I sat next to Linda Mathews at the Metaphysicians Circle Sunday meeting and she asked how my journal back to health was doing. I told her I\u2019d dramatically changed my diet and now, 4 years later, had zero problems. Since watching fat grams is basically the only change I made (which cut out meats and fried stuff), she suggested I also cut carbs, always eat a protein with a carb, and pay attention to portion control.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
I emailed her:<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I did so well since I don’t eat sweets, and the only\u00a0processed food I eat is bread, pasta and the occasional canned soup.\u00a0\u00a0I figured since I wasn’t having a problem, I was doing fine.<\/p>\n
Thank you for the upgrade to my consciousness about the carbs.\u00a0 I seldom eat a protein with my pasta or bread, and I eat too much of each.\u00a0 You have motivated me to work on portion control.\u00a0 I asked about the carb content of one cup of pasta, however I am one of those people who will have a 4 cup serving.\u00a0 Your answer stunned me.\u00a0 Thank you, I needed to be stunned.<\/p>\n
I do eat lots of raw broccoli, cabbage,\u00a0cauliflower and fresh romaine, tomatoes, carrots\u00a0and basil.\u00a0 The occasional avocado or cucumber.\u00a0 Bananas are now cut from my list, they were\u00a0a staple before, an\u00a0emergency food I would grab often when\u00a0I couldn’t figure what else to eat quickly.\u00a0 Almost each day what I eat for lunch is a giant Asian soup, usually a pho from Pho Cali<\/a>\u00a0 and a pho\u00a0contains lowfat beef or chicken broth, raw broccoli , cauliflower and cabbage, scallions, onions, lime juice, bean sprouts and basil.\u00a0 I usually get a romaine salad to go with it,\u00a0with a vinegar type dressing.<\/p>\n In\u00a0the evenings is when I may have\u00a0pasta with garlic and olive oil, with\u00a0toast.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A few times a week I might cook some chicken with rice, or some fish with rice or a potato.\u00a0 And yes I have gone back to white rice and white pasta…\u00a0 Mostly I cook rice and beans and might put it in a tortilla – more carbs!<\/p>\n I actually lose about 10 lbs quickly if I eat chicken or fish or turkey each day, but don’t like the idea of ingesting so much animal protein.\u00a0 I could use some education in the nutrition department.\u00a0 Actually, I have and have read a lot of books on it, but I’d like to know what happens to different foods as they go into my system, how they are broken down, what is used for what, etc.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n end of email<\/p>\n <\/p>\n