Spring is in the air

Spring is so much in the air currently you could have mistaken April for July, I'm happy to say. The warmth and light certainly makes everything seem happier and brighter. Later today I'm off for a long walk to get the exercise going, right after I've had physio for my sciatic nerve pain of 5 weeks now.

It's 8 weeks since I started the DHEA, nearly 5 weeks of the new diet and I've had 6 acupuncture sessions too. I'd already lost 11lbs at week 4 so looking forward to my Wii being happy with me again when I weigh myself this week - my stomach no longer looks like I'm 8 months pregnant with a lard baby! Maybe 4 months lard-pregnant now?

I still have hot flushes and night sweats though during the daytime they have decreased a bit so I'm not quite as dog-tired as I was. At the moment I feel fully committed to the diet and believe that to be the key to feeling better in myself. Weight loss that has happened so quickly certainly adds to the motivation to carry on with it. Family and friends seem more worried that I can't share their hot cross buns and other treats with them than I am, as I don't feel particularly bothered that I'm missing out as much as I thought I would be. I put this down to my body saying that it doesn't want these things particularly so I don't get cravings. I also don't get the horrible raw hypoglycaemic hunger if I don't eat within a couple of hours of normal anymore, which is really good.

That's not to say that if someone had some chocolate I wouldn't mind a piece as occasionally I have a small bite of something "wrong" as it's not going to spoil the whole diet for me. I'm just not obsessed with the food I can't have as many dieters normally are hence the yo-yo effect with dieting.

I've also discovered Stevia, a sweetener those of us in Europe are not allowed to have at the moment but which not only is much better than sugar for you but actually helps fight off the candida - yippee! So this week, I'm going to make a gluten-free lemon cake with potato instead of flour and Stevia instead of sugar. If it works out well, I'll post the recipe here..