All about choice

Will I eat pasta? From time to time possibly. Will I eat lots of bread like I used to? No I just can't do that anymore. Do I use sugar in coffee and tea? Not anymore.

Something I am learning. Limit those indulgences to really an extreme measure thus they become little morsels of total enjoyment, while making the right choices every day.

Will I still enjoy a piece of cake, cheese cake or pie? At times I will but I usually only chased them at special occasions anyhow so I am not missing much. What about chocolate? Sure I will have that - mainly dark with berries in it. Surprisingly I have found that dark chocolate with raspberries in the bar have much less carbs than just a plain dark chocolate bar. Now of course I, unlike my Uncle, can consume a chocolate bar over the course of a few days, he wolfs it down in 10 seconds.

I find that I am more satiated with proteins and vegetables. Above was last nights dinner after work. A thin steak cooked in a hot skillet (ended up being just over medium), celery, there are also carrots and a little mozzarella sun dried tomato combination. Very fulfilling and refreshing - I really like raw vegetables, or just slightly steamed.

These choices of protein and vegetables was what the nutritionist I had for a couple of months after the strokes taught me. It also matches what Krystal (who has brilliantly lost over 100 lbs) has shown me works in her lifestyle of low-carb. It is what I realize makes me feel so much better inside.

So it is all about choice. When faced with an option you choose. Do you choose something healthy that tastes great and is good for you or do you choose something that is not so healthy that tastes great and is probably not so good for you? I choose the first choice of great and healthy with a reality check that every once in a while I may need my mint chocolate chip ice cream single scoop (not double).

Good day to all.

Today's Eats

Breakfast -- green machine, lemon with water, Chi Tonic, and minerals.
Snack -- couple of pieces of broccoli, slice of roast beef, 1 oz walnuts
Lunch -- chicken spring rolls, SuperShot, pears in blackberry and acai berry juice.
Snack -- walnuts.
Dinner -- dark leaf organic herb salad, cucumbers, broccoli, chicken breast, raspberries and oil/apple cider vinegar dressing.
Snack --

I am trying to figure out as I started eating lunch at 12:45 and finished at 2:45 between outages and all if I should have an afternoon snack. Dinner is going to be at 5:30 and it is 4:00 already....but I am supposed to have protein every 2-3 hours.

How to reverse insulin resistance (short version)

Cleansing phase:

1. Lots of low glycemic vegetables: artichoke, asparagus, avocado, black eyed peas, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, garlic, green beans, lettuce, onion, spinach, squash, string beans, sunflower seeds, tomato, turnips.

2. If no cravings for sugary treats: low glycemic fruits: apples, apricots, berries, cherries, fresh coconut, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mango, melon, papaya, peaches, pears, pineapple, tangerines.

3. Eat protein every 2-3 hours - 2-3 ounces. Meats, fish, eggs, nuts, nut butter with no sugar for example.

4. Choose only real fats like extra virgin olive oil, butter and coconut oil - all organic fats. Fats are needed to help absorb fat soluble vitamins and minerals and they slow the absorption of foods thus lowering glycemic index even more.

5. NO caffeine or decaffeinated beverages.

6. NO grains of all kinds, oatmeal, corn.

7. NO sugar including honey. NO fake sweeteners - splenda, aspartame, etc. If you must have sweeteners use Stevia, Xylitol or Blue Organic Agave.

8. NO diary.

9. Exercise.

Why do I have to do that....

...that which is below.

Insulin resistance and the fact that my glucose level is 121 - supposed to be under 100 best to be 70 or so.

Insulin resistance can result in diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal blood clotting, low HDL (36 - that is way low) and more.

Plus that is why I am obese. Time to change that huh. I think so.

Peace.

What I gotta do

Eat every three (3) hours.
Type O blood so I need protein (2-3 ounces) every three hours.
100 ounces of water a day at a minimum.
NO SUGAR. (plus no artificial sweeteners as they intensify sugar cravings)
NO DIARY. (sob, sob, sob)
NO WHITE flour, sugar, bread, rice etc.
Right now no grains of any kind.
Must have one large dark leafy green herb organic salad a day.
Use EVOO and Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar for the dressing.
Boards head is the best kind of meat to buy.
Every morning - 4 oz heated water with 1/2 a lemon in it. (for the liver)
Choose only real fats - evoo, butter, coconut oil, nut oil. Fats are good and they will help lower the glycemic index of the food being absorbed.
Walnuts, nut butter with no sugar.
That protein can be nuts or nut butter on celery that is needed every 3 hours.
Exercise...up to 30 minutes every day once the doctor gives me the ok.
1 tbsp of extra virgin coconut oil everyday. I did not know they had that. I have a feeling that will be expensive.

That is just the basics...there is more to come. Trying to find references to link to from this site. OH boy.


****************CLARIFICATION******************

This is my notes from the meeting. I have pages and pages and now a book about the actual plan and these are highlights that are not in that plan. There is so much information it is kind of overwhelming. But I am making it through. All of the plans I can find have some type of cereal for breakfast. I can have none of that. NONE. No grains, rice, wheat, etc etc. So I have been trying to figure out what I am supposed to have with no cereal and no milk. Well I called my nutritionist and asked her. She promptly said whatever you eat the rest of the day. SHE IS RIGHT! Why is there a mold that says for breakfast we have to have this. Dinner the night before becomes breakfast. Of course and omelet with tomatoes and peppers, mushrooms and onions, turkey bacon (no pork) can always be a great start or a hard boiled egg and a piece of fruit. I like the way this lady thinks.

No mother I do not have to do all these at once. These are changes and she knows I am on a budget. :)

OMG

I just spent an hour and a quarter with my nutritionist. The reality of the numbers was enlightening and scary. They wanted me to get my LDL down. Well it is at 70 well under 100. The bad news is that my total cholesterol is way down too. 125. 125 for the total which means my good HDL is really not that great. I knew that I did not like taking the statin drug and now I know why.

I need to talk to my doctor. I need to get in there and see what is right and what is not right.

I need to eat low glycemic foods and I have tons of information to go through on that. I need to eat and o blood type diet and have tons on that. So don't worry more will come. But I have to go to work now. I have to remember to eat three meals and 2 to 3 snacks a day and they need to include protein (egg, nuts, lean meats, etc - but not dairy. NO DIARY). Crud. I have a half gallon of new organic 1% and low fat swiss and provolone at home that have not been opened.

Well here I go into work and discovery. Yehaw!