21 Day Sugar Detox: Day 1

A couple weeks ago, I saw that a friend of mine would be holding her first coaching class for the 21 Day Sugar Detox created by Diane Sanfilippo. I hadn't heard much about it before, so I looked into it. It looked very very difficult - all my favorites were off limits for three whole weeks!! No breads, no pastas, no sugar (duh), only fruit allowed is green apples and not quite ripe bananas, limited starchy vegetables, etc. But I knew I needed some kind of "kick me in the ass" event to get my motivation going, and more importantly, my eating habits back on track after a long cold winter of comfort foods and no exercise. So I sent that message to her, got the information on how to sign up, and took the leap of faith into this program.

Yesterday was Day 1. Of course it fell right after Easter Sunday where we had brown sugar glazed spiral ham, scalloped potatoes, crescent rolls, and wine for dinner. Not to mention the crispy little chocolate bunny the Easter Bunny left me the night before. (You better believe I ate the whole thing Sunday night!! But don't think I pigged out or anything - it was the smallest bunny available.)

I think I did very well with Day 1. I didn't stray from the "yes" food list, even when my hubby had mint chocolate cookie ice cream topped with mini chocolate chips and chocolate syrup for dessert. ::grumble grumble grumble:: This is what I had yesterday:

Breakfast: a scrambled omelet, made with sauted baked chicken, mushrooms, green onions, baby greens, and topped with a little parmesan cheese. I also had a "buttermilk" biscuit from the program's cookbook with butter and a glass of milk. I also had a cup of jasmine green tea.

Lunch: ground turkey and zucchini fritters topped with avocado and cherry tomatoes.

Snack: a green apple with almond butter

Dinner: Pollo Asado made from the cookbook, which was basically marinated baked chicken with onions, served with cilantro cauli-rice.

Dessert: another "buttermilk" biscuit with butter and cinnamon to try and get that "sweet" treat. It didn't really work - I need to find something else.

For most of the day I felt pretty good physically, until late afternoon/early evening when I really started to notice the lack of energy I had. I'm doing the "active" modification, which allows for a little extra wiggle room with starchy vegetables & legumes. I need to expand those options, or I'll never keep up with my munchkin!

As a side note, I'm doing this program right in line with a DietBet I joined too! If you don't know what DietBet is, it's basically an online weight loss competition where you "bet" against yourself to lose 4% of your body weight in 4 weeks. If you "win," you will at least get back the amount you bet. If you lose, you get nothing back. So our group is now up to something crazy like 30 people or something and the "pot" is up to $850!! So if some people win, and some people lose, the winners will not only get back their initial bet, but the extra from the pot will be divvied up between all the winners after DietBet takes their fees. If everyone wins, they forfeit those fees and everyone gets back their initial bet. It's pretty much a win/win if you win! :)

That's a wrap for Day 1! I will try to update daily, or at least every few days. Time to go grocery shopping and try to avoid every sugary, starchy, delicious piece of food in that store. Wish me luck! ;)