'what did you learn the first month with your food restriction?'
Thank you for asking!
I went into this knowing it was more a state of mind than physical restrictions and changes. Honestly, I'm glad the food was first and it is over with. The biggest lesson for me is that fooling around with a high fiber, balance diet should not be fooled with and changed! Now, I am well aware of the fact that I'm overweight. A normal breakfast for me is old fashioned, cooked oatmeal with cinnamon and stevia. Lunch is fresh spinach, mushrooms, green onions, tomatoes, carrots, 1\4 avocado and about 1 tsp. salad dressing (sometimes, not always). Some days I add a small amount of meat to my salad and always have fruit. Some days I add a serving size of pretzel crisps. Dinner and after dinner snacking is where I go wrong.... very wrong. Stress from the day send me into the comforting arms of food. The 7 food items only for 3 weeks have left me bloated and gassy... maybe TMI...I am miserable... can not stress enough how uncomfortable I am even a week out and back to high fiber diet. The only good thing to come out of 7 was figuring out how to make iced Yerba Mate tea for lunch in place of rootbeer.
If I were to give any advice for someone thinking of starting this experiment it would be this: figure out a course of food that is healthy and beneficial to YOU. Perhaps stick with 7 foods each day, but okay if it is a different 7 foods each day.
Starting tomorrow I am onto another adventure. For the next three weeks I have 7 articles of clothing I can wear. Preparation was cleaning out my closet. I finally got all of my clothing on those skinny hangers, a project I started last summer! I now have a whole trashbag full of clothing that I can giveaway during next months experiment. I am not including my work uniform for obvious reasons. And I will probably be wearing pj's around the house because I didn't want to waste any of my 7 on my grungy clothes... the ones no one that doesn't live with me should ever see. My 7 clothes are: jeans, black pants, two sweaters, hoodie, green long sleeve pullover and sweater/shell combo. If the weather suddenly changes and we experience a heat-wave, I may need to reassess my situation. I will stick with a pair of slip-on shoes and my boots. Underwear is a given... so it doesn't count... unless you don't have it... lol!
I am looking at this experiment in excess from a state-of-mind. The food was difficult, not only did it upset my stomach, but was darn near impossible when I was out with family. And it involved a lot of prep time for the next days food. The clothing may actually save me time because I won't be standing at the closet door wondering what I will wear. The challenge will be not having my 'go to' outfits or based on my mood. Honestly, I do so many things without any thought. This experiment is setting me up to stop and think... how much of my life is spent doing the easiest and fastest... not always what is best for me, best for my family, best for the environment, best for the world.......
How is having only 7 items to wear going to play out.................?
