By Jove, I Think I've Got It!
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:32 pm
Hi all! I have been playing with No S for a while. However, over the past seven days, we have had to take my little girl to the dentist. My daughter is nine, and her teeth are really bad and she had to have four fillings. I felt a complete failure as a mother. The dentist said something that triggered a revelation in my brain, flicked the switch so to speak. He said that sugar caused all the decay. He explained how bacteria live in our mouths, good and bad. The bad bacteria feed on sugar then attack tooth enamel causing decay. By snacking between meals and eatings too many sweets and high sugar foods, teeth have never been so bad among the population apparently. He blames hidden sugars, concentrated fruit juice etc., then basically said my daughter must only have three low sugar meals a day with fruits as part of the meal. Sweets, chocolate, cake etc must be only at weekends as an occasional treat and again with a meal.
I saw the light. Since then, I haven't wanted sweets, biscuits, cakes or chocolate at all. I just think about feeding little monsters living in my mouth, them eating the sugar, swelling up and swimming in my saliva and attacking my teeth and gums. Yuk! No thank you.
So, I researched the salad vegetables that contain the same nutrients as fruit, like snap peas that have more vitamin C than oranges and started eating from the point of view of health, and self-respecting this amazing body we all have by feeding it stuff to help, not stuff that it basically has to deal with as if it were poison, to be eliminated. My plates have been a rich variety of raw colours, radishes, carrot batons, beetroot, spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber etc, and I have never felt so satisfied.
The weekend arrived, I didn't want a treat yesterday so without any thought the day looked like an N day but without consciously trying. I had what I genuinely enjoyed and wanted. Today I had warmed chocolate brownie with clotted cream for dessert and have never felt so sick, so unpleasantly stuffed and my body rejected it by triggering an episode of irritable bowel syndrome, within minutes of finishing, almost like an allergic reaction. Needless to say I won't be rushing for dessert again in a hurry to avoid the horrid sensations of eating rubbish and overeating.
I feel like I have really turned a corner.
One question though, re: high fat products and lower fat alternatives. I know that we are discouraged from choosing light versions of things, I find this a bit scary! My lifetime dieting mentality sees full fat products like cheese and soft cheese as devil food. Can anyone reassure me please.
This week I am going to focus on moving more. I think I have nailed the food bit despite high fat reservations. My daily activity of choice that can be sustained in the long term is housework done with va va voom and more of it as this is something that has to be done for life! Also nice to have a spotless house! I can't find a sledgehammer in the UK. I bought a set of kettlebells instead with a beginners DVD and hope they will become my new addiction. We can only hope! Here is is wishing everyone a good week ahead.![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
I saw the light. Since then, I haven't wanted sweets, biscuits, cakes or chocolate at all. I just think about feeding little monsters living in my mouth, them eating the sugar, swelling up and swimming in my saliva and attacking my teeth and gums. Yuk! No thank you.
So, I researched the salad vegetables that contain the same nutrients as fruit, like snap peas that have more vitamin C than oranges and started eating from the point of view of health, and self-respecting this amazing body we all have by feeding it stuff to help, not stuff that it basically has to deal with as if it were poison, to be eliminated. My plates have been a rich variety of raw colours, radishes, carrot batons, beetroot, spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber etc, and I have never felt so satisfied.
The weekend arrived, I didn't want a treat yesterday so without any thought the day looked like an N day but without consciously trying. I had what I genuinely enjoyed and wanted. Today I had warmed chocolate brownie with clotted cream for dessert and have never felt so sick, so unpleasantly stuffed and my body rejected it by triggering an episode of irritable bowel syndrome, within minutes of finishing, almost like an allergic reaction. Needless to say I won't be rushing for dessert again in a hurry to avoid the horrid sensations of eating rubbish and overeating.
I feel like I have really turned a corner.
One question though, re: high fat products and lower fat alternatives. I know that we are discouraged from choosing light versions of things, I find this a bit scary! My lifetime dieting mentality sees full fat products like cheese and soft cheese as devil food. Can anyone reassure me please.
This week I am going to focus on moving more. I think I have nailed the food bit despite high fat reservations. My daily activity of choice that can be sustained in the long term is housework done with va va voom and more of it as this is something that has to be done for life! Also nice to have a spotless house! I can't find a sledgehammer in the UK. I bought a set of kettlebells instead with a beginners DVD and hope they will become my new addiction. We can only hope! Here is is wishing everyone a good week ahead.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)