02 January 2012

a S.A.D. story



The Standard American Diet....
Pre-weight loss/ non-binge:
McDonalds, cokes, donuts, candy, candy bars,
pizza, breadsticks, booze, etc.
Note the Omega 666!
About 66 grams! That's alot!
PUFA - Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids...
Where the Omega 3 and 6's come from.
The only true Essential Fatty Acids!

Now comes the Standard LoCarb diet.
The one like I did for the first 2 years.
And lost a tone of weight with!
6 strips of bacon, 6 eggs, blocks of cheddar cheese,
walnuts, peanut butter, avocado, mayo, grain-free,
ground beef, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, sweeteners. 
BUT - look at the pufa's.... 66!!
The ratio is better - yes...
But with these numbers, the ratio is kinda moot point.
10% total pufa average - on my previous low-carb diet.
There was a time - I would brag about this.
No more!

Now compare that to a LoCarb, low pufa diet!
The one I am trying here for 100 days, or 2 years...
which ever comes first! 
It takes at least 2 years for pufa's to leave your body!
so my original experiment of 100 days - might be a little short sighted!
Winking smile
My diet now would include salmon most days, 
ground beef some days, grass-fed when possible...
no veggie oils, some butter, again - grass-fed when possible,
some coconut oil, some tallow,
no heavy Omega 6's, low fructose,
low dairy, gluten-free, legume free,
occasional starch, minimal sweeteners....
As much like Paleo/Primal as I dare to call myself!


Eat as much Real Food as possible....no - wait....
Let me put that another way!
As much as possible - Eat Real Food!

11 comments:

  1. Happy 2012! Glad to see you still at it, Anne.

    The idea of McDonalds makes me queasy these days. That's a shift, huh? One I'm sure glad I made.

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  2. Love it, Anne. I've got to brush up on my fats though. I'm still not up on the differences.

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  3. Thats been my goal for the last year or so, eat real food as often as possible. Some days I do better than others, but when I THINK about it..I do so much better!

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  4. I'm lost, what is PUFA? Is that a new rapper whose album just went platinum?? Seriously, tweet me with what is is please.

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  5. Yes, the rotten junk I used to fill up on wasn't food. It didn't nourish. Real food...the way to go for sure

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  6. I love real food, not the processed stuff. Sweets I'm still working on. That shrimp dish looked awesome. Take care of yourself Anne.
    Blessings.

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  7. Love how you turn the last sentence into a sensible one.
    Yes. Here, here. Real Food.

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  8. looks like whole, solid food to me. Good stuff anne.

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  9. I am not the best cook in the world so I lived for fast food but that shrimp looks awesome. Yum.

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