its kinda-carb free Monday

 well  I weighed this morning .   Ok  no ...  so maybe a tad more than usual .. and I also  snacked on  some  "  low carb" whole wheat kosher turkish labne bread  ...( I know I know )  as hubby argued nonstop  at me  for two hours  in traffic nonstop on the way back to NY .... 

GRRRR -

I tell  ya if I couldn't  get away from this guy  during the week we'd be long divorced already lol...

bottom line is  weights the same .  maybe a lb.more .  

I don't know exactly what I was EXPECTING  lol  ... but  I really TRIED with the low carb all weekend  ( though I did snack on some fat free  corn puffs on Saturday night and SAW the bloat in the  mirror  literally the next morning ! ) 

Its still an interesting experiment .  

I also spent some time in whole foods  shelf- reading  an  book called the China Study  which is all about why people  in rural China (  who basically eat  a lot of VEGETABLES  ) ... so a high - carb high fiber diet  by our  currently fashionable food -category mad  descriptions .... 

have very low rates  of cancers , strokes , diabetes and ill health ( and death )  compared to us  despite  having practically no  access to  medical care lol ....

incidentally  this  book SKEWERS  and I mean LAMBASTES  Atkins  and the dairy and meat and fast food restaurant and  processed  food  company lobbies  who keep American eaters deliberately in the dark by  confusing the issue  of fresh  good food  vs processed fatty cheap sugar laden variously  flavored garbage .... by mislabeling  it all  as "  carbs"  " fats" and "proteins"  as if  fresh  vs  processed food  was truly  equal to   our bodies and to our  health .  

Sorry but its OBVIOUS  that thats  not TRUE .  

That said   I  have to agree that MY  preferred diet  of  semi fat -free  cakes , fresh breads  , and DESSERTS  ..bears very little resemblance to rural China's  either lol ....

so my conclusion is that a carb isn't a carb when its accompanied by fiber ... in other words I think I  can eat all the stir fried  fat free  fresh veggies  I WANT  ..... salads  of course  , 

and if I can manage to largely stay away from the GRAIN  ( and eat  whole wheat  at the very least  when I DO eat it ) 

eat a lot less  dairy  and more meat and fish ...  

I'll  be fine . ( and hopefully a little LIGHTER too )  

at  least this is what I'll be trying this  week ... 

Go for it, Ava. I think we will always see conflicting articles about how and what we eat. You grow so much of your own veggies and such, and have access to the wonderful markets in NYC, I think you can make this work. I wouldn't eat the grains, whole wheat or not though. lol

--gina

So that is pretty much how I have been eating lately.  protein = meat, fowl and fish, fresh veggies.  I have included eggs and cheese (low fat).  No grains, no starches but beans.  A few berries now and then.  Seems to be working for me.

 Cool  Price n Gina  !  Thanks for the suggestions  and for telling me how Ure losing ..... 

i did  have some berries today  ... and alcohol  ..and  whole wheat labne with organic cherry  butter..but tomorrows my date with the PS   so maybe im allowed   .... 

AVA... don't let "him" drive you to eat.  Girl, you've worked too hard to give him that power.



;-)