Mamatigerj's Food Journal

[Mamatigerj]

I MUST change the way i eat if i truly want to improve my health; i DO want to improve my health!

Here are my initial thoughts/goals/plans:

• Overall i want to eat
  • more
    • veggies (at least 2x day)
    • fish (2-3x week)
    • beans (2-3x week)
    • nuts and seeds
  • less
    • salt
    • sugar
    • wheat
    • dairy
• ? soy ~not sure where this fits, and i want to do more research

• Try Intermittent Fasting beginning 12 January
  • Week 1: 12/12 700-1900
  • Week 2: 13/11 730-1830
  • Week 3: 14/10 800-1800
• Nutrition Challenges i'm considering
  • No Sugar
  • No Junk Food
  • Only Homemade
  • Salad A Day
• DareBeets ~try at least 1 recipe a week

 

[graoumia]

It is a great idea.

May i asked your age ? It is because I am 49 and in perimenopause, and i was thinking about opening a related subject here to discuss with other women, and finding advices, i know food is really an important part of the gameplay.

I was really not able to eat salad in winter, now i am eating some vegetables that could be included in a salad, i am heating them, and sometime add some real salad on it, and it is better for me

 

[Mamatigerj]

@graoumia, i am 61 and post-menopause.

I have a hard time with raw vegetables, because i have IBS, but i am trying to figure things out.

 

[graoumia]

Ok, do you think you have enough proteins?

 

[Mamatigerj]

Ok, do you think you have enough proteins?

NO!
My current diet is pretty much starchy grains (primarily wheat followed by corn) and cheese/dairy.

 

[graoumia]

I can understand that, i would easily only eat pasta, bread and cheese. And fruits

 

[Mamatigerj]

I've never been much of a meat eater, but i really do like fish and beans. That is why i want to focus on those. I have just been lazy.
Also, at least for me, i think there is a kind of addiction*/habit thing going on with the starchy foods and dairy: the more of it i eat, the more i crave. I know i need to break that cycle.


*I do not use this word lightly. My husband has been in recovery for 37 years, but there are definitely some similar things going on with me and certain foods.

 

[Saffity]

I need to boost my veggies too, I eat a lot of protein and carbs, though I am wheat free due to Celiac Disease. I'm 42 and haven't hit any portion of menopause, but I'm also feeding two tiny picky critics who it's sometimes easier to just get to eat what they want (within reason) than have dinner time battles everyday.

 

[Mamatigerj]

feeding two tiny picky critics who it's sometimes easier to just get to eat what they want (within reason) than have dinner time battles everyday.

I have been there.