After the holidays - starting over

I have to admit, I went off the rails a little over the holidays and it has been a huge challenge to rein in my eating habits to get back to where I was.

I was doing so well my first 21 days and then I started to feel really off mentally.  I was literally in a daze all day, couldn't maintain a thought, couldn't carry on a normal conversation and was apologizing to my husband constantly because I would forget what he said from minute to minute. 

It was weird and scary.  One day I decided I wanted a piece of candy and almost instantly I felt better, and I don't think it was in my head.  That told me I was eating way too little in carbs and so I started to up my carbs a little.  Then I lost control, like I thought I would and justified sweets because I still was not eating any gluten.

Anyway I scared myself another day when I really indulged and my blood sugar dropped to 39.  I had never felt that way in my life, I almost passed out, sweat was pouring down my back and my heart rate was through the roof.  I quickly ate a couple of spoonfuls of commercial peanut butter and brought myself back up to 71 within 15 minutes.

So now I'm glad I documented what I ate in the beginning, I am going back to day 1 and I'm going to see how it goes again with how I feel mentally.  What I was doing was working as far as weight loss, although slowly.  I have only gained back 4 of the pounds and I'm still 1.5 pounds lower than when I started.

I'm still eating dairy and have not worked out but twice in the last two weeks so that is another thing I need to change!






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