Well hello there!
Since you asked..... My plan is based on whole foods, no gluten, sugar, franken foods. Organic most of the time, except when eating out mainly.
But I do eat crap once in a while. :wink:
For a real treat with real sugar (the preferred treat) a half bar of Lindt 85% chocolate, which has virtually no sugar. Gets rid of *the chocolates* fast.
I use pure powdered stevia to sweeten beverages. I do use Splenda rarely--mainly for my sugarless cheesecake which is delicious and too good NOT to have.
I can't eat gluten (wheat, various grains) as I have found out I'm intollerant of it--which is fine since I stopped eating bread a while ago and don't miss it one bit!
Bread was a stumbling block for me. Not only did it make me feel awful, but I found that when it was around, it was too easy to find the *need* to eat it every meal. I can't recall when I finally ditched it completely, but I think it was over a year ago or close to it. I've felt better every since! Whew!
I eat Mexican food almost everyday in one way or another, having been raised on it and living in an area where it's part of the culture. But I've found healthy ways of eating it, the spices being the main thing with Tex-Mex fare.
I've incorporated all my fave foods into my life, just healthy versions of them.
Like I said I don't deprive myself of the chocholate now and then, it's not worth the loss to me. I would rather enjoy it in small amounts than give it up completely and feel deprived. After all, I have to live in the real world.
I eat ALL fruits and veggies in any quantity I feel like!!! If I want another nectarine after that first one, I have it. I figure by now, after 3 years of healthy eating my body knows what it needs. And it's always something healthy. By the way, I DO consider bittersweet chocolate to be a healthy food eaten in moderation.
I limit my fat and protein intake to reasonable amounts, but if I feel like having 2 chicken breasts at dinner, doggone it I have em! Same with any food. But I find that eating too much meat makes me feel yucky, so I tend to BALANCE all the food groups: Proteins/Fats/Fruits/Veggies and have a few healthy, tollerable grains such as wild rice or quinoa, or mainly BEANS each day. Helps thing work better in the body!
I don't drink milk anymore. I do eat whole fat organic yogurt no more than 1/2-1 cup a day. Limit my cheese intake, for the most part. I eat all nuts, except I shy aways from peanuts since they make me burp em up.
Raw unsalted nuts mainly. I eat as many as I want when I want. But I usually only eat 3 meals a day, with berries and cream for dessert most days, later on after dinner. With a sprinkling of almonds on top for protein.
I don't use processed packaged foods, make my own dressings, don't eat MSG or nitrates or nitrites, no meats with additives/preservatives, etc. It's all about whole organic foods for me. Not really a carb thing, since when you are eating whole foods, your carbs NATURALLY go way down from the typical American diet.
Let's face it, Big Macs, french fries and twinkies and pepsi have a lot more carbs--and bad ones at that--than what I eat now.
Hope that answers your question. Sorry to go on so long. Good therapy for me!
Oh yeah, I did start out with the Schwarzbein Principle book three years ago and that was what started my wheels going. Then I simply made it work in my own life and this is where I am today.
I wish you the best with your own plan! --Betty
Anyone else?
Me too
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