Day 4

67.1kg

Yep, I've gone up.

Why? Last night I ate three serves of crumble and chocolate coconut cream. 

Why? Because I was sitting on the couch late and 'craving' more.

Why? Because it was packed with fructose.

More about SUGAR

It's not 'sugar' but fructose that's the culprit. Our bodies haven't evolved a mechanism for detection and handling it apart from - hey, high energy source, get as much as you can!!!. This means we want more and more and more.

Check out www.sarahwilson.com.au, where I learnt most of what I know about the evils of fructose, and David Gillespies' Sweet Poison.

I gave up sugar for a month or so and absolutely noticed the difference.

I stopped craving chocolate (for me this is a seriously big deal), stopped overeating, stopped my mood swings and felt generally healthier. 

I started eating it again by accident, then Easter came around and I was lazy.. I definitely feel the worst because of it. 

It was stupid of me to eat that crumble last night - I didn't eat it when I made it fresh because of the fructose! Why last night? Because I was tired, it was late and I didn't stick with my original plan of having a big bowl of healthy soup to satisfy me.

Solutions: If you're coming home late and know you will be tired, get your frozen food out of the freezer to thaw BEFORE you are starving. Get it ready BEFORE you think 'I'll just take a bit of...'. 

Day 4

Rest day, it's Sunday.

Food

Breakfast: Puffed rice with seeds and unsweetened almond milk + cocoa

Morning Tea: Vegan shortbread + almonds

Lunch:
Picked at various foods I was cooking including White Bean and Quinoa Chili, Massaman Curry and Vegan Shepherd's Pie.

Dinner: Vegan Shepherd's Pie

Lots of snacking throuhgout the day. Didn't get my planned Ab workout down as I was busy cooking all day!