In the last 5 years or so, I have been comfort eating. I'm 5'5 and currently weigh 70.2 kilos (155 lbs) having lost 5lbs from Atkins recently.
I have tried to control the comfort eating. It's not like I eat bad food, I just eat too much when I'm stressed. I guess the way to deal with it is to treat the stress first. I believe I have come a long way with regards to stress. I have been a lot less stressed in comparison to the past, so hopefully I will be able to mantain that, therefore mantaining my weight.
I was recently on the Atkins diet, for some reason it took a while to lose weight, and some days I even resorted to just 1 meal a day (that's when I'd see the weight drop). I had tried the master cleanse before, for a mere 36hrs. I am back on it and hoping to do 30 Days Ideally and maybe 40 if I haven't reach my goal weight.
I am not raising my hopes, so I am starting with 10 days, then going to 20 days, 30 days and so on. I will keep a diary on here, so daily posts updating my stats and my journey.
About the Maple Syrup diet.
- Basically every morning I start with a herbal laxative tea, which I cannot take for many days, so I am hoping to alternate with my other chinese tea, oolong / wu - long.
- After the tea I have a salt water flush, made from about 950 ml of luke warm water and 2 teaspoons of sea salt.
- I then have my maple/ lemonade drink. This is made from B Grade Maple syrup (Pure). My choice, being in the UK is Rowse Pure Canadian Maple Syrup, No. 1 Medium Grade. I add 2 Tablespoons of the syrup, 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon / lime juice (fresh lemons not canned), 1/10th teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 237 ml water (spring).
- I drink 6 - 12 glasses a day, whenever I'm hungry. I don't eat anything else whatsoever.
The diet is a simple way of detoxing your body (removing toxins), and you get to lose weight. I am thinking after my diet I will follow a low carb diet. After the Master Cleanse / Maple syrup, I have to start with juices etc. I have Jack La Lanne's Power juicer so that should help. After I introduce solids, I will go low on carbs and fat. I learnt quite a bit from Atkins and found subsitutes for carbs. So let the journey begin. Labels: atkins, comfort eating, detox, juice, low carb diet, maple syrup, master cleanse, stress, toxins, weight, weight loss |
