2024 Answer – How Issues Are Going (Month Two!)

Now right here’s the longer model for many who need extra main points. 😀 The “no sugar” New Yr’s solution has change into really easy. I’m truthfully now not even tempted to consume sugary treats anymore. I am going out to consume with my mother and brother each and every Sunday after church, and on Sunday per week in the past, my brother ordered a strawberry shortcake. Maximum of remaining yr, we’d order that and all 3 folks would percentage it. The eating place the place we cross (Longhorn Steakhouse) has THE BEST strawberry shortcake I’ve ever had. However per week in the past when he ordered it, and he and my mother shared it, I wasn’t even tempted through it, and I didn’t really feel disadvantaged the least bit.

So I’ve had no sugar for 2 months! And for me, that’s a gorgeous massive deal. (For the main points on what I imply through “no sugar”, I defined that right here.) I’m nonetheless satisfied that what has helped me probably the most is that specialize in consuming extra protein (maximum American citizens, particularly girls, aren’t consuming sufficient protein as we grow older), and maintaining a healthy diet fat (animal fat, olive oil, avocado oil, however NO SEED OILS!!!) The ones two issues stay me satiated in order that I’m now not all the time fascinated by meals and yearning goodies.

In different well being information, I learn a e book that I extremely suggest for everybody to learn. It’s known as The Salt Repair: What The Professionals Were given Improper, And How Consuming Extra Would possibly Save Your Existence (associate hyperlink). The thesis of the e book is that almost all folks aren’t getting sufficient salt in our diets. I do know that sounds stunning making an allowance for that we’ve all been conditioned to be scared of an excessive amount of salt. There are 3 issues that we’ve been conditioned during the last 3 or so many years to imagine are going to kill us — saturated fat, ldl cholesterol, and salt — when actually, the ones 3 issues were blamed for the wear and tear that sugar, processed carbs, and seed oils are doing to our our bodies. The e book is attention-grabbing, however let me percentage with you the way I even got here to learn it.

On the finish of January, I began seeing commercials on Instagram and Fb for an electrolyte drink known as LMNT. It was once a no-sugar-added electrolyte drink, and I’m all the time on the lookout for a just right, low- or no-sugar electrolyte drink for Matt. So I ordered a number of bins to check out out the flavors. When it got here, Matt and I each began ingesting it. It’s, palms down, THE BEST electrolyte drink I’ve ever tasted in my existence. Maximum electrolyte beverages attempt to quilt up the salty style through including such a lot candy taste, which means that you’re both getting approach an excessive amount of sugar (like with Gatorade or Liquid IV), or it’s full of sugar possible choices that experience that overpowering faux sweetener style (like Dr. Berg’s electrolyte drink). Bleh on all of the ones.

So the LMNT was once a little bit other. They don’t attempt to quilt up the salty taste. They only upload a touch of fruit taste and a little bit of stevia, however not anything overpowering. So the primary sip I took was once a little bit stunning, so my preliminary response was once, “Ugh, I don’t suppose I love this!” However then after a 2d, I used to be like, “Wait. That’s in reality in reality just right!” It simply wasn’t what I used to be anticipating. I used to be anticipating that faux, overpowering candy taste, in order that first salty sip was once stunning to me. However once I readjusted my expectancies, I noticed how a lot I cherished it. And now, it’s my favourite drink. I like it greater than my valuable unsweet tea, and someone who is aware of how a lot tea I drink is aware of how stunning it’s that I may love one thing greater than unsweet iced tea.

Again to my tale. We were given our first LMNT on the finish of January, and I began ingesting one (k, possibly two) an afternoon. First, I realized that I wasn’t getting hungry as continuously. That made sense to me as a result of I be mindful being in keto Fb teams the place other people had been continuously doing intermittent and long-term fasting, and when other people would whinge about being too hungry to proceed, the recommendation was once all the time to place some salt beneath your tongue as a result of salt helps to keep starvation and cravings in take a look at. In order that made sense to me. The extra salt I used to be ingesting, the fewer starvation I skilled, and the less cravings I had, so I wasn’t frequently in need of to rummage in the course of the refrigerator to search out snacks right through the day. In truth, the considered meals was once now not eating my thoughts. After lunch, I wouldn’t even give meals every other idea on maximum days (with Wednesdays being the exception).

However right here’s what in reality stunned me. On one Wednesday — the day of the week after I cross out out to consume with my mother and brother for lunch, after which my church staff has our Wednesday evening gatherings that get started with dinner in combination — I ate horribly all day. I didn’t have sugar, however I ate each and every carbohydrate in sight, together with a number of items of garlic bread (proper up till bedtime!!), some hen spaghetti, potato salad, white bread. I imply, I used to be out of keep watch over. Now usually on days like that, my weight might be up about two or 3 kilos the following morning, particularly if I’m consuming proper up till bedtime, which I used to be on that day. So the following morning, I stepped at the scale anticipating simply that, however my weight hadn’t modified in any respect from the morning prior to (i.e., the morning prior to my carb fest).

That has NEVER HAPPENED in my whole grownup existence. I used to be completely astounded, and puzzled what the heck was once occurring. Had I all of sudden change into a type of fortunate individuals who may consume no matter I sought after to, and not achieve every other pound? After which it dawned on me. May just or not it’s the salt?! That was once the one factor I had not too long ago modified.

And that’s after I remembered listening to concerning the e book The Salt Repair.

I puzzled if, in all probability, the solution to my query was once in that e book, so I in an instant purchased the audio model and listened that day as I labored. And certain sufficient! He responded my query, and gave me such a lot useful, superb, and enlightening data that I’ve change into an evangelist for this e book and for salt (particularly the fantastic tasting LMNT) for the remaining month. Proper within the very advent of the e book, he talks about how salt assist you to get keep watch over of your weight. Consume salt, drop some weight. That’s the very identify of a piece of the advent to the e book.

I’ve to confess that with this new data, and with a wholesome inventory of LMNT in my kitchen, I used to be now not as disciplined with my consuming as I must were all over the month of February. In truth, if I’m being utterly fair with myself, it’s superb that I even controlled to lose any weight in any respect within the month of February. Previously, that form of undisciplined approach of drawing near meals would have ended in me gaining weight. So the truth that I misplaced any weight in any respect all over February is somewhat superb to me.

So in March, I’m going to do some experimenting. I’m going to stay with the LMNT and mix that with a much more disciplined method to wholesome consuming, and I’m going to be far more dedicated to my day-to-day workout. I didn’t do neatly on that, both, all over the month of February. I began off very sturdy, however after I noticed the coyote in our again backyard, my dedication to day-to-day strolling and backbone to stick with an workout regimen took a success. So I’m excited to peer how this month is going. No sugar, approach fewer processed carbohydrates, extra salt, extra disciplined wholesome consuming, and a dedication to day-to-day workout. I’ll record again on the finish of the month to let y’all know the way it is going.

EDIT: I utterly forgot to inform y’all this! I purchased myself a lovely little outfit for Easter. It’s not anything extraordinarily particular, and I’m now not somewhat in a position to invest in lovely attire. I’ll want to lose extra weight and really feel extra assured prior to I invest in attire. However for now, I simply sought after a lovely pair of pants, a colourful blouse, and a few new footwear. So right here’s what I purchased…

Once I noticed my favourite logo of pants/demins (Judy Blue) on this beautiful crimson, I knew I needed to have them. The blouse is from certainly one of my favourite on-line retail outlets known as Mod Boutique. The footwear are Madden Woman from Belk. Who is aware of if the elements will also cooperate. That is Texas, in the end. We could be in the midst of a snow typhoon on March thirty first. 😀 If that occurs, I’ll want to transfer out the footwear and throw on a coat.

However right here’s the kicker. I purchased the pants and the blouse one measurement smaller than what I put on at the moment. 😀 And I’ve already flittered away the month of February with my undisciplined consuming and loss of workout for the remaining two weeks of the month. So now it’s all the way down to crunch time. I truthfully do not know if I will do it, but when I don’t make it, it gained’t be for loss of attempting or for loss of self-discipline all over the month of March. So I’ll let y’all know the way it is going! If I make it, I can even put up an image of me in my lovely little Easter outfit. We’ll see. 🙂