Here are the key points in my plan:
• Drink a hot cup of water when I get up in the morning.
• Eat 3 meals per day.
• Chew each bite at least 100 times, 200 times would be better.
• Eat until I'm satisfied (with no worries about quantity).
• Eat whole grains and fresh, seasonal vegetables that are organic and the best quality as possible, as listed here: Alphabetical List Of Foods On My Weight-Loss Diet.
• Once or twice a day, have miso (probiotic) in a soup or broth.
• Eat wakame or kombu sea vegetables on a regular basis.
• Supplement my meals as desired with nuts, seeds, lentils, chickpeas, split peas, aduki beans, and Bio-K+ probiotics.
• Drink when thirsty and after a meal — water, tea (kukicha, bancha, or herbal), or occasionally water with lemon juice.
• Cook with sesame, olive, and coconut oils (organic, unrefined)
• Season with unrefined sea salt, natural soy sauce, miso, gomasio, and ume plum vinegar, and occasionally season with lemon, orange, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, black pepper, and other spices.
• Exercise as much as possible, especially after meals.
After six weeks, on April 1st, 2013, I will gradually introduce foods made with whole-grain flours (especially organic flours in my homemade products) as I desire. I will also be adapting a more flexible travel-plan to allow for the foods available in the places I visit, so that I won't "tweak out" if I'm traveling and can't find the "perfect" foods to eat — I'll simply increase the amount of chewing and enjoy!
About Exercise:
• Walking is my preferred mode of exercise — fast enough to work up a sweat but not so fast that it forces me to breathe through my mouth for air. I love to walk!
• Gardening is my other preferred mode of exercise — I love to garden so much that I'll often lose all track of time and can be out there for hours!
• Housecleaning, especially cleaning floors and windows, is another mode of exercise that I enjoy doing.
• As a backup plan, whenever the weather is interfering, the indoor stationary bike is another one of my preferred modes of exercise.
About Foods And Beverages Not On My Diet:
• Alcohol, such as wine and beer, is not on my diet and I'm okay with that. I'm such a lightweight anyway when it comes to drinking my favorite stout or pinot noir — I can only handle 1 or 2 ounces at a time without getting too tipsy, dizzy, or a zillion hot flashes. So, I won't miss it in the next year and a half!
• Coffee is not on the diet.
• White flour, simple sugars, syrups, fruit juices (except the occasional lemon), and all fruits are not on the diet. No fruit!
• Chocolate and cocoa, unsweetened, no longer offer any appeal to me, so they're off the list too.
About Traveling:
• When we're on the road, I will attempt to bring my own food as much as possible.
• If my food choices in a restaurant aren't perfect, I'll either eat it or not, and if I do eat it, I'll chew it very very well.
About Keeping A Daily Report:
• Already I've discovered how much fun this is! I love to take pictures and document everything that I'm seeing — and photographing my meals is already something I've been doing during our travels. Now, I get to do it at home too! and the challenge is to come up with more picture-perfect meals — I'm learning how to "plate" my food in more artistic and creative ways. I fully expect to see a big improvement by the end of these 18 months!
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MY DAILY DIET REPORT
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