I am currently reading Eat to Live by Dr. Fuhrman, which I mentioned in the last post. I am working on changing my eating habits. The diet plan is based mostly on fruits and vegetables and whole grains, so I have been trying to stay away from meat and animal products as well as sweets. I know I can't commit to this diet completely until after the holidays are over (and I'm back at home), but I like doing this little preview.
Because of this, I am starting to drink milk a lot less. Of course the hubby noticed. If you don't know him and his family, they are all MILK FREAKS! They drink it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And for snacks. And with dessert. And sometimes just for the heck of it. I don't think I will ever get Brian to understand this aspect of the diet. He pretty much thinks I am sinning by not drinking it with meals. He thinks I'm killing myself slowly. We have both done research and we both stand firm on our sides of the fence. Is there no reconciliation?? We'll have to discuss this further in a later post.
Now that I have cut back on milk, what do I drink at meal times?? I tried drinking 100% apple juice. I figure it's a fruit right? Actually, it's not. I got to the section where it says that juice contains hardly any of the nutrients that the actual fruit contains, plus each cup contains 28 grams of sugar (that's more than a Hershey's candy bar!). It's kind of like the Elder Oaks' concept of "good, better, best": apple pie is good, apple juice is better, but an apple is best. I have learned my lesson!
On another related note, in doing this psudo-diet, I actually prevented myself from getting food poisoning! I guess our Christmas ham was laced with something (or was left out too long?). And since I was trying to not eat as much meat, I hardly had any of it. Well, within a day or so, EVERYONE was throwing up (...or worse...) but me! It was crazy. We narrowed it down to be one of the sweets, the eggs that we used for pancake (which I didn't eat), or the ham, all of which we threw away.
I guess this diet is good for something!
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Yay I'm so proud of you!! :D and i really liked what you said about apples and elder oaks talk. It is so amazing when you see how leaders are inspired and how their words about one thing can encompass so many things in our lives!! And Dr. Fuhrman is awesome. I have heard its pretty tough in the beginning, but he has another book I STRONGLY reccommend. Its called Eat for Health. its a 2 book set, but he helps you get into the diet in phases. That way its not cold turkey (haha even though thats not even at all in the diet ;P ) but it might help brian ease into it. I will post stuff of how things are going with Flo and I. I have a feeling Flo and Brian are pretty similar from what you have written thus far. Love ya babe!! keep up the good work! You have support!!
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