Eat Healthy ~ Balance is required to lose/maintain weight

Nutrition as I knew it growing up, wasn’t nutrition. I’ve discovered the facts about our body and how it really works, its pretty simple. What you eat IS what you are! That’s the Truth. Your goal should be to consume enough calories that your body will burn off for the day. Our bodies are miracles. The body can regenerate [meaning: replace (a lost or damaged organ or part) by formation of new tissue] all on its own. It’s all on what food we feed our body that determines regeneration or degeneration. Question is now…what do I feed my body to make it healthy?

I grew up believing in the food pyramid example as proper nutrition just because the USDA “told me so”. To find out now how that pyramid was manipulated by major food industries. It’s interesting to see even Harvard School of Public Health discussing the topic of how the old food pyramid is now dismantled because it didn’t promote healthy eating and how food industries also shaped the old pyramid.

Quote from their article ~ “The USDA’s MyPyramid also had many builders. Some are obvious – USDA scientists, nutrition experts, staff members, and consultants. Others aren’t. Intense lobbying efforts from a variety of food industries also helped shape the pyramid.”

Read the article for yourself at the link above.

The simple biological truth about our body is that it can heal (regenerate) itself. Our body is made up of two kinds of foods and/or liquids ~ alkaline ash and acid ash foods or liquids, to make it simple. (when the body burns food for fuel it leaves an alkaline or acid ash) Alkaline is good, Acid is not as good. We need about an 80% Alkaline ash to 20% Acid ash ratio, for the body to function properly. So what is this saying, BALANCE is the key.

Think about what acid does to things, it eats right through it. If you’ve ever experienced acid reflux in your throat, that’s built up acid literally burning your asophagus. If our bodies didn’t regenerate it would be destroyed quickly with all the acid ash foods we eat.

Learning what food is alkaline or acid and eating 80% more alkaline food is the key. Foods you think may be acid ash, such as, oranges or lemons are alkaline ash ~ Good to eat food! Again, food like peanut butter, dairy, or plums are acid ash foods ~ good foods but Eat Less!
An example of some alkaline ash foods are: almonds, apples, avocados, bananas, celery, lemons, mushrooms, oranges, onions, pineapple, potatoes, spinach, etc.

An example of some acid ash foods are: blueberries, corn, pasta, dairy, plums, peanut butter, etc.

I’m also discovering that the Glycemic Index is good to follow as well. Keeping your sugar levels Balanced also makes a great big difference in losing and maintaining your weight, hunger levels, mental alertness.

I’ve personally decided to make a commitment to better nutrition and to seek out the best way for me to reach this goal. In this pursuit, Sunrider foods & healthier food choices have not only made my nutrition quest easier, but my body is already rewarding me with more energy, mental clarity, and normal regularity, as well as much more. I haven’t experienced this for over 18 years. I admit – I’m not the richest person in the world and have a family to feed, which limited my Sunrider Food consumption. The concept of eating healthier foods stuck with me though and has become the main tool for combating not only disease, but getting rid of the extra pounds I don’t need on my body.

Weightloss – I hear you. REMEMBER THIS WORD: WATER
If you’ve ever had the thought, “I want to eat what I want and not gain”, yet have had no success in anything other than putting pounds on… listen to what I’ve learned now.

You can eat what you want – it’s discovering better choices of what you want, WATER, portion size, fruits & veggies, and consistency of eating something every couple hours to keep your metabolism moving.

*Don’t Stop Eating* – If you do – metabolism enters starvation mode & you gain weight.
*Eat Every 3 hours from the time you wake up til you go to bed* (my times 9am-9pm)
*DRINK WATER with every eating time. Get a 24oz. cup and drink a glass with each meal and you’ll meet your daily needs in no time. At least drink an 8oz. glass of water 8times a day (wake up, w/ breakfast, w/lunch, w/snack, w/dinner, while waiting for dessert, w/dessert, before bed.)

*LEARN & understand labels – Know what you need for a Balanced Portion.
Calories, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fat, & Sodium and Sugar Content
SERVING SIZES – there may be 27 servings in the container, check what 1 serving is.

Here’s a list of serving quantities to follow which helped me lose weight painlessly and slow enough that my body’s elasticity was able to adjust properly. In other words, I lost more inches than pounds up front. Went from a Size 20 – Size 16 in 3 months. Now I’m on a 1-2 pounds down a week, which is still awesome in my eyes.

SCHEDULE:

*Eat Breakfast (up to 300cal) – (2 Dairy/Protein, 1 Fruit, 1 Carb)
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*Eat Lunch(300 calories) – (2 Dairy/Protein, 2 Veggies, 1 Carb, 1 Fat)
*Eat Snack (150ish cal.)  - (focus on 1 protein/dairy & 1 fruit choices)
*Eat Dinner – (300-ish- calories) (3 Dairy/Protein, 1 Fruit, 2 Veggies, 1 Carb, 2 Fats)
*Eat Dessert  - (150-ish calories) (1 Dairy/Protein, 1 Carb)

***MEN CAN ADD EXTRA SNACK in between Breakfast & Lunch

EACH NUMBER REPRESENTS HOW MANY SERVINGS -
ex. 2 Dairy/Protein =
2 servings of either a Dairy food (ex. string cheese, milk, cottage cheese, etc.) AND/OR
a Protein food – (1 oz. of lean meat: beef,chicken,fish,pork, soybeans,egg, etc.)
Fruit serving is usually 1/2 cup – 1 cup depending on fruit.
Veggies Serving: veggie servings are about 1/2 cup most veggies. Quite a few of veggies are unlimited consumption like salads, cucumbers, onions, radishes, most veggies. Just a few you need to watch on consumption like carrots, tomatoes, etc.

FATS: this is one serving size of a healthy Fat.
Ex. Avocado (1/8), Almonds (6), peanut butter (1tsp), sunflower seeds (1T),etc.

CARBS: Yes the fun breads and starchy stuff we love.
1 serving of Carbs looks like this: 1 regular sized pancake, 1/3 cup of granola cereal, 1 cup of cherrios cereal, 3/4 Life cereal, 1 hot dog/hamburger bun[ Albertsons brand 100 cal.], 1 whole wheat roll, 1 rye roll, 1 slice of Whole Wheat Grain bread, 1/3cup of :Rice,Quinoa, & potatoes (try to limit potatoes)

Disclaimer: These are my personal experiences, views and opinions