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Elimination Diet Day 24
16.10.08I am now over 3 weeks in to the Elimination Diet, and what have I learned?
Coffee: having been a coffee junkie for years, going without for over 3 weeks has at times been tough. BUT after the initial withdrawal headaches and generally feeling rubbish, I am now finding it easier to go without. I am also finding my sleep patterns have improved massively, and I feel more lively during the afternoon (a typical sluggish time for me). Now this may be due to an increase in water intake too, I don’t really know. The big thing here and I don’t want to understate it, really is the improved sleep quality!
Breads and Pasta: Not really missed the pasta’s, never really ate too much of the stuff anyway! But the bread was like the coffee, one of my major weaknesses. I think this part has contributed mostly to the visable results that i have obtained, no more bloating, no more over-full feeling. We simply do not have the stuff in our house any more, and going out for lunch or dinner simply means ignoring the bread that appears on the table!
Over high energy dense foods: Heavily processed foods such as sweets, pizza, burgers and such like didn’t really exist in my diet anyway, but I was certainly prone to the more than occassional treat… which it seems added up. Cutting those out at times was difficult, regularly eating our normal dinner and then wanting something sweet after was just a habit. A habit that is now broken.
Yes this is a bit of a sales pitch, BUT only because I could not have done the last few weeks without it. The Elimination Diet Cookbook has been a indispensible companion on this journey so far. So if you are starting your Elimination Diet program today, then I would thoroughly recommend the Cookbook too.
The Results: well in 3 weeks, ie. 21 days, i have lost 4.5kg and now dropped to my lowest body fat percentage measurement I have ever recorded on myself.
Don’t wait till monday to start this! Start NOW!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge congratulations to you
!!! It’s really a lot that you lost then… one always wonders where those kilos on you are anyway but waow! you must be hyper-super-totally toned and muscular now 
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The ED really is great and I’m so grateful you introduced me to it… among other important stuff
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome and relaxing holidays to you