Re: Starflower’s Journey to Health
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:36 pm
MWL thread post for 1/13
Hi MWL team!
1) Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. YES
2) Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for desert. YES
3) Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them. YES
4) Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). YES
5) Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy). NO
6) Eliminate any added oil. YES
7) Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e. bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit. YES
8 ) Don’t drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). YES
9) Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself. YES
10) Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking). YES
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
It was a good week, excepting a small amount of sunflower seed butter again. I didn’t have time to experiment with making condiments. Caring for a sick family member and a birthday celebration kept me busy. I’m celebrating that I didn’t partake of a single ‘treat’ at that celebration. Not even my favorite and strongest pleasure trap triggers! Yay! Onward!
Mark, thank you for all the links! As always, exactly what was needed. I can’t wait to experiment with them!
Jeff, thank you for your supportive and encouraging post! I’ll be referring to it often. Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone a wonderful and healthy week! Thank you all for support and sharing along the way!
Hi MWL team!
1) Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. YES
2) Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for desert. YES
3) Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them. YES
4) Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). YES
5) Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy). NO
6) Eliminate any added oil. YES
7) Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e. bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit. YES
8 ) Don’t drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). YES
9) Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself. YES
10) Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking). YES
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
It was a good week, excepting a small amount of sunflower seed butter again. I didn’t have time to experiment with making condiments. Caring for a sick family member and a birthday celebration kept me busy. I’m celebrating that I didn’t partake of a single ‘treat’ at that celebration. Not even my favorite and strongest pleasure trap triggers! Yay! Onward!
Mark, thank you for all the links! As always, exactly what was needed. I can’t wait to experiment with them!
Jeff, thank you for your supportive and encouraging post! I’ll be referring to it often. Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone a wonderful and healthy week! Thank you all for support and sharing along the way!