Week 1 is in the books!

I have finished week one eating whole foods and plant based diet. Not having eggs and bacon was a little rough in this weekend. But really what was hard was knowing what to eat. I am so use to eating a certain way that I don’t know to many different ways to eat plant based foods. I will have to educate and experiment!

This weekend was many salads and soups!

I lost 3 pounds last week. I weight 188.7 this morning. Breakfast was the usual, oatmeal, raisins, cinnamon, vanilla, and honey. I was out of bananas. I was hungry about 2 hours later so I had an early lunch of tomato soup and brown rice.

I snacked on fruit and nuts. Dinner was black bean burger, couscous and saute peppers and onions! It was so good I had 2 plates!

My Mom found another book with recipes-Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. I read a few pages online and looking forward to reading it.

Day 5 and 6

Yesterday was a the first day that I did crave some eggs and bacon, but I resisted and remembered a line in the book The China Study that said no moment of pleasure is worth the pain if the disease, so my temporary cravings are eased. Breakfast was fruit and oatmeal and no coffee! No coffee was not bad. I don’t think I will have to restrain for a long time with coffee, just long enough to let my stomach heal up. I have done this before. Although the weekends are when I really enjoy my coffee. Lunch was a big salad and minestrone soup. It is amazing how full I can get from soup and salad! Dinner was sweet potato, saute spinach and onions, and tomato soup with rice. I ate too much! It was very good! Before bed I had a bowl of cereal with Almond milk.

I did weight myself this morning and I am 189.5. I don’t know why I care but I like to get to 185. It is something easy to measure. Training is every other day right now. My labs came back yesterday. My cholesterol is down almost 30 points, 236(0-200) since January! I look forward to seeing it drop even more. Triglyceride 136(<150) up from last time, HDL 57(>39), Ratio 4.1, VLDL 27(0-40), LDL 152(0-99). My LDL are down too! I have a follow up visit next weds to discuss my lab work. Unitl next time train harn and eat well!

Day 4

This morning I weighted in heavier than I started. I know I can not weigh every day to expect a difference, but I am going to just to chart my progress. 192.4

Went to a fund raiser breakfast this morning and they served eggs, bacon and potatoes. I ate the potatoes but asked for oatmeal. They were very nice and were able to accommodate me. Lunch was an apple, and left over stir fry. I snacked on fruit and a granola bar that Caleb did not eat. Dinner was a great salad that I made with falafel.

Training was 10 minutes of get ups with 24 kg. My right side felt like it was fatiguing before my left. I then did 10 minutes of swings with 24 kg for 5 rounds, 16 kg one hand for a few rounds and then 24 kg again.

Day 4 of whole food plant eating in the books. I am having heart burn. I am not sure if it is because I have been drinking more coffee than normal this last month. I am going to refrain from coffee for a week and see if it comes down. The flatulence factor is up with all the beans and veggies. I hope that my system adjusts soon. :)

Day 3

I weighted in this morning at 191.4. Now, I know this is not much but it is a start. A 1/2 pound less on Day 3 is not bad. I hope it continues. In order to get to 9% BF I have to loose 5 pounds of fat. Depending on what I weight after a month will determine if I get my BF tested again. Training yesterday was 100 snatches with a 24 kg in about 6 minutes. I got 90 in 5 minutes and then pounded out the last 10. After training Cami I did Clean and press with a 24 kg ladders 1-4 with 5 push ups after each C&P on my fist. Finished it up with swings 24 kg 40/20 sec.

Dinner was 2 large bowls of salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocados, and black beans dressed in Olive Oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Breakfast this morning was 1/2 cup oatmeal with a banana, walnuts, raisins, honey, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Lunch was 2 servings of roasted red pepper and tomato soup and Ezekiel bread sandwich with Almond Butter.

I have already had 3/4 of a gallon of Kangen Water by noon. I am not giving up my Americano! I use 1/2 caffeinated and I have had 2 of them. I may have to have another one after lunch! The interesting thing is, the more water I drink the less coffee I drink.

Physically I feel pretty good. Very little cravings for meet. I do miss eggs but only a little. I had my blood drawn today and will have the results next week.

I snacked on clementines, bananas and nuts today after lunch. Dinner was a multi bean and vegetable soup. I are too much! No work out today.

The China Study

In my quest for better health I started to read The China Study this weekend. I read almost 10 Chapters Sunday. It was a great day to read with the rain and cold. The family all hung out together playing Wii and reading! It is a very interesting book but quite controversial in one sense. T. Colin Campbell, PhD is a scientist and researcher that grew up on a dairy farm. He worked the farm along with his family and provide most of their own food. His PhD was devoted to finding better ways to make cows and sheep grow faster and to improve the ability to produce better animal protein. His book is based on years of research and thousands of studies both from the private and government sectors. Through his years of research and study he found a better way for to prevent and actually reverse many of the diseases killing Americans today! It is a very good read and highly recommend it.

For the past year since I found Enagic USA and Kangen Water® and over the years, I have read many books on diets. The clear fact is that it is very confusing to any body! So the next best thing is to experiment and that is what I am going to do with the China Study. The China Study believes most of the deadly diseases, such as different cancers, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and more are fed by our diet know as a western diet. A diet mainly consisting of high fat and animal based. He shows the correlation between high cholesterol and animal based diet and these diseases. He states genes have a very low role in these disease. Although they do play a role, the difference is how we feed these genes and our bodies that determines if these disease grow. His recommendation-all whole food, plant based diet. That means little no to dairy, meat or added fats even oils. There is much more in the book that I will not go into here. I suggest read the book to learn more.

Now I have been a very big animal based diet and have been able to eat just about what ever I want all my life. I am currently 192 lbs and 12% BF and 5’ 11”. I am the fittest I have ever been thanks to kettlebell training. So why change now? I have high cholesterol and do not want to take drugs to get it down. I would also like to see if I can get under 10% BF. I also have very low testosterone, slightly low thyroid and and have been on medication for both. Although I have not read if there is any correlation with low T and animal based diet, yet, there are correlations for women as to earlier menstruation and prolonged hormone exposure and reproductive life that could lead to higher instances of some cancers. If I could come off all medication with normal values, I would be a believer! It is also reported those on a whole food, plant based diet had more energy and who is not for that!

For the next month I will eat a whole food plant based diet and record my results and meals. There are no counting calories or restrictions on quantity. I can eat as much as I want and recommended not to go hungry. Stay in the guidelines and try it! Some may say a month is not long enough to notice a difference in lab values. Maybe not, but I am setting a small goal and at the end of the month evaluate my progress and go from there. I have an appointment tomorrow to have my labs drawn. I will let you know the results. Here are the results from 1/15. Cholesterol 262 (0-200), Triglyceride 116(<150), HDL 65(>39), Total Chol/HDL ratio 4.0, VLDL 23(0-40), LDL 174(0-99).

I started yesterday with lunch at Panera. I had a greek salad, tomato soup and and an apple. I also went to the grocery store and bought a wide variety of fruits and veggies. I made dinner last night with brown rice, and steamed veggies with low sodium soy sauce and chili sauce. It was very good! I did not realize how hot chili sauce is! Last night I had a bed time snack of granola cereal with Almond milk.

Breakfast was oatmeal with raisins, nuts, banana, cinnamon, and vanilla. Mid morning snack was almonds and clementines. Lunch was left overs from last night! I also have a goal to drink a gallon of Kangen water a day! I cannot stress how important it is to be hydrated with Kangen Water, but that is another post! Go to my website to learn more about Why Kangen Water is different at www.healthywater4you.net! Water is not equal! Until next time!

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