Talk – Health Fitness Nutrition Discussion

Based on the same principles and ideas as the Grain Free For A Week Challenge.

I decided that with Jan here and some hefty goals for the first 47 days of it, I would kick it off with a complete removal of grain for an entire month.

With the missing calories from the brown rice and the whole grain wraps I usually use, I'm making up for it with extra volume in green veggies.

Namely bok choy, swiss chard, gai lan and brocolli.  I eat a lot of those already, but I'm increasing it a bit more.  As a side note, I'm also taking on a month of vegetarian on TOP of this, so I've dropped a lot of calories from both the meat and the grains.

I've added another tablespoon of Udo's Oil to my meal too, and am eating more lentil and mung bean dahl – which I love.

I'm on day 7 and I was telling Darlene that I've actually forgotten that I've eliminated meat and grain.  I only thought to do this entry when I saw the other challenge.

It's the 20th of the month and I've been totally grain free.  Pizza for a reward meal was replaced with a Thai-Laos meal out with a buddy.  Thai vegetables and a curry pumpkin lychee dish was what I had.  Very nice.

10 days left on this challenge. 

Then, 14 days from today I'll have Pizza as my reward meal.  Looking forward to it.

Then I think I'll wait until Vegas on Feb 17th before thinking about grain again.  It may very well have made it 99% of the way out of my diet.

Rob, I'm much more inclined to do FLF vegetarian, so I'm using hemp hearts, nuts, seeds, greens. ANy other suggestions to up the protein? Thanks!! Jan