:: week 4 sugar-free ::

Unfortunately this post has been in 'drafts' for so long that I'm halfway through Week 5. But here's Week 4's summary anyways.

I have just completed Week 4 of this 8 Week Sugar Detox plan that I'm following, from Sarah Wilson's book "I Quit Sugar." 

I can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I've had chocolate...cake...icecream...sweet slice...and now it's been 2 weeks since I've had any fruit either. And guess what? I'm alive! Very much alive actually. I feel super, particularly in the gut. My belly feels smooth and flat (besides a bit of leftover baby-belly-softness) and barely ever bloated; which is such an unusual feeling for me!

I have to say I've had a couple of hard moments this last week though. One time was last Saturday night as Jase and I settled down for a movie. He went to the freezer and dished himself up a big bowl of Connoisseur vanilla icecream (divine stuff, if you've never tried it!) and sat down next to me. Now generally I don't mind him eating stuff around me that I can't have. Hey, it's me who gets to feel awesome! But this time, I had these weird angry feelings suddenly rise up inside. I wasn't angry at Jase. Something, which I 'm sure was a withdrawal symptom, made me furious that I couldn't have a bowl of that. And I wanted it. Usually I don't care... it was just icecream. But this time, I wanted it. My bowl of yogurt just wasn't doing the job! So I forcefully averted my eyes and slowly the rage went away.

It's been a great chance to try new recipes, not that we ate any lunch/dinner meals that had sugar in them anyway, but IQS has some really great recipe ideas. One of my absolute favourites were the Buckwheat Crepes, with smoked ham & mozzarella. So, so, so amazing.

{buckwheat crepes with quinoa, cauli, pumpkin & parmesan on the side}

{cauli-crust pizza. recipe here}

{Fennel 'detox' Soup. recipe in "I Quit Sugar"}

So I'm halfway done. Cheated once, with some yogurt I thought might be natural but I didn't want to check. Because I like Gippsland yogurt way too much. So it turned out it had sugar in it, and I bloated up like a balloon within the hour.

And so the food continues...