Healthy Eating Challenge?

[angel2write]

Anyone want to do a healthy eating challenge with me?

I'd like to kick caffeine and sugar for forty days and see if it makes my symptoms better. But you could have any goal you like, of course.

Just a thought... :D

 

[sea]

What is this "healthy" of which you speak? :cautious:

 

[angel2write]

(laughter :laugh:) Well, healthy for me is defined as not eating only Little Debbie cakes and drink Coca-Cola in the hopes that I'll fall into a hyper-glycemic coma and not have to deal with what whatever is bothering me.

I'm guessing from the complete lack of response I'm getting here that everyone took one look at this thread and said, "Right before the Holidays???? Heck no!!!"

Oh well. I've had no sugar in two days, and I've tapered off caffeine. Today is my first day with NO caffeine. So far it hasn't helped my symptoms at all. I was so bad last night my husband threatened to call my therapist, which he's never done before. Still, I'm not giving up. I'm going to give it at least a full month.

 

[sea]

I'll fall into a hyper-glycemic coma

Sugar coma...om nom nom nom... :whistling:

 

[The Albatross]

Speaking for myself... it had more to do with the "right before the holidays" thing. Yes ma'am. :unsure:

 

[Sazza]

I need to join you in cutting rubbish down in my eating. I'm trying not eaten as much over last few days. I want lose stone and half and de junk.

 

[VDWngr1355]

I would join in but I eat healthy to begin with. Today was the first day that I had any time of sugar/dessert item in three months. It was a donut and it was good. I do not drink juice or soda. Only water and whey protein shakes. Eat mostly proteins with lots of veggies and fruits, and a small amount of carbs. If you need a supporter to stay away from the sugar for 40 days I am here for you.

 

[angel2write]

I would join in but I eat healthy to begin with.

Wow! I'm impressed. I go up and down like a roller coaster. When I'm feeling suicidal, it's kind of hard to care about what I eat. But my therapist kind of challenged me to do better & said it would help smooth out the roller coaster ride some. So I'm making an effort.

I'm not sure I'm up to the whey protein shake level yet!!! :confused:

 

[angel2write]

Speaking for myself... it had more to do with the "right before the holidays" thing. Yes ma'am. :unsure:

I'll have to admit, I'm still totally planning on having pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and some of my husband's homemade pecan caramels at Christmas. But treats on holidays is something different from living on junk food.

Alba- you already eat, like, 40 times healthier than I do! You eat stuff I don't even know how to pronounce!

 

[angel2write]

I need to join you in cutting rubbish down in my eating. I'm trying not eaten as much over last few days. I want lose stone and half and de junk.

It sounds like a good goal. I think a stone is about 16 of our pounds, so your goal is a little more than mine. Do you have a plan? Or are you still at the wishful thinking stage?

 

[CraftyCath]

I don't drink sweet drink and only have 1 cup of tea a day and no coffee. I limit sweet treats and eat only a bit of very, very dark chocolate (81% cocoa or above). I limit dairy as I'm intolerant and use soya milk. My major weakness is carbs, as in bread, potatoes and crisps (chips). I love carbs!

I do however like a nice glass (or two, or three) of good wine! Now the truth is out! ;)

 

[VDWngr1355]

Wow! I'm impressed. I go up and down like a roller coaster. When I'm feeling suicidal, it's kind of hard to care about what I eat. But my therapist kind of challenged me to do better & said it would help smooth out the roller coaster ride some. So I'm making an effort.

I'm not sure I'm up to the whey protein shake level yet!!! :confused:

Well, strangely I don't really binge when I feel suicidal or self cutting. I will deprive myself of food but not eat unhealthy. Before the trauma I would eat unhealthy or if I wasn't feeling food I would overeat on sugar. For some reason after the trauma I lost that temptation.

The whey protein shakes are key for me! I love the chocolate designer whey powder. They are pricey but they make me feel 10 times better though. I have gone days without a shake and I don't feel the same. I feel depressed or harder to control what I am thinking. I find if I make sure I get enough protein in my body it helps stabilize my moods a lot better. The shake itself does not taste like a chocolate milkshake but it doesn't taste bad either.