Part I: Elimination Diet Day 1

As you can probably tell from the title I've started a diet.  Well, it's more like a lifestyle change which means I have to change my diet. Last week I started thinking about my weight, health and just general well-being and really didn't like what I was seeing in the mirror or how I was feeling so I decided to order a book that I had heard a lot about to help me. The book is called 'Clean' and it's by Dr Alejandro Junger. To be honest, I was so excited to get this book because I was ready to get my act together with food. When it showed up in the post I started reading immediately.

From the very beginning of the book I knew that I was definitely on the right track. I kept reading and with every page I became even more ready to embark on this quest. I have so many of the symptoms that are issues with a bad diet, from bloating to lethargy, bad skin to weight gain...I have it all. I'm declaring that I've had enough of all of these things and I am the one who can change them by changing something as simple as my diet, actually that's a lot harder than it is simple. I am pretty sure most people would agree that it's easier said than done to make a change like this, especially when you live with someone else.  That's why I had to get Allan on board with doing it with me otherwise there was no way that I would be able to stay on track.

I am so glad that Allan is willing to partake in this voyage with me, I will definitely need support to make it through the next 4 weeks.  

The way the program is set up is that you do an elimination diet first and then you begin the detox.  So today is my first day of the elimination diet and I am sitting here at work trying to not think about food that I can't have.  I've had a smoothie for breakfast which was good (but not a super creamy yummy yogurt smoothie), a cup of green tea, a lentil salad that I made yesterday for today's lunch (that thing took a lot of work to make!), a few cashews and a bunch of water.  Luckily you can have two solid meals while doing the elimination diet (lunch and dinner) but then it goes down to just one on the Detox.

All I have to say is that today is hard because I have not had my normal coffee or loads of carbs...basically I was eating like shit and it made me feel the same way so I just have to remember how I was feeling when I was eating like that...I would have eaters remorse after I stuck something bad in my mouth and would say to myself I won't have that again but it never actually worked out that way which has lead me to where I am now.  I am sure the further into the program I get the better I will feel and look, today I am just tired and want to take a nap and eat something else. Don't worry I won't cause we spent a ton on healthy food and vitamins so you better believe I will be seeing this through to the end!

I will update you everyday of my progress...how I am feeling and what not.

On a note that has nothing to do with diet but with eating yummy food, I had dinner with Kylie and Sophie on Friday at a Korean restaurant in Golders Green called Kimchee and it was so delish! After dinner we went to Hampstead Village and had a frozen yogurt which was the perfect end to the evening. I would have taken pics of that adorable village but the weather was disgusting so there wouldn't have been any pics that could do it justice plus I was too busy holding my umbrella.

Hope everyone is doing good and all the daddy's out there had a wonderful father's day yesterday!