Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[triciaflower]

I went to a catered party this weekend and did not get rice, beans, or tortillas. I chose a pile of grilled meat, and lots of fruits and veggies. No one looked at me funny. No one cared that I was not eating tacos. I never once felt like I wasn't part of the fun.

DH isn't with me 100%. But I do most of the cooking, so he eats what I eat. I may make him some rice, but other than that he is on this by default. Except the time we were on our own for dinner and I came home to see he had made nachos. NACHOS!! I love nachos. 

I am the sugar addict who got used to drinking a coke a day, and dessert with every meal. Now I don't miss those things at all. I do miss pizza. And burgers and fries. But now I know that I CAN say no to these things. It's possible!

[Courtney]

I'm so thrilled for you, Tricia 

Seriously, and I read with a lot of hope. 

And to be honest, I already feel like I miss a lot of foods (sandwiches, good pizza, rolls, etc) and I'm still kind of fucking pissed off about it, apparently.    It's a mental thing, to be sure. 

[triciaflower]

Oh god I love sandwiches.

[CheryG]

Tonight I asked the DH if he feels any differently since I've changed what I(we) eat.  He's not totally Paleo, but by proxy he eats that way frequently.  I've noticed that he's been happier in general with more energy, he says he feels better and he's lost 15#. 

[radial]

Tonight I asked the DH if he feels any differently since I've changed what I(we) eat.  He's not totally Paleo, but by proxy he eats that way frequently.  I've noticed that he's been happier in general with more energy, he says he feels better and he's lost 15#.

Holy shiatsu!  He should be kissing your feet. 

[triciaflower]

My Whole30 is officially DONE!!

I am down 14 pounds.

I had cheesecake today. IT. WAS. AWESOME. It was also super sweet. Like almost too sweet. The old me would have had another piece.

[CheryG]

Whoohoo Tricia!!!!  Congrats!

[merigayle]

My Whole30 is officially DONE!!

I am down 14 pounds.

I had cheesecake today. IT. WAS. AWESOME. It was also super sweet. Like almost too sweet. The old me would have had another piece.

[wherestheportojohn]

  Yay to Tricia, CheryG, and Mr. CheryG!!

[Ice Cream]

My Whole30 is officially DONE!!

I am down 14 pounds.

I had cheesecake today. IT. WAS. AWESOME. It was also super sweet. Like almost too sweet. The old me would have had another piece.

Wow!  Is that 14 pounds in 30 days?  Congratulations

[triciaflower]

Yep. I think a lot was water bloat. I don't anticipate my weight to drop that radically in the coming weeks. In fact, it's kind of stayed at that amt for the last week.

I am going to try to keep it up for most of my meals. But realistically, I know I won't be able to do it 100%. It was tough, especially when I failed to plan anything. Or had to eat out and resort to ordering a la carte sides of steamed things. 

[GreenMan]

We have to stop the low-carb plans because Pat Robertson says they are EVIL!

"Everybody thought Atkins was wonderful and they've got all these scientific tests, but ... The carbs are the fire that burn everything completely."

"Sooner or later, it violates the principles that God set down."

[CheryG]

[GreenMan]

Now this: High-carb diets may be implicated in Alzheimer's Disease. 

That looks legit, in fact. The studies mentioned have appeared in mainstream, peer-reviewed science journals. Looks like keto will be a regular part of my life henceforth.

[radial]

Now this: High-carb diets may be implicated in Alzheimer's Disease. 

That looks legit, in fact. The studies mentioned have appeared in mainstream, peer-reviewed science journals. Looks like keto will be a regular part of my life henceforth.

Welcome to the dark side .

[GreenMan]

Welcome to the dark side .

[CheryG]

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/sweden-becomes-first-western-nation-to-reject-low-fat-diet-dogma-in-favor-of-low-carb-high-fat-nutrition/

[GreenMan]

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/sweden-becomes-first-western-nation-to-reject-low-fat-diet-dogma-in-favor-of-low-carb-high-fat-nutrition/

[Clementine]

I think that article is probably misleading. The news story linked at the bottom (http://www.thelocal.se/50384/20130923/) appears to give a slightly less biased view of the report.

The report by the SBU recommends that eliminating carb-rich food such as bread and potatoes will speed up weight loss quicker than a conventional low-fat diet. However, in the long-term there is little difference between how effective various diet plans are says the report.

I think those findings are pretty much in line with many studies I've seen before (i.e. a lot of diets are effective, at least in the short term, and being at a healthy weight may be more important than how you get there). The SBU's full report doesn't appear to be available on their website yet, but their Diet and Obesity project should be published this fall (http://www.sbu.se/en/Ongoing-projects/). Unfortunately, their reports are in Swedish with abstracts translated into English.

However, this is a report by an independent committee and does not reflect the national policy of Sweden. (The SBU appears to be similar to the US's Institute of Medicine.)

The SBU is an independent national authority tasked by the government with assessing health care interventions and providing advice on which sort of treatments are most effective. The authority's findings are also meant to be impartial and scientifically reliable and serve as a basis for decision-making by policymakers, healthcare providers, and patients.

Sweden's National Food Agency does say that the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations have recently been revised (http://www.slv.se/en-gb/Group1/Food-and-Nutrition/) and links to the new NNR, which can be downloaded here: http://www.norden.org/en/publications/publikationer/nord-2013-009 Based on my (admittedly very cursory) reading of them, they do not appear to be promoting a low carb, high fat diet.

Sweden's national dietary guidelines (available in English on the NFA website) were last revised in 2005 and were based on the 2004 NNR so one might expect the next revision to also reflect these new NNR. (Here's a blurb about a study released last year about mortality rates among people who closely followed the guidelines: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5881.) It is, of course, possible that the next revision will also take into account the new report by the SBU, but my guess is they won't do a complete 180 as suggested by Chery's article. Will be interesting to see...

[GreenMan]

Thanks, Clementine, for the research. The original link raised a few flags, but I didn't have time to fact-check it. Glad you did.