Lose the Buddha: Status report

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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Status report

My body is going through withdrawal. I think.

As soon as I woke up yesterday, I began the process of cleaning out my system, a detox of sorts, by immediately cutting out all caffeine, sugar, breads, rice, pasta, dairy, alcohol and processed crap. It's been a veritable mountain of clean eating around here, complete with all of the vitamins and recommended supplements.

God I hate taking that many pills. Not including my birth control pills, I'm taking about ten pills a day, plus a Tablespoon of L-carnitine in my morning protein shake. None of it is stuff I haven't taken before - mostly things recommended for hypothyroid care, and nope I'm not gonna share what they are, mostly because sharing what supplements I take can come off like a recommendation and I don't want to be responsible for that - but I still eh, hate it. Not surprisingly, I already feel better.

I only plan on being this strict for a couple of weeks, mostly because it's not particularly practical and is too close to dieting, and also because there are alternatives I can eat that are relatively close to those I shouldn't be, but kinda get in the way of getting myself a little healthier. It's still tough to process dairy, but I know I can work it back in delicately.

More importantly, I haven't stepped on a scale because I want this process to be about feeling better, which I do already. Honestly. The hypothyroid thing causes me such problems digesting carbohydrates that eating only the "good" kinds and eliminating the rest, makes an immediate difference. That needs to be my constant inspiration, not what the scale reads.

I couldn't tell you what I weigh right now. All of my clothes fit, so I doubt it's changed much in the past month or so.

I must admit that I did cave and get a cup of coffee today. I was beginning to get that caffeine headache and I had too much work to do to struggle on through. I had a horrible migraine hit me last week, one so painful it scared me and I called Scott to come over and stay with me. I wasn't up for dealing with another one so soon. More important to me right now is that I cut out the Diet Coke habit and go back to the two-cups-of-coffee, water-the-rest-of-the-day habit I had earlier last year. I like that morning coffee.

A grocery trip is definitely in order, though, because I don't think I've been eating enough, mostly because I don't have a whole lot of food in the house. It's basically been protein shakes, nuts, tofu, tons of raw and cooked vegetables, fresh mixed berries, a couple of hard-boiled eggs and shrimp. Oh, and that fabulous jalapeno hummus. God I love that stuff.

Anyway, I've been stupendously hungry these past couple of days, and I hate that feeling. Tomorrow after work? I head to the store for some more options. Like some sweet potatoes and pork tenderloins. Some Granny Smith's and some natural peanut butter. I need more filling foods, though I did make this for Scott and I for dinner last night. We love this stuff. We could eat several helpings if I made enough.

(I now just went through my recipes and am reminded that I need to 1) make my BBQ Turkey Meatballs and 2) finally post the recipe here. I am also hungry again. Gah.)

Saturday I head back to the gym after a two-week absence. Fitting in the gym was way too difficult with everything going on and I was sick for most of my 12-day vacation. Right after Christmas I came down with an awful cold that lasted until about New Year's Day. But I'm feeling better and excited to get back into kickboxing. I start up with my trainer again on January 16th since he's been on a break. I'm looking forward to it - I miss the gym.

That's about it. Now it's 11 p.m. and I am an hour overdue for getting to bed. My next challenge for next week will be to get my ass into bed by 10 p.m. and not be on this infernal thing.

Posted by Erin at 11:27 PM | filed under: Random

January 2008