This has been a frighteningly long week. I can’t believe I have only had 6 full sugar, flour, and wheat free days. It seems like an eternity!
What I miss most is the convenience of fast food. I don’t just mean a drive-thru, although those are included here, but all foods that are quick, easy, and require little to no clean up from me. The ease of sandwiches, frozen foods, and yes, fries and shakes from a quick loop around Sonic, seems so far away.
I have even avoided sit down restaurants this week. Some people are perfectly fine with ordering baked chicken with vegetables when dining out. Unfortunately, I am not one of them. I am all about appetizers and desserts. The meal is just there to kill time in between those two courses. I hope to be able to go to restaurants again with my family soon. This new lifestyle will have to be a little more stable before that happens.
At the beginning of the week, I had a plan… A great plan. I filled out my nifty Food Addicts Anonymous weekly food plan. I must admit, I have tried this program before which is why I have so many of their resources. I don’t even think I made it a week last time so I will count this as a win so far. Anyway, here is my plan for the week. You may click on it to enlarge for better reading. I tend to have the handwriting of a first-grader, but hopefully you can make most of it out…
Did I follow this exactly? Absolutely not! Did I stay away from all sugar, flour, and wheat? YES!
I am incredibly grateful for that fact and I’m holding onto it as my main goal. Where you see the nice orange roughy meal, it was replaced with brown rice cakes and almond butter. Yes, that was also my dinner the next night. Neither of those items are on the FAA food plan but I have decided to put them in mine. I must have something easy and quick to grab on the go.
You can see part of my plan written on Monday, the day before I started. I listed several things to accomplish in order to save time through the first week. Roasting a large amount of vegetables, baking chicken, and boiling several cups of brown rice should have been done that day. However, none of those three things happened. This, I deeply regret. I underestimated the detox symptoms I would suffer. Feeling tired and cranky does not encourage me to cook.
Here are some things I wish I had done differently. If you plan to do your own sugar, flour, and/or wheat detox in the future, pin or bookmark this to avoid my mistakes and ensure success.
- Cook as much as possible before the program begins. The freezer can be your friend if you fill it with healthy, non-processed options. I’ll be sharing some recipes Friday to help with this one.
- Make sure you have a support system in place. My husband was out of town this week, which made my life much harder. Stress = bad food choices… I plan to discuss finding support in tomorrow’s post.
- Plan for plenty of rest and extra sleep. I am exhausted! As I said before, I didn’t expect to have these symptoms so quickly. I’ll be sharing more of my detox symptoms and ways to relieve them later this week.
I am so thankful to each of you for supporting me on this journey! I did manage to create a new Google+ account this week. If you are on Pinterest, Twitter, or G+, please connect with me there as well. All of my links are in the right side bar.
See you tomorrow! If you have missed any of the 31 Days to Food Addiction Recovery posts in this series, please click on the button below to catch up and learn more…
Hey lady, wow such dedication. I’m following as you go. I see you on Google+ 🙂
Hi Camii! Thanks so much for following along with me and connecting on G+ also. The dedication has been difficult but I truly believe it will be worth it in the long run. I probably didn’t pick the best week to try to figure out Google+ but it has helped take my mind off food a little. Well, except for all the sweet recipes posted. That part is kind of stressful there and on Pinterest… 🙂
Wow, I’m impressed by your ambition! Good for you, girlfriend. What encouragement, as well.
Praying for you. I know you’ll succeed,
Love ya
C
Thanks my friend for the prayers and support! I am committing to 30 days but am beginning to see why this plan should stay with me. This 31 days series is forcing me to go out and research the dangers of all the junk in our foods. That is really helping me to stay focused. Always a pleasure to see you Chris!
So proud of you! You are a champion! I will be very interested in seeing your suggestions for packing the freezer with healthy home made meals…i think that will help me since I do use the drive through a lot when I am feeling frazzled…which is mostly always 🙂 So thank you in advanced. Take good care of yourself and I’m praying for you.
Thanks so much for your encouragement Gisela! I can almost hear you cheering :)! I don’t know if I will get to freezer meals this week. I haven’t tried any yet. I am going to share a few easy, s/f/w-free recipes though. Hopefully, I will have some freezer-friendly meals to post next Friday. I think I will make Fridays my official recipe post days.
Hi Candace,
I must say I am impressed, not only with your detox but this whole blog too. Love the shadow box…might have to do that one. I am not sure I will ever do this diet/detox you are on…with work not sure I could go through the horrible feelings. If I were to do it I think I’d ease into it to avoid feeling so horrible. I definitely need to plan and freeze meals. Looking forward to meal ideas.
Thank you Susie! You can do this! If you decide you want to try, I will hold your hand through the whole process. We still need to get together and prepare some freezer meals! Hopefully next week. Praying for you my friend!
You made it through the first week! You made it through the first week! You made it through the first week! I am so happy dancing for you. Congrats! Take your success momentum into this next week. We’re all here cheering you on!
You are awesome Judith! Thank you for your sweet cheers and happy dance. It’s funny I had just posted this morning about my wonderful new online friends supporting and cheering for me. Right after, I saw this… You make me smile :)!