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Which of the following types do you utilize?

Vegan or vegetarian
6 (25%)
Paleo or low/no carb
4 (16.7%)
General healthy eating (all types of food)
11 (45.8%)
Other (please specify)
3 (12.5%)

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Offline Shadow38

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What type of diet do you follow and why?
« on: January 28, 2013, 12:56:01 PM »
Just curious what type of diet/intake you all use. Not trying to stir any pots, but I'm genuinely curious.

I'm pretty much just a general healthy eater. Try to avoid processed things and am trying avoiding wheat lately, just to see if I feel any differently.

What about you?

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2013, 01:00:37 PM »
Pretty much vegan. Vegetarian primarily for ethical/moral reasons, vegan for health reasons. We eat almost no packaged food, make most things from scratch.
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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2013, 01:01:54 PM »
I have no idea,  other than usually a high calorie one.  I've started using my fitness pal to rectify this and make better choices.  Though I will say I don't eat fast food or much processed stuff at all.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2013, 01:03:28 PM »
I bought this book in 2008 when it first came out. I gave it a quick try and then set it aside. In december of 2011, I picked up and gave it an earnest try. 35lbs, and over a year later, it's a great resource for me. http://www.amazon.com/The-Diet-Instincts-Weight---Off--Without/dp/076115874X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359396042&sr=8-1&keywords=instinct+diet

The basic principles are high fiber, limited calories, frequent small meals, and (during the losing phase) controlled/limited sweets/booze/refined carbs. In practice, it's eating LOTS of veggies, modest portions of low-calorie protein, and high quality fats.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2013, 03:32:00 PM »
I eat when I'm hungry. I overeat/overindulge on occasion, but it's rare and keep a cap on the sugar, processed foods and carbs. I eat a shit ton of veggies and keep veggies and meats as the central pieces to my meals, as opposed to starches which I use mostly as beds.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2013, 03:32:32 PM »
i avoid hfcs.  and the foods to which i'm allergic.

i eat everything else.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2013, 03:46:41 PM »
Oh and I forgot- I only eat food that is delicious.
If the food I'm eating tastes like shit- I immediately stop eating it.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2013, 06:16:15 PM »
I do not avoid anything in particular.  I only eat what I like to eat, and that excludes a lot of high fat foods.  I naturally like what is often branded as healthy, I love veggies.  I do not particularly like red meat, but don't dislike it either. 

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2013, 07:02:24 PM »
I have no idea,  other than usually a high calorie one.  I've started using my fitness pal to rectify this and make better choices.  Though I will say I don't eat fast food or much processed stuff at all.

Hey. friend me on my fitness pal..

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2013, 07:45:36 AM »
I basically follow a heart healthy Mediterranean diet.  Except recently I'm not doing the exercise portion...  :(





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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2013, 02:23:38 PM »
Just generally healthy.

Try to limit:
I limit caffeine to two cups a day.
Limit sugar as much as I can, none in coffee and very little in tea.
Minimize white foods.
2-3 alcoholic drinks per week.
Try to keep beef to under 3 servings per week.

Try to increase:
At least one fruit smoothie or big salad per day.
Eat some arugula from the garden every time I go outside.
Fruit or vegetables for snacks.
Eggs... they're easy protein.
Wild salmon, canned anchovies, tuna and oysters.
Beans.

I fix most of my own food. It's usually boring easy stuff but it's from scratch, and I try to do mostly healthy. All bets are off when I go out to eat, though.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2013, 09:24:12 AM »
Well I realized that I really stink at eating veggies, so I bought a juicer. I am now increasing the amount of veggie/fruit juice and decreasing stuff like chocolate. I was trying to quit drinking coffee, mostly because it was bothering my stomach, but someone in the "if you drink coffee" thread mentioned cleaning the coffee maker with vinegar :!: so I just had a cup for the first time in a couple of days.

I am in a rut with cooking. DH and i are pretty tired of the usual suspects and I can't seem to come up with anything better. I need inspiration. Also there are not many restaurants around us, mostly just fast food.  :(

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2013, 02:33:55 PM »
lm,
go to the supermarket and buy something you have never tried/cooked before.  just 1 thing.  look for an appetizing recipe online.  prepare/eat.

do that once a week.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2013, 02:50:18 PM »
lm,
go to the supermarket and buy something you have never tried/cooked before.  just 1 thing.  look for an appetizing recipe online.  prepare/eat.

do that once a week.


That sounds like fun, but DH doesn't usually like new stuff. Yup it makes it hard to be sick of same old stuff and not want to try new stuff. Sigh. I still hear about the great parsnip debacle of 2010.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2013, 03:08:13 PM »
Sometimes I will plug an ingredient into epicurious or myrecipes.com and just browse what comes up. Lots of good inspiration that way, without having to try an unknown. Also, cooking magazines can be a good source of inspiration. My local library carries them, so if DD is there for some reason I'll flip through them there and then look the recipe up when I get home.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2013, 03:23:45 PM »
That sounds like fun, but DH doesn't usually like new stuff. Yup it makes it hard to be sick of same old stuff and not want to try new stuff. Sigh. I still hear about the great parsnip debacle of 2010.
meh, you are too nice. DH eats what i makes or fends for himself. I am not running a diner.
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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2013, 03:34:20 PM »
I guess you could call my eating habits paleoesque in the sense that I get most of my calories from meat and non-starchy vegetables.  I stay pretty far away from starchy stuff, sugary stuff, and the bad fats, but don't get too concerned about little lapses in those areas.  The only thing I'm really strict about is avoiding everthing with gluten in it. 

I drink more wine than the average caveman, and eat some beans here and there, so you couldn't really call my diet paleo.  All the same, I'm pretty happy with the general pattern of my eating.  When I want to lose weight, I just eat less food and crank up the exercise rather than messing around with the basic formula.  It seems to work okay. 

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2013, 11:45:55 AM »
I guess you could call my eating habits paleoesque in the sense that I get most of my calories from meat and non-starchy vegetables.  I stay pretty far away from starchy stuff, sugary stuff, and the bad fats, but don't get too concerned about little lapses in those areas.  The only thing I'm really strict about is avoiding everthing with gluten in it. 

I drink more wine than the average caveman, and eat some beans here and there, so you couldn't really call my diet paleo.  All the same, I'm pretty happy with the general pattern of my eating.  When I want to lose weight, I just eat less food and crank up the exercise rather than messing around with the basic formula.  It seems to work okay. 

Interesting. My diet is evolving closely to yours, minus the wine. I do drink occasionally though (once a month or so). I will also eat a regular potato occasionally or a Clif Bar or Lara Bar. I've pretty much cut out wheat and now I'm eliminating dairy to see if that does anything as I've been having some issues with inflammation.

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2013, 07:22:17 AM »
lm,
go to the supermarket and buy something you have never tried/cooked before.  just 1 thing.  look for an appetizing recipe online.  prepare/eat.

do that once a week.


I do this when I go to the Asian supermarket.  Usually a new vegetable or so. I posted this here recently, and I was surprised at the number of people who would not buy an unknown...  How can you get to know new things if you are not willing to buy anything you never had before?

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Re: What type of diet do you follow and why?
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2013, 09:20:24 AM »
I do this when I go to the Asian supermarket.  Usually a new vegetable or so. I posted this here recently, and I was surprised at the number of people who would not buy an unknown...  How can you get to know new things if you are not willing to buy anything you never had before?
about 5 years ago i made an effort to try every vegetable at Wegmans. I think I got thru them all. Most were fine, only a couple i did not like. Some i was neutral about (celery root, kohlrabi).
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