Diet detox

When I first said okay no more dieting Bex! It was cool, felt at ease then day two and my body kinda did the you can eat what you want again no rules so go for it and I ate and ate all of the things that I had restricted because of 'dieting', thank goodness I knew this was a normal part of 'diet detox' and just went with it. Well reactive eating no more - after eating chips for dinner last night and not really enjoying them I realised it was time to put the reactive eating behind me and start looking at what I was going to do to get myself healthy and fit again.

So this morning I turned to my low GI foods that I was eating when I was pregnant and actually enjoyed - while I was pregnant I wasn't dieting and just focused on being healthy by eating the low GI foods and keeping myself satisfied and I lost 11 kilos!! It took 9 months to do but hey if I was 11 kilos lighter in 9 months from now I'd be happy. Eating low GI foods stops the dietng thinking because by eating low GI foods your tummy is full, your bloood sugar levels stay more stable which means your moods do to, and I know thatmost of my eating is done not because I am hungry but because of what my moods dictate I eat. One part that I will take from the old dieting is the keeping a food diary but instead of points I am going to write down - What I ate, was I hungry? if not what was I feeling? and what was I doing when I was eating ie: sitting at the table, watching TV - because I am sure that the amount I eat relates to what I am doing at the time. Who hasn't eaten an entire family block of chocolate in front of the TV without realising it and blamed the husband/kids/dog for eating it all up!!