SheSue Experience

Everybody has their favorite diet.  There seems to be about a million out there.  I’ve tried a variety of them.  One had me drinking their special shakes twice a day and have one ‘sensible’ meal.  I was so hungry I started having headaches.  They told me to eat plain popcorn in between meals.  That one lasted less than a week.  I tried the Army diet, actually gained weight on that one.  Other diets were full of foods I didn’t like.

Many folks I know try the diets where you buy  special foods, mostly frozen or freeze dried.   I tried some of these frozen meals, was starving within an hour.  If you read the complete description of the diet, you are supposed to have a salad or celery or something like that with your meal.  Better.  But what are you supposed to do when you go out to eat?  Or, my pet peeve, have you checked out the ingredients on one of these packaged meals?  Talk about preservatives!

But after 40 I began to pack on a little weight, a few pounds every year until I was close to 150 pounds.  A little more than a ‘baby belly’.  I was looking more like a Buddha.  Time to do something about it.  I talked to my acupuncturist.   She suggested cutting out white flour, white sugar and white rice.  My White Out Diet. Sounds easy, but the next time you go to the grocery store, check out the ingredients on everything you buy.  Especially the sugar.

Here’s some great tips for a successful diet:

1. Stay away from packaged or canned foods.
2. Add more fruits and especially vegetables.
3. Limit your bread and pasta and only eat whole grain when you do.
4. Eat brown rice instead of white (hint, it tastes better cooked in broth).
5. Eat plenty of nuts, especially raw almonds.
6. Eat a small snack about an hour before a meal.
7. Don’t forget to add in some form of exercise.

By the way, it took me about 2 1/2 months to lose 16 pounds on my White Out Diet and have kept it off.  I actually eat more, just different foods.  I also have more energy and less intestinal issues.  It was hard at first.  I watched drooling as everyone around me ate pizza and pie.  But in time, I didn’t crave these foods anymore.  And I get to cheat.  I have my pizza on occasion or even pie, just not often and in smaller portions.