It’s been almost two months since I started the Mediterranean Diet in which I gave up sugar, dairy and white flour. I admit that I feel great, I’ve lost at least 10 lbs, my cholesterol has dropped a significant amount, and I miss ice cream most of all.
 It was easy to give up white flour, white rice, white pasta. Much of the change was very easy for me – it was a new and different mind-set – but from the get-go I never felt like I was “dieting”. There was never a date a weight or an event where this was all coming to an end. This was my new life. Any time that I felt tempted to go back to my old ways – I would remind myself that if I continued down that path – I would surely die (at least sooner than later). But, all that being said – the one food that I miss most of all – ICE CREAM. Wonderful, chocolate ice cream! From Bryers to Ben & Jerry’s – I love it all. I miss Dairy Queen Blizzards made with chocolate soft-serve, Snickers, Butterfingers and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! I miss hot fudge sundae’s from Courtney’s Sundae Shoppe. I miss Breuster’s – Peanut Butter Cup Sundaes. I even miss the little Weight Watchers DIET sundaes and ice cream treats.
Now, I feel better than ever and I’m not going back there… and my doctor has even said that an occasional indulgence is fine – it just can’t be a way-of-life anymore. And it’s not.
Posted on October 15th, 2010 by lizzie
Filed under: Daily Grind, Life in General, Weight Loss Ramblings | 36 Comments »
I have been going to see my family doctor once every three months to have my blood pressure and cholesterol checked. This was the visit that was going to decide if I need to go on cholesterol lowering drugs or not. Well, I started this Mediterranean on August 20th. My last visit to my doctor in July, my cholesterol was 245. This visit my cholesterol was 170 – a dramatic difference. My doctor was ecstatic at the results. She couldn’t believe the results.
We love to eat out, but that was often a problem while trying to maintain a “diet”. But, I’ve found that most restaurants offer great food that let’s me eat the Mediterranean way. We went to a restaurant that we had been to a few years back and I really liked this place. First, the art on the walls is fabulous and that’s always a big plus for me. I think if they put enough time and thought into the art – they are going to do the same with their food.
It’s been over one month since I completely overhauled my eating habits and took on the Mediterranean way of eating. But in addition to the change in food I added, at my doctor’s insistence, a long list of nutritional supplements.
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