Day 8: I left a tomato on a plate!

B: Eggs on pan, red pepper
L: Roasted liver, fresh vegetable, hanful of nuts
D: Green salad with mushrooms and turkey meat

Today I watched myself to leave a tomato and a piece of meat on my plate, because I was too full to continue. Now I KNOW this is a normal thing to do, but not for me. For some reason (probably connected to my childhood) I never leave food on my plate, I rather always try to push down everything. But today, I ate, I ate, and then I was comfortably full so I automatically stopped eating and brought the plate with leftovers back to kitchen...and then it hit me. I NEVER do this. I guess it means my apetite is getting closer to "normal" than it has ever been? So there you have it, my friends: a leftover tomato as a small personal victory!
Also, no snacks. Just saying

Day 9: No pizza, no pancakes, no regrets!


B: Mushrooms and eggs omelette on ghee, fresh vegetable
L: Tuna in can, fresh vegetable, hanful of nuts, green apple
D: Tuna in can, small piece of pork chops (I tasted what I was baking for tomorrow), grapes. No vegetable, as I just did not feel like it.

Today my family had pizza for lunch and pancakes for diner. Normally I know I would have tried at least one slice of pizza and two or three pancakes, even when I was "on a diet", but this time I just didn't. I can't pretend to you that I was strong and overcame my temptation, simply because I wasn't even tempted. I was free, making pancakes for my kids and looking forward for my healthy diner later. I just can't wrap my head around not wanting some of my favourite foods, but so it was! My apetite is definitely changing...

A changing appetite is definitely a very nice thing! You are doing great

Day 10. Ah, those snacks!

B: Pork chops with fresh vegetable
L: Pork chops, grilled vegetable, handful of nuts. Way too much meat but oh, it was deliciosu!
D: Grilled vegetable leftovers, tuna can. Green apple. More nuts.

And more nuts during the day too and some extra grapes as well. I was just so tired, the baby kept me up at night and I don't do well with no-snacking when I'm exhausted. Well, at least I snacked on all the allowed stuff and tomorrow is a new day!

Day 11:

B: Eggs on pan, olive oil, fresh tomatoes
L: vegetable soup, pork chops, fresh vegetable, handful of nuts
D: Smoked pork knee, mediterranean vegetable mix

I snacked on some nuts, but very little.

You are doing such a great job!!! I love how you can tell that your appetite is changing!! That is awesome that you had food leftover when you felt full. I too had this same desire to eat everything that was on my plate, even when I was stuffed.

I know, it really makes me wonder how our apetite is affected by what we eat. I could never had enough sweets. There was always room for extra cake or a cookie. I would hear people say "oh no, thanks, I have had enough sugar for today" but I never felt like I could say the same. I would feel like my stomach was uncomfortably full, yet I would still have a desire to eat something more. Now I think I am, for the first time in my life, experiencing what it is to have a "normal" apetite. The one that makes you eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full. It sounds so simple, yet for me it has laways been impossible...it's going to be very exciting to see where this journey takes me!

Go ronja you've got so much willpower...
Also great to see someone else who likes liver! We're a rare breed. Is it a European thing?? I'm not sure but my Dad is Southern European and used to make liver for us as kids, I loved it. Also we put chicken liver in bolognese sauce, yum

Day 12. Fasting.


B: -
L:-
D:-

Two cups of coffee and one cup of tea (no milk or anything added). I may add another cup of roiboos tea later on. Fasting is really easy when you're low on carbs to start with. I like this.

It's totally a European thing! And where I am it's also a country vs. city thing. Liver is a traditional part of diet in the countryside, while most city folks don't really enjoy it (with many exceptions, of course). Liver pate, yum! Although I think haggies has liver in it, so Scots would probably protest against liver not being popular in the UK

This is so huge!! I can relate to all of what you posted, and I am excited to get to the point you are at. I can turn things down now with willpower, but I want to not want these things!

kfunk6113 it IS huge. I was talking about Whole30 with a friend today and she asked if I will eat dark chocolate or any other form of "healthy" treat once I'm over with the program. And I don't know. I feel that what I have acheived now is so valuable, I'm scared I'll ruin it if I allow myself any form of sugar but occassional piece of small fruit. I've had unhealthy apetite for my entire life, and now I have a healthy one for last week or so. It's definitely very, very fragile. I just hope I will have what it takes to stick with my healthy ways indefinitely!

It's going to be SO interesting to see how you feel on whole30, if you decide to give it a go. I really hope you'll find at least as eye-opening as I have done!

Ladies, sugar is the cause of all my downfalls... I cannot trust myself with it...
Btw - my Dad is also 'country folk' from a tiny fishing village... You're proving your point...

MrsMcsMuffins I'm thinking I need to say good-bye to sugar forever and just live without it. It's a scary thought though. On the other hand, it was scary to say good bye to bread and all flour products and I live quite happily without them. I don't really miss anything. But sugar? It seems to have been a major part of my life. I really need to think this over, since like you I probably can't have sugar "in moderation". There's no moderation for me. It's nothing or everything....

It is scary to let go of it but after 3-4 weeks you won't want it back....promise