21 Day Sugar Detox - Day 3

I'm actually writing this on Sunday morning (day 4) because I was just zonked last night - yesterday was busy.  My boyfriend came in to visit yesterday afternoon (he lives about an hour away so comes when he has a break in his schedule), so I wanted to get all my 'stuff' done yesterday before he got here: cleaning, laundry, meal planning, etc.  He finally got in around 4 p.m. and then we treked up to PA to Whole Foods to go grocery shopping.  By the time we got home I was zonked.  (yes...we lead a very romatic and exciting life.  We were both asleep by 9 p.m. on Saturday night.  He did bring me a rose when he got in, which was very sweet.)

The BIG news - I'm down eight pounds since I started being 'sugar-free'!!  YEA ME!!!  The biggest thing I noticed yesterday is that I just wasn't that hungry, which is different for me.  To be honest, I've always been one of those people who didn't really get the 'eat more protein so you feel full'.  An egg always only kept me full for about 15 minutes, which I now attribute to my complete addiction to sugar.  Yesterday I 1600 calories all day (a record low), and althought I was a little hungry going to bed, it wasn't horrible (it was more I was too lazy to make anything so I went without!.  If I was really hungry, I would have done something about it.)  That was a major breakthrough for me.

I also feel a lot better - all the usual detox stuff: my brain feels clearer, my energy is consistent, I feel a little 'tigher' than normal.  Friday night I even stayed up until 9:30 without feeling too out of it (that's unheard of for me!).  I've been drinking a ton of smoothies, two or three a day, (I'm obsessed with this site) and drinking a big cup of tea every afternoon when a sugar craving comes on. Which means - Jess has been pottying a quite a bit.  I need to stock up on toiler paper. (TMI...but, it's part of it).

I did not ride yesterday, but I did do yoga.  I think I might swim today (if I can squeeze into my bathing suit).  Swimming is as low impact as it can get, which is why I'd like to start there.  I'm still nervous about the impact training will have on my sugar, so I am going to go slow and proceed with caution I'm going to keep moving forward, but at my own pace.

Food from 1/12:

• Egg fritatta muffin (egg, red pepper, spinach, mushroom and onions) and butternut squash smoothie
• Hard boiled egg
• Flank steak with leftover brussel sprouts, plus an onion and mushrooms (sauteed in coconut oil)
• Frappuccino smoothie (minus the honey)
• Smoothie of my own devising: Coconut milk from a can, spinach, yams, flax seed, ice (see- I'm addicted to smoothies!)
• Scrambled egg and Sweet Potato and Apple Hash (oops...this wasn't exactly 21DSD approved, but it was late and I was hungry and I did really well otherwise)