Breakfast

This is what my breakfast/lunch looked like yesterday.  It is probably about a half cup of FULL FAT Greek Plain Yogurt.  I know it doesn't look like much but because it is full fat, it has staying power.  And it is a treat for me because I really enjoy the creamier foods.  I've never been a "dairy" person.  Never drank milk, I can live without cheese.  But Greek yogurt is just incredible. 

Remember that I am training my body to eat when I am hungry.  Because I could certainly eat more than this if I were eating with my eyes and not my true needs.  I did eat a chicken leg about an hour later which held me nicely until about 5 pm. 

AGAIN, we are all different and what works for me may not work for you.  I have combined the following diets:  Paleo, Intermittent Fasting, very low carb and gluten free. 

Each to their own....

We are all so uniquely different. I have a client that thinks she will die without breakfast. I am not that way at all.  I do believe in following what your body tells you. It has inate wisdom.

In January I decided to incorporate intermittent fasting into my diet. You can read all about IF by searching mercola.com. There really is no wrong way to do IF. Some people skip meals, some skip days.  It will sure retrain you to recognize hunger which is fantastic because then leptin is kicking in.
It will also remind you that you may be doing a lot of mindless eating.

I chose to eat all my daily food within an 8 hour time frame. It was actually a little harder than I thought.  I can easily skip breakfast on the weekends but as soon as I walk in my office during the week, I think I need to eat. So I force myself to wait until 9 am. I started out just eating fruit but fruit, although good, is just another form of sugar.

I am a huge believer of protein so I recently switched to full fat plain Greek yogurt. It really like the Greek Gods brand.  Please do not be fat phobic.  Low fat food is what contributed to the obesity issue in America.  Good fats have staying power and are satisfying. Our brains need good fat.

So breakfast is yogurt and maybe a couple of strawberries mixed in.  That will usually hold me until 1pm.  As I have said, I know what works for me and I have trained myself to eat this way. It takes time to weed out the emotional triggers and recognize true hunger. IF isn't about dieting. It's about making wise choices and limiting the hours you eat.

I'm back

Welcome to this blog.  I will be posting health ideas and recipes that have worked for me. A disclaimer though....I am far from perfect. I do not buy all organic food. But I do the best I can. For those of you dealing with autoimmune issues, my ideas should be easy for you to translate into your own eating program.  

Oh yes I am....

'Nuff Said

This made me laugh although it is pretty true.  I had another successful grocery shopping trip.  Everything I bought went into the refrigerator except for one can of Mexican beans and two cans of fire roasted tomatoes.  That makes me very happy and self-righteous.  Ha Ha......                                             

I am amazing myself

I am doing so well in only buying "real" food at the grocery store.  I don't throw anything out anymore.  We use everything.  I may be spending the same amount but I know that I am nurturing my body and psyche.  Here is a pic of a mid-week stop at the store:

2 bags of shrimp, 1 dozen eggs, 1 bag of washed greens, 2 bags of frozen okra, 1 bag of frozen

peppers and onions, 1 avocado, a chicken, beef, mozarella cheese, 5 cans of fire roasted tomatoes,

6 Larabars, 1 box organic cereal for snacks for the kids and 1 package of low carb tortilla wraps.

Technically the tortillas and cereal would not be consider a nekkid food.  But considering all the junk

I used to buy, this is a HUGE change.                                                                                             

Oh. My. Goodness

Several of my family members are studying the Paleo way of eating and it's pretty amazing.  My daughter Katy told me that a lot of paleo people are touting Larabars.  Larabars qualify, in my opiniion, as a Eat Nekkid food.  They all have 3-4 ingredients and they are real foods.  They all have some sort of fruit and a nut.  The nuts, being a fat and protein, help balance the glycemic load of the fruit.  Plus, they are SO yummy.

The best price I've found is Kroeger's on sale for $1 a bar.  I think they would be awesome in a kid's lunch or to take along as a quick snack if you are away from decent food.