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May 1, 2010
April 22, 2010
Eating for Pleasure
I've begun to divulge into French Women Don't Get Fat, so far only a few chapters in I'm quite intrigued and my first eye opener that was given by Mireille as she narrates through her life; after being an exchange student from France to America for a year and gaining 20 lbs she shares her discoveries as she returns to her regular weight/size, was that eating is meant to be a pleasurable experience. From her experiences living in America her values of food and eating had changed from the impact of American values.
In France food is a pleasure, it is honored by being enjoyed at the table and every bite is savoured. There is no eating en-route in France, food is not FAST in France. French women indulge in pastry and rich meals however they pay attention to their portions and they eat only when hungry and only until they are full, because they treat meals as a special time and devote their time and attention on their food they are aware of how much they are eating and able to feel their body react to feeling full and so, they stop.
This is only the beginning of realization for Mireille (in her book) and also the beginning of mine!
I used to be terrible for eating infront of the t.v. wether it was at meal time or I was simply snacking and I would never pay attention to how much or how fast I would eat my food. At my worst moments this involves pizza, chinese take out, fast food, ect. on the lazy nights I decide not to cook. Because of this I would feel bloated and much too full to do anything after but lay there and continue to watch t.v.
Lucky for me (somewhat) our t.v. has been disconnected for the time being and we have not yet set it back up, I have quite enjoyed the time spent at the dinner table (what a concept...dinner at the dinner table!) and the time reading and talking with my family rather than somberly staring at a screen for hours on end. This is how it should be, t.v. should be a past time reserved for a limited time each week. Daily news, weather reports and an occassional show or movie should be the extent of our boob tube watching and trust me, you're not missing out on anything... you ARE missing out on a lot by living infront of the television instead of living your own life! I've realised this in the last little while and it's improved my relationship with D and little A :) Which to me is the best way to spend time!
Anyways back to eating, I vow to eat with purpose from now on. My purpose is to feed and nourish my body but also to taste my foods and enjoy the savoury experience of eating!
Between my promise to cut out red meat and my promise to eat for satisfaction I am hoping that I will arrive at a middle ground that proves to be healthy as well as satisfying. A little bit of naughy with a lot of nice!
In France food is a pleasure, it is honored by being enjoyed at the table and every bite is savoured. There is no eating en-route in France, food is not FAST in France. French women indulge in pastry and rich meals however they pay attention to their portions and they eat only when hungry and only until they are full, because they treat meals as a special time and devote their time and attention on their food they are aware of how much they are eating and able to feel their body react to feeling full and so, they stop.
This is only the beginning of realization for Mireille (in her book) and also the beginning of mine!
I used to be terrible for eating infront of the t.v. wether it was at meal time or I was simply snacking and I would never pay attention to how much or how fast I would eat my food. At my worst moments this involves pizza, chinese take out, fast food, ect. on the lazy nights I decide not to cook. Because of this I would feel bloated and much too full to do anything after but lay there and continue to watch t.v.
Lucky for me (somewhat) our t.v. has been disconnected for the time being and we have not yet set it back up, I have quite enjoyed the time spent at the dinner table (what a concept...dinner at the dinner table!) and the time reading and talking with my family rather than somberly staring at a screen for hours on end. This is how it should be, t.v. should be a past time reserved for a limited time each week. Daily news, weather reports and an occassional show or movie should be the extent of our boob tube watching and trust me, you're not missing out on anything... you ARE missing out on a lot by living infront of the television instead of living your own life! I've realised this in the last little while and it's improved my relationship with D and little A :) Which to me is the best way to spend time!
Anyways back to eating, I vow to eat with purpose from now on. My purpose is to feed and nourish my body but also to taste my foods and enjoy the savoury experience of eating!
Between my promise to cut out red meat and my promise to eat for satisfaction I am hoping that I will arrive at a middle ground that proves to be healthy as well as satisfying. A little bit of naughy with a lot of nice!
April 21, 2010
Icky vs. Kind
Last night I spent a few hours reading my new book (The Kind Diet) and it was SO EYE-OPENING!! I can't explain how learning this information made me feel in a word alone, it was literally crazy to have this knowledge of what sick and disgusting things we are consuming and what's even more wrong is that we have been so BRAINWASHED our whole lives to believe it's actually good for us.
Reading about how many hormones and toxins that are in the meat we eat; hormones and toxins that in turn are digested by US and therefore releasing these particles into our bodies where we have no need for them and they start to attack us! That's right, the food we are relying on for nutrition is harming our bodies more than it's helping.
Another HUGE bit of knowledge for me was the fact that meat eating is a main cause of concern and leads to multiple types of cancers and of course to the #1 cause of death in women across America...Heart Disease/Heart Attack from the aertery blocking cholesterol we are consuming. Our bodies make our own cholesterol, we have absolutely NO need to bring more into our diets.
Also it takes 3 days for meat to go through our systems, 3 days for it to move through our intestines, rotting and smelling until it passes through us completely. Ever wonder why after going #2 some times it smells so bad you think you might pass out?? Gauranteed thats what it's from!
While I was reading this I felt incrediblly disgusted by the thought of eating meat and I had just finished eating hamburger. I felt like I could literally feel the meat in my stomach just sitting there being disgusting and it made me want to vomit. I didn't but I wanted to.
So because of my newfound knowledge I have decided that I will no longer eat red meat (to start with) and I will be making the transistion to eating vegetarian and eventually I would like to become vegan. So I will not be eating red meat, to ease into my new diet & lifestyle I will (for the time being) continue to eat poultry and fish - organic only; until I am comfortable enough in completely ridding meat from my diet. I am also going to cut down on cheese and milk and switch to soy as well as limiting my intake of processed foods.
Making these changes (as outlined in the book) promises to make me feel amazing and my best ever... I can't wait!
I have to admit that even my recent changes in diet including eating more veggies and fruits and ensuring I get more fibre, drink less coffee and more tea/water has completely improved my body already. I am less bloated and I swear I've lost a couple pounds just from that!
I feel lighter and skinnier so I can just imagine how amazing I will feel once I cut out the red meat and majority of my dairy intake!
Another cool fact I found in the book, I have always suffered from chronic cold symptoms (stuffy, runny nose no matter what time of the year) and apparently this could be a sign of lactose intolerance! I had no idea! So I'm going to try living dairy free for a whole month and see if it stops, if it does then I am quite confident I will be just fine without it... ok maybe I'll still have the occassional ice cream but... we'll see!
So following these tid bits of info food was divided into two categories: Icky & Kind
Icky food is everything that is harmful to our bodies including meat
Kind foods are what nourish us which are related to plant based foods
In the book there are 3 stages of the Kind Diet:
1. Flirt - you are interested in changing and have been "flirting" with the idea of making the switch to vegetarian and will be adding aspects of the vegan diet into your current diet
2. Vegan - you are committed to cutting out all animal consumption in your diet & animal by products
3. Superhero - you are 100% vegan as well as living my a macro-biotic diet which means eating only locally by region and by season as well as never eating anything processed (no "meat" imposters, processed soy products, ect)
At the moment I am entering the Flirting stage, I would like to jump into Vegan but I don't think that would be a wise choice for me as I know my body and I know that I need to go through the period of adjusting and feeling the cleansing of the bad and the renewal feeling of the good so that I know I'm doing the right thing and I don't end up going back to bad habits.
I still have to read through the books, so far I've only made it through the chapters regarding food and the stages of the diet. I can't wait to get into the recipes because I'm really excited to incorporate them into my day!
I'm not sure how D will feel about my new meals as he is not an avid fan of vegetables in the first place so I'm not entirely sure how I am going to deal with him and little A for our meals but I will figure that out in time!
I can't wait to start feeling and looking my best. Kind Life HERE I COME!
Reading about how many hormones and toxins that are in the meat we eat; hormones and toxins that in turn are digested by US and therefore releasing these particles into our bodies where we have no need for them and they start to attack us! That's right, the food we are relying on for nutrition is harming our bodies more than it's helping.
Another HUGE bit of knowledge for me was the fact that meat eating is a main cause of concern and leads to multiple types of cancers and of course to the #1 cause of death in women across America...Heart Disease/Heart Attack from the aertery blocking cholesterol we are consuming. Our bodies make our own cholesterol, we have absolutely NO need to bring more into our diets.
Also it takes 3 days for meat to go through our systems, 3 days for it to move through our intestines, rotting and smelling until it passes through us completely. Ever wonder why after going #2 some times it smells so bad you think you might pass out?? Gauranteed thats what it's from!
While I was reading this I felt incrediblly disgusted by the thought of eating meat and I had just finished eating hamburger. I felt like I could literally feel the meat in my stomach just sitting there being disgusting and it made me want to vomit. I didn't but I wanted to.
So because of my newfound knowledge I have decided that I will no longer eat red meat (to start with) and I will be making the transistion to eating vegetarian and eventually I would like to become vegan. So I will not be eating red meat, to ease into my new diet & lifestyle I will (for the time being) continue to eat poultry and fish - organic only; until I am comfortable enough in completely ridding meat from my diet. I am also going to cut down on cheese and milk and switch to soy as well as limiting my intake of processed foods.
Making these changes (as outlined in the book) promises to make me feel amazing and my best ever... I can't wait!
I have to admit that even my recent changes in diet including eating more veggies and fruits and ensuring I get more fibre, drink less coffee and more tea/water has completely improved my body already. I am less bloated and I swear I've lost a couple pounds just from that!
I feel lighter and skinnier so I can just imagine how amazing I will feel once I cut out the red meat and majority of my dairy intake!
Another cool fact I found in the book, I have always suffered from chronic cold symptoms (stuffy, runny nose no matter what time of the year) and apparently this could be a sign of lactose intolerance! I had no idea! So I'm going to try living dairy free for a whole month and see if it stops, if it does then I am quite confident I will be just fine without it... ok maybe I'll still have the occassional ice cream but... we'll see!
So following these tid bits of info food was divided into two categories: Icky & Kind
Icky food is everything that is harmful to our bodies including meat
Kind foods are what nourish us which are related to plant based foods
In the book there are 3 stages of the Kind Diet:
1. Flirt - you are interested in changing and have been "flirting" with the idea of making the switch to vegetarian and will be adding aspects of the vegan diet into your current diet
2. Vegan - you are committed to cutting out all animal consumption in your diet & animal by products
3. Superhero - you are 100% vegan as well as living my a macro-biotic diet which means eating only locally by region and by season as well as never eating anything processed (no "meat" imposters, processed soy products, ect)
At the moment I am entering the Flirting stage, I would like to jump into Vegan but I don't think that would be a wise choice for me as I know my body and I know that I need to go through the period of adjusting and feeling the cleansing of the bad and the renewal feeling of the good so that I know I'm doing the right thing and I don't end up going back to bad habits.
I still have to read through the books, so far I've only made it through the chapters regarding food and the stages of the diet. I can't wait to get into the recipes because I'm really excited to incorporate them into my day!
I'm not sure how D will feel about my new meals as he is not an avid fan of vegetables in the first place so I'm not entirely sure how I am going to deal with him and little A for our meals but I will figure that out in time!
I can't wait to start feeling and looking my best. Kind Life HERE I COME!
April 20, 2010
Great Green Site!
Check out this site:
www.thedailygreen.com
I've been browsing on here for a bit and there are amazing idea's for eating well, living green and also very cool photo's of others who live Green!
Check out Natural Pools and Tree Houses! VERY COOL!
It's almost as if Oprah know's I'm starting to practice Living My Best Life because I received an email with the link to this site from her today!
Thanks Lady O!
www.thedailygreen.com
I've been browsing on here for a bit and there are amazing idea's for eating well, living green and also very cool photo's of others who live Green!
Check out Natural Pools and Tree Houses! VERY COOL!
It's almost as if Oprah know's I'm starting to practice Living My Best Life because I received an email with the link to this site from her today!
Thanks Lady O!
Food Diary: Day 1
Upon previously reading up on diet this, diet that I noticed a lot of sources reccomend doing a Food Journal ... not that I am on a diet per say but I am changing my diet so I want to try and keep track of what I'm eating so I'm going to give it a try! I'll attempt to do weekly entries of my journal but for today I want to start with 1 Day's worth of an entry:
Breakfast
1 cup Earl Grey tea w/vanilla sweetner & milk (+ 1tsp. Benefiber)
1/3 cup granola w/vanilla yogurt (1/3 cup) & 4 strawberries
Tall Soy Mocha Latte @ Starbucks
Lunch
Butternut Squash & Potato soup (homemade)
Strawberry & Banana smoothie (+1 tsp. Benefiber)
P.B. Nature Valley granola bar
Dinner
Red Bell Pepper baked (w/Quinoa/hamburger/mushroom/tomatoes)
1 glass Water
1 cup cammomile tea
Oh and I've recently started taking Benefiber (pictured below)
And I have to rave - it's only been a week - I feel great already!
In the past I've always had issues with being regular and feeling bloated and so much more that I won't get into...all I have to say is this was a huge help!
It is grit free so it blends in smoothly with juice, smoothies, yogurt, tea, ect. It has no taste and doesn't include sugar and is also gluten free!
Aside from my morning consumption everything else is what I am planning on eating for the rest of today.
Hopefully this will help me keep on track!
Breakfast
1 cup Earl Grey tea w/vanilla sweetner & milk (+ 1tsp. Benefiber)
1/3 cup granola w/vanilla yogurt (1/3 cup) & 4 strawberries
Tall Soy Mocha Latte @ Starbucks
Lunch
Butternut Squash & Potato soup (homemade)
Strawberry & Banana smoothie (+1 tsp. Benefiber)
P.B. Nature Valley granola bar
Dinner
Red Bell Pepper baked (w/Quinoa/hamburger/mushroom/tomatoes)
1 glass Water
1 cup cammomile tea
Oh and I've recently started taking Benefiber (pictured below)
And I have to rave - it's only been a week - I feel great already!
In the past I've always had issues with being regular and feeling bloated and so much more that I won't get into...all I have to say is this was a huge help!
It is grit free so it blends in smoothly with juice, smoothies, yogurt, tea, ect. It has no taste and doesn't include sugar and is also gluten free!
Aside from my morning consumption everything else is what I am planning on eating for the rest of today.
Hopefully this will help me keep on track!
Living Well
I'm really excited about this new Blog!
Over the past few months I've been doing a lot of research into diets, detoxing, eating organic, eating vegetarian, and pretty much anything related to providing my body with better nutrients and having a goal of overall well being.
Today I took another step towards my goal and purchased two books that I'm extremely excited about reading tonight.
The first book is The Kind Diet By Alicia Silverstone
The basis of this book is about eating to better yourself and the world as well. The diet is based on a vegan lifestyle and it claims to help you "lost weight, feel great and save the planet" all at the same time.
My second purchase was French Women Don't Get Fat By Mireille Guiliano
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The basis of this book is "how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy" by "no guilt or deprevation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy" she includes recipes that promise to be indulgent without being fattening.
As I devour these books I will be writing about what I learn and how they help me follow my path of (as the lovely Oprah always says) Living My Best Life
Other books that I hope to "consume"
French Women for All Seasons Mireille Guiliano
French Women Dont Get Fat Cookbook Mireille Guiliano
Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques & Recipes From a Lifetime of Cooking Julia Child
Cook With Jamie Jamie Oliver
And any & all Giada De Laurentis cook books because I LOVE her Italian dishes!!
So here is my starting line...I'm officially beginning my journey to a better ME!
Over the past few months I've been doing a lot of research into diets, detoxing, eating organic, eating vegetarian, and pretty much anything related to providing my body with better nutrients and having a goal of overall well being.
Today I took another step towards my goal and purchased two books that I'm extremely excited about reading tonight.
The first book is The Kind Diet By Alicia Silverstone
The basis of this book is about eating to better yourself and the world as well. The diet is based on a vegan lifestyle and it claims to help you "lost weight, feel great and save the planet" all at the same time.
My second purchase was French Women Don't Get Fat By Mireille Guiliano
The basis of this book is "how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy" by "no guilt or deprevation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy" she includes recipes that promise to be indulgent without being fattening.
As I devour these books I will be writing about what I learn and how they help me follow my path of (as the lovely Oprah always says) Living My Best Life
Other books that I hope to "consume"
French Women for All Seasons Mireille Guiliano
French Women Dont Get Fat Cookbook Mireille Guiliano
Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques & Recipes From a Lifetime of Cooking Julia Child
Cook With Jamie Jamie Oliver
And any & all Giada De Laurentis cook books because I LOVE her Italian dishes!!
So here is my starting line...I'm officially beginning my journey to a better ME!
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