update - Fuhrman eating plan, 2 1/2 weeks in

So I thought I'd post some of my thoughts/experiences.

I really feel like I eat too much. I'm reading the book now and he says to eat a lot. I wonder if I take that too much to heart, lol, but when I don't that sometimes doesn't go too well. I think I need to learn my body's signals better but this may not happen until I've healed some. My excitement over the diet is accompanied by some impatience... I wonder if I'll lose weight this week but that's a little corner of my mind nagging me about that. In the end I would continue the diet either way.

I am trying to be very conscious of my body and in this exercise, I notice all kinds of odd and sometimes annoying feelings coming from my digestive tract. These feelings are feelings that are either discomfort or feelings that I recognize could be subdued with comfort foods - bread or dairy were best - and some feel like "hunger". Most make me want to eat. For a while I had one that felt like something is happening in my Urinary Tract.

I hope these are signs of healing as I have a history of Urinary Tract Infections, Constipation and Stomach Aches. This is probably why I would stay on the diet even if I don't lose weight at the end of the week. I like being free of cravings and there is the promise to lose weight in the future. More importantly, I am thinking that if all Dr. Fuhrman says is true, over the next few weeks my body will heal these issues, and perhaps it will be easier for me to eat what my body needs rather than what makes it comfortable. (Some of the feelings I do respond with eating and some I don't - I'm doing a "best guess" right now of how to respond.) Also, with a healed digestive tract, ideally I will assimilate food more efficiently, as they say you do after a fast, and that would get my weight to start dropping again accompanied by energy. It fascinates me that he claims in time you will no longer feel or notice your digestive tract. That may be farther in the future but that's the type of health I want.

Eye on the prize, eye on the prize.

Nuff thoughts 4 now. bye. Tweet