Christmas Myths, Christmas Madness
I am seeing signs everywhere that "Christmas is here", that "It's Christmas". Well it's not. Christmas is not until the 25th. I can already feel the pressure around me - people getting panicky about presents and decorations and of course FOOD and family get-togethers.
Well, I just want to fly above most of the crap of it. And no I am not a scrooge.
But I am not getting presents for people who have everything already.
Anyway what I really want to talk about is how I am struggling to stay the course on the eating plan I have been following for the past 4 months. It has suddenly become hard for me. I think the reason is stress from both the seasonal change with less daylight and colder temps and Christmas pressures. I want to continue drinking at least 2.5 liters of water a day, 1 pound of vegetables and good quality protein 3 times a day and to ditch all sugar and equivalents, dairy and grains. And now I'm told that beans should be eliminated unless they are pressure cooked (Dr. Gundry). The huge salads I was eating aren't drawing me to make them, toast and jam is filtering in to my breakfast of soft cooked eggs, and soft organic figs are all that appealed to me all day today. And then in the evening a part bag of potato chips. I have to stop this. I should not have these things in the house, but it's too late for that now. And I cannot bear to waste things, throw them out. There is still banana choc. chip bread, ice cream, maple butter and chocolate in the house, as well as candy. Okay I have been pretty good at rationing these, but now the good food is not taking predominance as it was before. I have actually lost 18 pounds since July by cutting out bread, pasta, candy, chocolate and most recently, dairy.
Meat plays a minor role - maybe three to four times per week, (somehow that sounds like too much), I take very little alcohol - a couple of communion cups per week, nuts are a major source of protein, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, flax and chia, hemp hearts, coconut - from the shell. But....now I am learning about lectins in food and how bad they are for my gut and how prevalent in all foods and many of the ones I thought were delivering me to better health.
So this is day 1 and I will try to make it from now midnight to noon tomorrow fasting to reset my brain and appetite so I can resume the good habits I had been following and add new healthy habits I am learning about from the likes of Dr. Gundry, Dr. Bresenden, Liana Werner-Gray; like fasting at least 12 hours from evening to morning. I know I am eating too much food. My hunger sensations are not real hunger but craving hunger, wanting specific foods that my mind is imagining, led by the bad bacteria in my gut that is calling for these sugary, sweet, fried and baked foods to fulfill their unhealthy agenda inside my body. I am hoping that keeping this blog will give me the will to be victorious, to stop the silliness and continue my journey toward better health and happier life. Will talk more tomorrow.
Well, I just want to fly above most of the crap of it. And no I am not a scrooge.
But I am not getting presents for people who have everything already.
Anyway what I really want to talk about is how I am struggling to stay the course on the eating plan I have been following for the past 4 months. It has suddenly become hard for me. I think the reason is stress from both the seasonal change with less daylight and colder temps and Christmas pressures. I want to continue drinking at least 2.5 liters of water a day, 1 pound of vegetables and good quality protein 3 times a day and to ditch all sugar and equivalents, dairy and grains. And now I'm told that beans should be eliminated unless they are pressure cooked (Dr. Gundry). The huge salads I was eating aren't drawing me to make them, toast and jam is filtering in to my breakfast of soft cooked eggs, and soft organic figs are all that appealed to me all day today. And then in the evening a part bag of potato chips. I have to stop this. I should not have these things in the house, but it's too late for that now. And I cannot bear to waste things, throw them out. There is still banana choc. chip bread, ice cream, maple butter and chocolate in the house, as well as candy. Okay I have been pretty good at rationing these, but now the good food is not taking predominance as it was before. I have actually lost 18 pounds since July by cutting out bread, pasta, candy, chocolate and most recently, dairy.
Meat plays a minor role - maybe three to four times per week, (somehow that sounds like too much), I take very little alcohol - a couple of communion cups per week, nuts are a major source of protein, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, flax and chia, hemp hearts, coconut - from the shell. But....now I am learning about lectins in food and how bad they are for my gut and how prevalent in all foods and many of the ones I thought were delivering me to better health.
So this is day 1 and I will try to make it from now midnight to noon tomorrow fasting to reset my brain and appetite so I can resume the good habits I had been following and add new healthy habits I am learning about from the likes of Dr. Gundry, Dr. Bresenden, Liana Werner-Gray; like fasting at least 12 hours from evening to morning. I know I am eating too much food. My hunger sensations are not real hunger but craving hunger, wanting specific foods that my mind is imagining, led by the bad bacteria in my gut that is calling for these sugary, sweet, fried and baked foods to fulfill their unhealthy agenda inside my body. I am hoping that keeping this blog will give me the will to be victorious, to stop the silliness and continue my journey toward better health and happier life. Will talk more tomorrow.
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