Well, I have to fess up that I ate a slice of apple pie - loaded full of sugar last weekend and I have suffered for my slip up. I have really noticed that my withdrawals have intensified this week. I am agitated, irritible, teary and angry. I have "magnet eyes" on any thing sweet that I may pass in the super market. I never bake and I made a sugar free banana bread so I could eat something "sweet". I was just reading the post about acceptable avoid and I am eating a lot of veges and fruit on the avoid list - carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato, apples would be the main things. I figure the fructose in these veges is negligble and the fibre (I eat all of them with the skin on) mitigates it and I am only eating some of these things once a day. I weighed myself and havent shifted a gram but I believe it will happen eventually. I am trying to keep my focus on weight loss as a bonus and by product of a sugar free lifestyle and that my overall health is more important. I loaned the book to my brother and he told me today that he is a sugar free zone - he looks like he's lost weight - sibling jelousy is raging. Anyway I also feel vague and wanting to isolate myself at the moment. I believe all this is withdrawal symptoms and will eventually pass. I have also bought myself a portion plate which I am using for evening meals to keep my amounts moderate. I got it off a website called Great Ideas in Nutrition if any one is interested. I will let you know from time to time how it goes.
