Post 1256, Day 226 of 2014
- 1,322 days since I started this blog -
- 1,322 days since I started this blog -
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| Aug 2, 2014 |
I think a lot - too much? - about what goes into me. Usually, the food I consume is based on my current knowledge of good nutrition, but what do I really know about it? Only what I read, and that includes a fair dose of sales-driven fear-mongering, with little help from 'authoritative sources' from the government or independent researchers.
In the last analysis, I go with what seems internally right to me. I am easily persuaded by reading about foodstuffs and supplements whose initial claims stem from thousands of years of folklore. While it is true that these people had fewer sources of information to guide them on what to eat (most of which was dictated, presumably, by internal hunger cues), they had far less mis- and dis-information to deal with.
The FDA has shown itself to be a tool of industry, not the benevolent protector of the public it was supposed be. No help there. Public good, when it is at odds with profit, too often loses out.
I also take a huge amount of supplements, mostly herbal. I take only two prescription pills, one, a hypoactive thyroid supplement (I've been taking for more than 25 years), the other a low-dose statin that scares me more than anything else I put in my body.
At this point, it is impossible for me to know what of it is necessary, if any, and what of it is actually harmful to me in some way. Except for the statin, I know what each of the forty+ pills I take once or twice a day are supposed to be good for. But there are healthy people who take exactly zero supplements. Am I a fool? A dupe?
Probably.
I try to eat only protein and vegetables and healthy fats. Nothing processed. Additions: a little fruit, dairy (I use a little kefir in my protein smoothie and a little Greek yogurt in my mayonnaise) and sprouted whole grains, all very, very occasionally. It's all good and easy, thanks to very limited restaurant dining. Easy, that is, until I am tempted by something sweet, or by not having options (like at a party or some restaurants).
I believe that is a healthy diet.
But I have no willpower. Oscar Wilde (the source of all valid European wisdom) said, "I can resist anything except temptation." I live by those words. My counter is to have an occasional cheat day where only off-plan food is permitted, when I've been on-plan for at least six days. I haven't been on-plan for a week in a while. I'm hoping to ensure that this current week will allow me a cheat day Saturday.
I have zero hunting experience (actually, my dealing with live food is limited to one time, Christmas 1970, in Ibiza, when I killed some turkeys for the grand Christmas meal prepared by some Brits and Dutch friends), and about the same amount of experience foraging. I'm a city-suburban thing, far-removed from my hunter-gatherer heritage.
My instincts tell me that if I ate like my ancestors, that would be enough to heal what needs healing and what can be healed. (An aside: the 'Paleo' diet is so much hype - the food stock isn't the same as it was even a hundred years ago, and, reality shows be damned, I don't want to make crawling things a part of my diet. As far as the 'paleo' part, the fact is that the majority of humans were still in hunter-gatherer mode well after the Agricultural Revolution, almost until the Industrial Revolution (just not the Europeans) - paleolithic, my ass).
I share my species' dislike of exercise. I know, you say people like to exercise. I say, humans have spent their entire existence trying to avoid it; only very recently have a small percentage of the population managed that. For the rest, exercise isn't a matter of choice. It is a well-fed person whose activities allow for deciding whether or not to exercise.
People are typically very surprised when they discover how much older I actually am than my appearance and behavior has led them to believe. I don't know whether that is a reflection on them or me, but I choose to take it as evidence that I'm doing something right.
PS: WTFK = Who the fuck knows
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Food and Diet Section
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| 2014 Daily Weight |
Previous Weight: 210.4 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: - 0.2 lbs
Diet Comment
A wash - but at least, no gain.Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (24g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, celery, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.
Lunch
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| Chopped salad with Buffalo-wing style chicken breast, black beans, baby kale, baby spinach, chard and balsamic vinaigrette. I didn't have the shaved parmesan that's in this picture. |
Snack
Pepperoni and broccoli slaw.
Liquid Intake
Coffee: 36 oz. Water: 128+ oz.
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WTFK indeed! Don't believe everything or anything that you see, hear, read, or are told. You know and can act on your knowing, if only you stop listening to the noise generated by 7 billion egos, ignorant and desperate to be in control. Do you want to see what 7 billion egos each and all trying and vying for control looks like? Take a look around you.
ReplyDelete- Light - Love - Compassion -
I mostly eat what makes me feel good. I didn't give up meat because animals have a face, but because eating meat made me feel sluggish and sometimes like I had a rock in my tummy. When I eat fresh seafood, I feel energetic. Favorite meal is salad from my garden with lots of stuff in it. Quick prep and I can eat lots of it and feel very satisfied. I gave up vitamins and supplements, except for spirulina to get the B12 that's mostly in meat. Love sprouts and anyone can grow them anywhere there's water and access to organic seeds, beans, etc. Everyone's body is different, so I say, listen to your body.
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