Thursday, May 20, 2010
The food I am craving at 4 in the morning
I realize I am currently craving a mix of protein and carbs. Therefore, I decided that organic carrots, organic lite mozzarella sticks dipped in small portions of roasted red pepper hummus is what my body is needing right now. I realize that I must eat s-l-o-w-l-y, think about what I am putting into my body, and enjoy every bite!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Day 2 - Getting started on the right diet
DAY 2 - I took the 25 question Metabolic Typing Test.
Results: I am a Mixed Type, meaning I am partly a Protein Type and partly a Carb Type; however, it seems I may be a little more bent towards the Carb type due to my slightly higher score. Therefore, the meal plans provided by the Diet Solutions Plan should be already quite balanced for me but may need a little tweaking as I learn to "listen" to my body more and hear what it says to me throughout the day. This may change the way I answer the Metabolic Typing Test questions.
Mixed Types: "require an equal balance of proteins, carbohydrates, and healthy fats, including variety in the everyday meal plan. Of the three metabolic types, this one is the easiest to manage, because food choices are greater."
"The appetite of a Mixed Type tends to vary greatly throughout the day--hungry at meals but not in between; ravenous at times and no appetite at others. These responses depend on what foods have been eaten that day. Mixed types don't generally suffer from cravings, however, mixed types who eat too much sugar or carbs may develop strong sugar cravings." Hey, this is sounding quite a bit like me! There are times in the day in which I have no appetite and others in which I literally crave carbs. Hmmmm....this is some good information!
Protein types need to:
- Eat protein at every meal and with every snack (eating only carbs at a meal causes your blood sugar to spike and then drop quickly, which will leave a Protein Type feeling hungry, fatigued, and anxious as well as cause cravings for more carbs later)
- Eat small meals frequently or healthy snacks between meals (to avoid extremely low blood sugar levels)
- Avoid refined carbohydrates (avoid break, crackers, and pastas--especially those made from wheat since wheat breaks down sugar faster than any other grain. Try sprouted whole grain bread products instead).
- Avoid most fruits and fruit juices (Protein types need to watch their fruit intake, all though a healthy food, it is broken down quickly and converted into sugar in the bloodstream which causes extreme blood sugar fluctuations. Best fruit choices are Avocados and apples [high in fiber and low in sugar] for Protein Types).
Carb Types need to:
- Choose low-fat proteins (e.g. white-meat poultry or whitefish)
- Choose dairy products carefully (Carb types tend to metabolize dairy poorly)
- Choose carbohydrates carefully (choose those of low-starch vegetables like broccoli)
- Monitor your response to legumes (Carb types typically cannot easily digest protein that most legumes contain)
- Limit the nuts and seeds (Carb types feel best on a low-fat diet, and nuts and seeds add too much fat to a meal. Lean animal meats are better protein options)
Overall, a Mixed Type may be more a Protein Mixed Type or a Carb Mixed Type -- meaning I may need more qualities of one type of food than the other. This will have to be figured out in trial and error as I pay closer attention to responses to each meal and then determine which foods make me feel good and energized rather than hungry, fatigued, cranky, or craving more.
**Finding the right balance or proteins, carbs, and fats is the KEY to losing weight, feeling great, and achieving optimal health**
My Goal is to better listen to my body, start the Success Journal, and try a new recipe in the meal plan guide this week.
Remember, the Diet Solution is NOT a diet in the "traditional sense" but "a new way of eating that you want to adopt for life."
#1 Keep meals tasty and interesting.
#2 Be Creative!
#3 Be adventurous-try some new foods!
#4 Adhere to the principles taught in the manual (e.g. Don't fear salt, but do use an unrefined sea salt, preferably Celtic sea salt).
New Recipe: Chicken in Coconut-Lime Sauce
(Free-Gourmet-Recipes.com online Recipes)
3 tbsp coconut oil
4 bone-in chicken thighs
4 bone-in chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup prepared salsa
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 dried red hot peppers
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
13 1/2 oz (1 can) coconut milk
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
a few lime slices (for garnish)
a few fresh red hot peppers (for garnish)
1/2 cup grated coconut (for garnish)
In large frying pan, warm coconut oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches, about 5 minutes on each side; remove from frying pan and keep warm.
To frying pan, add green onions, salsa, garlic, dried hot peppers, curry powder, salt, and black pepper; cook about 2 minutes, stirring, until onion is browned. Return chicken to pan; pour coconut milk and lime juice over chicken. Simmer over low heat about 30 minutes, or until fork can be inserted into chicken with ease. Remove and discard hot peppers.
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...I am ready for this NOW...and it is only 3:58am in the morning. Hmmmmm...I see that I am craving protein right now and not carbs. Noted.
I can't wait to try this recipe this week. You should try it too and let me know what you think.
Bon appetit!
Results: I am a Mixed Type, meaning I am partly a Protein Type and partly a Carb Type; however, it seems I may be a little more bent towards the Carb type due to my slightly higher score. Therefore, the meal plans provided by the Diet Solutions Plan should be already quite balanced for me but may need a little tweaking as I learn to "listen" to my body more and hear what it says to me throughout the day. This may change the way I answer the Metabolic Typing Test questions.
Mixed Types: "require an equal balance of proteins, carbohydrates, and healthy fats, including variety in the everyday meal plan. Of the three metabolic types, this one is the easiest to manage, because food choices are greater."
"The appetite of a Mixed Type tends to vary greatly throughout the day--hungry at meals but not in between; ravenous at times and no appetite at others. These responses depend on what foods have been eaten that day. Mixed types don't generally suffer from cravings, however, mixed types who eat too much sugar or carbs may develop strong sugar cravings." Hey, this is sounding quite a bit like me! There are times in the day in which I have no appetite and others in which I literally crave carbs. Hmmmm....this is some good information!
Protein types need to:
- Eat protein at every meal and with every snack (eating only carbs at a meal causes your blood sugar to spike and then drop quickly, which will leave a Protein Type feeling hungry, fatigued, and anxious as well as cause cravings for more carbs later)
- Eat small meals frequently or healthy snacks between meals (to avoid extremely low blood sugar levels)
- Avoid refined carbohydrates (avoid break, crackers, and pastas--especially those made from wheat since wheat breaks down sugar faster than any other grain. Try sprouted whole grain bread products instead).
- Avoid most fruits and fruit juices (Protein types need to watch their fruit intake, all though a healthy food, it is broken down quickly and converted into sugar in the bloodstream which causes extreme blood sugar fluctuations. Best fruit choices are Avocados and apples [high in fiber and low in sugar] for Protein Types).
Carb Types need to:
- Choose low-fat proteins (e.g. white-meat poultry or whitefish)
- Choose dairy products carefully (Carb types tend to metabolize dairy poorly)
- Choose carbohydrates carefully (choose those of low-starch vegetables like broccoli)
- Monitor your response to legumes (Carb types typically cannot easily digest protein that most legumes contain)
- Limit the nuts and seeds (Carb types feel best on a low-fat diet, and nuts and seeds add too much fat to a meal. Lean animal meats are better protein options)
Overall, a Mixed Type may be more a Protein Mixed Type or a Carb Mixed Type -- meaning I may need more qualities of one type of food than the other. This will have to be figured out in trial and error as I pay closer attention to responses to each meal and then determine which foods make me feel good and energized rather than hungry, fatigued, cranky, or craving more.
**Finding the right balance or proteins, carbs, and fats is the KEY to losing weight, feeling great, and achieving optimal health**
My Goal is to better listen to my body, start the Success Journal, and try a new recipe in the meal plan guide this week.
Remember, the Diet Solution is NOT a diet in the "traditional sense" but "a new way of eating that you want to adopt for life."
#1 Keep meals tasty and interesting.
#2 Be Creative!
#3 Be adventurous-try some new foods!
#4 Adhere to the principles taught in the manual (e.g. Don't fear salt, but do use an unrefined sea salt, preferably Celtic sea salt).
New Recipe: Chicken in Coconut-Lime Sauce
(Free-Gourmet-Recipes.com online Recipes)
3 tbsp coconut oil
4 bone-in chicken thighs
4 bone-in chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup prepared salsa
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 dried red hot peppers
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
13 1/2 oz (1 can) coconut milk
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
a few lime slices (for garnish)
a few fresh red hot peppers (for garnish)
1/2 cup grated coconut (for garnish)
In large frying pan, warm coconut oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches, about 5 minutes on each side; remove from frying pan and keep warm.
To frying pan, add green onions, salsa, garlic, dried hot peppers, curry powder, salt, and black pepper; cook about 2 minutes, stirring, until onion is browned. Return chicken to pan; pour coconut milk and lime juice over chicken. Simmer over low heat about 30 minutes, or until fork can be inserted into chicken with ease. Remove and discard hot peppers.
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...I am ready for this NOW...and it is only 3:58am in the morning. Hmmmmm...I see that I am craving protein right now and not carbs. Noted.
I can't wait to try this recipe this week. You should try it too and let me know what you think.
Bon appetit!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Day 1- Starting The Diet Solution: Changing my Life and Health for good
Today, I learned about The Diet Solution program. As a nurse and health advocate, Isabel De Los Rios's story motivated me to start taking better care of my body by eating foods that are truly "good" for me. I love to eat and have been discouraged by all the diets out there, like most people. This is why I have never actually stuck to a diet...because it has always seemed to difficult and unsatisfying.
However, I realize that Isabel De Los Rios's Diet Solution program seemed to offer great information that I could incorporate into my daily food choices which could transform my life and health for the long term.
Therefore, I have chosen to start The Diet Solution program today. Not only do I desire to fit into my size 5 jeans again, but I desire to have more energy and see results! In order to make a change in my life, I must take a risk and put myself out there in order to help others do the same.
I am the type of person that can start a project but never finish it. However, I do not want that to be my life motto, therefore, I am starting a few goals today in addition to adopting a healthier lifestyle: 1) Continual learning, 2) Implementing what I learn, 3) Creativity, and 4) Journaling.
As you read, you will find that I am moving forward in the Diet Solution plan by taking notes and doing what the author ask of me. It may not be perfectly written, but it is who I am.
Here I go: It is time I make a positive change in my life and health.
DAY 1: Starting The Diet Solution Plan one step at a time and one principle at at time.
My Goal: to loose weight, feel great, and have more energy!!!
I want to incorporate healthy eating into my daily routine. I want to weigh 125 pounds and fit into a size 5 again. I want to see myself in a healthier light, knowing that I am taking the right steps, each day, toward having a beautiful and healthier body. I will achieve this dream and I believe it will happen in time.
Information I will need:
-My metabolic type
-My ideal calorie range
-A selection of high quality food
I will need to download my Success Journal and write down my foods, exercise, and daily notes to stay on track.
In order for me NOT to get overwhelmed, I will be implementing one small change at a time. I will choose 1-3 principles to start with and commit to.
Principle #1: Organic food is the way to health: buy organic, free range poultry, meats, and eggs (or at least free-range, antibiotic, and hormone-free poultry, meat, and eggs). Then start to buy organic produce, especially ones that tend to have the highest pesticide residues (i.e. peaches, apples, strawberries, nectarines, pears, cherries, red raspberries, and imported grapes. Spinach, bell peppers, celery, potatoes, and hot peppers).
However, I realize that Isabel De Los Rios's Diet Solution program seemed to offer great information that I could incorporate into my daily food choices which could transform my life and health for the long term.
Therefore, I have chosen to start The Diet Solution program today. Not only do I desire to fit into my size 5 jeans again, but I desire to have more energy and see results! In order to make a change in my life, I must take a risk and put myself out there in order to help others do the same.
I am the type of person that can start a project but never finish it. However, I do not want that to be my life motto, therefore, I am starting a few goals today in addition to adopting a healthier lifestyle: 1) Continual learning, 2) Implementing what I learn, 3) Creativity, and 4) Journaling.
As you read, you will find that I am moving forward in the Diet Solution plan by taking notes and doing what the author ask of me. It may not be perfectly written, but it is who I am.
Here I go: It is time I make a positive change in my life and health.
DAY 1: Starting The Diet Solution Plan one step at a time and one principle at at time.
My Goal: to loose weight, feel great, and have more energy!!!
I want to incorporate healthy eating into my daily routine. I want to weigh 125 pounds and fit into a size 5 again. I want to see myself in a healthier light, knowing that I am taking the right steps, each day, toward having a beautiful and healthier body. I will achieve this dream and I believe it will happen in time.
Information I will need:
-My metabolic type
-My ideal calorie range
-A selection of high quality food
I will need to download my Success Journal and write down my foods, exercise, and daily notes to stay on track.
In order for me NOT to get overwhelmed, I will be implementing one small change at a time. I will choose 1-3 principles to start with and commit to.
Principle #1: Organic food is the way to health: buy organic, free range poultry, meats, and eggs (or at least free-range, antibiotic, and hormone-free poultry, meat, and eggs). Then start to buy organic produce, especially ones that tend to have the highest pesticide residues (i.e. peaches, apples, strawberries, nectarines, pears, cherries, red raspberries, and imported grapes. Spinach, bell peppers, celery, potatoes, and hot peppers).
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