Diet
Ok, for today's morning pages, I'm going to talk about my diet instead of doing a prompt.
I've been doing the primal/paleo thing for...hm, I don't remember, some time in 2011. In November, I think. So that's been about 8-9 months. What we have done is basically eliminate all grains from our diet, with a few slips here and there. In the beginning, we also stopped having reservations about eating fatty meats, but I quickly got sick of that. We also use coconut products more.
Nowadays, we eat mostly veggies, meat, and nuts/seeds. I alternate between frying food in coconut oil, refined olive oil, or nothing at all. We mostly eat chicken, but lately I've been getting more beef, and I try to get the grass-fed kind. We eat tons of eggs, which are supposed to have the good type of cholesterol, I think.
tl;dr my diet is mostly protein, fat, and veggies, and this is too awesome, there is no way I'm going back to my old diet because I never get sick and famished on this one.
But I think I need to make it MORE primal. Here is my proposed pyramid thing.
**********Sugar&Grains**********
********Fruits*Fats&Oils**********
******Protein (Meat&Dairy)**********
****Veggies Veggies Veggies**********
My restrictions are:
no fast food
no fried foods of any kind, cavemen did not deep-fry their food in vats of oil. no more delicious french fries.
every meal includes a base of veggies (or protein or fruits for breakfast)
lean meats, no fatty meat anymore
minimal dairy
no processed meat
minimal bacon, sausage, ground beef, hot dogs
drink plenty of water
Also, I think with the primal diet, you're supposed to exercise a lot. That's what the extra fats are for, to give you energy while you're lifting 200lbs every day. Cavemen did not sit around at computers and desks all day, they were building houses and hunting for the week's meat supply. So even though I exercise a little bit by playing games/dancing most days or doing that strength training workout every week, I should either exercise more or eat less fat, I guess.
I need to like...wake up way earlier than I do, like 6am, so I have enough time to do all this crap every day. I've got enough things to take care of without also exercising multiple times a day...
Now, about having a restrictive diet in general...once I have a reason to eat a certain way, it's pretty easy for me to avoid certain foods. Some people seem to have a lot of trouble going on a diet, and it is hard the first week or two, but then you get used to what you can and can't eat. With me, what I can't eat makes me feel funny, so I have little desire to eat it.
Sometimes I hear that the most popular excuse for not changing bad eating habits is "It's too hard to eat healthy," and it's...really not that hard.
I've been doing the primal/paleo thing for...hm, I don't remember, some time in 2011. In November, I think. So that's been about 8-9 months. What we have done is basically eliminate all grains from our diet, with a few slips here and there. In the beginning, we also stopped having reservations about eating fatty meats, but I quickly got sick of that. We also use coconut products more.
Nowadays, we eat mostly veggies, meat, and nuts/seeds. I alternate between frying food in coconut oil, refined olive oil, or nothing at all. We mostly eat chicken, but lately I've been getting more beef, and I try to get the grass-fed kind. We eat tons of eggs, which are supposed to have the good type of cholesterol, I think.
tl;dr my diet is mostly protein, fat, and veggies, and this is too awesome, there is no way I'm going back to my old diet because I never get sick and famished on this one.
But I think I need to make it MORE primal. Here is my proposed pyramid thing.
**********Sugar&Grains**********
********Fruits*Fats&Oils**********
******Protein (Meat&Dairy)**********
****Veggies Veggies Veggies**********
My restrictions are:
no fast food
no fried foods of any kind, cavemen did not deep-fry their food in vats of oil. no more delicious french fries.
every meal includes a base of veggies (or protein or fruits for breakfast)
lean meats, no fatty meat anymore
minimal dairy
no processed meat
minimal bacon, sausage, ground beef, hot dogs
drink plenty of water
Also, I think with the primal diet, you're supposed to exercise a lot. That's what the extra fats are for, to give you energy while you're lifting 200lbs every day. Cavemen did not sit around at computers and desks all day, they were building houses and hunting for the week's meat supply. So even though I exercise a little bit by playing games/dancing most days or doing that strength training workout every week, I should either exercise more or eat less fat, I guess.
I need to like...wake up way earlier than I do, like 6am, so I have enough time to do all this crap every day. I've got enough things to take care of without also exercising multiple times a day...
Now, about having a restrictive diet in general...once I have a reason to eat a certain way, it's pretty easy for me to avoid certain foods. Some people seem to have a lot of trouble going on a diet, and it is hard the first week or two, but then you get used to what you can and can't eat. With me, what I can't eat makes me feel funny, so I have little desire to eat it.
Sometimes I hear that the most popular excuse for not changing bad eating habits is "It's too hard to eat healthy," and it's...really not that hard.