So Excited!!!

Obviously as you can tell I'm not a persistent blogger. I think I should be though. Everytime I post on here it's a positive feeling and forces me to keep going. I will learn purely for the fact I have not only fallen off the wagon I jumped. This time of year is just so stressful. Christmas, birthdays etc. I know, here I am making excuses again. I shall learn to stop doing that too. Aside from stress, I've been a barrell of emotions today. Up and down like a yoyo. Mainly because I got accepted into UNI!! So excited, then comes more stress about text books and the fear that my daughter will suffer. :( Even though I know it's better for us in the long run she's nearly 3 and doesn't understand.


Which brings me to my new motivation. I want new clothes for UNI and I am definately not buying for my size now. So I am taking on Sarah Wilson's 8 week experiment and going from there. I'm hoping my family at least support me a little this time around. They seem to be my enablers. Twice last week they brought me chocolate and I caved and ate some. :( Not this time!!! They will ALL be getting a stern talking to!!


Until next time xx

Caution: Mood swings ahead!!

Wow!! It goes to show how much of an effect sugar has on the brain alone. Due to severe depression and anxiety I am on quite a high dose of antidepressants. The past 2 days you wouldn't have thought it. I have been extremely moody and irritable. Generally I am a very happy person but no it was more like a scene out of the exorcist. Ok so maybe that's a little extreme but I felt like I wasn't in control of myself. Other than that everything has been going great.

I will admit I fell of the wagon yesterday. I had 2 red frogs. My favorite. At least they were. Having sugar sent my body into a state of shock. I was vomiting and shaking along with headaches. A little bit like coming off sugar. Just worse. I see it as a good sign though. My body does not like sugar anymore. Yay!!

Along with my face clearing up and having more energy I decided to jump on the scales today. 1kg down. Woo hoo!!

I was expecting weeks of looking at chocolate or doughnuts and craving them. Not even the slightest. I eat now when I need to and I stop when it's enough. Being in my shoes, that is a massive step forward for me.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I have also brought Sarah Wilson's eBook I Quit Sugar. I have found it a god send. She goes through an 8 week plan that is easy to follow. It's pure awesomeness.

Taking the first steps.

For the past couple of weeks I have been reading David Gillespies' books - The Sweet Poison Quit Plan and Sweet Poison. I was shocked. I had no idea that sugar could be that bad. Sure I was like everyone else in thinking 'everything in moderation'. Then I started to monitor what I ate. Again I was shocked. If I ate sugar in the morning I wanted it throughout the day. Surprise, surprise!! 

So I am going to win a battle I have been having with myself for the past 25 years. Sugar!! I have gone through my kitchen and have thrown away everything with sugar in it. I am now going through what I like to call 'sugar rehab' I have the shakes, chills and a headache and it is only day 1!!! It can only get better from here. Right??