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Blessedatlast- we often have takeaway here so for me it's about choosing something healthy instead so I would choose Thai/Indian instead of a burger. Still not super healthy but a far better choice plus for me it will mean no chocolate (waaaah) or chips at night. I will still have alcohol though!
BRILLIANT!!!!!
Im thinking of putting aside alittle 'pot' were I can put the $$$ in that we would have spent of takeaway to see how much we can save in that month.
My aim for doing this is to cleanse my body of the fatty/naughty food toxin's and I know full well if I see how much I have saved in that month I wont be tempted to go back to eating like that again.
I *think* making your own at home is completely different to buying it at the shop...your more concious of making it healthier at home and using more fresher prodcuts and less fats KWIM..so you could still perhaps have take awaynight just make it a healthier version of it AT HOME
FWIW we've been marking down on the calender aswell (started this month) when we've hade take away.....we've had it as a family 3 times already :o and it makes me sick to see it in front of me in so many ways.
Im in, but yes after xmas and boxing day :D
Yeah it makes me sick as well how much take away we consume..
It's just been a bit hard with a toddler, but i love when i cook its always so much better than takeaway ..
Does eating out at a resturant count as takeaway? As i know that i am on the 3rd of Jan so no choice there as DF's dad is taking us
I have started :D
I was at the inlaws for 3 days and watched how much 'junk' was actually consumed and felt :sick:
I ate health and realyl didnt eat anything full of sugars and fats. J commented how sick he felt after eating so much and I told him he needed more control. I really didnt feel the need this Christmas to eat flat out, dont get me wrong I did endulge :p but I didnt pig out.
NO ill bloating or sick feeling ffor me at all :dance:
Here's to the beginging of healthy eating :)
Haaaaate to tell you but cakes, bikkies and slices are all junk. Even if you make it at home it's still full of sugar and refined flour.....which makes you feel like crap. I've cut all of that out of my diet lately and I can't tell you the difference in my HEAD. I can think more clearly, have FAR more energy and I'll NEVER go back :lol:
Just thought id come in and say good on you guys there is NO way I could ever go 3days let alone 30. :clap:
and that my dear is one of the many reason's I just cant eat the s***.:
blerg :sick:...im not a sweet's girl anyway....give me tomatoe and steak anyday :D
TM - thanks chicky
J and I have actually been tlaking about going back to eating raw (bar meat of course)
I'll join in too if that is ok. I'll start on the 1st. I have actually just ordered that book Sweet Poison from the library - tells you all about why sugar is reallyyyyyyyy bad for you and gives you strategies to live a sugar free life! Just need to wait till the bloody library opens again on the 4th and I'm off to get it!
I'll join in after 1 Jan too but I have a question. I'm going lactose & gluten free and it's a complete PITA. I order gluten free, cheese free pizza from Crust - usually have sweet potato, caramelised onion, roasted or cherry tomato and spinach - that's not "junk food" is it? It seems pretty healthy just convenient for someone to deliver it.
On that note, are Grill'd burgers junk food? What about burgers made at home?
I suppose shortbread is out too. I'll probably empty the tin before Saturday at this rate.
Hello!!
I would LOVE to jump on board this train :D I've had a shocker of a week and have eaten way too much junk.
I am starting TODAY! (I hope)
tash - junk food is what ever YOU decide it junk food...eg MacDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut...food which isnt cooked with any thought for healthy eating ;)
Subsituting the junk food for healthier options like you said sounds wonderful...I might have to get onto that aswell
I'm in too! I have eaten waaay too mauch crap lately. Dark chocolate is my guilty pleasure.....
Maz, I am wanting to jump back on the raw bandwagon too. I found an old journal from 2008 when I did a raw detox for 30 days. I wrote a lot of info about my emotions and moods. So many times I wrote: 'I feel a great sense of elation today' and 'I have lots of energy today". Wow, I haven't felt like that in ages. I think I will only aim for 50% raw at this stage, up to a max of 75%. I have no intention of going 100% raw.
So, are most people starting on 1 Jan?
:oops:
I think I might start tomorrow! I caved and had some chocolate to cheer up my down mood. Or of majority is starting on the 1st I'll start then too! NYE always involves lots of yummy food.
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Sweet poison.....fantastic book! Hard to follow one you start the sugar detox but so so worth it!:
Have had some naughty foods but nothing over the top :) and have been walking again since the weather is nice
Yeah, ok, all right... twist my arm..
But can we start on the 2nd, Maz? Pleeeeeze????
I need this I think. Im going to start tommorrow because the sooner I start the sooner I can finish :D Are home-made pizza's ok?
Home made pizza are fine in my books. I use Lebanese bread for the base, put lots a yummy topping and only a bit of cheese on top :):
Ok!! I'm starting tomorrow too. I like the idea of the sooner you start the sooner you finish!! :lol:
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SOOOO
how many of us have already started??????
how many of us are planing ot in the next few days????
I think we should officially make January 1st the first day
I will join in, I don't think I eat that much junk (as we don't have any takeaway up here apart from Fish & Chips) however I might suprise myself!
Are there and muffin/biscuit or similar recipes that are semi healthy that we can still have? Any ideas?
I'm in too....just found this thread after I had my 'last' maccas for 2010! I got a large choc sundae too with extra topping!
BRING IT ONNNNN!
OK....im joining!!! being 31 weeks pregnant i dont really want to diet but i think no junk food is the way to go....i ate like a disgusting sugar crazy mad man over christmas! i made a 12 person pavlova....and i was the only one who ate any...i didnt eat it all but i had a good go! And now i have an extra layer of fat on my legs that wasnt there before christmas! thank god you cant see the middle bit with the huge baby bump as im sure it wouldnt be something id want to look at!!!
The 1st sounds good.
I'm in!
Yules - we just had our 'last Maccas' too!!!
Here's to getting healthy in January!!!! :)
I have been so disgusting over Xmas :shakehead: I'm starting tomorrow.
I know I'll have an awful sugar withdrawal for a week or so - so I'll really need to come in here and whinge... :redface:
Unfortunately we got given sooo much chocolate for Xmas that it's going to be really tough not to have any! :o
So doodlebug does that mean you'll only feed me cruskits when I come for my next visit!!! :)
I think I may need to start tomorrow. New Years turned out a bit bigger than I'd planned.
I know there was champagne..... and I know there were vodka jelly shots...... it's the in-between that I don't know!!! :)
Happy New Years girls! Hope you all had a great night! I'm off to 'pump and dump'!
Yules - it'll be cruskits and fruit all the way baby! hahaha! :)
i['m in to start today, but is 1 sugar in coffee allowed? cause i've already had 2 of those...:)
I just looked up this book, and am thinking of getting it out from the libray too! when on google it says there is also a new book, have you read this too?.........and i found a FREE iphone app:
had a nice googy egg with a little trimmed bacon for breaky.
I had some really good advice given to me last week and im taking a little from it. Im working on one thing at a time....I dont normally eat breakfast so thats my first step.
:ROFL: Renee.....yep im sure it is cause IM going to be screwed sideways if I dont get my coffee
I'm in too, but will have to start on the 3rd, as I will have one grumpy DH if we don't have cake and ice cream for his birthday tomorrow. We actually rarely have take away, but it's the chocolate and biscuits I need to cut out. Oh and cake and ice cream too but you can't do that on a birthday ;)
I havent read his first book which is just about why sugar is bad for you, but i have read the sweet poison quit plan. I havent quit sugar completely but i certainly have very minumal amounts now:
Junk being cleared out today so that I can start tomorrow - yay!
I cant start from scratch again Maz! Im day three in, walked past a chocolate claw machine today and almost caved in... I can do this!
Ive been doing it for about the same Peach...so we'll ahvea few days up
:ROFL: at the claw machine
I have a bigger incentive now...20 year reunion in March
oooh, I just found this :) I started last week. I'm walking 40-60 minutes every day & I've cut out sweets. They were the biggest things I needed to change. Already I'm feeling fantastic. I too have an incentive, my sister is getting married in April and she wants us to wear a strapless long gown. EEEK! So I gotta get a few kg's off so I don't look hideous in the dress.
Well today was a bomb! M&ms are in a bowl tempting me, had 2 cans of coke but no alcohol
I'll be starting tomorrow!! Too hangover today and needed maccas to soak it up :lol:
I can normally do 2 wks before caving and eating junk. Hope I can do the whole 30 days!!
I did have leftover pizza from the freezer for lunch and we had guests, so I pulled out the fudge I made for Christmas (and ate some :hide: ) - but other than that, I've done ok! :leap:
managed to get through one day! wasnt too hard as we were stuck at home and id scoffed everything the day before to get rid of it all! but hey, i drank 2.5 litles of water, so that was good!
Two days down....I'm doing OK. There is half a block of dark choc in my fridge, evil temptress. I have resisted so far. I wish DH would just eat it. I went to a kid's party today and managed to avoid the cupcakes. I ate the watermelon and cherries instead. I need to drink more water though.
Well done Jodi! You are doing great.