Okay, so I'm giving the YOU diet (as seen on Oprah) a try. I've had the exercise thing down for years, but simply just can't lose the weight. I'll exercise anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes a day, incorporating both strength and cardio. I'll see modest loss (maybe 3 pounds or so) and then nothing...and quickly gain the 3 pounds back. So, I've deduced it's my diet. I thought I was eating healthy foods for the most part, but admit I've had a bit of a sugar addiction...I didn't realize just how much so until I started looking into this YOU diet, though.
So, I've started incorporating the YOU meals into my daily diet and 1) I'm very surprised at how good they are! 2) I'm surprised at how much I get to eat! 3) I've been surprised at how full some of the snacks and meals make me feel after just a little bit of food, and 4) I'M SUFFERING SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF SUGAR WITHDRAWAL.
Has anyone else tried the YOU diet? Or has anyone else gone sugar-free and lived to tell about it?
I had the headache from hell yesterday, and thought it was just my old Monday headache coming back to haunt me (I used to get bad headaches on Mondays, but haven't had one of those in months!!). Then today, right after lunch, I started feeling the headache from hell coming back - at an accelerated rate, I might add. I quickly thought "sugar withdrawal" and grabbed some cookies from the vending machine. Sure enough - within 15 minutes of eating those cookies, my headache was pretty much gone. I hear that headaches from sugar withdrawal are common, but that they're not supposed to be as severe as those from caffeine withdrawal. Unfortunately, the one I had yesterday was as bad as the ones I got when I went caffeine free years ago, so I'm not so sure about that statistic. Should I keep a few cookies near-at-hand for a couple of weeks to help me ween away from sugar? I can't take another headache like the one I had yesterday!
So, I've started incorporating the YOU meals into my daily diet and 1) I'm very surprised at how good they are! 2) I'm surprised at how much I get to eat! 3) I've been surprised at how full some of the snacks and meals make me feel after just a little bit of food, and 4) I'M SUFFERING SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF SUGAR WITHDRAWAL.
Has anyone else tried the YOU diet? Or has anyone else gone sugar-free and lived to tell about it?
I had the headache from hell yesterday, and thought it was just my old Monday headache coming back to haunt me (I used to get bad headaches on Mondays, but haven't had one of those in months!!). Then today, right after lunch, I started feeling the headache from hell coming back - at an accelerated rate, I might add. I quickly thought "sugar withdrawal" and grabbed some cookies from the vending machine. Sure enough - within 15 minutes of eating those cookies, my headache was pretty much gone. I hear that headaches from sugar withdrawal are common, but that they're not supposed to be as severe as those from caffeine withdrawal. Unfortunately, the one I had yesterday was as bad as the ones I got when I went caffeine free years ago, so I'm not so sure about that statistic. Should I keep a few cookies near-at-hand for a couple of weeks to help me ween away from sugar? I can't take another headache like the one I had yesterday!