Re: Re: Obesity and Personal Reflections

[Guest guest]

I don't rule out "junk foods" because that's a non definable characteristic. If you need energy, any combo of oil, sugar, is energy. I eat low fat cookies, low fat ice cream, and I never try to discipline myself with things like artificial sweeteners. I either eat sugar or I don't eat anything. I don't try to fool myself either. My philosophy is if there is something I shouldn't eat, I keep it on the counter and defy it to control me.

But I do not eat most prepared foods in stores,eg nothing with corn syrup - that knocks out most things sweetened. Most foods with flour will have too much sodium, so I strain on sodium not the flour. I avoid hydrogenated fat. There you have it - the three food groups comprising most of the foods in my stores. I also avoid foods with added citric acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavors, artificial flavors, artificial colors.

And if it's got more than 3 ingredients, my attention span will usually be violated.

I eat corn chips fried in soy oil with low sodium - 85mg - you can eat just one.

I can buy guacamole without added sodium. My omega 1 fat source.

Steamed frozen vegetables and steamed rice - no salt - a very dull diet - but filling and you won't over eat.

My wife makes a banana bread of ground wheat kernels ( king Arthur flour). She adds dried cranberries, walnuts, apple sauce.

Lately we've made burritos with salad greens, black beans, and guacamole wrapped in a flour or corn tortilla. That and fruit is big enough for my lunch.

I usually snack on fruit.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: paultheo2000

Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:31 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Obesity and Personal Reflections

At the heart of all this lies the complex mechanism of humanmotivation and desire. The most reasonable approach, as far as I seeit, for the average person (which many CR people are not--I believethey have extraordinary will power) to make their eating healthier(and therefore less) is to maximize gustatory experience. Let meelaborate:I eat very clean now (I occasionally indulge in sweetened cranberries,bananas or dark chocolate, no sugar icecream, but am trying toeliminate that from my diet) but I do so mainly from a TASTEperspective. I starting realizing that there is nothing special aboutjunk foods out there. I've made delicious and healthy (semi-CRONish ifyou allow grains and olive oil) pastries like banana bread and gingercookies better than any fried junk out there. So I've sworn that ifever I'm tempted by something unhealthy I'll make the nearest healthyalternative (which'll probably taste better anyway...and is FARhealthier). I think this is an approach that would work for mostpeople...especially those who can't fathom renouncing 'all good food'forever. -

[Guest guest]

It's not a moral judgement. If you're looking for long life, you don't ride with drunk drivers. There are some people out there that I would prefer not be driving because they're a danger to me when I'm driving.

When I was in grad school teaching chemistry to pre-meds, there were a very few I would be happy to encounter in an ER. The rest of 'em I was happy not to give A's to, and even some of the A's would leave you cold from a personality standpoint.

Iris

> The scary part is, that the people that believe this stuff have driver's licenses and are out there with your life in their hands.....*****That sounds suspiciously like a moral judgment to me. :-)))~ andy

[Guest guest]

Also, CR is not for folks whose emotional stability is in any question. You

have to have both confidence and serenity along with discipline for it to

work. If this is not the case, you should spare yourself this difficult course

for now. Studies are showing it can be started at any time and still be of

benefit. Peg

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, and the two bachelor uncles previously mentioned (ages 93 and 94)

are still driving in spite of my pointing out to them that they shouldn't

be. Someone somewhere is gonna get into an accident because of them or as

the saying goes: " an accident waiting to happen......

on 10/7/2003 10:05 PM, Iris B. Ailin-Pyzik at crsg@... wrote:

> It's not a moral judgement. If you're looking for long life, you don't ride

> with drunk drivers. There are some people out there that I would prefer not

> be driving because they're a danger to me when I'm driving.

>