Changed our lifestyle completely.
I do not believe in diets , I do not believe in stressing so much about eating the right stuff so that in the end you die of stress instead of a bad diet.
I love eating and I love good food.
So here is the pietpetoors version of the banting diet.
My banting diet is very relaxing and simple.
The book is good to read because most people have the wrong idea because of incorrect word of mouth versions.
It is something like 80 grams of meat per time (not as much as you can eat) and not more than 40 grams of starches per day.
So my 40 grams of starches I choose to be my one slice of toast with 2x eggs for breakfast , not 2 slices no more.
Further we just swopped potatoes, rice and pasta with more green beans, baby marrows, spinach, peppers, etc and we eat more salad and carrots.
Yes carrots, they come from under the ground but they form part of the banting book's recipes and I decided that I have read so many stories of people who were cured of cancer by eating plenty a carrot that there is no way it can be bad or that one should stop eating it.
Lunch is no more tubies or snacks, is now nuts or a chicken wing or russian or something protein rich. I could not believe that I can get through the day with one or two chicken wings for lunch, but I do. (easily).
With above I theoretically do not do no sugar more (
) , but yes cutting out sugar makes a big difference but again I am not going to keep myself out of sleep if I indulged in a chocolate bar once a week.
Lost 12 Kg within a matter of month and half or so and now I am stuck on where I am. I am sure if I follow the "diet" more strictly I can shed another 4 or 5 easily but this is where the balance between stressing about what you eat and living a life comes in.
The main theory is, and if you keep this in mind you will think about what you eat:
Your body needs energy. With our normal diet the body uses starches for energy first and store fat for the lean times. We do not consume that much energy so the fat is always stored and rather ever used.
Cut the starches and sugar and now the body is dependent on the fat for energy. That is why your diet must contain fat because that is what your body will need for energy.
BUT if you cheat and eat more fat and keep on eating starches your problem will become twice as big. Either fat or starches, not both.
Fat is a more long lasting energy than starches. (stysel, hoop dis die regte woord).
That is also (according to the theory and it makes sense) why the fat is not bad for your cholesterol because now for the first time you use the fat, it is not stored no more. Again if you cheat and eat sugar and starches while eating an increased fat and meat diet your problem will escalate.
You will see once you cut starches and sugar you cravings will disappear and you will not get hungry that often no more.
I was always craving like mad and to me this is probably the biggest advantaged of the new lifestyle, I eat in the morning and I forget about food until about 3Pm, no more cravings.
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