30 Days of No Dairy – I did it!
I did it!!!
Today is it – the 30th day of going without dairy. It had a rocky start but the third time was the charm and I have now completed the 30 days of no dairy.
I physically did not notice any real changes. No major weight loss; I have noticed my face seems to have cleared up a bit, although it is tough to attribute this directly to not having dairy.
I have lots of things to report on how this affected me mentally. As already mentioned in my earlier post I have come to a major realization that I disconnect from my self, I shut out my inner thoughts and guidance. That is clearly what happened when I broke this previously. That was a great realization for me and now is something that I can focus on improving. I am adding to my morning routine mediation and yoga. I was listening to The Secret and meditation was one idea for getting control of thoughts; meditation is something I do off an on, but am committing to doing it daily. I think yoga is another form of mediation but also will help towards my desire of being more fit, flexible and healthy.
One thing being strengthened through this is my self discipline. I struggle with needing immediate gratification around spending money and also other things and these exercises are teaching me how I can forego something I want and I see how I live. It has been interesting that it has not been hard; I haven’t craved any dairy – cheese or ice cream being the two things I would have thought I might have had difficulty with. Even with my burritos I was able to fully enjoy them without it being smothered in cheese. The hardest things I dealt with was making Christmas cookies and not eating the cookies (or the dough)! This was extremely difficult as was not having any of an order of nachos my husband ordered. He and my daughter munched away. I don’t think I mentioned anywhere, but outside of this one thing, my husband 150% supported this effort – so much so that he cooked all our meals without butter or cream (he does most of the cooking at our house!). He made things in alternative ways and with alternative ingredients and his meals were as awesome as usual. I found substitutes for many things that I have ended up actually liking. Rice milk and almond milk became the alternatives for milk that I used in my cereals and in pancakes and other things that called for milk. I had Soy Ice Cream which sufficed for ice cream just fine.
Someone asked me how I would move forward around dairy. I am not mov
ing forward with plans to eliminate it! However, I do see that I will replace milk with the Almond milk. It tastes good and it is better for you. I will eliminate dairy from being a major part of my daily intake; no more cheese sticks for lunch – and I will not smother my burritos with cheese anymore. Outside of that, it will be eaten in moderation.
On to my next 30 day challenge!
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