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Seattle Sutton Healthy Eating
Comments (2)I heartily recommend Seattle Sutton. I started in June and have lost 25 pounds. My husband and I think the food is fine, although we're not really picky eaters. It is wonderful in terms of portion control. I get the 1200 calories portion, and my husband the 2000 calories. You pick up the food on Mondays and Thursdays. Supposedly if you do not have a dealer near you, you can have the food sent to you, but I'm not sure how that would affect the quality of the food....See MoreRECIPE: Went from insulin to healthy eating
Comments (10)Yesican, Some people eat to live and some live to eat. She lives to eat so taking that into consideration she's fairly happy with her meals. She actually eats about twice as much as me and really too much for her age and activity level. I need to cut her portions down a wee bit. Her favorite breakfast is cornflakes with a half a banana but sometimes she has a poached egg with grits and bacon bits and buttered toast or oatmeal with fruit. A typical lunch or supper is a meat, potato and a vegetable and usually no bread. Our meats are usually pork chops, chicken, steak, ham or something made from hamburger meat. I don't do a lot of processed meats. Some snacks she can't eat because she can't wear her bottom denture and can't chew real hard stuff. This is a sample of her snacks; 2 cookies, half a cup fruit, a small orange, a microwaved apple with cinnamon and splenda, a 2" square of cake with icing or a 1" wedge of layer cake, a 2" wedge of pie, 3 peanut butter crackers, the fruity lite yogurt (there's so many flavors),sugar free jello with cool whip, a small scoop of ice cream. I buy very little sugar free foods because that usually only means there's no added sugar but there's still sugar and lots of carbs in them. I pay more attention to carbs than sugar because your body doesn't use all the sugar but it uses ALL the carbs. To give you an example; a small scoop of sugar free ice cream has about 19 grams of carbs and 4 grams of sugar. I don't have any at the moment to check the regular but I remember the sugar free. If you compare labels of sugar free and regular foods you'll see what I mean. Add the carbs and sugar for each one and compare. Don't forget to look for sugar alcohol. There is one food I buy different and that's low carb bread. There's quite a difference there and if I make her a sandwich or toast I use it. If you have any more questions just ask. I don't use diabetic recipes but I do season a lot with spices such as garlic powder or onion instead of salt. I use very little salt because of her blood pressure and swelling....See More"Resistant Starch" A healthy way of eating starches
Comments (59)Through much of my lifetime in a state with a lot of diversity and Chinese inbound immigration, male Chinese immigrants to the US were rarely taller than a few inches over 5 feet. They were noticeably shorter than everyone else. I saw the same on numerous trips to Asia in the 70s. I remember riding on a public bus up to Hakone Lake in Japan for which the space between the seat back and the front of the seat in front of me was too small for my legs to squeeze in so I couldn't sit, but the ceiling of the bus was too low for me to stand upright. All because of the people being short. I remember walking around cities in Japan and also in Hong Kong and feeling like a giant even though I'm just a tad over 6 feet, the locals were short. I remember visits to Spain, Italy and Portugal in the 1970s and wondering why everyone was so short. I suspect I'm much more familiar with all of these cited areas during these years. I had friends when growing up whose families were of Southern European origin. Whose parents (some foreign born) were short. Whose ancestors came here because they were starving. Ever run into a tall Sicilian immigrant in the US in the 50s-80s? I never did. Later generations here are much taller for peoples of all origins than their ancestors who left lands where people were malnourished. Same is true in their home countries too, nutrition has improved and, in the case of China and other parts of SE Asia, fewer famines and starving people. Diets with inadequate calories and so lacking in proper nutrition as to stunt the growth of children and people well into adulthood are not healthier. I'm not going to argue with you, you seem to argue just to argue. Those are my REAL experiences, you can be silly and dispute them as you tend to like to do. Come up with a different explanation and tell me I didn't see what I saw....See MoreHealthy Eating, Weight Loss & Fitness Progress Week of 5/22
Comments (58)Mtn-- I missed your post above until just now. I had very similar experiences through covid-- and they mostly went unnoticed because for a good portion of the pandemic, I was 120% focused on work. I was not nearly as active-- I was indifferent to food and inconsistent with my meals (very likely the reason i lost weight). I didn't take a shower or get dressed every day and I didn't have good sleep patterns -- I would fall asleep around midnight, if i was lucky and then back up and working by 5am. This pattern continues to some degree even now. I never really experienced either depression or anxiety in my past but I definitely had mild forms of both through the pandemic-- and recently a short run with anxiety again. Like Mtn, I didn't know the signs to recognize it or see it creeping in. I think my disinterest in food was likely a sign-- also my inability to sleep or focus on reading. I know now, in hindsight, that when i turn to a run of mysteries, it's a sign that I am not doing my best. Mysteries are my comfort food. My hope is that eating well and taking better care of my sleep and physical self will make me less likely to experience the anxiety and mood shifts. Kswl's post really struck me-- of course, she has more serious challenges and concerns with her DH's and mother's health issues but she is right. Now is the time to take good care of ourselves so that we can face the challenges ahead-- our own and those our dear ones and our communities are facing. THIS keeps me much more motivated right now than anything. (Also the jeans in another size smaller that are waiting for me to try on!)...See Moremtnrdredux_gw
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