9:00AM
3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs grass-fed butter and 2 ounce local farm cream cheese
1:00PM
1/2 pound grass-fed ground beef burger with 2 ounces mozzarella cheddar and 1 Tbs mayo
4:00PM
45-minute mowing grass
6:00PM
3 eggs with 2 Tbs grass-fed butter and 2 ounces raw cheddar cheese
CALORIES CONSUMED: 2112
DIET SODAS: 0 (ZERO!!!) 35 DAYS DIET SODA FREE!!!
NOTE: Today it was gorgeous outside, so I made time to cut the rest of my yard now that it was dry. Cutting wet grass was for the birds yesterday because I zipped through that dry grass with my new lawnmower with it only cutting off two or three times instead of 100 times! WOO HOO! Yes, I'm easily amused and entertained.
Still rockin' my real foods menus as of late and there's not even an inkling of desire for a diet soda, something sweet, or anything artificial at all. Had I known how easy this would be just from doing an all-egg diet, then I would have done it a long time ago. Maybe when a few months have passed and this change has stuck for good (and I fully anticipate it will) I'll write an e-book about the experience to help others who are struggling with weight loss, sweet addiction, and their health. It could potentially help a lot of people who were like me in their low-carb lifestyle and just needed a little spark of something to get them going.
Some people might look at my menus and say, "Man, that's a boring diet!" But you know what? Variety is overrated. It's my contention that variety tends to lend itself to causing problems for people who have an addiction to certain kinds of foods. When you look to change things up, one of the primary ingredients that gets introduced into the diet is carbohydrate. Fat and protein sources pretty much stay the same, but carbs come in all shapes and sizes when people desire the oh-so-coveted variety. For me, that's taking the focus off of consuming food for fuel and right back on eating for pleasure. There's certainly nothing wrong with the latter if you are able to control your urges. But a food/carb/sugar addict doesn't need to be tempted any more than necessary.
I'm feeling great these days with nothing really bothering me physically. It's like my body is happy to be properly fueled with the fat it needs for energy with just enough protein and very few carbs to run optimally. I like the fact that I'm healthy, shedding the pounds (slowly but surely), and consuming foods that I know are good for me without a doubt. Those people who have been critical of my menus in the past because of the diet sodas or low-carb products can no longer say I'm not eating a solid "clean" low-carb diet anymore. Other than the dairy foods I consume, you could say I'm eating pretty Paleo right now. And that's just the way I like it!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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I tend to stick to the favorites that I know works for me when I feel like I'm straying. So agreed with your comment on variety.
So proud of you, Jimmy! Kicking the diet soda habit is HUGE, no doubt about it. As for variety, my husband and I have a relatively limited menu also, but good, simple food that tastes good and is filling because of all the fat works for us! We're in our mid 50's and the healthiest we've ever been in our lives.
"...Variety is overrated. It's my contention that variety tends to lend itself to causing problems for people who have an addiction to certain kinds of foods. When you look to change things up, one of the primary ingredients that gets introduced into the diet is carbohydrate. ..."
I couldn't agree more.
I agree that variety often leads us to MORE carbs,and that is usually for the sweet things in my case. When I am doing well as now, I just eat to stay alive and fuel the furnace. My husband is trim and healthy. While he at times goes overboard on sweets, he just eats enough to fuel the furnace and feels great. Overboard in his case is eating 3 cookies instead of 2!! As I look back, my family definiteoly ATE for entertainment while my husband's family ate because it was a necessity. I am very thankful tht my children eat to stay alive not for entertainment.
I also wanted to comment that I once heard that most people have about 10 main dishes that they rotate from day to day. My Mom had certain meals certain nights of the week all the years I lived with my parents.
I do wonder how you continue to feel well with no veggies? Everyone is different, but I must have a small salad with lunch and some raw veggie with my evening meal to keep my body working properly. I don't need them to make me feel satisfied. So where does tht leave plain veggies that God made just as sure as He made meat etc?? Or is this just an individual like or dislike?
Jimmy!
I'm waiting for updates! =}
Lora
Good job on being soda free!
If we were to look at the menu habits of most families, we would see that 80% of their meals come from 20% of their recipe repertoire.
Most people eat more or less the same things on and on, only they never notice, especially at breakfast.
THANKS Granny! I've never been a big veggie fan (I suppose from all those years of eschewing them for high-carb garbage foods), but I try to sneak a few into my menus every now and then. I find that even those can trigger cravings for me, so I'm sticking with mostly fat and protein sources.
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