About 6-7 weeks ago we completely changed our diet. I mentioned it
HERE, but I wanted to give you a full report on what we've done. I'm really excited about how it's gone and the way it's working for all of us.
I thought it might be easiest to break it down into questions.
What did we change?
We threw out all our processed food and focused on a diet of veggies, fruit, and whole grains. There are no more crackers, cereals, or cookies in the house. I'm not using refined sugar or white flour either. We have a little bit of candy in the house for our kids (because I don't want to restrict them too much and have it come back to bite me in the end).
We are still eating meat, dairy, and wheat flour. However, we use very little meat and we've cut down our dairy foods a LOT. We use minimal cheese, but we aren't eliminating that entirely either. We drink soy or coconut milk. I don't plan to cut out wheat flour or whole grains.
What are the GOOD things that have happened since then?
- In the past 7 weeks I have
NEVER had that gross feeling of
"I can't believe I ate that" or
"I feel a little sick now." I think I used to overeat more and it's harder to do that with real wholesome food.
- I don't feel as controlled by food. I see it more as eating to live rather than living to eat. It's less of an indulgence for me now.
- After 2-3 weeks I stopped craving sugar so much. The first couple of weeks were hard that way, but now things that didn't taste very sweet to me taste super sweet. I think I've retrained my tastebuds or something. I can't say a giant piece of chocolate cake isn't tempting, but I can say no to it.
- The boys have eaten a lot more veggies than ever before. (It hasn't been totally easy with them, but they are branching out a lot more now.)
- I've lost weight. I waffled on whether or not to share that info with you. I am pregnant and it's not a time you think of loosing weight or wanting to, but because it's been a matter of becoming healthy I have not been concerned about it nor has my doctor. My belly is still growing, but the rest of my body has slimmed down a lot. That wasn't my reason for changing our diet, but it's a nice side effect. I started this pregnancy a lot heavier than my other two.
- My husband and I are seriously enjoying a new hobby together. We don't have a ton of common interests naturally, but we've been been very engaged with these changes and it's been so fun to cook and research together.