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January 23, 2007
Q & A
Mary has a very good question. I am going to answer it here so that everyone can share how they are dealing with family meals and meals for themselves.
Are you cooking regular meals for the family and then making yourself something special, or are you cooking a meal for the family that you can easily just eat part of, or what? That seems like one of the hard parts of dieting to me. Just curious.
I am cooking one meal. I have not changed anything about how my kitchen works.
Last night I served:
Pork Tenderloin - broiled with salt, pepper, garlic and a drizzle of olive oil.
Baked Sweet Potatoes - served with butter, salt and pepper.
White corn - with butter, salt and pepper.
Salad - mixed greens, baby spinach, tomato wedge, cucumber, choice of dressing.
This is what I served to Steve, Gracie and Steven.
Colby and I had the pork tenderloin sliced thin and the salad. with a large glass of water this would have been plenty for supper. However, as the evening meal and with very little carbs through the day and knowing I would be hungry again before bed I added a flatout bread wrap and served myself in the form of a sandwich wrap. With the wrapper I did not long for the sweet potatoes at all. The meat was warm and juice and tender. The greens where cold and crisp and crunchy. The wrap was soft, tasty and chewy. It filled all of my needs.
So, while I continue to cook and serve the same meals to the family I take away the carbs for myself and add in a larger portion of salad.
I am a carb addict. My body LOVES them. High carbs and sugars make me feel aweful. I have been off of sugar for years. I may have a slice of cake in the past when I have baked but in general I do not use white sugar and haven't in several years. Last year a 5lb bag of sugar lasted all year long. I used it when I made cakes and pie in the fall and at Christmas.
I have never been a fan of refined white flour. The bleaching processes ruin it. It is NOT good for a body. I use King Arthor flour. Not bleached. It costs more but it is worth it. (There are a few of my recipes that do not work without bleached regular self rising flour. I do use it for those things but it is not an everyday type of use.)
For a 2 weeks period eliminate white flour and refined sugar from your diet completely. Read lables and make a real effort not to consume it. You will find your body purging itself of toxins. In some cases you may find it a mild reaction almost like unto a drug addict coming off drugs.
When I did this several years ago (when I did the Atkins diet and lost 70lbs) I did not believe it until I was midway through the detox. It really is like poison to your body. I can say that in good faith and not as some health food guru fanatic running around eating nuts and berries and grass looking as thin as Twiggy.
Hahahaha! What a long drawn out answer. The short of it is -
No, I am not cooking for the family then having something else for myself. I am eating only the things I can from the meal I cook for Steve. I add in a spinach/mixed greens salad to round out my plate.
Posted by Angie at January 23, 2007 07:20 AM
Comments
Your approach seems very sensible. Cooking separate meals for yourself would get old fast, I'm sure!
I'm going to look for that Flatout bread--I LOVE wraps. I have diabetes, so I'm always looking for low-carb alternatives.
Posted by: LisaL at January 23, 2007 09:17 AM