Black Girl's PCOS - Challenge Accepted! ....21 days in

Black Girl's PCOS - Challenge Accepted! .....21 days in

So this is an update on my PCOS lose weight, reduce sugar diet where the goal is to lose 5% of my body weight.

And 21 days in....it has definitely been interesting! A whirlwind of ideas in fact!
For the last 21 days I have been eating fresh fruit and vegetables only....NOT. I've not lost the plot don't worry. I've always been told that man cannot live by VEG alone! And this WO(man) certainly can't. Not after 40 years of meat & fish passing my lips. Plus this challenge is not about drastic measures.

Therefore in the interest of doing this without using extreme measures (like deliberately starving oneself) I have decided to follow 2 diets that seem to meet the recommendations of all those medical websites I've trawled through prior to embarking on my challenge. I've chosen to test the Whole 30 lifestyle and the Alkaline Diet. The 2 diets have been split over 6 weeks to see which one A)Works best at shifting those stubborn pounds and B) actually makes me feel more energized and not deprived.

In theory both diets should do the same thing but the key to staying with something is (I've found) feeling good about it. For example we all join the gym with the intention of going regularly but soon those regular visits get shunted in favour of drinks after work, shopping with girlfriends, lazing on the sofa to get through the boxset that everyone is talking about before it becomes yesterday's thing. You get the drift...

So the challenge is to eat whole unprocessed food and specific alkaline heavy food while still feeding my kids the same food they have gotten used to before this PCOS challenge started. I have thought about swapping everyone over to the new eating regime but unlike some mums I have to have my arsenal ready tested before going into to battle, so if this works their time will come.

So far the whole 30 lifestyle has been relatively easy to do. I don't eat much junk food anyway so it has been all about picking the options that suit the lifestyle. Basically I swap stuff or I just leave things off my plate. So in effect I cook one meal for everyone but leave out the item that doesn't suit the whole 30 theory 

Below is an example of the dinner swaps I have done in order to accommodate the first part of these new eating choices. The family might have chicken with rice and peas for Sunday dinner but I'll have just the chicken with fresh salad or couscous. I still get the protein but less of the carbohydrates. 

So as you can see from my sample menu, I swap the heavy carbohydrates when I can. The results so far have been promising. I have lost around 9 pounds since starting 21 days ago and therefore I am on target. 

My only vice is that glass of red wine that calls to me at least twice a week but I think without this treat I would feel super deprived. However as it is, the Whole 30 lifestyle has been pretty manageable. 

We shall see if the next 21 days of eating Alkaline can beat Whole 30. 

See you soon folks 

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