Thanks David. I'd never put sugar in my kids weetbix because I knew they didn't need it. Still, I always felt a bit cruel for giving them such a bland food but they always gobbled it up with gusto so it seems they never minded. Now I know it did taste sweet to them all along because they weren't addicted to sugar and that's why they ate it! What's bland to us tastes sweet to a baby.
I wanted to post again today because, although it has only been two days since my last post I have noticed a couple of rather striking changes. Firstly, yesterday was a shocker again, it was like I'd stepped 5 days back and was in the midst of the withdrawals. All of the above mentioned symptoms were back and after having such a good day on Tuesday I was a bit surprised, I didn't expect that at all. I did notice though that over the past few ays my appetite has declined quite a lot and I think I just didn't eat enough calories yesterday, hence the slump.
Today I made sure that I ate more fruits and vegetables and I was fine, in fact I'd say today was my best day yet. I was full of beans and was able to get through so much more than I usually do. I'm a stay at home Mum with three very little ones so energy is not something I usually have a lot of. but, today I noticed a marked difference in my energy levels. My appetite seems to have levelled out which is good. I'm no longer foraging for food I don't need.
The other thing I have noticed is my skin. Having two pregnancies with gestational diabetes and then contracting type 2 diabetes did terrible things to my skin. I don't remember the name the endocrinoligist gave it but I had kind of butterfly shaped brown markings across my face, chest and on the backs of my hands and harms. It's really strong pigmentation and I remember him saying it's damage from insulin resistance. The face marks are all over my cheeks, jaw line and almost to my nose. They're not disfiguring at all, they're just there and I look like I've had a little too much sun.
Well, yesterday I noticed that the brown markings are fading, not only that, they are receeding. It's not something that others would notice but I see my face every day and to me it's rather striking. I'd say at a guess the markings have receded about 1.5cm back from my nose and there are small patches throughout where they have lightened quite a bit.
I'm assuming (hoping!) that it's from the sugar leaving my body as I can't account for anything else. I'll keep you posted as to what happens there!