The Healthy Eating Thread

[Deleted member 1860]

I hate the "d" word (diet!) so I'm using the term healthy eating instead.

I really struggle with eating well this time of year. I lost almost 25 pounds at the end if summer and have gained back 1/3 of it already. I belong to a dieting website but feel a bit like an outsider as my eating issues are trauma linked and I don't feel comfortable discussing them there with people who may not understand.

So anyway, tomorrow I start working on my healthy eating goal. I've been gluten free for a month or so, but I am struggling with my corn sensitivity as corn isn't mandated to be identified on labels as "corn" unlike the top 8 allergens (wheat, soy, peanuts, eggs, milk, etc). Last night I ate something with hidden corn in it and today I woke up with painful skin issues. Ugh. So back to my detox diet I go!

Anybody want to join me on my healthy eating quest? Feel free to list your goals!

 

[franciemarnie]

I ate horribly all my life. Now I am trying to eat good food every day. Fruit, fiber, vegetables (yech). Poor little GI tract has suffered terribly and when I don't eat well, my energy plummets and irregularity rules the day. My day's activities are governed by it.

So I guess my goal is to continue eating well, not despairing when I don't have quick results and continuing to walk or work out every day, doing pranic breathing and drinking anti-inflammatory drink of apple cider vinegar and spices and herbs.

I took painkillers so many years and beat up my body. I also buried toxic energy. No more!

 

[DMerish]

Great idea, Solara. Count me in for small healthy meals (a bit of protein at each) starting with breakfast each morning.

 

[bell]

Good idea! Well, I was running 2-3x a week before my gym at work had to be renovated and temporarily closed, which coincided with me going off a med and subsequently becoming horribly horribly depressed. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people who eats little when depressed, I eat like crap. So, no exercise plus crap food = extra weight.

So now I'm trying to exercise more (the gym opened back up) and train my eating habits to be back to where they were. I've found that the most helpful thing is for me to literally keep nothing snacky in the house. I've been reminding myself how easy it is to roast vegetables and snack on them, instead... and it's working, sort of...

Lately my jam has been tuscan kale braised in a little bit of water with Bragg's amino acids and garlic and eaten cold. Sounds super gross, yet is actually quite yummy and oddly satisfying.

Onward to being more healthy! :)

 

[The Albatross]

Solaria, I know what you mean about corn sensitivities. I have all of the basic 8 food allergies including corn and many plant, protein and environmental allergies.and Celiacs. Congratulations on your gluten free and initiating a detox diet. I have pretty much resigned myself to exposure to some allergens everyday (cross reactivity sometimes the culprit because the body only has a finite number of histamine responses). Corn is one of the worst for me along with dairy.

Because of the sensitivies I nixed the "diet" thinking and try to consider it lifestyle change or maybe "maintenance". It helped me avoid some of the cycling. In the cooking with indulgence thread, I do have my 91 year old friend Margaret's recipe for gluten free "flour" substitute. It helps me to avoid corn more because it can be used in breads or pastries when I need to indulge (about 1-2 times a month).

 

[Toria]

Good luck with your new healthy eating plan Solara - it is something I would love to do. I have a fantasy of growing all my own veggies and never looking at a ready meal ever again... :happy:

Husband (Sufferer) has terrible stomach troubles - you can hear him rumble in another room :eek: so we started something similar a little while ago. Herbal teas, no refined foods, lots of veggies and all home cooked meals. I have to say it didn't last long before we slipped back in to our old ways, but I do still really want to do it.

Keep up the good work x

 

[Seasounds]

You have company, and now, so do I. :) Your motivation to feel better and your discipline to deal with food allergens inspires me to keep going on my own food changes.

I'm decreasing wheat and dairy, while I decrease refined sugar and increase fruits and vegetables. I feel better; think clearer, and moods improved. Additionally, I'm starting to walk a mile every night. If I exercise, I eat less. To have these coping options in place is helpful, especially with winter coming-historically challenging time for me.

Support to you, and to all of us, for taking care to eat foods that are beneficial to our health.

 

[nursenurse]

I'd like to lose forty pounds in 2 weeks. What do you mean I can't???? For me it's the exercise thing I am having trouble with, and the irregular hours of my job. In some places I work (First Nations Outposts), it isn't considered "safe" to walk, and there is no exercise equipment to use. I could use a video, and of course there are a million and one excuses to sit like a sack of potatoes in the same place on the couch. I think I have left a dent on this one.

Now, getting to food, this time I have been really good. I have to take my own food to the Outposts due to the expense and lack of choice up here. So you have an idea, the carton of Tropicana orange juice goes for about $10.99 up here. I am not sure what about being in the Great White North inspires the munchies, but upon landing, I can almost see that box of Old Dutch chips calling for me. This time out, I have spurned all things junk and have kept to what I brought.

I am learning to love oatmeal, which has been on the breakfast hate list for over 50 years. I mix some large flake oatmeal (uncooked), some chopped almonds, chopped dried apricots, a sprinkle of coconut and a sprinkle of cinnamon with a small container of low fat yoghurt. While I would prefer half a box of Corn Pops, I actually like this. Down 3 lbs this week :D

 

[keifer]

I struggle with this. I even used an app for it. My end result is coming up with breakfast ideas. Still working in it. Find a healthy snack. Lunch, plan and pack.

I tried a lot of different foods along the health lines. Trick is, you have to something you like to eat.

Hard part, making time to plan.

 

[Toria]

I'm a big believer in planning! Not saying I get around to doing it... :roflmao: but I do try - you can SO notice the difference in meals between a week that has had a meal plan and a shopping list and week where we've been shopping each day for something at 6:00pm with the munchies!

There's something called 100 Days of Real Food - it's a challenge not to eat packets, refined or non-wholewheat products for 100 days. I'd love to be able to do that... :happy:

 

[DharmaGirl]

No sugar for me. I am low carbing it, protein and veggies. I have to get my blood sugars down again. Plus I have to get my iron up. I bought some cookbooks at the Goodwill, so I will experiment.

 

[nursenurse]

This is where I will screw up. I go home tonight, so I will be at the airport/in a plane for much of the day. Airport food + booze (no alcohol in the communities where I work) = trouble and bloat. The trick will be to limit myself to a glass of wine, maybe on the plane, and to find something healthy in the airport. I don't think barley sandwiches count. ;)