Health - The Verdict

I promised an update and I keep my promises. The last six week of eating healthy had their share of advantages and disadvantages. I was at home for much of the time, but also travelled for business in the period which was bound to make things more complicated. I cheated a couple times - this was a voluntary thing after-all - though the extent of the cheats was small and not material.

Overall ? I feel better. Hard to characterize it beyond that, but I'll attempt to nonetheless.

You know that stressed, tired feeling you have in your brain/mind/soul when you're just about to go on a needed vacation ? And the result of the vacation - where you are not stressed, regain the bounce in your step, and feel mentally refreshed ? Well, that's the closest thing I can compare how it physically feels. I'm fractionally lighter, tighter, and I do feel better.

Was it worth it ? Absolutely.

Will I do it again ? Yes, in fact I plan to go back to this style of eating as soon as I'm back from my current business trip.

Which brings me to the downsides - there isn't great choice, and some of the choices, inventive as they are, just don't taste very good. Bread products without that gluten aren't that nice - or at least I've not found any that I'd buy again, or want to consume again. I'm probably lucky that that hasn't been a big downside for me. I can take it or leave it as far as bread goes. Convenience (and bacon) is what I missed the most. The ability to make simple choices was gone. I had to really concentrate on what was on each food I ate, much like a real sufferer of Celiac disease.  That frankly was a pain for a person like me whose big decisions in the past was which fast-food place to stop it (not if I could).

I managed to survive a business trip and stick to the plan while in San Francisco, but as I'm off to Asia at the moment, I think that's going to be impossible.

What did I end up eating ?  Lots of fruit and veggies, some fish, and I even found gluten free chips (Boulder - yum!), and ice cream - (Breyers..who knew?).  Hey this was an experiment, not a monastery commitment.

Should we all do this ?  Well, those who've read more than one of these posts understands that I try to never tell people what they should do, but rather I encourage you to understand your own decisions and make peace with them, or change them.  In this case - I'd suggest you also tried this.  You might also like it.  If you don't, the downside is that you might get temporarily healthier.  Not much of a price to have to pay, now is it ?