Today I celebrate my first Banting anniversary.  A good day to launch my blog. There is  a lot of April fool jokes going around, but for sure, this is not one of them.

A year ago, when I tried to step into my brothers Jeep, I struggled to lift myself into the, very high, seat. I blamed it on my 162cm height and the MT 33 inch wheels, well, if you don’t know what that means, I am very short,  and the wheels are very big. When I finally got comfortable and ready to go, my niece made a comment  from her car seat,  “you are to fat to get into our Jeep”. That was it, the honesty of a child was my wake-up call.

There and then I started following the Banting lifestyle.  The first week was tough, every day  I woke up with a bitter taste in my mouth, but I didn’t give up, you see,  those words of Hannah left a bitter taste in my mind and I knew , I need to change my life.

I looked up Banting desserts, I was craving something sweet,  I was addicted to sugar for too long, like almost 70% of all humans. I started trying out different recipes, you will notice I posted some here on my blog.  These helped me to overcome my desire for sweet treats.

After a few months I noticed I do not crave sweet things so much. Even 70% Lindt chocolate started tasting like Smarties. It is amazing how much my pallet changed in such a short time.

I started loosing weight, every week I felt like a winner.  I never felt like hiding away anymore. I was ready to face the world again. I lost 25 kg so far and never felt so good in a long time.

To be honest, this lifestyle is a very pleasant journey.  No diet pills, shakes, injections or weighing of food. I started surfing the Internet and with the help of so many other banters whom shared their recipes, I started to experiment with healthy, delicious, fresh real food. I never look back to bread, pasta or potatoes. The reward, a healthy, radiant, slimmer me.

I hope that, as from today, you will join in on ~ a colourful life with Z.