On May 6th I ran the Toronto Half Marathon and then for some unexplained reason I got lazy. I haven’t run….I haven’t been to a body pump class or even a zumba class. I have done NOTHING . Well not exactly. I have excelled in the sport called “eating”. Infact, I have morphed into MOMWHOEATS. That’s right….I have been eating and eating and eating and there seems to be more calories going in than going out.
BYE BYE BUTTER TARTS (sniff)
I was looking in the mirror and noticing that I was getting puffier by the nano second. Finally I said “ENOUGH” !! Time to do something about it. However I love food so much that I knew if I went the “low intake” approach…it wouldn’t work for me. So I decided to try something that worked for me eight years ago. I broke up with carbs.
This means:
-no more bread (ouch)
-no more pasta (double ouch)
-no more cereal
-no more bananas, apples, and oranges
-no more poutine (don’t get me started)
-no more chickpeas, kidney beans, legumes
However I have been enjoying:
-kale smoothies
a kale smoothie a day keeps the pounds away!!
-plenty of great salads with cheese and nuts
-blueberries/strawberries with whipped cream (its allowed)
-low carb beer. A huge thank you to Molson for creating Molson Canadian 67 Sublime. It’s not perfect but it will do the trick. (67 calories, 1 carb)
-plenty of egg whites with sauteed mushrooms
-tuna burgers, salmon, sole. I even bought sardines but havent brought myself to open the tin yet
–Silk True Almond, unsweetened, vanilla. (30 calories with 0 % carb per cup). Totally impressed with this product.
– tofu shirataki noodles!! I can “pretend” Im eating pasta. Emphasis on the word “pretend”.
buying a few packs a week.
It’s now been almost two weeks since I broke up with carbs. It hasn’t been a picnic to give up sandwiches, cereals and all the other carbs I use to enjoy on a regular basis. However I can tell you this – I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.
Curious to find out if you have ever tried this “lifestyle” before? or how many of you are trying not to eat wheat, sugar, etc?
