15 Pounds in a Month with NO Dieting!
At the beginning of June I decided it was time to explore my relationship with food, dieting and diabetes. My doctor had been telling me for several years that I was at risk for type II diabetes. Not surprising since I have 32 sweet tooths and a love of bread, pasta and other wonders of refined flour.
I had been noticing for about 6 months a sense of being more at risk and I was definitely becoming more and more uncomfortable every day with my weight and a closet full of clothes I wanted to wear again. So, I did what I usually do when something interests me – I Googled and Amazoned.
I wound up ordering 4 books – 2 on diabetes and insulin control dieting (these were not much help other than reminding me of the underlying issues and knowledge), The Gabriel Method and I Can Make You Thin. The latter two books, were a major break-through, a fundamental shift, an awakening – a moment of truth.
These two books pointed out a few fundamental truths that I had been overlooking. It was phenomenal to experience the radical shift that happened with me as the truth of this knowledge hit me.
- Diets Don’t Work
- Our Bodies Keep Us Fat to Keep Us Safe
Both books have 4 simple guidelines for eating like a thin person. What’s really interesting to me is how things changed over night for me. Reducing my intake of refined flour and sugars was hardly even a choice – it’s more like I lost interest in them, they no longer seemed to drag me toward them. So, this was a big plus for helping my system stop the insulin swing that has been problematic.
About the time I made this shift, I started frequenting Lettuce, a great Salad & Soup restaurant in Walnut Creek, that opened in March. I eat at Lettuce almost every day. The food is just awesome, Laura & Bahman, the owners, are wonderful and their staff is friendly beyond measure.
This whole process is opening up several interesting inquiries for me. Yesterday, I took the belt in another notch for the second time since all this began – whoohooo!
The weirdest thing about all of this is the lack of effort. As I was reflecting on this the other day, I realized that the knowledge gained is acting as a huge support, but more importantly – the shift has led to a huge sense of openness and freedom.
It’s another one of those experiences where I find myself wondering who I am – the familiar self and long-standing habits have taken a significant hit.
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After my April vision fast in Arizona I came across a book at a bookstore in Tuscson: Skinny Bitch. There’s another one called Skinny Bastard. Both by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. In spite of the controversial title, these books are actually concerned with eating healthy, and convinced me to go from vegetarian to vegan. Although I couldn’t read the chapter on the cruelty done to the animals we eat, and was already convinced in that regard, I hadn’t realized the harm done to dairy cows. Free range, organic eggs might be okay, I haven’t made my mind up yet on that one… Anyway, I loved the way these authors tell it like it is.
My current challenge is to look at and understand my overindulgence in chocolate. Perhaps the curiousity and not-knowing you describe in your subsequent posting can be my allies as I look at the way I think I need to support myself to get the day going and feel some energy in my body. Who am I if I don’t treat my body that way? I have been noticing for a while that it makes me feel kind of sick to eat that much chocolate… So I am going to try the Skinny Bitch suggestion of starting the day with fruit. It feels like a kindness to do this.