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I’ve vacillated from a near-all vegetarian diet (with fish 1x a week, mostly kidney beans for protein and eggs) back to this more "primal diet" of non-grains /
by salemh 16y ago
I’ve vacillated from a near-all vegetarian diet (with fish 1x a week, mostly kidney beans for protein and eggs) back to this more "primal diet" of non-grains / breads.
Starting a few years ago, and overweight, I started feeling healthier after a few weeks. Over the next year dropped 55 lbs, then an addition 15 lbs of fat in another 3-5 months. This was without much exercise (due to a lower-back injury), though I would walk a few times a week. Which is not enough :)
I am still in a similar eating pattern (this is not a diet, it’s a way of healthy eating); lots of vegetables, meat and eggs daily. I may have grains / bread (pizza or other junk) on the weekend if I am inclined. I gradually turned into this eating lifestyle by making small eating changes 1x per week.
Such as, getting rid of soda. Then getting rid of any deserts. Getting rid of bread at night. Getting rid of all pasta’s, etc. Slow progression to healthier eating. After a time, junk food will literally make you sick and not be as tasty..though if I’m missing something (like good fats or protein), I sometimes go nuts and eat 2 burritos or 3 burgers.
I go through these groceries weekly, cooking 2-4x meals per day.
12-24 eggs
2-3 steaks (frozen), or pork, or ground beef (Bison is tasty)
2-4 servings of fish (frozen, tilapia, halibut etc)
~1 can of kidney beans (against Tim Ferris’ article)
Number of handfuls of nuts; almonds, cashews, etc.
½ frozen bag of green beans
½ frozen bag of broccoli
1 bag of Chinese broccoli
3-4 peppers (green, red)
2-3 avocado’s
2-4 tomato’s
2 bags of spinach
I also used to eat more than 5 meals a day, now down to 2-4 (mostly a lot of snacks). Eating healthier = less fuel needed to function.
Edit: It took a number of MONTHS to get over feeling lethargic from not having any grains / bread. For those months I still had some grain / bread for lunch.