Good and bad...part 2

Good

• Our liquor bill has plummeted ;)

• We are starting to feel a bit more energized

• Both of us are still losing weight

• Cravings are somewhat minimal if you are sure to eat 3 times a day, and include the prescribed snacks. I imagine for people who were less addicted to sugar than me this is just breezy. Luckily bread has never been a vice for me. Probably the only vice I lack in fact.

• Being able to add the odd complex carb on phase 2 opens a lot of possibilities, last night we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. Whole wheat pasta (cook for way longer than white pasta and it tastes much better) and sugarless marinara (which actually tastes amazing), but the meal was really delicious.

• My taste buds are super sensitive, and when I drank some white wine at the weekend, I could taste a great deal more than usual and I enjoyed every sip

Bad

• A diet of meat and veggies can get boring if you are not creative

• It is time consuming, and requires a lot of planning, especially with more than one boy in the house (ie when we have house guests) - as a rule boys are not filled or satisfied by salads. On the flip side it is very easy to entertain as in general people are happy with protein and veggies as long as you dress it up, and having very little limit on fat in the form of olive oil allows food to taste pretty great.
  

• This is not vegetarian friendly in any way
• I am still wrestling with the knowledge that I will do this for the rest of my life, my brain understands that sugar means death to me, but my heart is not ecstatic about that fact
• Thank heavens our liquor bill is down, as our grocery bill is far higher, eating healthfully is a very expensive endeavor, granted the health care bills for obesity and its related illnesses are very large, but for the here and now, our grocery bill is a source of relative panic.