Started a healthy diet, when do I start to feel better?

ripcord said:
Not trying to be critical! :)
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I was trying to be polite - see why

2005jettatdi said:
Lately, Naked Green Machine. I also like Acai berry juice, even though it has added sugar.

I know what juice is, ripcord. I will go with my diet and not dictate yours.

I still put sugar in my coffee and tea.
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No one dictating!!

I can recommend making a sugar substitute (free will Suggestion)

50/50 mix of alullose and inulin, with a enough PURE monk fruit powder (not the -ol kind) to make it sweet to taste. Not dictating and people respond differently......
 
Inulin is a type of fiber extracted from chicory and it's in onions and bananas. It's a good prebiotic and it works too slow the absorption of carbs so blunts insulin spikes. Alulose is a non digestible sugar alcohol that is much better tolerated than other types and seems to have some real health benefits. It's about 70% as sweet as table sugar so often has some monkfruit added to make it sweeter.
 
AZjeff said:
3 things I've never heard of before. Wasn't planning on going down a rabbit hole... 😣
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Then don't, or keep an open mind in the future. It's your thread, true but I was replying to someone else.

Side comment, I came up with my blend, I'm now starting to finally see some blends without erythritol on the market.

OK carry on. Sorry.
 
AZjeff said:
@grasscutter, good idea but there isn't an orange tree within 75 miles of where we live. Wouldn't even know where to start with organic vitamins, there are undoubtedly good and bad brands of those as well.
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They have them at Costco under the Kirkland brand. 80 capsules for around $22.00 in the store. You take one a day.

They have been a major game changer for me. I use to be dead on my face tired all the time until I found those vitamins.

https://www.costco.com/p/-/kirkland-signature-usda-organic-multivitamin-80-coated-tablets/100458954
 
Pablo said:
Then don't, or keep an open mind in the future.
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Wasn't being negative and appreciate the input. Anytime you venture into something new there's a rabbit hole that you have to decide if you want to jump into. Totally eliminating the evil refined sugar wasn't on my radar, maybe later.

About self-requested blood tests, never gave such a thing a thought. All I know is last summer my PCP had some concern I might be anemic so requested a blood panel with some specific iron tests. The iron tests weren't covered by Medicare and were $175 OOP two times. I think the only choices here for tests on demand are Labcorp and SonoraQuest and Labcorp was the one that charged the $175 so I don't know what they charge for random ala carte testing. Wouldn't know what to get tested or why so another rabbit hole to look in. Nothing is ever simple right?

grasscutter said:
https://www.costco.com/p/-/kirkland-signature-usda-organic-multivitamin-80-coated-tablets/100458954
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Thanks for the link. We aren't in Costco so I'll have to hunt around for something similar. Dozens of "organic" multivitamins on Amazon and Walmart but they don't all look like they have all plant based ingredients.
 
macarose said:
You're not doing enough.

I used to experience similar funks if I ate too many processed or unhealthy foods.

Here's my typical diet now. I have no highs or lows. Just a steady stream that lets me accomplish what is reasonable to do with my time.

Breakfast (two versions)

1 Organic apple
1 or two organic carrots
1 scoop of greek yogurt
1 or two bananas

or

3/4 cup of whole oats
1 scoop of peanut butter
1 ounce of extra virgin olive oil
1 banana

Sometimes I'll skip one of the four and have that over lunch which is...

3/4 to 1 cup of rice (prefer brown but often have basmatic or white rice)
Tuna or some other type of seafood
1 salad which I often intermesh with everything else.

I don't eat any chicken or beef. One of the main reasons why Americans are so overweight and depressed is due to the growth hormones and overall low quality of our meat and poultry.

For dinner I'll opt for whatever is left from lunch, and then add in the breakfast foods I didn't make from earlier into that mix.

Get rid of the coffee. It's a diuretic which strips out part of the nutrition you give yourself. The worst mistake I ever made to my body after college was becoming an on-again / off-again coffee addict. I have tons of respect for those among us who overcome stronger addictions.

No processed foods. No plastic eating utensils. A decent amount of water, but drink from a normal ceramic cup instead of those ridiculous plastic bottles. That way you don't drink to excess.

Also wash the rice in a strainer for about 30 seconds before cooking it in a stainless steel rice cooker. This removes most chemicals and impurities that may exist within these GMO driven agribusiness products.

I chew everything A LOT, to the point where it's barely in my mouth.

Then I do four five important steps towards my well-being.

1. Exercise (but not strenuously) in the early afternoon. Usually a combination of fast walking and light weightlifting.

2. Cut out all electronics as soon as I can in the evening. This includes keeping my cell phone off and in a separate room. I also don't watch TV.

3. When I start yawning, I head for bed. Even if that means I spend 12 hours in bed. I let my body tell me when it's ready. If it's not ready I read a book that calms my mind. I read a lot of books.

4. I pray, give sincere thanks, and make sure my wife is happy. Even if she lit a fire on my axe that day. Forgiveness is heavily underrated.

5. I do at least one creative and fun activity every day. Even to the point where I won't return calls or conduct business. That's my time. It's usually creative writing but I'm also trying to develop my carpentry skills. This afternoon I wrote a letter to the local newspaper and they're going to be publishing it.

This routine took me a while to mold into my life, and I vary it. Sometimes a wheel falls off due to stress, work, or my own limitations. When I fell off that wagon of health and balance, my mind and body paid a steep price.

I fell off for a long time. My misery. My mistakes. Over time I continually improved and sometimes I slightly regressed. It's part of the process of controlling your own destiny.

I've realized that staying on is a lot easier once I have picked out the ingredients that work best for my own unique life recipe. It takes time, but you get there.

Please feel free to PM me if I can ever help beyond this post. All the best.
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I agree with some of your points, but I’ll offer some counterpoints. I had tried literally a carbon copy of your food intake, and most of your preferred habits. Nothing really moved any needle, except my HSA needle, in a negative direction from Dr visits and bloodwork that never changed.

Then, I read “Unlocking the Keto Code” by Stephen Gundry. The parts that caught my attention were periodic fasting and the acceptable/sometimes/never food lists. I took notes and figured out what fit my schedule and my targeted intake. The first 10-14 days were nearly misery. I had been a sweets whore, and when I did drink, sometimes I’d basically consume an entire day’s calories in liquids. I had just previously quit pop (soda for all you non-Yankees) cold turkey; now I dropped sugars, breads, and simple starches (read: potatoes) cold turkey as well.

I completely remade my food consumption pattern. I only consumed calories between ~5 and 7pm, with roughly 22 hours intermittent fasting between on M-F. On the weekends. I would add lunch but then make sure dinner was completed within 6 hours, keeping an 18 hour fast going. I would add roughly a tablespoon of pure MCTs at “breakfast” and “lunch” during the week since it does great things for setting mitochondria on “Molotov cocktail” calorie burn mode.

In 58 days, consuming basically the largest steak available and double vegetable and getting around 1800 calories per day, I dropped 34.3lbs, of which 22.2lbs was pure bodyfat per a DEXA scan. I’ve made changes to that plan, but continued for the most part since Christmas ‘24. Compared to my personal-worst in July ‘24, I’m currently down just over 84lbs, and finally the knees (which are an orthopedic train wreck) are finally feeling a little better while pacing 10-14 hours on concrete for work. If I’m honest with myself, I’ve got at least 50lbs to go, and 75lbs if I want to tip the scales like I did the day I graduated Boot Camp.

All that was to say, 3 meals a day with calorie restriction never helped me lose weight. Going to 18-22 hours/day intermittent fasting with the same calorie consumption, plus MCT oil, has helped me drop over 80lbs, and that’s without an active weightlifting plan (fairly severe spinal injury from the service). So, if one gets stuck, don’t think further calorie restriction is the only path; please check out fasting! It’s done great things for me.
 
If you are loosing weight then you aren't eating enough. Try to eat 1.2-1.6 g/kg of protein in a day. Add healthy fats and good carbs for each meal. Move more try to get your steps in for activity level, resistance exercise is ideal if you can do it.
 
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