that the crackers I had been eating contain sugar. What a con! I finished them off rather than wasting them (with butter that also needed finishing.) Interestingly, I only found out about the sugar as after a week of cutting it out (so I thought), the crackers suddenly tasted sweet which prompted me to look at the label.
2. I then thought to look at the mayonnaise label and found that contained sugar as well. So that's out this week along with the ketchup. DD doesn't like mayo or ketchup and I'm finding the ketchup to be cloyingly sweet these days for a savoury condiment.
3. I made pizza for DD with (sugar laden) ketchup and cheese, and she decided she didn't like it. Of course I had to eat it - I can't afford to throw away a whole meal. I also finished up the cheese burekas and her erstwhile beloved cheesy pancakes both of which she's now gone off. What's happened to my fantastic eater? I drank a jar of borsht which had sugar in it - someone gave it to me and beetroot is very healthy. And I ate some chicken on Friday night.
6. I didn't not eat after 6pm as I've vowed to do for two weeks now. And I didn't stick to a menu plan. I'm giving up on these for now as they're not working for me.
8. I also planned to cut out bread this week. I stopped buying my wholewheat bread and replaced toast for breakfast with porridge (made with water and a teaspoon of honey). However, I bought challah for shabbat and ate all of it (one big loaf) and have raided DD's lunchbox rolls. Not to mention that the pizza base was a pitta and the burekas are made with pastry. *sighs*
The good news:
On the other hand - I haven't drunk any coffee, eaten any other sugar besides that hidden in the foods already mentioned, or gone back to milk and yogurts. AND - yes this is a big one - I don't feel stiff anymore when I get up after sitting for too long. I hated this, it made me feel like an old lady and now it's gone. I don't know if it's cutting right down on caffeine, sugar, dairy and meat or increasing foods with healthy oils like fish, avocado and olive oil dressing. Or just coincidence. Who knows but I like it and it's given me the motivation to continue and be more serious about it.
Challenges for this week:
1. No bread (along with no meat, dairy, sugar or caffeine). Eating rye crackers and using rye flour limits my wheat intake to pasta (and noodles, ptitim) and maybe some soup nuts.
2. Chuck the mayo and ketchup. (DD doesn't like either of them anyway.)
3. Drink more water, eat porridge for breakfast and drink soup with supper
4. Stop trying to be creative with the cooking. Basically all DD wants now is pasta, cheese, fish (tuna, sardines, white fish), salad (toms, cucs, avocado, olives), fruit and chips. So that's what she's getting - every night. (FYI - DD has a meat meal for lunch at kindergarten every day.)
2. I then thought to look at the mayonnaise label and found that contained sugar as well. So that's out this week along with the ketchup. DD doesn't like mayo or ketchup and I'm finding the ketchup to be cloyingly sweet these days for a savoury condiment.
3. I made pizza for DD with (sugar laden) ketchup and cheese, and she decided she didn't like it. Of course I had to eat it - I can't afford to throw away a whole meal. I also finished up the cheese burekas and her erstwhile beloved cheesy pancakes both of which she's now gone off. What's happened to my fantastic eater? I drank a jar of borsht which had sugar in it - someone gave it to me and beetroot is very healthy. And I ate some chicken on Friday night.
6. I didn't not eat after 6pm as I've vowed to do for two weeks now. And I didn't stick to a menu plan. I'm giving up on these for now as they're not working for me.
8. I also planned to cut out bread this week. I stopped buying my wholewheat bread and replaced toast for breakfast with porridge (made with water and a teaspoon of honey). However, I bought challah for shabbat and ate all of it (one big loaf) and have raided DD's lunchbox rolls. Not to mention that the pizza base was a pitta and the burekas are made with pastry. *sighs*
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On the other hand - I haven't drunk any coffee, eaten any other sugar besides that hidden in the foods already mentioned, or gone back to milk and yogurts. AND - yes this is a big one - I don't feel stiff anymore when I get up after sitting for too long. I hated this, it made me feel like an old lady and now it's gone. I don't know if it's cutting right down on caffeine, sugar, dairy and meat or increasing foods with healthy oils like fish, avocado and olive oil dressing. Or just coincidence. Who knows but I like it and it's given me the motivation to continue and be more serious about it.
Challenges for this week:
1. No bread (along with no meat, dairy, sugar or caffeine). Eating rye crackers and using rye flour limits my wheat intake to pasta (and noodles, ptitim) and maybe some soup nuts.
2. Chuck the mayo and ketchup. (DD doesn't like either of them anyway.)
3. Drink more water, eat porridge for breakfast and drink soup with supper
4. Stop trying to be creative with the cooking. Basically all DD wants now is pasta, cheese, fish (tuna, sardines, white fish), salad (toms, cucs, avocado, olives), fruit and chips. So that's what she's getting - every night. (FYI - DD has a meat meal for lunch at kindergarten every day.)