Elimination Diet: Week 3

As I embark upon my 4th week eliminating, I want to talk about something very big that I learned during week 3. A nemesis, a weak link, a vice, if you will. What I fear will be the biggest hurdle to overcome in regards to my dietary journey since learning to share my handisnacks in preschool.

Sugar. God damn fucking sugar.

Sugar causes me to feel dehydrated. Sugar causes my guts to distend and make me appear 6 months pregnant. Sugar is something I crave periodically, between ovulation and menstruation. Eating sugar causes me to crave more sugar. And, perhaps worst of all – sugar tastes good.

Sugar tastes real fucking good.

I ate cake on Sunday, and I woke up feeling, literally, hung over. Dehydrated, slow minded, tired, run down. Ok so, it was two slices, but if I was going to do it I was going to do it right and try both kinds. It was a party.

And now, I’m about 3 days from bleeding, and all I want is cake and ice cream sandwiches and molten chocolate ganache, and chocolate mousse, and waffles, on things and .. fruit?

Yeah. Fruit. Which got me thinking – When I started this whole shebang, I gave myself license to eat as much as I wanted of my allowed food items. I eat a LOT of fruit. I sat down and really thought about it. I have been eating about 7 servings of fruit a day since I started. Most times I snack, it’s fruit. Sometimes I have two or three fruit smoothies in a day. And once I’ve eaten some fruit – I crave more fruit.

*sigh*

I think I’ve figured out what the hard part is. :/