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2: My Initial Nutrition Plan

1/22/2013

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The key to my first 50lbs of weight loss was hands down my eating plan. My typical diet was horrible. Fast food every day, candy, little Debbie's, coke and, of course, sweet tea. I'm really ashamed to show this picture, but this should give you a sense of what I was eating in a typical week...
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My eating plan was inspired by two books: Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis and The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson. I will elaborate more about these two plans, but suffice to say that my eating plan was based loosely on these two books.

So, here's my simple but difficult plan:
1. Drink only Water. (No Coke, No sweet tea)
2. No refined sugar (one exception, a small piece of 70% dark chocolate daily)
So far, this sounds like every other diet I've tried and failed at, but this next step seemed to be a game changer for me...
3. No wheat products whatsoever. (No bread, no pasta, no breaded foods, not even a trace of wheat in anything I eat.)

Refer to the Wheat Belly book for more information, but there is research that shows that eating wheat, even "whole grain" or "100% whole wheat", is a catalyst for increased food cravings and even addictions.

4. Eat when I'm hungry. (no intentional hunger allowed)

That's it... Anything else is fair game. Meats, fruits, cheese, vegetables, fats. No other restrictions.

So, there's my eating plan. It was difficult at first, but its really worked well for me. What do you think? How would you feel about giving up wheat entirely?

Thanks for reading! In my next post, I'll explain the effects my eating plan had on my weight and other areas of my life.
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