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??