I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. And I’m going to walk at least 3 miles, take my fiber supplement and drink 2 liters of water.
Eat4Today isn’t really focused on any formal weight-loss “Diet” but since so many of (my) health issues are related to my semi-chronic weight problems I do talk about Diet Books every so often. I already know from the comments that in addition to my interest in The Hacker’s Diet, we have readers following the Flat-Belly Diet, The Mediterranean Diet and I’m sure there are other references that I’m overlooking.
I love to read diet books
Mostly I don’t care about the actual diets — it’s those inspirational chapters at the beginning that I like. I love to read about how other people get themselves wound up to (finally) focus on their health. Even if the actual diet is crap, the trip is always new & interesting and there’s always something new to think about.
It turns out for me that’s one of the fun things about Eat4Today. The comments here inspire me in the exact same way as the diet books. But, with even more power — our conversations weave a thread of inspiration throughout the day.
Me too, I enjoy reading diet books. And I enjoy cooking so if the book has one or two real recipes, I’m happy. What I call real: not too many ingredients and none strange and pretty easy to make and everybody will eat.
Oh, me too. In fact, I’m sure I have almost every diet book ever written. Lately, though, I’ve noticed most of the diets that seem most compatible with my life style are all based in the same principles. Stay away from white, eat mostly vegetables and proteins with whole wheat. They vary in only the slightest of ways.
The good part of that is I can stop buying diet books. YOU on a diet is good for me because I hate to think ahead about what I’m going to eat…and, it says have the same thing everyday for breakfast and for lunch. Then, I only have to think about what to fix for dinner. Oh, and it says, without fail, walk at least 30 minutes every single day. Strength training less often.
I agree with you both:
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1. LOVE recipes with a minimum of ingredients. I have a cookbook that has no more than four ingredients for every recipe
2. Best to stick with veggies, good proteins, and whole grains! Whole foods is THE way to go!
Two diet/way-of-life books/ideas that have helped me:
Raw Food Diet (not a diet, actually, but trying to eat at least 80% raw food, 20% cooked. Raw is anything that hasn’t been heated to over 112 degrees or so. Worked very well.)
Fit for Life: (not eating proteins and starches together, because they’re digested differently, and it supposedly hampers good digestion. I’ve known people that have lost a LOT of weight on this, and I lost 70 pounds!)
(waving to everyone) I had a big day helping my parents but, I wanted to take a second to thank you for your comments and let you know that I’ll try to be back — although it might be tomorrow…