So trying to do this wheatless thing is not as easy as turning on a light switch, I'll tell you that. I can't tell you how much pizza and wheat riddled crap we've eaten since moving into the apartment. We also had a sugar fest last week with chocolate chip cake and buttercream icing mingled with ice cream.
Yeah, yeah... I know that has to stop.
We had an urge and since we haven't gone cold turkey yet (due to moving and being all out of whack with proper pantry items) we went with it. I'm also one of those people that like to buy in bulk and I look at "What you get for the money". I realize that this kind of thinking is dangerous when it comes to sugary treats. I usually don't like to keep the stuff in my house and never would go get any unless my hubby and I agreed we couldn't fight the urge any longer. If we were going to get it, we should have just gotten some small single servings instead of the whole cake. Yes... we paid for it it other ways and it was not worth it.
Modern wheat causes an addictive response. Wheat polypeptides are able to cross the blood brain barrier. This is NOT a good thing, the barrier is there for a reason! Researchers call these polypeptides "exorphins". When they cross into the brain, they bind to the brain's morphine receptors this is what opiate drugs bind to. It is interesting to also note that the the drug Naloxone (given to addicts on heroin or any other opiate to instantly reverse the high) will also block the wheat exorphins.
Congratulations, you are getting high everyday. Some people are addicts and some people are obsessive addicts. "Wheat can dictate food choice, calorie consumption, timing of meals and snacks. It can influence behavior and mood. It can even dominate thoughts." (Wheat Belly) Oh yes... we can relate in our household. Hence the Crazy for Cake attacks we would periodically fall prey to. It's not a "boy I'd like to have a piece of cake and ice cream" mentality, It is usually a "I gotta have cake and ice cream now" mentality. Yep... it is a borderline obsession for us. Cake with ice cream is our crack.
You know... I like being in control of my thoughts and my actions! Wheat is NOT going to control me or my hubby anymore. We are "the masters of our domain" on the matter!!!! Slavery to wheat and it's effects is going to end.
We have committed to rid the house of all obvious wheat products (and then turn to the not so obvious ones and I'll talk about those another time). I was able to return some unopened pasta and a box of Bisquick to Walmart with a receipt. I also have about 5-6 boxes of whole wheat pasta and 2 boxes of stuffing mix that I don't have a receipt for. I hope I can return them for store credit. This really shouldn't be a problem, walmart is good at taking things back and it is a win win situation because I'll just turn around and buy something else from them. :-)
I do hate that the hubby will be taking his Hebrew National hotdogs to the race tomorrow tucked into a hotdog bun. At this point, we don't know a good alternative for him to take that is portable and easily consumed at the track.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Beans!!!!!
So as you know my question before was: "How do I keep my husband from loosing weight if I don't throw wholegrains at him anymore at mealtimes?"
Some years back I watched a friend loose a BUNCH of weight and this girl didn't even exercise regularly. Her trick was Somersizing (aka: Food Combining). I immediately got the books and started applying the principles I had learned. I kept a VAST majority of the weight off because I had LEARNED about food (until some medications and a wedding was introduced into my life). I LOVED Somersizing. NO counting calories, eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full. Eat a variety of wonderful REAL food and give up the junk. AND... don't mix carbs with proteins!!!! THAT was the major key. You could have carbs with veggies, but NOT with protein in the weight loss phase. SO.. lazy me just gave up the carbs all together so I didn't have to deal with accidental mixing. So, I was conditioned to always remember that to loose weight avoid mixing carbs and proteins.
When I picked up my Somersizing recipe books, there was the answer to my question. BEANS!!!!
I don't know why, but somehow I eventually just associated beans as a protein and NOT a carb, but actually they are a carb & protein (they are classified as a carb on the program). AWESOME! My hubby will not turn into Skelatore afterall. Meanwhile, I feel like a complete idiot for thinking beans were ONLY a protein.
Carbs to remember:
Yogurt (this will be great to make salad dressings or dips)
Other food items to note that are both protein & carbs are:
Nuts
Olives
Liver
Avocados
Coconuts
Soy
Low-Fat or whole fat soy milk
Low-Fat or Whole milk
Low-fat or full fat rice milk
Buttermilk
Since we are still living out of boxes at our new apartment, we haven't exactly been entirely wheatless yet. Trying to get it together is a bit of a focus and eating easy seems to be the order of the day. Between the donuts, pizza and $1 McDonald's burgers (over the past few days) we have yet to exile wheat totally. I also have a box of Bisquick and 10 assorted boxes of whole wheat penne, spaghetti and macaroni on my shelf. I do hate to waste anything yet am resisting the urge to cook it.
Tonight we are probably going for the Turkey sausages I defrosted and some veggies. Yeah... sounds boring, I know. I'd like to throw a cookie in there somewhere. Oh yes a big chocolate chip one sounds good right about now.
Meanwhile, I'll be going through cookbooks to find interesting meals that wont bore our palette. I have seen some, but moving expenses have lessened the cooking budget.
Some years back I watched a friend loose a BUNCH of weight and this girl didn't even exercise regularly. Her trick was Somersizing (aka: Food Combining). I immediately got the books and started applying the principles I had learned. I kept a VAST majority of the weight off because I had LEARNED about food (until some medications and a wedding was introduced into my life). I LOVED Somersizing. NO counting calories, eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full. Eat a variety of wonderful REAL food and give up the junk. AND... don't mix carbs with proteins!!!! THAT was the major key. You could have carbs with veggies, but NOT with protein in the weight loss phase. SO.. lazy me just gave up the carbs all together so I didn't have to deal with accidental mixing. So, I was conditioned to always remember that to loose weight avoid mixing carbs and proteins.
When I picked up my Somersizing recipe books, there was the answer to my question. BEANS!!!!
I don't know why, but somehow I eventually just associated beans as a protein and NOT a carb, but actually they are a carb & protein (they are classified as a carb on the program). AWESOME! My hubby will not turn into Skelatore afterall. Meanwhile, I feel like a complete idiot for thinking beans were ONLY a protein.
Carbs to remember:
Yogurt (this will be great to make salad dressings or dips)
Other food items to note that are both protein & carbs are:
Nuts
Olives
Liver
Avocados
Coconuts
Soy
Low-Fat or whole fat soy milk
Low-Fat or Whole milk
Low-fat or full fat rice milk
Buttermilk
Since we are still living out of boxes at our new apartment, we haven't exactly been entirely wheatless yet. Trying to get it together is a bit of a focus and eating easy seems to be the order of the day. Between the donuts, pizza and $1 McDonald's burgers (over the past few days) we have yet to exile wheat totally. I also have a box of Bisquick and 10 assorted boxes of whole wheat penne, spaghetti and macaroni on my shelf. I do hate to waste anything yet am resisting the urge to cook it.
Tonight we are probably going for the Turkey sausages I defrosted and some veggies. Yeah... sounds boring, I know. I'd like to throw a cookie in there somewhere. Oh yes a big chocolate chip one sounds good right about now.
Meanwhile, I'll be going through cookbooks to find interesting meals that wont bore our palette. I have seen some, but moving expenses have lessened the cooking budget.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Introduction
Some Background:
My husband went back to school in 2009 to pursue a BS in order to enter the ROTC program and join the Air Force. He was unable to go OTC because his previous degree was not obtained at a school that was "on their list" as acceptable. We sold our house and moved in with my mom in order to be free of the burden in the future. Now it is two and a half years later and regulations changed about age waivers and also the program had been flooded with cadets. So... guess who got denied the age waiver? Yep, the old guy born in 1979 (my man)! So that ship has sailed and we are moving out to an apartment next week to get closer to his work.
So.. over the past two and a half years we've dealt with a lot emotionally.
For me just moving in with my mother was difficult enough... heck... I was a married woman that had my own space and was fairly light hearted. But it didn't take too long to became that emotionally messed up young girl of my youth all over again. Just as soon as mother/daughter things got somewhat ironed out, mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (still surviving after 2 years). What a whammy... and family drama soon ensued. I'll just say that at that time up until now THAT blog would have had you coming back for more! You probably wouldn't believe some of the stuff!
But anyway... that's not what THIS blog is about. It is about what my husband and I were smacked in the face with concerning our own health that degraded greatly in 3 years time according to recent blood panels from our local hospital. I know stress has played it's part, but what else did... you would NEVER suspect!
When the results came back, it was a shocker to say the least. Our glucose levels were exceptionally higher then the previous test (3 yrs earlier). In fact, my husbands numbers were above normal range and into the Pre-diabetic ranks. I was 3 pts from being in that group as well.
I was like "WTH"!!!!
My husband has a 32 inch waist, likes veggies and has reasonable control when it comes to sweets. I just couldn't grasp the numbers. I always strove to give him well rounded meals complete with proteins, veggies and carbs (which was usually bread, pasta or some kind of grain). I even made breakfast sandwiches (biscuits & sausage), whole wheat muffins or bagels & smear, and sometimes cereal to eat when he got to work. I was thrilled that he loved bagels, the last thing I ever want him to do is loose weight and those suckers are dense with calories!
I on the other hand could TOTALLY understand my numbers!
I've been known to grab sweets and candy like someone on a sinking ship running for a life preserver! I've also had to deal with dental issues that included 2 cracked teeth, a painfully sensitive tooth that would have me shooting into orbit at the slightest hint of coolness on it! I said goodbye to eating fresh fruits and veggies. I like them raw and it was too much to take. I was never much for cooking my veggies.
I know a thing or two about nutrition and I wracked my brain trying to figure out WHAT WAS CAUSING MY HUBBY'S GLUCOSE TO BE SO HIGH. All the info says if you are pre-diabetic to immediately loose weight. Not going to happen!!!! Chris would look like Skelator if he did! So WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?????
AND THEN...
My friend Jennifer W. shared some info with me about a book called THE WHEAT BELLY by Dr. Davis. The next day, while visiting in-laws, my Mother-in-law shared some DVD's and books by a doctor that was advocating a mainly veggie lifestyle. What he said made sense, but my head was still spinning about what I had been told about going WHEATLESS (Modern wheat is the problem). It was almost too much info and I really thought my head was going to explode.
I started to review the last couple years and our diets more closely. Wow! We really did adopt terrible eating habits and I threw wheat at Chris like I was trying to shoot rubber duckies at a carnival to win the huge stuffed unicorn! Of course, the prize we won was pre-diabetes! He also confessed that his intake of soda had picked up and yes.. mine had too.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!!
So if we become pseudo vegetarians AND give up wheat... what is left for carbs???? Healthy carbs????
ONE THING I DO KNOW is that if you don't include a carb with your proteins YOU WILL LOOSE WEIGHT. It is the principal of food combining and it works. THIS IS why I threw wheat, pasta, potatoes and junk like that at my hubby, so he wouldn't loose weight.
I started reading peoples experiences online about their WHEATLESS ADVENTURES. It is amazing the symptoms these people report that went away after dropping the wheat!
So the adventure will soon begin once we move.
Meanwhile, I've got to get the book The Wheat Belly for my own.
I'm blessed that I can work from home so I can devote more time and effort to learning to make healthier meals.
So will we eventually go meatless or maybe cut out dairy? I don't know, but first things first. LEARNING TO EAT WHEATLESS!
My husband went back to school in 2009 to pursue a BS in order to enter the ROTC program and join the Air Force. He was unable to go OTC because his previous degree was not obtained at a school that was "on their list" as acceptable. We sold our house and moved in with my mom in order to be free of the burden in the future. Now it is two and a half years later and regulations changed about age waivers and also the program had been flooded with cadets. So... guess who got denied the age waiver? Yep, the old guy born in 1979 (my man)! So that ship has sailed and we are moving out to an apartment next week to get closer to his work.
So.. over the past two and a half years we've dealt with a lot emotionally.
For me just moving in with my mother was difficult enough... heck... I was a married woman that had my own space and was fairly light hearted. But it didn't take too long to became that emotionally messed up young girl of my youth all over again. Just as soon as mother/daughter things got somewhat ironed out, mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (still surviving after 2 years). What a whammy... and family drama soon ensued. I'll just say that at that time up until now THAT blog would have had you coming back for more! You probably wouldn't believe some of the stuff!
But anyway... that's not what THIS blog is about. It is about what my husband and I were smacked in the face with concerning our own health that degraded greatly in 3 years time according to recent blood panels from our local hospital. I know stress has played it's part, but what else did... you would NEVER suspect!
When the results came back, it was a shocker to say the least. Our glucose levels were exceptionally higher then the previous test (3 yrs earlier). In fact, my husbands numbers were above normal range and into the Pre-diabetic ranks. I was 3 pts from being in that group as well.
I was like "WTH"!!!!
My husband has a 32 inch waist, likes veggies and has reasonable control when it comes to sweets. I just couldn't grasp the numbers. I always strove to give him well rounded meals complete with proteins, veggies and carbs (which was usually bread, pasta or some kind of grain). I even made breakfast sandwiches (biscuits & sausage), whole wheat muffins or bagels & smear, and sometimes cereal to eat when he got to work. I was thrilled that he loved bagels, the last thing I ever want him to do is loose weight and those suckers are dense with calories!
I on the other hand could TOTALLY understand my numbers!
I've been known to grab sweets and candy like someone on a sinking ship running for a life preserver! I've also had to deal with dental issues that included 2 cracked teeth, a painfully sensitive tooth that would have me shooting into orbit at the slightest hint of coolness on it! I said goodbye to eating fresh fruits and veggies. I like them raw and it was too much to take. I was never much for cooking my veggies.
I know a thing or two about nutrition and I wracked my brain trying to figure out WHAT WAS CAUSING MY HUBBY'S GLUCOSE TO BE SO HIGH. All the info says if you are pre-diabetic to immediately loose weight. Not going to happen!!!! Chris would look like Skelator if he did! So WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?????
AND THEN...
My friend Jennifer W. shared some info with me about a book called THE WHEAT BELLY by Dr. Davis. The next day, while visiting in-laws, my Mother-in-law shared some DVD's and books by a doctor that was advocating a mainly veggie lifestyle. What he said made sense, but my head was still spinning about what I had been told about going WHEATLESS (Modern wheat is the problem). It was almost too much info and I really thought my head was going to explode.
I started to review the last couple years and our diets more closely. Wow! We really did adopt terrible eating habits and I threw wheat at Chris like I was trying to shoot rubber duckies at a carnival to win the huge stuffed unicorn! Of course, the prize we won was pre-diabetes! He also confessed that his intake of soda had picked up and yes.. mine had too.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!!
So if we become pseudo vegetarians AND give up wheat... what is left for carbs???? Healthy carbs????
ONE THING I DO KNOW is that if you don't include a carb with your proteins YOU WILL LOOSE WEIGHT. It is the principal of food combining and it works. THIS IS why I threw wheat, pasta, potatoes and junk like that at my hubby, so he wouldn't loose weight.
I started reading peoples experiences online about their WHEATLESS ADVENTURES. It is amazing the symptoms these people report that went away after dropping the wheat!
So the adventure will soon begin once we move.
Meanwhile, I've got to get the book The Wheat Belly for my own.
I'm blessed that I can work from home so I can devote more time and effort to learning to make healthier meals.
So will we eventually go meatless or maybe cut out dairy? I don't know, but first things first. LEARNING TO EAT WHEATLESS!
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