..so i have finally got round to starting the elimination diet. I must admit that I had put it of a bit as it can sound a bit daunting, NO WHEAT( ie pasta bread etc) NO ALCOHOL, NO PROCESSED FOOD.
After Tim’s success and Leon starting it I thought it was about time I got on the band wagon too…..so what put me of to start with and how is it going so far?
My biggest concerns were what to eat for a start?? and time. As of now I am in day four. I started it over the weekend so that I had a bit more time to get the feel of it and to get a good idea of how much time it would take up. I am very quickly learning it is not time consuming at all!!
My biggest worry was what was i going to eat for breakfast?, normally I would have cereal, porridge or a type of muesli, as that is all processed that’s out of the window, which leaves you with EGGS for breakfast. Now i do like an omelet with veg in but not really my idea of a nice breakfast!!…. but a plain omelet with banana or strawberry’s and natural yog is actually really nice. I’m still getting a little bit of sweetness in my breakfast, it’s all natural, I get one of my fruit portions in at the start of the day and it takes just over 5 mins to do.
My other worry was tea. I love green tea!! and it does have good health benefits, but it is processed and it does still have caffeine in it, so that is out the window too. Now with winter clearly here the thought of plain water for a whole month is not exactly comforting. So I have been adding a squeeze of some fresh lemon in hot water, it allows some flavor and the comfort of a hot drink. I have found it a great substitute for a cup of tea.
It may only be 4 days but I’m finding it easier than I thought and I have already lost 1.5 kilos in just four days, I will keep you posted on my progress.
Bye for now Marie
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Leon’s On The Elimination Diet
17.10.08Well I have started the elimination diet and so far except for the chocolate cravings its going OK. I started on Monday but today I really filled up my fridge with healthy food. I bought chicken, turkey,mushrooms, tomatoes, sprouts, carrots etc etc.
I then went into my quite large kitchen and searched through all the cupboards for those big professional looking knives that I bought one time. See in the past a fork would have been enough to break through the
plastic cover before putting into the microwave….
I chopped up the meat, spent 5 minutes trying to work out how the grill works (pretty sad I know) and then prepared my carrots and sprouts. It worked and I had a decent meal, I sure it would have tasted better if someone else had cooked it but it just goes to show that even COMPLETE BEGINNERS in the kitchen can cook and prepare healthy meals.
It is day 15 of the Elimination diet for me. So how has it been going.
The biggest thing for me is cutting out the coffee. I am finding it less of a problem day by day avoiding the coffee, but at times it really has been difficult.
The bread part has not been so difficult, and I have really managed to work around not being able to make a sandwich.
The Elimination Diet Cookbook has been a lifesaver to be honest, breaking my wife and I away from the tedious meat and vegetables meals, and we have tried a couple of different dishes including a slightly different style of omlete for breakfast.
Snacks have fairly consistently been fruit based and also natural yoghurt for the protein element.
So what has been the results: so far I have lost about 2.5kg not a huge amount, but significant in just over 2 weeks. The big difference is in the body fat percentage now down to its lowest in 18 months.
Dax is just finishing off the new Elimination Diet site, but if you want to get hold of it simply pop over to:
http://www.eliminationdietblueprint.com/
Oh yes and I would strongly recommend the cookbook if you plan on starting which you can get here
