Posted by sl on March 15, 2004, at 19:13:36
In reply to Re: IS THIS SAFE?, posted by crazychickuk on March 13, 2004, at 18:21:49
I believe it's safe enuf as long as you drink a ton of water and take all the recommended vitamins. Otherwise you can damage your kidneys and body.
I have a couple suggestions that will help you ease into the lifestyle. You can do them before you try the induction diet and see if they help enuf.NO MORE WHITE BREAD! Replace all white bread with multi-grain or 100% whole wheat. If you can get it from a local bakery or market where you can talk to the maker and make sure there's no white flour in it, that's best. (I use a bread machine and make my own, with the machine it isn't that hard and I know what's in it!)
NO MORE WHITE noodles or rice. Switch your white pasta for green "spinach" pasta or whole wheat (green works best for me). Switch your white rice for brown, regular non-minute-rice is best.
Switch most or all sugar for Splenda! It cooks, it bakes, it's great in drinks, but it doesn't digest.
Diet sodas! I recommend Diet Rite if you're a sugar-soda drinker, the splenda in diet rite makes it much sweeter than regular diet sodas.
These changes are my normal diet these days. Certain treats throw me into a nasty mood, some put me to sleep or make me mentally-fuzzy, some just make me sick to my stomach or twitchy (cuz I'm not used to the sugar anymore).
It really makes a big difference for me, and as often as not when I get really sad I know why it happened.OH and get plenty of sleep!!! 7-8 hrs minimum!!
Try this stuff....I bet it helps, and if nothing else it helps get you into the mode you'll need to be in to keep the weight off. :)
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