We're going to turn the tables a bit with some new UnDiet guidelines. I've been doing lots of research and have found out some really exciting things. A couple of these pose more restrictions, but for those of you who haven't been losing as quickly as you want or who have stalled, this may be the answer you've been looking for. I know it was for me. You'll also find some welcome loosening of the Starch/Protein restrictions.
Let's start with breakfast. While it's true that eating nothing but fresh and/or frozen Fruit in the morning is one of the major reasons you've been losing weight it's not necessary to eat Fruit alone at all times. In fact many Fruits help other foods to digest more efficiently thus creating less waste and less fat on you. Here's the trick though: while you can eat Fruits with other foods or immediately following a meal such as in a dessert you can't eat them an hour after your meal. At that point they won't be helping your food to digest they'll be causing indigestion, gas and bloating and working against your weight loss and efforts towards health. So eat your Fruit alone, with a meal, immediately following a meal, or wait 4-1/2 hours after a Protein meal and 2-1/2 hours after a Starch or Neutral meal.
You can also use sugar-free jams & cooked Fruit desserts now. Cooking the Fruit destroys the enzymes which help it to digest, but they still have loads of nutritional value. If you've had lots of living foods at your meal such as Fruit, veggies, raw nuts, seeds, nut or seed butters then you should have enough enzymes in your stomach to digest the cooked Fruit.
The one and only more stringent thing I've found is that you really should wait 4 and 1/2 hours after a Protein meal before eating a Starch or Fruit & 2 and 1/2 hours after a Starch meal before eating a Protein or a Fruit. You can still drink 2 hours after any meal (20 minutes after a Fruit meal). About a year ago I'd noticed that I lost weight more easily when I stuck to Fruit in the morning and either Protein or Starch with Neutrals for the rest of the day rather than switching back and forth from Protein to Starch during the same day. Now I know why this worked better. For many people waiting 2 hours before switching food groups isn't enough time. So any of you who are groaning at this news I suggest you do the same; just stick to either Protein or Starch for the day then you won't need to count off the hours.
There's one more thing that I hesitate to pass along because you have to be careful with this one. Small amounts of Protein in a Starch meal, or small amounts of Starch in a Protein meal will not be harmful, especially for those of you who are on maintenance. Many of you who adopt this won't notice any change in your weight loss/maintenance or health. For those of you who do notice a change or slow down, go back to eliminating all Starch from Protein meals and versa vice. And please be careful with this. Once you get out of the habit of carefully separating Starches from Proteins you may find yourself slipping further and further into the abyss until before you know it you're having meatloaf and mashed potatoes in the same meal -a-g-g-g!
What I'm talking about here is not worrying if the gravy on your chicken was made with wheat flour instead of soy. Although I still make my Protein gravies with soy flour, if I'm in a restaurant or at a friend's home I don't worry about it. I also don't worry if a Starch soup was made with chicken broth, although when I make it at home I still use veggie broth for two reasons; chicken broth is very acidic which throws your system off, and it is a Protein so why put your body through that.
So those are the kinds of fudging that I'm talking about - not eating bread stuffing with turkey, meatloaf with mashed potatoes, or indulging in a bread and cheese plate. To make it easier I've made a list of the kinds of food group fudging that would be okay:
Above all be very careful. The loosening of the restrictions on the Protein/Starch combinations are not license to allow a little bit of white flour, a little bit of refined sugar, etc. back into your meals. These are still detrimental to your health and weight loss and should be avoided at all costs. Once you start relaxing your UPF (UnDiet Police Force) be very careful not to let that be the beginning of a downward spiral back to the bad habits that gave you the body you didn't want.
The best way for your body to tolerate a little fudging is to have lots of raw foods with the fudgy item(s). If you can't do that then take an enzyme supplement which accomplishes the same thing in that it gives your system lots of enzymes to help digest and move quickly through your system everything you just ate. More on enzymes in a future Step issue.
Grind your coffee beans to a Turkish grind. The finer the grind, the less coffee you'll need to use. You'll want to experiment, but generally you can use half the amount of grounds you normally use. If you buy your coffee already ground, when you get it home grind it fine in your coffee grinder, or grind 2-3 cups at a time in a blender - this doesn't work with a food processor. If you use a metal mesh filter you'll notice a bit of coffee sludge at the bottom of your pot, but because the grind is so fine it's not gritty at all. If this bothers you use a "fine" grind rather than an "espresso" or "Turkish" grind.
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