I’m getting ready to start the UltraSimple Diet on Sunday, and among other things I’m eliminating caffeine…a very BIG deal for me! Seriously, I should have a sign around my neck warning people to approach me at their own risk!
I don’t really think the plan should be called a diet though (too many negatives associated with that word)!- it’s really a cleanse. Or, as Dr. Mark Hyman, the creator of the UltraSimple Diet, explains:
“I wrote The UltraSimple Diet because I wanted to give you an experience—one that would show you how much power you have to create illnesses or health and how much power your body has to heal itself when you stop eating foods that wreak havoc on your systems and start nourishing yourself with the real, whole foods your body was designed to eat.”
Of late I’ve started to feel like my eating habits have not been the best so I thought I’d do the Diet again to get back on track. My husband’s going to do it with me again and a couple of our friends are going to try it too. I’m looking forward to how I’ll feel by mid-week. The first couple of days were hard for me last time, largely because of the coffee factor so I’ve tried to do a better job of tapering this week. I also wasn’t running the last time I tried the Diet so I’m curious to see if there’s any effect there.
hope youre enjoying your weekend!
I’m a total believer in how food affects the body and the mind. I’ve read some of Mark Hyman’s stuff and had to follow a hard-core no-sugars diet for a while. Felt great! Now I’m good about avoiding carbs/sugars 5-6 days a week and then I go off the wagon for two. Then I feel like crap, which motivates me to get back on the wagon. It’s all a learning process isn’t it! Just recently realized how much dairy negatively affects my energy levels. And artificial sweeteners are really rough on me too. They wreak havoc on my muscles and joints. What’s a 40-something gal to eat?
It really is a learning experience and with running now I feel like I have to re-think my eating in order to fuel my body differently. The thing I like about a diet like this is it forces me to slow down and pay attention to what I’m choosing to eat instead of just always grabbing whatever is available as I rush out the door! If I’m not more mindful I pay for it later!
Great blog Michelle. Robert just learned that he has atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat) and the docs said the number one cause is caffeine. I found this so surprising. He had to give it up cold turkey, which was hard as he drank double espressos, diet Pepsi and coffee all day every day. Making it easier is how scary it is when he has a fibrillation – he struggles to breathe and it happens during the day and when he is asleep. He also learned that the caffeine and sweeteners in the diet soda increased his appetite so he is eating less and losing weight.
Wow that is amazing that caffeine can have that kind of impact! So glad the doctors caught it and Robert can make some changes to get it under control!