First Week down - impressive results!

Well... hello! I have to say that I was not expecting big things this week. I have not done any exercise for about two weeks due to various circumstances. However, after my first seven days fructose-free I got on the scales this morning to discover.... a loss of 1.1 kg!!! How awesome is that?!

After so many months of gain a little, lose a little.... it feels really good to know that I have managed to lose a bit of weight without even trying very hard. All I did was eat normal food. Breakfasts this week have been porridge (on the days where I was organised the night before) or two vita brits with milk. Lunches were steamed chicken and salad with a light smattering of mayo. Dinners have been fish, chicken, lamb chops or steak with salad. Last night we had yellow mash (sweet potato and potato) with veges and lamb chops. Snacks have been fruit (nectarine, banana, kiwifruit) and nuts (almonds).

I have been going for regular massages for the last 8 months or so with specialist in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and Massage. The last two times I have seen him, he told me that something was "not right" and he had a sense that he should be a bit worried about me. I had been feeling "off" for a while so went to my GP and had blood tests etc done. Nothing has shown in the results to be the cause of my feeling. After I made the decision last week to come off the shakes and follow the Quit Plan more thoroughly, I felt as though a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. For months I have been battling the decision in my head, knowing what fructose was doing to me scientifically, and trying to reconcile that with what I thought the shakes were doing to "help" me. Once I went off them and decided I would not be going back to them, it was like I had finally released that argument in my head and I felt at peace.

I went back for a massage this afternoon and Michael knew something had changed. He said that his sense of concern for me was far less than it had been 3 weeks ago and he could tell that I was feeling healthier. So I told him what I had done (quit the shakes and gone fructose-free) and how it was making me feel. I have far less tension in my neck and shoulders now than I have had for a very long time. That is not bad considering I am a teacher and we are finishing the sixth week of term 1. Normally, this is major stress time for me.

Now, of course, I don't have any scientific evidence that eating the way I am has removed the tension from my neck and shoulders. But I would say that being confident in the knowledge that I am doing the right thing for me, my husband and my kids has made me less stressed overall and that has helped to improve matters for me.

I plan to keep updating with my progress every few days so please keep checking back!