Looking for Other Sugar, Flour and Wheat Abstinent friends

Skyler_mama

Just wanted to shout out and find Sugar, Flour and Wheat Abstinent friends that could be my healthy weight loss buddy. Thanks

iamthemotherofdogs

Is this a Celiac thing or a diet? I'm just curious. I love me some flour/wheat on occasion.

Skyler_mama

It is not a diet but a life time change, I am 36 days sugar, flour and wheat free. I abstain from all of it. I wish there was a plan to follow but I went cold turkey and feel good about myself. Check out Food Addicts anonymous or Food Addicts in Recovery, that is practically their plan. Thanks

kommodevaran

Until you can't anymore, and EAT ALL THE FOODS! Good luck.

crb426

So what's left to eat?

TavistockToad

crb426 wrote: »

So what's left to eat?

meat, veg, peanut butter...

notreallychris

Unless you are allergic to those things, seems very restrictive. Vegetables contain sugar too, do they not?

Skyler_mama

There is a lot. Meat (all meat), unprocessed grains (brown rice), oatmeal. All Fruits (natural source of sugar). I am not legalistic as long as do not put artificial sweeteners or sugar in my mouth I am fine.

Skyler_mama

kommodevaran wrote: »

Until you can't anymore, and EAT ALL THE FOODS! Good luck.

There is a lot. Meat (all meat), unprocessed grains (brown rice), oatmeal. All Fruits (natural source of sugar). I am not legalistic as long as do not put artificial sweeteners or sugar in my mouth I am fine.

Skyler_mama

notreallychris wrote: »

Unless you are allergic to those things, seems very restrictive. Vegetables contain sugar too, do they not?

There is a lot of healthy food. Meat (all meat), unprocessed grains (brown rice), oatmeal. All Fruits and vegetables (natural source of sugar). I am not legalistic as long as do not put artificial sweeteners or sugar in my mouth I am fine. All natural and unprocessed food.

Skyler_mama

crb426 wrote: »

So what's left to eat?

There is a lot of healthy food. Meat (all meat), unprocessed grains (brown rice), oatmeal. All Fruits and vegetables (natural source of sugar). I am not legalistic as long as do not put artificial sweeteners or sugar in my mouth I am fine. All natural and unprocessed food.

Skyler_mama

The food plan is a way of eating that is free from eating sugar, flour and wheat. The food plan eliminates the basic components of our binge foods: sugar, flour, wheat and inordinate amounts of fat (sticky, greasy, pasty foods). This is not a reducing diet because it is not severely restricted in terms of basic food groups. However, it does reduce fat intake to an appropriate level.

Skyler_mama

Grains
amaranth grits
barley millet
brown rice oat bran*
buckwheat oatmeal +
Cereals: quinoa
puffed brown rice 3 rice cakes
=1 serving
puffed corn cream of rye
puffed millet rye
*(½ cup raw = 1 cup cooked)
+Non-wheat sugar-free, dry cereal

notreallychris

Sounds like maybe you've been reading too many "Sugar/Wheat is evil" articles. But you can eat those things and still lose weight. All you need for weight loss is a calorie deficit. If you want to limit yourself this much to get there, that is up to you. Good luck!

Keto_N_Iron

I have Celiac and am 100% gluten free so no wheat rye or Barley. also in the last year I have started living the Keto life (part of that is no sugar) and it has made an amazing difference in how I feel day to day! no more cravings or snacking!

kgeyser

You may have some luck finding other users with similar eating styles in the following groups. Not an exact match, but there is some overlap on diet components.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/37-primal-paleo-support-group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133-clean-eating-group

Skyler_mama

notreallychris wrote: »

Sounds like maybe you've been reading too many "Sugar/Wheat is evil" articles. But you can eat those things and still lose weight. All you need for weight loss is a calorie deficit. If you want to limit yourself this much to get there, that is up to you. Good luck!

I have tried that for several years and here I am still the same. I am not obese either, I am overweight. I found my trigger foods. I am happy about what I am doing. Good luck to you as well!

kommodevaran

I think I see what you are trying to do, and you're almost there. Balancing your food intake, not eating too much overall, getting in more nutrient dense foods, more variety, reducing the amounts of junk food, all these things are good, smart, healthy, sustainable.

But the method you are using, is questionable. You are demonizing nutrients, nutrients that really aren't dangerous, but can be eaten in moderate amounts. There is sugar in fruit, you already know that. Adding sugar to certain foods is the only way to make it edible (have you tried to eat rhubarb on its own?). You can make bread and pasta with whole grain wheat flour. You can make flour from other grains than wheat. No matter how disgusting you try to make your favorite foods in your head, they will still be your favorite foods, in fact, you will crave them intensely when you deem them off limit, and you will overeat when you can't take it anymore. How I know this? This is what I did, this is what everybody did.

crb426

Sugar in fruit is the exact same as cane sugar. The only difference is your fruit has fiber to help process it in your body without having the same sugar spike.

ukrob76

I am four days into a primal diet. All going well, but effectively dropped bread, pasta, rice and most packaged foods. Never eaten so much veg. Motivations - I eat way too much rubbish and wish to move away from this and as a blood cancer survivor I want to give myself every chance not to have a relapse.

SoFloGuy78

are you looking to do a Ketogenic Diet? if you cutting out sugar that is what most people do for that. there is a lot of good resources online about doing it, but the break down of what you want when cutting out sugar, is eating protein, good fats, and leafy green veggies. Your daily macro should be around (60% fat, 30% protein, and 10% carbs). it is all about balancing your blood sugar. good fat will not spike your Blood sugar, too much protein will, and the veggie help regulate your blood sugar, and the fiber will slow the absorption of sugars with in veggies. if you going pure keto no or very little fruits, if you just trying not to gain weight, then fruits with meals are ok. One benefit of a Ketogenic Diet is once you been doing it for a week or so, it gets easy, and you loss the urge to snack.
(each person is not the same that this is a very basic idea of how a Ketogenic diet works, if you are looking to do a keto diet I would read up and research a plan that works for you)

Kullerva

*looks at breakfast*: Pancakes.
*looks at lunch*: Homemade bean brownie.
*looks at dinner*: Homemade whole wheat bread.
*looks at weight loss* 43 lbs down. In the healthy weight range.
*looks at health markers* Aside from a twisted back caused by neglect in childhood, I'm fine.

So, eat this way if you like, but it's not necessary. My two cents.

kwhitburn1968

I am not a sales person, trust me, but i started a diet 2 weeks ago and it all came from this book, 'The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramme your body'.

Basically, i do a lot of sport, used to be a triathlete when i was in my late 20's but weighted 70kgs, now i am 95kg, still exercise but boy do i look and feel bigger, my wife and son keep telling me they like my chunkiness, but i dont.

I gave up dieting so i don't really like the title of this book, it is more a life style change, i gave up sugar 2 1/2 weeks ago, no bread, pasta, potatoes, sweets anything along those lines.

I replaced all that with simple foods, set myself a target and said that if i wanted to lose weight, dont make it complicated, so stuck to the principles of the book but not the recipes. I dont have time to do them.

Poached eggs, grilled mushrooms in the morning from my Cafe, lunch of mostly salad and/ or beans/ pulses, afternoon two pieces of fruit, some almonds, Ryvita occasionally, as this is not advised, Protein shakes 3 times a week to make sure i get enough protein and once a week a Twix, my soft spot. I dont have time to cook, as i said, so have decided not to worry about cost until my programme is finished, it works for me so far.

Maybe you can buy the book or borrow it from the library, but it is working for me, this morning i weighted 89.6kg already, and still going, i dont even remember the last time i was below 90kg, it must have been about 5 years now.

SW_Free, if you want a buddy, drop me a line.

The date of your post is the date i started back, i had to take a week off for celebrations, sons birthday, son moving into new house, son new job, son passing driving theory, no chance of staying a way from food :-(

Let me know.

P.S. forgot to add, i am a veggie so that helps me on this diet, i can eat grass so long as it has pepper :-)

K

bryerangel

I have celiac so I have no choice

bryerangel

Everyone can add me

Sunnybrooke99

I mostly eat like that (except I drink wine). I’ve been plant based for years, but I’m not too strict about it. I’ll go ahead and get a pizza now and then, or share a burger if I eat out, but I don’t look down on anyone who is trying to gain control and tighten the reigns for awhile. I do feel like I’ve seen results from changing how I eat. I have few cravings now days, and my blood work is much better. Feel free to add me, if you want.