Hi everyone, I'm on day 3. Still in detox mode so not worried about anything else right now. Weightloss isn't my main reason for doing this, though I seriously need to lose a kilo or 40! But the health side affects are more immediate for me. Just wanted to remind people that women will naturally lose less weight than men for a couple of reasons. 1. Men have a greater proportion of muscle to fat and more muscle means you lose weight faster. 2. Women's bodies are designed to hold on to fat incase of famine when pregnant (think back to prehistory times). It's just par for the course. I've found taking chromium helps with the cravings as it stabilises blood sugars. If cravings are too much, you might want to give that a go. cheers, Michelle

Hi Margaret,

You don't have to give up peanut butter - just buy the right one. My local health food store will grind fresh roasted peanuts into smooth or crunchy peanut butter as you wait - nothing added and it tastes wonderful. I think you'll find that a lot of places will do this. When I lived in Sydney, the local HF store didn't have the grinding device on site, but kept a stock of this type of peanut butter as it has always been very popular.

Cheers - Janet

While on the topic of Peanut Butter, I bought Sanitarium Peanut Butter Natural, it is 100% peanuts.  I found it in Coles in the health food section.

Nicole

Hi David F,

Thanks for recording your journey, it is really inspiring. I've not ever had a weight problem (i've always, always watched it and am young with a fast metabolism - i think!) but that's the thing - I'm so sick of watching everything that I eat, and constantly worrying about weight creeping on.

ALso of not feeling quite right - lethargic, bloaty, just generally yucky. and never, ever really full. I can eat all day, and loads, and sometimes when I'm on a bit of a mood I'll scoff whatever is around. I am really hoping that going sugar free I'll feel more energy, and my body will start feeling sated when I eat.

Still really worried about 'fat' in things though, I guess old habits/weight watchers/media stuff gets to you. it just seems too good to be true that the body self-regulates and it is fine to eat anything as long as there is no sugar. But David's books have so much research and the results for so many don't lie, so it must be true!

Keep telling us your journey (you and everyone!) - it's much nicer to do this together. There are some people at work I've mentioned this too and getting a few incredulous stares, or people telling me I'm skinny anyway and shouldn't worry about my weight. I am worried about the poison though, and how it makes us feel utterly crap.

M

David F wrote:

I have a weekly appointment with my bathroom scales. I only weigh myself once each week to determine true loss rather than to monitor weight on a daily basis which, I think, can lead to all manner of localised eating patterns which in the long run may not correctly serve a good, healthy lifestyle.

This week I had cause to doubt the gleaming digital booby trap beside the vanity unit. My biggest recorded loss in six weeks left me doubting the result, displayed boldly in the LCD panel blinking between my toes.

Six weeks ago a typical day's sustinence would have been:Breakfast. Toast (4 to 6 slices) with jam, or crumpets (4) with honey, fruit juice, milk and coffee with sugar. Morning tea. Coffee with 2 sugar, Tim Tams (whatever was left over from the previous night). Lunch. Big Mac with chips, a large Coke and coffee with sugar.Late afternoon post work snack. An apple, biscuits or potato crisps and a hand full of nuts, coffee and sugar, glass of milk. Dinner. Steak, vegetables, coffee, a beer.Then in snacks, biscuits, sweets, cake, chocolate and a mug of hot sweet chocolate before bed.

Now, I am satisfied with: Breakfast. Three Weet Bix with milk (no sweetener of any sort), coffee with no sugar and a glass of milk. Lunch: Two slices of toast with tuna and tea without sugar. Dinner: Steak and vegetables, a beer, coffee with no sugar. In the evening a glass of milk with Sakata rice crackers and cheese. Hot chocolate (2 spoons of cocoa powder in milk, sweetened with 3 teaspoons of dextrose) before bed if I feel I need it....and the urge is fast diminishing. I have made no other lifestyle change..no extra exercise, no deliberate tucker rationing beyond only eating when I feel hungry...NO DEPRIVATION of any kind.

This week's result? A loss of 1.6 kilograms and a waist reduction of 1.5 centimetres. Down from 105.4kg to 98.6kg in six weeks and a reduction in girth from 109 to 103cm.

My pants are falling down!

David F

Well done David F what an inspiration you are, and look your under 100 you must be very pleased with yourself.  Congratulations.   I have been on the Quit Plan for one month today and haven't done any where near as good as you having lost only a kilo.  But I must say I feel like I have lost more than that from my clothing.   I am following the plan very rigidly and must admit I have no cravings for sweet stuff but I thought that I would have more energy but at this stage no.   I am amazed at just what you can have and it doesn't feel like a diet at all.  So even if I loose weight slowly and it stays off I'll be happy with that.  At least I haven't gone the other way so that's good.   David I think you just must be a weight losing machine.  Keep it up but may I suggest you buy a belt co's we don't want your pants falling down in public.

Regards,

Lauren.