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Well I have to say I think I have finally found my niche diet - this first week I've been finding my feet with the GI diet - when I decided last week that enough was enough I hadn't really decided what type of diet I was going to follow. So I had a look around at several plans and spoke with various people and thought I'd have a go at the GI diet and see how I got on.
Well, although I haven't stuck to the rules 100% I have applied many changes including replacing white bread with wholemeal, reducing my cheese and crisp intake, drinking more water and cutting down on potatoes. Instead I have eaten more fish, beans, cottage cheese, and am slowly increasing my fruit and veg intake. I would say I'm a lazy eater rather than a fussy eater so I like food to be quick and simple - particularly as I live with a very fussy 2 and half year old and an even fussier 36 year old - no point including them as they're both sickeningly skinny.
Apart from the 2 and 3/4 lb I've lost in my first week - one of the best things that has happened is that my irritable bowel that has caused me so much pain recently has calmed down with almost immediate effect - I've only had one bad attack since last week and that was because I ate gravy and a yorkshire made with white flour. This alone is a great incentive for me to continue with this diet.
My thoughts for this stage in the diet are: it doesn't matter if I'm not a perfect dieter because like anything you want to do well the more you practice the better you get. So I'm just going to keep practicing till I get better.........
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202.0 lb
Lost so far: 2.0 lb.
Still to go: 82.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 2.0 lb a week
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Hello Manxmag !
You´ve had an exellent start this week ! I started the 20th of August by getting rid of most of the bad stuff in the house. Some foods are still lying around the kitchen, because the children should eat moderate amounts of fiber etc, so I have saved things like pasta, K-special cereal etc. The rest I throw out with the garbage. I prefer to see GI eating as a life style change rather than a diet. Dieting sucks and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. To be a perfect dieter is an awful goal ! To be perfectly happy and satisfied with oneself is much better. Irritable bowel is often the result of eating food with too small amounts of fiber and eating more beans, lentils, whole grain bread, whole grain cereals and vegetables and fruit will probably work wonders for you ! Don´t forget to drink a lot of water !
Where there´s a will there´s a way ! We can do it !
Moselle
31 Aug 07 by member: Moselle
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