Sunday, January 24, 2010

Day 2: Mind Games

Today has been much harder than I expected.  I have not been hungry, as the shakes really fill me up, but I have noticed so many more cravings.  What I really want is cheese!  I am craving cheese like nobody's business.  I think that it must mean I need some savory items in my diet.  One if the items I can purchase is a chicken soup, but it's not recommended on the first week due to the sodium content.  This is definitely something I will be purchasing next week!

One thing that did help yesterday was my ability to mix up some of the shakes into something other than a shake.  Sounds funny right? I can make muffins, cookies, and puddings from my shakes and that seemed to help.  Yesterday, I made cinnamon muffins that were great!  They were a little more dense than normal muffins, but it was nice to chew something.  Plus, one side effect from a liquid only diet is that your gallbladder becomes under used.  If I make muffins, I can add flaxseed, which aids my diet in so many ways, and gets my gallbladder working.

For dinner, I made a chocolate cheesecake pudding.  I did this by adding 1-tablespoon of instant sugar-free cheesecake pudding mix to my shake along with crushed ice, and a little water in a blender.  Yummy!  It was just like eating dessert.

I did better with my water today, but I slept a lot more today as well.  I think my body is getting rid of all of the bad things that I have been putting it through for years.  I keep reminding myself that this is a process.  One step at a time.

The last thing I did today was to track out how many days I think I will be on the decision-free plan.  This is the shake only part of the plan, before transition and maintenance.  I have just been telling myself, since before I began the program, that I would probably be on the decision-free plan until the end of my school year in June.

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