Well this week is off to a rather crappy start - I found myself craving everything bad - sugary, chocolaty and high fat badness. I caved. I now feel awful. I had to give up my Monday and Tuesday personal training sessions to Ben due to Olivia's health issues.
Monday she developed a strange rash and swollen eyes. At the hospital they told me she was had a viral exanthem - a rash caused by a viral infection. It's quite common with kids and it will go away on its own with the help of some hydro cortisone cream in the rally bad spots. Until its gone though, she has to stay home and away from anyone/anything that might be ill or contagious as her immune system is in overdrive.
On Tuesday she was due for her RSV shot (a monthly dose of live antibodies to protect her against RSV which is a severe respiratory infection) but they could not give it to her because of her rash. We will have to wait until next Tuesday as the RSV clinic only happens once per week at the hospital. Today she got her 4 month vaccinations and she handled it well. The rash keeps changing appearance every few hours but I think she is past the worst of it now as its starting to look better. She has had a rough day but she is asleep now and all is calm again in the world.
I have another training session booked for tomorrow so I will be able to get back on track. After cheating on my diet today I started to do some research on the net about sugar addiction and I was shocked to learn that its not uncommon and its a harder habit to kick than smoking or drinking - who knew!!! I feel better now though, understanding more about it and am going to start treating it more like an addiction - perhaps it will help me beat it.
My plan is to do an intestinal cleanse over the weekend and at the same time eliminate all forms of sugar and artificial sweeteners from my diet for a week and see how I feel. I have been drinking all kinds of diet pop not realizing its been making things worse! From what I understand after 7 days the cravings calm down and become more manageable. After the 7 days you have to just decide not to eat it anymore. Its kind of like quitting smoking (I managed to beat that 15 year addiction about 2 1/2 years ago) where you have to get through the withdrawal and then make a conscious decision to not have it again, not even a bit in order to stay on the wagon. When I quit smoking I never even allowed myself the thought of ever having one again - under any circumstances, knowing full well that one would lead to two and carry on.
I am now trying to find a diet plan or program to follow to help with eliminating sugar and getting my diet sorted out for the long haul. If anyone has any good suggestions, please let me know.
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