Re: The Behavioral Path to MWL Success - April 2022 Group
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:36 pm
Hello to Mark and Team Adherence,
Here I am reporting:
1. Start each meal with a soup or salad. Yes
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method, ½ starch and ½ vegetables. Yes
3. Reduce or eliminate added sugars and salts. Eliminate during cooking.Yes
4. Eliminate all animal foods. Yes
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods. Yeslittle almond milk in porridge and tea.
6. Eliminate any added oil. Yes
7. Eliminate all higher calorie dense foods. No. I had some bread this week and worse a piece of birthday cake
8. Don’t drink your calories. yes
9. Follow these principles whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Yes.
10. Avoid being sedentary. Yes. Either swimming and/or walking daily
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
I was a star McDougaller most of this week. The discussion of BYOB&B got me moving in a better direction. My main starch this week was sweet potato (I am assuming that is the same as yam?). In addition I tried to find unhulled barley in every store with no success. But this week I managed to drop 4 pounds! I’m wondering if it’s the scale. Probably not since there was a lot of “partying” for me around my birthday, which ended last weekend. Except for the slice of birthday cake I did rather well. It’s wonderful to feel so well at age 80. I have no medications and no underlying conditions. Thanks are due to Dr McDougall and the MWL forum for this achievement.
I have enjoyed the thought-provoking discussions about plant based eating within the greater context of our medical system and the extended exchange between Jim G and Jeff. N. about how optimistic we should be about our chances of changing the world.
I will share the little bit of change in the system which I have noticed: Recently I checked out the websites of the major illnesses (heart, arthritis, cancer, alzheimers, etc.) to see what they had to say to the public about the effect of diet on the respective disease. No matter from which country (I checked some in the UK, USA and Australia) they all suggest that to prevent or ameliorate the disease one should eat more fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. And get exercise. All of them say the same thing. My periodontist told me that the dental society also came out with a list of similar recommendations for the first time a few years ago. So the news is out. The problem is: who is listening?
Here in IsraeI, it is that time of year for the 3 great religions in the area: Ramadan, Passover and Easter and that means that the environment is awash in toxic foods. Wishing a happy holiday wherever you are and festive but compliant holiday meals.
Carol
Here I am reporting:
1. Start each meal with a soup or salad. Yes
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method, ½ starch and ½ vegetables. Yes
3. Reduce or eliminate added sugars and salts. Eliminate during cooking.Yes
4. Eliminate all animal foods. Yes
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods. Yeslittle almond milk in porridge and tea.
6. Eliminate any added oil. Yes
7. Eliminate all higher calorie dense foods. No. I had some bread this week and worse a piece of birthday cake
8. Don’t drink your calories. yes
9. Follow these principles whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Yes.
10. Avoid being sedentary. Yes. Either swimming and/or walking daily
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
I was a star McDougaller most of this week. The discussion of BYOB&B got me moving in a better direction. My main starch this week was sweet potato (I am assuming that is the same as yam?). In addition I tried to find unhulled barley in every store with no success. But this week I managed to drop 4 pounds! I’m wondering if it’s the scale. Probably not since there was a lot of “partying” for me around my birthday, which ended last weekend. Except for the slice of birthday cake I did rather well. It’s wonderful to feel so well at age 80. I have no medications and no underlying conditions. Thanks are due to Dr McDougall and the MWL forum for this achievement.
I have enjoyed the thought-provoking discussions about plant based eating within the greater context of our medical system and the extended exchange between Jim G and Jeff. N. about how optimistic we should be about our chances of changing the world.
I will share the little bit of change in the system which I have noticed: Recently I checked out the websites of the major illnesses (heart, arthritis, cancer, alzheimers, etc.) to see what they had to say to the public about the effect of diet on the respective disease. No matter from which country (I checked some in the UK, USA and Australia) they all suggest that to prevent or ameliorate the disease one should eat more fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. And get exercise. All of them say the same thing. My periodontist told me that the dental society also came out with a list of similar recommendations for the first time a few years ago. So the news is out. The problem is: who is listening?
Here in IsraeI, it is that time of year for the 3 great religions in the area: Ramadan, Passover and Easter and that means that the environment is awash in toxic foods. Wishing a happy holiday wherever you are and festive but compliant holiday meals.
Carol