Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 How many of you here also follow Eating for Life? I just got the book today and really liked it but I have to say I was a bit suprised at some of the ingredients he includes in his recipes. Lots of white flour products and even Cool Whip which has the first ingredient listed as " partially hydrogenated oil " ---something NO ONE should eat! A fair amount of artificial sweetners too (Aspertame and Splenda). I guess I just expected it to be more whole-food based since he is so into health. If you don't use his plan, whose do you use or what do you eat? Right now I am trying to follow the rule of " if it has a label, don't eat it " in polis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 If you want to go hardcore for the first 12 weeks, stick to the authorized food list in the original book. If you want to enjoy healthy, flexible eating for the rest of your life, feed your family, maintain your results, go with Eating for Life. Although, plenty of people have jaw-dropping transformations using EFL right from the beginning. A tablespoon of cool-whip or a few bread crumbs don't have any significant impact if you're following the overall principles of BFL nutrition - small frequent meals, balance of protein and carbs, tons of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, whole foods, lots of fiber, lots of water. > How many of you here also follow Eating for Life? I just got the book > today and really liked it but I have to say I was a bit suprised at > some of the ingredients he includes in his recipes. Lots of white > flour products and even Cool Whip which has the first ingredient > listed as " partially hydrogenated oil " ---something NO ONE should eat! > A fair amount of artificial sweetners too (Aspertame and Splenda). > I guess I just expected it to be more whole-food based since he is so > into health. If you don't use his plan, whose do you use or what do > you eat? Right now I am trying to follow the rule of " if it has a > label, don't eat it " > > in polis > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 EFL is written for general public, and to sell books I didn't use Cool Whip before I learned about BFL and I don't use it now either Use the book as a guide - for portions, and combinations and ratios Then use your good judgement, and go from there. I like your rule - " if it has a label, don't eat it " - very whole! Does that mean you don't eat any dairy? n At 05:28 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote: >How many of you here also follow Eating for Life? I just got the book >today and really liked it but I have to say I was a bit suprised at >some of the ingredients he includes in his recipes. Lots of white >flour products and even Cool Whip which has the first ingredient >listed as " partially hydrogenated oil " ---something NO ONE should eat! >A fair amount of artificial sweetners too (Aspertame and Splenda). >I guess I just expected it to be more whole-food based since he is so >into health. If you don't use his plan, whose do you use or what do >you eat? Right now I am trying to follow the rule of " if it has a >label, don't eat it " > > in polis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I was thinking about that, too. Not just the ingredients but the cost. Yesterday I was looking at Pure Protein bars thinking they'd be really convenient to take down to Kentucky with me for quick meals on the drive to the marathon. We sell them for $3 each in the health club. Smaller ones were $1.17 in Wal-Mart. I was also looking at Power Pro-Bars (the higher-protein version of Power Bars -- 2:1 carb:protein, $.96 each) and Snickers Marathon Bars (3:1, $4.97 for a box of 6.) I put a bunch of all of them in my cart. 10 minutes later I put them all back because a whole loaf of bread and half a dozen individual-serving packages of sandwich meat cost the same as the box of Marathon Bars without the gimmicky packaging and questionable ingredients. I don't know about this meal-bar craze. I know a lot of athletes practically live on them but I don't know as they're an improvement over real food considering the cost. Just my $.02... Ellie, who apparently woke up opinionated this morning, I'll back down now... One more question How many of you here also follow Eating for Life? I just got the book today and really liked it but I have to say I was a bit suprised at some of the ingredients he includes in his recipes. Lots of white flour products and even Cool Whip which has the first ingredient listed as " partially hydrogenated oil " ---something NO ONE should eat! A fair amount of artificial sweetners too (Aspertame and Splenda). I guess I just expected it to be more whole-food based since he is so into health. If you don't use his plan, whose do you use or what do you eat? Right now I am trying to follow the rule of " if it has a label, don't eat it " in polis --> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 HAHAHA! I love the " GOD DIET " --I hope I get to quote that when and if I ever lose this fat. BTW, egg whites/cottage cheese and oatmeal protien muffins, pancakes and omelettes do not equate to waking up and eating tons of meat...silly! -- __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I'm a total health nut i must say i don't use " eating for life " but that's just because i'm such a darn good cook nothing in that book suits my lifestyle either but i do follow BFL felicity > EFL is written for general public, and to sell books > I didn't use Cool Whip before I learned about BFL and I don't use > it now either > Use the book as a guide - for portions, and combinations and ratios > Then use your good judgement, and go from there. > I like your rule - " if it has a label, don't eat it " - very whole! > > Does that mean you don't eat any dairy? > n > > At 05:28 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote: > >> How many of you here also follow Eating for Life? I just got the book >> today and really liked it but I have to say I was a bit suprised at >> some of the ingredients he includes in his recipes. Lots of white >> flour products and even Cool Whip which has the first ingredient >> listed as " partially hydrogenated oil " ---something NO ONE should eat! >> A fair amount of artificial sweetners too (Aspertame and Splenda). >> I guess I just expected it to be more whole-food based since he is so >> into health. If you don't use his plan, whose do you use or what do >> you eat? Right now I am trying to follow the rule of " if it has a >> label, don't eat it " >> >> in polis > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good protien muffin recipe? Re: One more question HAHAHA! I love the " GOD DIET " --I hope I get to quote that when and if I ever lose this fat. BTW, egg whites/cottage cheese and oatmeal protien muffins, pancakes and omelettes do not equate to waking up and eating tons of meat...silly! -- __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 for my last meal of the day, I LOVE cottage cheese & yogurt or cottage cheese and fruit. At 03:34 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote: >No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really >thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't >wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! >So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good >protien muffin recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 For protein muffins, I use the same recipe that I use for pancakes and sometimes play around with additions: 1/2 c. oats 2 egg whites 1/4 c. cottage cheese (can substitute raw pumpkin or applesauce) 1 scoop protein powder baking powder vanilla or other extract (I like maple) cinnamon sometimes I stir in chopped apples or blueberries or flax seed or whatever you want! Bake at 350 for around 15-20 minutes E wrote: No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good protien muffin recipe? Re: One more question HAHAHA! I love the " GOD DIET " --I hope I get to quote that when and if I ever lose this fat. BTW, egg whites/cottage cheese and oatmeal protien muffins, pancakes and omelettes do not equate to waking up and eating tons of meat...silly! -- __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 - My husband and I were just talking about the changes in our family dinners; I've been doing a lot more of the family cooking in the past year or so. And, since starting BFL in Sept '05, even my dinners have shifted. He says the major change is that he spends a lot more time grocery shopping, because my cooking is based on more fresh ingreds than his cooking (he's more inclined to supplement with canned & boxed goods). The whole 'outer vs inner' perimeters of the store is true - I learned that back in 2003 when I was low-carbing via Atkins. As for Cool Whip etc. - I don't know whether or not BP recommends it. I don't think we can leap from its presence in his cookbook to his actual recommendation of it! I think the book was written to appeal to the way America eats - adapted for BFL. It would be too much of a drastic transition, for many people, to go from they way they eat to more restrictive whole foods. It's a matter of degrees, too. My dad was very health conscious, and now, thinking of many of the things he said - he was right. I was resistant to hearing him. Unfortunately, his recommendations were partnered with extreme off-the-wall comments, so it was difficult to separate the rational from the irrational (IRRATIONAL: I sprained my ankle on Thursday because I had eaten salami on Wednesday; men were gay because they'd eaten canned vegs and meat; RATIONAL: sugar and white flour aren't good for you) I've switched sweeteners, and now use stevia.... but I find that I'm using less and less of that. I seem to be shifting taste preferences. that's enuf rambling.... Have a good day - n At 05:02 AM 6/8/2006, you wrote: >n- >I am trying to cut out dairy because it makes me all mucousy and I >do believe that we aren't necessarily supposed to be drinking >another mammal's breastmilk I can easily cut out milk but I do >love my cheese. Even though cheese has a " label " , I would still >consider it a whole food. Basically anything you can get on the >outter perimeters of the grocery store is what I eat. I rarely go >into the middle isles. > >I decided the same thing--to use the book as a general guide. But >still...I know it's only a dollop here and a dollop there of Cool >Whip, but the stuff is SO bad for you and it makes me wonder why he >would recoomend that at all. Shoot, even the mainstream companies >are taking all of the hydrogenated oils (trans fats) out of their >products now. And I also don't use any artificial sweetners and I >found a decent # of his recipes to have them in them. I figure >artificial sweetners may help me lose weight but that's not going to >do me any good when I am dying of cancer! LOL > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 , have you tried the Stonyfield yogurt? they use " real " sweeteners, organic company. Their FF vanilla yogurt is YUMMY! I don't do SPLENDA or the other artificial sweeteners either. I figure a little bit of the sugar won't kill me or my efforts Re: One more question A really good combo (even though it sounds gross) is cottage cheese and apple butter. I can't do the yogurt because the artificial sweetners taste so bad to me (I'm a super-taster > > >No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really > >thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't > >wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! > >So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good > >protien muffin recipe? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 I actually just toss some in b/c I like them puffy! I would say 1-2 tsp would probably be good for a normal person! :-) Tengwall wrote: Can you tell me how much baking powder you use? Thanks! > No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good protien muffin recipe? > Re: One more question > > HAHAHA! > I love the " GOD DIET " --I hope I get to quote that when > and if I ever lose this fat. > > BTW, egg whites/cottage cheese and oatmeal > protien muffins, pancakes > and omelettes > do not equate to waking up and eating tons of > meat...silly! > > -- > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Ooh..that's a good idea! I like cottage cheese w/ raw pumpkin and cinnamon Tengwall wrote: A really good combo (even though it sounds gross) is cottage cheese and apple butter. I can't do the yogurt because the artificial sweetners taste so bad to me (I'm a super-taster > > >No I know and I usually have protien pancakes or something... I was really > >thinking about my last meal when I'm in my pajamas and all that and didn't > >wanna chow down steak... so for my last and first meal, I DON'T WANT MEAT! > >So, yes, I eat eggs, pancakes, and omlettes a lot... Do you have a good > >protien muffin recipe? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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