Wheat-free and Lovin It

Well it's Jan 14th, and I've made it through nearly two weeks (a few bad days when I forgot not to eat wheat gluten)...but almost exclusively wheat-free. I've lost four pounds, have no more gas, and feel soooo much better. The challenge is finding stuff to eat! Lots of veggies, and rice....but it's fine.

I also have found that I've truly stuck to taking care of myself. 14 days. Taking care of myself. Walking. Taking my vitamins. Cutting out wheat. Staying away from cheese. Next challenge to tackle will be reducing sugar intake - but one thing at a time. I need da suga right now cuz otherwise there ain't too much left to eat around here in this wheat-free, milk-free, cheese-free world.

My mood is better also.

And a new AHA -- pre or full on menopause. That's right. I'm in the middle of it. Woke up all night sat night with the chattering teeth/chills and then the sweats. I mean, it was the worse night of my life. But then again, now that I'm taking care of myself better, my life doesn't seem half so bad. It's almost like I purposely didn't totally take care of myself so I could have an excuse to hate myself (for not taking care of myself). I have alot of behaviors around hating myself, sabotaging myself, and not taking care of myself. I've found out that taking care of ME is a full time job. Wow!

Other thing: I loved Christine Laureano's insight and information about how many many thoughts we have each day, and the large percentage of them being negative. Now when I have swirling thoughts I think two things: 1) that I can control the relative negativity of my thoughts and 2) that I will likely forget the bad thought that I'm having right now in two seconds because it will be followed by so many other thoughts. So...back off bad thoughts. I'm fighting you, ignoring you, and filling myself with good.

Standing up taller today. Got my high heeled boots on baby. I've worked hard to get here, and I'm determined to enjoy the rest of my ride through life....