Week 7: Recovering from Lapses

After the lapse in IQS week 6 it has been amazingly simple to bounce back now in week 7. As Sarah puts in the Week 7 chapter of her IQS book, you revert back to your blank slate by eating fat and crowding out with lots of fresh greens.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, there is a much better mind body balance at play here. I feel more balanced, the cravings no longer control me.

Having previously (for years) struggled with headaches and a fairly constant foggy brain state, I am feeling so much clearer and focused and energised. I have had practically no headaches in the last seven weeks.

My energy levels are so different to what they were before this little experiment. I wouldn’t say I leap out of bed in the mornings but I am not waking up with a heavy head feeling more tired than when I fell into bed the night before.

This is such an incredible sense of freedom. I never would have believed it possible. I must admit to having been quite sceptical before starting this process that I would feel this level of result after seven short weeks.

I’m feeling happily full after meals. I only eat when I’m hungry and this week have had almost no cravings between meals. My portion sizes are much smaller too. It is all becoming a lot easier to manage. What felt like quite a chore to think and plan through the meals for the week and shopping, etc. is now coming quite naturally.

Even my supermarket choices are improving, more controlled. I stick to my list and listen to the cues of my body as I’m wandering the aisles. My body is not signalling a need for the bad stuff.

Another thing I have noticed is I seem to be processing water more effectively. What I mean by that is, I have gone for a number of years now feeling almost constantly thirsty. As a result I would drink about two to three litres of water a day and still feel thirsty. I struggled a lot with water retention at the same time. My weight could fluctuate 2 – 3 kgs in a single day! In the past weeks I am definitely not as thirsty. I am still drinking about one to two litres of water a day but it makes me feel full and seems to be doing what it is supposed to instead of sitting around where it is not supposed to and making me feel huge and unhappy.

All rather miraculous really. Long may this last.