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I went vegan last year for about 3 months. Its was great. I lost the 10 pounds I had put on over the year and I had tons of energy. You would think that would be enough for me to stick with it. I struggled with the limited choices. I bought 3 great cook books and got very creative. But I am an omnivore and that is my comfort zone. and I am perfectly fine with it. It was more of an experiment anyway.
I think anyone who wants to explore plant based diets will be happily rewarded.
Well the "paradox" of plants is that some are good for you and some aren't. You should read the book if you're interested.
I just bought a cd from Goodwill that is funny. it's a band singing all about food. The title of one of the songs is: Born to Eat. LOL. And I try not to overdo it. One of the lyrics was how we are born eating, and we eat until we die. :-) Which is true.
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What do you use instead artificial sweeteners now in your coffee and/or other foods asking for sweeteners? Now that you mention it, I do use a lot of Stevia, wonder if that pushes me over the brink into being over-full.
Nothing. Caloric sweeteners switch on carb cravings for me. They all have enough readily available carbs that I get an insulin rush that turns on those cravings when I eat even a small amount.
I've learned to like black coffee, sugar free cereal sweetened with just some berries, etc. The worst was hot tea. I missed artificially sweetened hot tea for a long time, but now I buy the flavored stuff and that's enough. The sweetest thing I eat while I'm eating healthy is whole fresh fruit. I don't even eat dried fruit because I suddenly get very hungry after I eat some raisins or dried apricots.
I switched from diet soda to those flavored sparkling waters. The label says they only contain water and natural flavors. They don't say what those natural flavors are, but if there was any sweetener I think they'd have to list it.
I only eat sugar or natural sweeteners like honey once a week for my treat meal.
Artificial sweeteners don't affect everyone the same, but I definitely think it's worth cutting them out for a month or two to see if it helps you.
Yep, I am sold on what this book purports....it's working for me like nothing ever has before.
Talking to my friend who is doing this "low lectin" plan says she feels much better since eliminating many lectin producing foods. Years ago when I was interested in the Blood Type plan, lectins in the muscle of the chicken were NOT good for my blood type. I avoided chicken for a long time and went to turkey but found it hard to find turkey to cook...chicken is everywhere.
I stopped eating white bread a long time ago. Today so far (the day is not done yet) I have had a pretty good eating day. We shall see. :-) It is such a trial for me.
We have eaten mostly wheat breads and rye or pumpernickel for years. I do have o admit, I have a weakness for good sour dough though and break down and buy a loaf every few months.
I eat very little (and sometimes nothing) until 3 or 4 pm and I work hard, physically during the day. I discovered early on that eating and then working is not good for me and leaves me tired and lacking energy. Ivalways have a big, enjoyable meal at night.
I'm the same. A hearty breakfast and/or lunch makes me sleepy and sluggish for the whole day. It's better for my energy levels to have a small snack every 2-3 hours during the day, and then a good-sized dinner at night.
I think I eat my largest meal in morning after a long night's sleep, stomach is ready for food. Just had chopped romaine/red onion olive oil and rice vinegar for a lunch snack..dinner is early and light for me. I kinda graze if I feel "hungry",,,I don't work hard so don't work up an appetite for a lot of food.
Talking to my friend who is doing this "low lectin" plan says she feels much better since eliminating many lectin producing foods. Years ago when I was interested in the Blood Type plan, lectins in the muscle of the chicken were NOT good for my blood type. I avoided chicken for a long time and went to turkey but found it hard to find turkey to cook...chicken is everywhere.
That would be too bad re: the beans. Beans are just all sorts of awesome for me. Can't beat that fiber and iron. I know you don't eat rice, but I am full for hours eating 3/4 cup rice with 1/4-1/2 cup of beans. I'm of partial Latin and West Indian ancestry, so beans and rice was a staple growing up.
I eat every 2-3 hours during the workweek, every 4 hours during the weekend.
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