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I found a site humoretc.com that has a variety of humorous things including some facts.  The have a page on Coke.  My brother worked at a Coke factory so we were aware of the “acid” they used in the drink.  Not good for you.

To quote them:  The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.    Glad I am not a soda drinker.  Yikes.  It amazes me that the body adapts to this type of abuse.

On the other hand a research scientist I respect has told me that if we understood the effect of white sugar on our bodies we would not indulge.  I can say that I am not indulging as much and there might come a day when I am willing to make my own ‘sweets’ with our healthy organic agave (not the overcooked syrup you buy in the store) and not use white sugar at all.

Day1  In two weeks–Day 91 I am going to go to a monthly format.

LM (liquid meal)   I reviewed last week and had 2 weak finishes  4 very good days and 1 free day.  Goal this week-No free day/1 weak finish/3 No Sugar days/1 cleanse day/5 low carb days/2 med. carb days.

Our summer weather has disappeared for 2 days which means no swimming.  I will be walking the malls today.

I am deliberately not sharing my standards on the carb and sugar intake.  You must establish your own program.  I use the Weight Watcher standars to determine my portion amount for medium.

Day1 LM Low Carb  Low Sugar Weak finish as we have a show and go out after.  I am always hungry after a show.  It’s amazing the energy we use in putting on a show.  The show was very very good and I had a very active part in it.  I only had a salad after so I am pleased with the finish.

Day2 2LMs  High Carb  Sugar Free Strong Finish Got on the scale and it is finally moving down.  I am reading an inspirational book by Weight Watchers and realizing that I am doing all the right things.  I really don’t want to have an exercise program more than 30 minutes 4x a week so have to be more careful with calories.  I also won’t do the fat-free no taste foods so that limits quantity too.  It is a process and I believe that I am finding out what my body needs to work properly and release the extra stored energy. (yeah fat)

Day3 Sugar Free  Low carb Strong finish Start cleanse I am so pleased.  I fixed 2 meals today for others and I did not nibble!!!  That is a miracle.  I also chose to work with really good chocolate and I did not taste test!!  I am pleased.  Of course taking 14 whole-f00d supplements as part of my liver cleanse, plus 10 other supplements to support the system keeps something in my mouth a lot of the time.

Day4  Sugar Free  HighCarb  Finish Cleanse  Strong Finish We got to go swimming so I allowed a bit more carbs than I would have.  I did learn that I will no longer buy chinese food at a fast food place.  It no longer was ‘good’ and all I could think about was this is so not helping my new life style.  It was a social thing where the elderly friend wanted that particular food.  I of course am not at the place where I have no noodles or eat 1/3 of them.

Day5  Sugar Free  Medium Carb Strong finish  Tomorrow will be a sugar day as I am wanting it bad.  I am making wiser choices and it isn’t as onerous as it has been in the past.

Day6 Low Carb  Medium Sugar  Strong Finish  You can’t have low carbs on a sugar day. So High Sugar and Carbs.   Weak Finish I did eat after 7 due to a very strenuous afternoon/evening schedule.  It was healthy eating and not over eating.

Day7  There is a head thing going around so I am doing LMs Fresh Veges Liguids  Low Carbs I actually have done low sugar, med carb. I couldn’t get rid of the ‘hungries’.  The good news is I got to swim and I am done eating at 3.  LM for dinner.

Day 1 LM Sugar Free Next I’m cutting carbs.  Got in outdoor swimming today.  That should be a 3-7 day a week event now.  I am going to do 5 days of 2 LMs daily.  Weak finish

Day 2  2 LMs  Sugar Free  Swimming  Low Carbs  Stellar Day.

Day3 2 LMs Just a taste (not even a bite) or sugar Low carbs  good day

Day4 2LMs High Carbs Low Sugar Swim Day Nibbled after a late energy event. Ended OK not perfect.

Day5 Low Carb Don’t know if I am committed to no Sugar. I’ll let you know.—-I was able to stay the course. Technically if I want i can stay up another 50 minutes and start eating sugar.  Good feeling.  No after 7pm nibbling today either.  Doing good.

Day6  Free Day   It was nice.

Day7 Sugar Free  2 LMs  High Carb day The truth of the day-veryvery  low sugar   1LM and had a high protein snack after 7p.m.  A weak finish.

Day 1 LM oh my I did have a lot of sugar.  oops.

Day 2  Sugar Free Good day.  We are back home.  I did not stick with the low carbs as I had snacks in my hotel room.

Day 3 Sugar Free Low carb  Good day.  Finished strong.

Day 4 LM Sugar Free Low carb Here we go  Not as low as I wanted it but in the range of low.  Had a sip of soft drink (not even a real swallow) Got caught having a late supper-oops.

Day 5  Free day hmm need to eat real food it is already noon.

Day 6 LM Sugar Free Next 5 days 1 meal w/2 LMs or salad for a meal.  Sugar free too.  Good day.  Not perfect but good.

Day 7 LM Weak day.  Tomorrow will be better.

Day 1 Sugar Free  LM yes yes yes (liquid meal)

Day 2 Sugar Free  LM Great finish

Day 3 Sugar Free I ate after 6 but it was all protein.

Day4 Sugar Day  I am moving my cut off eating time to 7pm as I don’t feel like eating in the heat of the evening and 7 will be more convenient.  Good finish

Day5 LM Sugar Free Good finish. I have found out what I am doing wrong. Now I should see the weight diminish at a faster rate. Yep it has to do with amount and type of carbs and fat. I’ll keep you posted. Do any of you have words of wisdom for me?? No I won’t do the gym more than the 3x/30 minutes I am doing.

Day6  We are on the road again.  Plan to make this a time of small portions, limited carbs, mostly raw, and LMs.  Didn’t do too badly.  Sugar minimal

Day 7 LM sugar minimal.

Day 1  No sugar Liquid Meal [LM] I think I will have to be very specific about sugar intake.  I am comparing the grams of sugar to the calorie content.  It is amazing that the relationship is not what I thought.  Example

Product one: candy-170 cal 24 carbs 8g of sugar   Product 2: 7.5oz soda 90 cal 25 carbs 24g of sugar.

We have a late dinner tonight with a very special young man.  Yep you guessed it, my son.  Strong finish. One of the great htings about Mediterranean food is there is no need for desert!

Day 2  LM Very limited sugar.  It looks like I may have to go to 6 days sugar free with specific limit on when I do have sugar.  Very successful day. I am on the road tomorrow so what will be will be.

Day 3 LM  On the road did fine.  Sugar day.  Strong finish.

Day 4  Cleanse day.  This will complete all of the LMs for the week as I will have a LM for breakfast too. ?I did the cleanse from evening to evening. Not the recommended way. Sugar Free Strong finish.

Day 5 LM again. It is working so I will continue it. Sugar Free NOPE I am contemplating 5 days sugar free and 2 days of very limited.  I goofed and finished weak.  Lesson learned.  I will have to count this as a free day and move on.

Day 6 LM the liquid meals are easier and easier.  Sugar Free NOPE Now to get the sugar eliminated.  I am consuming less on the sugar days. I need to set a gram amount of sugar and be done with it.  My intent is set.  I am having lunch with a dear friend.  That will be fun.  Evening-a large vege salad.  Improv  workshop so I am always starved after.  I’ll just stay out of the kitchen. I did have sugar, stopped eating at 4 pm so used up many of the ‘empty’ calories.  I did stay out of the kitchen.

Day 7 Show tonight plus a very active day.  No sugar thus far.  Should finish clean.  I will go out with the troupe for a salad after the show if they go.  Sugar Free

Day 1  sugar free LM#1 Successful day with a lot of physical activity.  We had a show so I did have food after 6.  That is a given on a show night.  I was pleased with myself.

Day 2 sugar responsible  LM#2 I got to go swimming outdoors–yes.  Strong finish.  I am changing my sugar intake.  I still will stop at 6 but if I want a taste of something with sugar I will log it and see if that works.  I can have 1 sugar day and 4 sugar responsible days. My cleanse days are sugar free.

Day 3  Cleanse starts at noon  Another successful day.  This time it wasn’t as easy to stay in ‘cleanse’ mode.  I am now learning the emotional triggers that I have responded to by auto-eating. The night time ‘longing to graze’ craze is pretty controlled.

Day 4 Cleanse ends at noon  I am doing better with my supplements.  Sugar responsible day I didn’t finish super strong as I nibbled on approved food after 6 as I just didn’t get around to eating  dinner.

Day 5 Free day  Preparing to head out tomorrow.  Had to work late which through everything off so I just made it a free day.  Moderate Sugar

Day 6 I am visiting a dear dear friend.  We will be doing 2 hours exercise so  I am doing moderate sugar and stop the eating by 7.  Good finish.  We ate dinner before 6 so I am still on schedule.  I stayed in my boundaries.  I had some emotional triggers and I knew I didn’t want sugar. That tells me that some deep behavior modification is going on.

Day 7 Forgiveness is a must,  without it we will surely fail.  First to ourselves so that we can give it to others.  Moderate sugar day.  Moderate calorie day.  1.5 hours of exercise.  LM day  Good finish.

Day 1  As promised no post  Sugar Day

Day 2  LMs   2 (liquid meal)  Sugar Free I was moderate in my excesses yesterday and the day before.  Today was an on track day.   Strong Success.  For me a little indulgence now and then helps me stay focused for the duration.

Day 3    Cleanse  Sugar Free Going strong.  A successful finish

Day 4  Finish Cleanse  Sugar Free Once again I finished strong.  It is so much fun to meet the goal.

Day 5  Day 33  Sugar Day   LM (liquid meal) day.  That will be LM #5 for this week. Good day.  Weak finish.  We had guests and I had fruit after 6.  I did stay away from the sugar after 6 so that was good.

Day 6  sugar free  LM I had a strong day and a good finish.  I really really want to eat and it is way past 6pm. And I reallly really want sugar but I really am just going to face the emotions (oh yeah, I can tell when it is emotional eating) and drink my water.  It’ll be better in the morning.  Pour on the Stress Away.  I was successful.

Day 7  sugar day  LM I have to now limit the amount of sugar on sugar days.  I’ll set that goal next week.  It is a free night as I am meeting a friend late in the evening.  I cut the sugar off at 6.

My added commitment this week is to be consistent in taking my supplements.  I finished OK today.  I had a class from 1:30 to 6:30 and planned on dinner being a meal replacement drink.  Instead an elderly friend asked me to have a bite with her.   It was OK in that I had somethings I had to do so I used up some of the calories.  No sugar. Yes!

Day 2 No sugar Very successful day.  I am thinking of doing my cleanse differently.  I’ll keep you posted

Day3 Cleanse Day  No sugar Very successful day.  I am choosing to have 6 liquid meal replacements a week.  It is easy to incorporate it with my cleanse days.  Today counted for 3.  Yes

Day4 Cleanse Day  Today I will have a liquid breakfast and then that leaves 2 more LMeals to do this week.  I find this is much easier to incorporate into my life than the traditional cleanse I usually do.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  Day 25 all together now–HURRAY.   Sugar day– it’s Ok to enjoy your treat.

Day5 No sugar I nibbled last night while packing todays lunch.  That habit is a challenge for sure. Today is good. I look forward to ending strong.  It is challenging to keep focused on the new ‘life style’.  I find it easy to become lax and just do whatever whenever.  Today I can say another success.

Day6  I ate a meal replacement bar with essential oils in it but I can’t call it a LM (liquid meal)  No Sugar I’ll be hungry tonight after Improv workshop but am having fruit before I go and that will help me keep on track.  I’ll have to have to LMs tomorrow to get in my 6.  I weighed this a.m. and wasn’t impressed.  I’ll continue as I am for another4 weeks before I do any other tweeking.  Strong finish.  I am so very hungry so I have banned myself from the kitchen and will take myself off to bed. Good job, Adina.

Day7  Start of a girls weekend out tonight.  No entry tomorrow.  My intent-be moderate in my excesses.  We are meeting at 5:30 so I am planning my strategy.  Sugar Day It is so nice to in dulge.  I had only 2 sugar days this week because of my intent to have all 3 sugar days next week.

Day 15/1  As promised no entry.

Day 16/2  Yesterday up at 6a.m. in bed at 11 p.m.  Enough said. — I need to recap what my goals are and my progress.

1.  Main meals and snack done by 6p.m. w/flexibility for fresh fruits and veges after 6 if I have a busy  late evening

2.  Yoga and swimming 2x a week-I substituted walking for the swimming and will do Yoga when the schedule permits.

3.  Sugar free 4 days a week.

4.  Cleanse 1 day a week.

I am adding an OK to snack after 6p.m. 1 day a week.  Today is the day.  I didn’t have dinner as I was full from lunch and didn’t watch the time.

What I notice-I am not weighing so I am not counting pounds until the 32nd day.  My clothes are fitting looser and I don’t feel bloated.

I am pleased with my success thus far and believe that I will continue because of my desire to physically feel different.

If you have started your new journey whether physical, spiritual, or emotional please share with us.  I’ll monologue with you tomorrow.

17/3  I chose to cleanse today.  It was good.  I finished strong.

18/4 I finish the cleanse today at noon so will report in later. I obviously have not mentally repaired myself well for this cleanse. I am literally waiting for my alarm to ring at noon so I can start eating. I give myself big kudos for not ‘snacking’ last night while putting my lunch together and not snacking today while getting lunch ready. I am not so much hungry as I am wanting to eat. Many of you will know exactly what that means. Yes Yes I have completed my cleanse.–There is a great satisfaction in enjoying each ‘bite’.  I had a weak finish because of poor planning.   I didn’t finish dinner until 7.  Oh well

19/5  I chose to make this a sugar day and I chose to indulge in some after 6p.m. eating.  I had a weak finish to the day and I learned a lot about be conscious when doing emotional eating.  I eat a lot less and I enjoy it a lot more.

20/6  Today was a sugar day.  I finished strong.  Glad I am taking this one day at a time.

21/7  Non sugar day.  Had a good finish.  Read the label on my special cold cereal and discovered I’ll have to eat it on a sugar day.  No wonder I like it so much.  It is the type of cereal that suppose to be healthy so I never checked the sugar in it.  It is beyond reasonable.  Good to have this week finished.   I worked extra hours so getting everything lined up was a challenge.  I still miss the night eating.