I've lost afurther 3.25lbs in the last 4 days meaning I have lost a total of a stone in 2 weeks!
That is great but not sure how I really feel about it. I've always considered losing more than a 2lb a week as wrong and not safe yet I know that during the past 2 weeks I have eaten well, lots of vegetables and meat, limited carbs and for the past few days milk. It is what I consider to be well balanced. The one thing missing is sugar and during the first 10 days there weren't even natural sugars. Maybe that says a lot about the quantity of sugar in our normal diet. I knowingly ate a lot of sugar, I loved sweets, cake, chocolate, but the amount of sugar we are all eating without knowing is frightening. Just look through your shopping trolley at things you would least expect, crisps, cereal, bread and check the ingredients, I bet you find sugar! No wonder I craved sweet things all the time, my groceries conditioned me to.
Saying that I've treated myself for valentines and had 2 squares of 90% dark chocolate - doesn't sound much but I really enjoyed it. The good thing was I could have gone without it, which is a good sign I guess, means I'm not craving it. Does mean that I'm expecting a slight gain or at least stay the same but you need a little pleasure or you would go insane.
Made a soup for lunch, it was lovely and so easy to make. Definite favourite. It is from The Harcombe diet recipe book.
Red pepper and tomato soup
Fry 2 onions, 3 red peppers and 2 garlic cloves in some olive oil (I used garlic infused oil instead of fresh cloves).
When soft add a tin of tomatoes, 700ml of vegetable stock, 2 tbsps tomato puree, 2 tbsps parsley, 1/4 tsp basil and 1/4 tsp oregano and season to taste.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Blend with an handblender until smooth and serve with a swirl of natural yoghurt
This can be used in stage 1 and 2 but for stage 1 you would need to use wheat free stock cubes and the yoghurt should always be live all the way through the diet.
Enjoy if you try it!
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