Re: 200g Protein with no fruit

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Hestia wrote:

> I hate to knock the one meal you feel comfortable with but the only

> positive I see is the pineapple juice.

Which anyway has the disadvantage of containing loads of sugar!

> Forget the yogurt/granola and

> protein bar and have an egg omelet with spinach.

I agree.

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

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Hestia wrote:

> Soy is an infrequent neutral, not an everyday neutral.

In addition soy is known to skew the immune system so that it

predisposes chronic illness like fibromyalgia, arthritis, cancer,

allergies and asthma, etc.

Choose type O beneficial foods as if that's all there is on the planet

and you will get *healthy*!!!

Namaste,

Irene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

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CK wrote:

> Thanks for an interesting perspective, Irene.

>

> I've read Dr. Phil's book on dieting, and it drove me crazy. Most books and

> articles about dieting do.

I'm not with you here. Dr Phil's book is specifically not about dieting.

He does not have a book on dieting. He has a book on taking control -

he's a psychologist not a nutritionist, he has practical techniques that

work to help you get what *you* want. The diet is separate from the

techniques that make it easier to do - use the type O one for food

lists. That's why I thought the Dr Phil book could help.

> I can't read them anymore -- they trigger all

> sorts of insanity in my head. What I need is a meal plan that is healthy,

Managing weight doesn't have to do with a specified food list so much as

with a way of thinking. It's the way of thinking that Dr Phil's book

provides. You can't just quickly scan the book - it's more of a workbook

- to use one chapter per week to master that specific change is

attitude. (Rome wasn't built in a day - and weight wasn't gained in a

day - and it also will not be lost in a day.)

> and if I happen to lose weight, so be it. If not, so be it too.

Both those options are giving up your personal control and

responsibility for your weight. You can only win if you do accept those

jobs :-))

Asking a food plan to do it for you can't help you to be in control. (of

your eating or of anything else.)

> If I

> concentrate on losing weight, it takes over my life.

That's why Dr Phil's book is so useful. You do not concentrate on losing

weight - you concentrate on taking control and there are dozens of

examples of how to do it in each area that counts.

The actual food is a separate issue.

will probably give you a good plan there - but the control you

need can not come from a food list. It can only come from you.

> I'd rather be living

> my life between meals than thinking about food all day long.

I agree.

My own approach when I first started - was to plan tomorrow's food

today. That way when the pre-planned day comes all you do is eat what's

listed. So you never plan for the current day. I did that because I had

to shop differently to have the right stuff in the house. So there is

some kind of planning needed if only a suitable shopping list.

But the tricks from Dr Phil were very useful to me - such as making SURE

to have stuff in the house that was appropriate - and nothing

inappropriate. You can't eat what's not there. It's about having the

right stuff there, and you do need some planning to make that happen.

If the right food is handy - there is no need to obsess over what to eat

and when.

I no longer need to plan the day before what to eat all the time - I am

eating beneficial food as that's all there is in the house and I am now

enjoying it. But when I started - it was very helpful to plan my meals

on the previous day - so I did not need to think about food at all on

the day it was to be eaten.

Another Dr Phil trick. Those " keys " of how to take control and

responsibility that he has - do work - if they are used :-)

Maybe it's the conscious decision to take control and responsibility

that has to come first. Once we do that, it is easier to research books

and pick out what works for us and leave the rest. It's just easier with

some " tools " to help that happen more easily. I'm sorry you did not see

Dr Phil's book that way - it's how he intended it - he has no diet in

mind, it's not a diet, it's a solution (an approach and techniques that

help it to go well.)

I wish you well.

Namaste,

Irene

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>> I am

eating beneficial food as that's all there is in the house

**Do you find that you are able to have much variety by only eating beneficials

?

Really wanting to change a few more things diet-wise for our children.

thanks

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