Confessions of a sugar addict and the no sugar diet but was toying with the title - ex-cancer chick gone bad!
I feel like a closet drug addict. Nearly five years after my cancer diagnosis – I am on the verge of having Type 2 Diabetes. On top of that my Thyroid has gone AWOL and left me my body in a state of shock, fatness and numbness.
My tried and trusted oncologist Dr. Stenger shouted at me again last week. But this time (he has been shouting since January) I decided to take notice. He is convinced I am a sugar addict and I drink too much alcohol. I have never believed him –but over the past two weeks I kept a diary. I wrote down everything I ate and drank. Yikes. Reality call and check. I couldn’t believe the amount of sugar that I have been eating. I mean, I always thought I was a role model for cancer patients because I was so UBER healthy and fit.
But what I realised that after my 30km cycle or Spinning Class and weights – I was hungry. I would eat double what I normally would and it would all consist of sugar. The fact that I had been working out 4x per week made this even worse. I started to realise that the weight I was putting on; that I had convinced myself was muscle weight… was in fact.. FATNESS.
My belly was bigger, my lymphodema excessive in my arms. For the first time in ages it occurred to me that I am not only over eating – I am over eating food very high in carbohydrates.
This is my confession, I am a sugar addict.
So, on Friday my no sugar diet began. No pasta, no rice, no bread, no high sugar fruit….. The week has been a nightmare and hellish – here is my diary.
Day 1 Friday:
Food:
Breakfast: low carb cereal (40% protein) 25 grams and milk
Lunch – Tuna salad
Dinner – Chicken wings and tomoatoes
Feelings: Not bad today – I didn’t over eat but if I was tempted to eat some sugar I had some almonds.
Day 2 Saturday
Food:
Breakfast: low carb cereal (40% protein) 25 grams and milk
Lunch – Sardines and salad
12.5 grams of 99% cocoa chocolate
Dinner – salad with feta
Feelings: Had cravings all day. Kept on seeing red wine everywhere and was very moody
Day 3 Sunday
Breakfast: low carb cereal (40% protein) 25 grams and milk
Lunch – Pretzel – first fail of the day – couldn’t resist
Dinner – biggest giant ice-cream available from the ice-cream parlour
50g Brazil nuts
Feelings: Completely failed – but proud I didn’t eat more. Had cravings for cake too.
Day 4 Monday
Breakfast: low carb cereal (40% protein) 25 grams and milk
Lunch – Vegetables and cheese
Dinner – Forelle fish and salad
Lots of nuts at work
Feelings: determined to stick to the diet this time. Huge hunger pangs at work for chocolate but ignored them.
Day 5 Tuesday
Breakfast: Avocado
Lunch: Tuna, tomato bake with cheese on top
Dinner: Chicken and salad
Feelings: Couldn’t go to sport today zero energy.
Day 6 Wednesday
Breakfast: low carb cereal (40% protein) 25 grams and milk
Lunch: Salmon and tomotes
Dinner: Salad and Tuna
Feelings: Awful tired and lethargic.
Day 7 Thursday
Breakfast: forgot to eat
Lunch: cheese, cheese, tomoatoes, nuts anything low carb I could get my hands on
Dinner: Chicken in cream sauce
Feelings: Went to bed with a huge headache at 6pm and woke up 12 hours later. Before this I phoned up Dr. Stenger nearly in tears and he told me to stay strong.
Day 8 Friday
Breakfast: One banana
Lunch: Salmon, feta and tomatoes
Dinner: not sure yet -but probably spinach with something
Feelings: Drinking double the usual amount of tea and water today has helped me curb cravings. I still haven’t been able to go to the gym – but am not feeling as tired as I was. I was offered a chocolate today and didn’t have any desire to eat it? So am feeling positive.
Lets see what happens next week… am really missing the gym and swimming.
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