I am a scientist at heart so I always like to test things as I go. I tested myself twice this last week to see how my body would react after 2 weeks of eating pretty cleanly (no bread, pasta, rice, added sugar).
Test #1: I had a very small piece of pecan pie during a work birthday party - within 30 minutes my stomach was revolting and not happy with me at all. My head hurt from the influx of copious amounts of sugar. Won't be doing that again any time soon.
Test #2: I did break down and get some Golden Chick (baked chicken with green beans, cole slaw, and a roll). It was late at night and I had been out and did not have time to cook something when I got home so I did the drive through thing on the way home. I ate my chicken, green beans and some of the cole slaw. I then eyed that once coveted yeast roll. I ate half of it just to see and sure enough my tummy revolted again.
I used to finish a meal and feel bloated and gross even if I had eaten proper proportions. I had not been experiencing that for the past few weeks. It seems that what I had always thought of as my dues for "over eating" were perhaps my own body screaming at me that it doesn't like gluten all that much. It sure doesn't like it when I have something high in sugar or with gluten. I know that truly going paleo will mean getting rid of dairy as well. But right now I am happy with the leap to no bread, pasta, rice and sugar (aside from the occasional >60% dark chocolate) and how it is making me feel.
I am amazed at the difference in myself these past two weeks since I quit milk. No way to track the weight, but the definition in my forearms is a sure sign of progress.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that I will eventually bag the dairy too. But right now I love my cheese too much. It will be a total emotional break that will have to happen there LOL!
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