I am having troubles sticking to the diet exactly. It is like pulling teeth to eat the required amount of veggies. I'll eat some but don't seem to really get them all in. And the rest of my family is worse about eating them.
I am not trying to make the kids lose weight of course. Just me and the hubby, but it only makes sense for everyone to eat healthier and that means no potatoes, no white flour, no sugar and lots more veggies. I am very happy eating whole grains instead of the white flour crap, and I feel much better too. Cutting out most of the refined sugar hurts, but of course I feel much better for doing that too.
What I'm wondering is, how unhealthy I am on phase two if I'm not following exactly? I don't have any sugar or white flour in the house, so I've gotta be helping my blood chemistry even if I'm stalling out on the weight loss - right? I have the bad feeling that the family will eventually revert to our old eating habits just because habits die hard, but I think maybe I can at least do the low fat dairy, cut down the sugar and keep out the white flour. Is that enough? (Maybe I'm just having a bad day and my hormones are getting the best of me, I don't know. Come to think of it, what sort of effects will my monthly friend have on this diet?)