Fritzy 22's Journal, 12 September 2018

I find oils, like sesame or olive or coconut and also butter substitutes are tasty. I like this plan - I will join you if you want to compare notes on what to eat. Sweet potatoes are good too. Just was thinking I really need to up my vegetable intake so good luck! I love brussel sprouts. 

Abba: did you look at my food journal to see what I am thinking of eating? My doctor also said to avoid fat. I usually cook with olive oil, he said good fats like that and avocados and nuts are fine. I have sesame oil. I haven't cooked with it but use in some marinades. I was thinking of making this a challenge if I can make a challenge just 7 days. I don't know if I can do it 100% for longer than that. And I wouldn't make the challenge specific to what I want to do, but to stick to whatever plan the participants choses. 

Being plant based did wonders for me. Especially my digestive system ! And you know what they say about a healthy gut.... I cut out dairy 5 years ago...Never going back. It took me a year to completely eliminate it as the food industry seems to like to sneak it into so many products :(. So cooking from scratch makes sense. And to be honest....It tastes so much better, you know exactly whats in it and it won't take long for your taste buds to appreciate it too. I stopped eating meat 3 years ago plainly for the reason that it kept on making me sick. Hope you will see and feel the benefits :)  

I used to smoke and one day I quit. Mostly by refusing to go out of my way to get cigarettes; I live in a rural area and that meant making a conscious decision to get my shoes on, get to the car, drive to the store and so forth. I noted in your post that the first two sentences involved going to the store and buying. DON'T! Buy what you need for a few days and refuse to step into a store after that. Keep your house, your desk, your car an impulse free zone. (I'm not saying it's easy, but it's a start). 

Doctors spend about 5% of their schooling on nutrition and it shows. 

your doc is probably right, but I'm not a very good vegi person so I'd probably starve lol.... I'm on KETO & must say easiest diet I've ever been on.. bp is down, water weight down & no cravings for sweets or breads and easy to go out to eat with the family... Good luck on your quest.. 

I buy the nuts in the premeasured packages in a big box, they are the same price as bulk nuts. Then it's easier to log them too, no measuring. I got the vegan protein powder, it tastes ok and I mix it with nonfat dairy milk. You could get the boxes of premeasured hummus to have instead of cream cheese - those are tasty also. good luck! I am inspired, will start on Monday too! I do eat meat though so I will be getting salmon. Eggs are good protein, and your diet doesn't say no rice just no white rice, so check out the brown rice and kale packages near the other International foods. 

Thanks everyone for your input! Kahaz- - I agree with you about grocery shopping. I do better with planned trips when I am not hungry and stick to a list. The 2 days I stopped I was on the way home from the dog park and stopped at the little local grocery store specifically for diet soda and got the other bad things. Schmetterlinge34: the first time my doctor suggested how to eat was June 2016. At that time it was in response to me saying I wanted to lose weight, all the tests he had run because I complained of constant fatigue came back normal, all but one. At first all he wrote down was to eat more whole foods and avoid processed foods. He told me to avoid processed meats and named them so I knew exactly what he meant. I followed what he said strictly for a month - no bread, no cereal, so sodas, etc. I did have 8 oz of skim milk every day and a small grass of orange juice otherwise drank only water with a cup of tea once in awhile with honey (I don't consider honey a processed food, just one ingredient). He said to come back in a month and we were both thrilled I had lost 16 pounds. The 2nd month, doing the same thing I lost 7. Then I got so tired of the plan I just stopped and gained all the weight back during the rest of the year and into 2017. I joined FS in August 2017 modifying the doctor's plan a bit and lost almost 60 pounds and then started struggling in March. I'm now up close to 20 pounds from my low. That's still 40 pounds down. Bechdz - I don't think I'm a very good vegi person easy which is why I'm trying it for just 1 week. I created a challenge that starts Monday, not for my specific diet but for anyone who wants to try something or stick to something 100%. Diablo360x - I really trust my doctor, he's guided me through this whole process and his suggestions are because of some of my medical conditions and family history. The only lab test currently out of the normal range is CRP C - Reactive Protein High Sensitivity and that, I believe, is the reason for the suggestion to not eat processed foods. 1st month it dropped from 18 (mg/L) to 10. Now it stays around 12. Anything over 3.1 may indicate higher relative cardiovascular risk. The lowest it's been has been 8 I believe. 

Recent research shows whole milk and full fat yogurt are helping to reduce heart disease. Who knew? I don't understand why you can't eat properly? Does someone force feed you chips, etc.? You can do this, but you must take control of what goes in your mouth and track it! 

Abba- I was going to give up eggs, but just bought a dozen so I may have one a day just to get 6 grams of protein. I do have a tendency to overeat some nuts - that's why I usually buy chopped almonds and walnuts. If I buy pistachios I will eat too many. I asked my doctor about protein powder and he said "it's a processed food". From the foods I entered it seems the whole foods with the highest amount of protein is a potato (5 grams in a medium russet potato, I assume that includes the skin) and beans (I will have frozen peas, lima beans and canned kidney beans). Funny the whole foods with the most protein also are high in carbs. 

Erquiaga- to answer your silly question: no. no one force feeds me chips. 

I recommend Dr Furman's 'Eat to Live'... very good, non-fad, book about proper eating. After a time of non-meat transition he'll recommend moving to 10% calories from meat, if you must. Best part, you can eat all that you want of certain healthy foods, like vegetables, so you don't have to contend with hunger. https://www.drfuhrman.com/search?searchTerm=Eat+to+Live&op=and&siteSection=%2Fshop&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh-ugste43QIViLjACh2czQUeEAAYASAAEgIq4PD_BwE  

looks like we have a seller here 

Excellent, Fritzy! Then you have the control to take off the weight.❤️