End of Week One - Reflections

Today is the end of Week One without sugar.  

Overview

On the whole, it has been easier quitting sugar than I thought it would be.   Things have gone smoothly except for the chocolate frog incident and yesterday at the shopping centre where I bought sushi for lunch and was  dying for a peach ice tea to go with it.  I didn't get iced tea. 

I have got used to my morning coffee being sugarless.   A slurp of Coke Zero on Thursday tasted sickly and horrible.  

I survived a migraine on Tuesday without Tim Tams.   Miracle. 

Observations

• The first few days I was very nibbly.  A vague hungry feeling, and all I wanted to do was eat. 
• By Saturday that nibbly feeling was gone 
• I MUST eat breakfast.  It seems that teaspoon of sugar in my morning coffee was giving me just enough energy to get through to lunchtime.  I cannot get through to lunchtime without breakfast now without feeling ill.  
• I have increased my vegetable intake - eating carrot, celery and cucumber with a bit of hummus for morning and afternoon tea.  
• I have discovered Vital Rooibos Vanilla tea is a good substitute for hot chocolate and has NO SUGAR!  
• I am eating too much cheese.  
• I want to do exercise every day.  I am enjoying my walking and feel better having done it.  The non-exercise days have not felt good, so when I realised that, I fixed the problem by heading out for a walk. 
• Building better structure into my day has been a good thing.  Feeling more together, and productive and can finish the day knowing I got some stuff done.  And that feels good 
• Doing my yoga has been great.  Sleeping much better (although still getting to bed too late). 
• Acupuncture rocks.  First session yesterday and today my puffy sinus face is better, my nose actually runs and I have not even the vaguest niggling headache this morning.  I never feel like this. 

Goals for Week 2

• Exercise every day and ramp up the speed a bit.  Start using Runkeeper to keep tabs on how I am going day to day 
• Incorporate some weights and resistance training into my exercise. 
• Continue with my Daily Plan so I  build my routines and get stuff done every day
• Bake some sugar free snack foods, and reduce my reliance on biscuits and cheese.  
• Increase my water intake  - use my Waterlogger app properly.