How do you start changing your diet so drastically? The way I did it was to take one step at a time. I started by getting information. This lifestyle of eating food that God made just makes sense. I watched many documentaries from different sources and read blogs on the subject. I also googled the different 'diets' that are vegan, plant strong, and low-fat vegan. I found the evidence for a long, disease-free life in all of them. So rather than get overwhelmed, I chose one plan to follow and that was Dr. Fuhrman's, Eat to Live lifestyle. I read his book. Then I decided to do the first 3 days of the aggressive weight loss plan. I bought all the ingredients and prepared what I could. I made the soup and froze it in about 1-1/2 cup portions. I had my salad made and ready to go. Those 3 days of menus lasted me all week because I was the only one eating that food. My 12 year old daughter had a few meals with me, but for the most part, it was just me. I found that I loved these 3 days of menus and looked forward to eating, so I kept making these recipes and kept going for another week. At that point I was losing weight every day, down 9 pounds in two weeks. I was feeling better than I had been before starting Eat to Live, but still had brain fog and was tired in the afternoon. I tweaked some things over the next few weeks, like dropped oatmeal in the morning. After changing to quinoa, my brain fog went away. At this point, I was about 4 weeks in and down 15 pounds. I felt better, but still not quite as good as I should. I didn't start feeling great until about 6 weeks in and I just keep feeling better every day. At the 6 week point, I was down about 20 pounds and about 3" off my waist. Currently, I am going on 8 months eating to live and down 64 pounds (94 total weight loss on this journey).
Showing posts with label food addiction. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Starting Out and How to Overcome Food Addiction
How do you start changing your diet so drastically? The way I did it was to take one step at a time. I started by getting information. This lifestyle of eating food that God made just makes sense. I watched many documentaries from different sources and read blogs on the subject. I also googled the different 'diets' that are vegan, plant strong, and low-fat vegan. I found the evidence for a long, disease-free life in all of them. So rather than get overwhelmed, I chose one plan to follow and that was Dr. Fuhrman's, Eat to Live lifestyle. I read his book. Then I decided to do the first 3 days of the aggressive weight loss plan. I bought all the ingredients and prepared what I could. I made the soup and froze it in about 1-1/2 cup portions. I had my salad made and ready to go. Those 3 days of menus lasted me all week because I was the only one eating that food. My 12 year old daughter had a few meals with me, but for the most part, it was just me. I found that I loved these 3 days of menus and looked forward to eating, so I kept making these recipes and kept going for another week. At that point I was losing weight every day, down 9 pounds in two weeks. I was feeling better than I had been before starting Eat to Live, but still had brain fog and was tired in the afternoon. I tweaked some things over the next few weeks, like dropped oatmeal in the morning. After changing to quinoa, my brain fog went away. At this point, I was about 4 weeks in and down 15 pounds. I felt better, but still not quite as good as I should. I didn't start feeling great until about 6 weeks in and I just keep feeling better every day. At the 6 week point, I was down about 20 pounds and about 3" off my waist. Currently, I am going on 8 months eating to live and down 64 pounds (94 total weight loss on this journey).
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