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[gwywnnydd]

Long article, much to ponder, and yet it's all so simple.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?

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[lawst.livejournal.com]

For most people I'm sure it would work. For me plants are a Bad Thing (TM) if eaten in "healthy" ammounts.

[tedder42.livejournal.com]

erm, yeah. Losing weight is about the lack of calories, not carbs, protein, green foods in the afternoons only, whatever.

I guess I don't feel we have a lack of information about eating healthy, but nobody wants to do the work.

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm looking at it not only from a "Lose Weight" angle, but a "be healthy" angle. It's simple, but that doesn't make it *easy* :)

[dangerous-beans.livejournal.com]

Very Thog-like summation. *grin*

[retcon.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's basically what my own various research results boiled down to when I did the major diet overhaul. Worked for my particular body chemistry. :)

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

Portion control is my downfall :). I actually eat pretty healthy, all things considered. I just eat too damn much...

[levin-marks.livejournal.com]

It was an interesting veiwpoint, My Medic, (whom I credit with keepiung me alive despite myself), Has been modifying not my diet, but how I percieve my diet. His instructions were to "Watch" certain items, In the same way that when you purchase a new car suddenly you start to notice just how many others there are.

He restricted my total salt intake without telling me things were "forbidden" I had to make choices. He then suggested I lower my dairy intake, Currently he suggested that I use meat as a flavoring rather than the mainstay of my meals. All in all it seems to be working, There are some things I miss and when that happens I eat them but I find that a little goes a long way now. (But that jar of sauerkraut was REALLY GOOD too).

I didn't "Eat too damn much" as much as I was "eating without noticing" a couple of hundred calories at a time. when I satrted watching my salt I noticed that soda or handful of whatever scarfed in passing.