Welcome
Welcome to Tastes for All Waists, my blog about my experiences with healthier eating. I begin this blog after finding few resources for information on the Web. Rather than being hellish and completely limiting, I find that my periods of low calorie and/or healthy eating opened a door for exciting challenges in cooking!
Some Background on Me: I have experimented with various diets -SugarBusters, vegetarian, Newcastle, etc. I have come to focus on a 90/10 rule: 90% of my eating must be focused on vegetables, meats, and fruits. I limit processed foods, grains, and sugar in my diet. Experience with my own blood sugar spikes and research readings led me to absolutely ban corn syrup from my diet if at all possible. This is more difficult to do than you may think because that stuff is in seemingly any processed food or condiment in the US.
I became interested in low calorie eating undertaken for short periods of time after reading about the Newcastle Diet and other food-based approaches to diabetes control. Having been a diabetic since 2006, I have found increasingly that what I put into my mouth often dictates my health and my mood. I love to cook -and eat too (wink)- and thus shedding pounds has not always been easy for me. So in 2013 my partner and I began an 11 day eating plan where we ate around 600 calories a day. This blog offers recipes and tips. As my partner says:
I became interested in low calorie eating undertaken for short periods of time after reading about the Newcastle Diet and other food-based approaches to diabetes control. Having been a diabetic since 2006, I have found increasingly that what I put into my mouth often dictates my health and my mood. I love to cook -and eat too (wink)- and thus shedding pounds has not always been easy for me. So in 2013 my partner and I began an 11 day eating plan where we ate around 600 calories a day. This blog offers recipes and tips. As my partner says:
When I look online for recipes for 200 calorie meals, all I find are pages about eating 3 crackers and a wedge of cheese. We will starve!
Well, we didn't. In fact, we ate healthier and better than we often ate before this experience. My blood sugars improved dramatically to the point I had to greatly reduce my insulin after several low blood sugar moments; the first such experiences for me. After 11 days, however, we returned to eating regular meals and quickly regained the weight loss from water loss and waste cleansing. We now try to eat under 2000 calories a day and walk 2 miles a day. The Newcastle restricted calorie experience, however, taught me some great lessons on how to maximize food bulk with the fewest calories. This experience informs my recipes and cooking today.
So welcome to you. I hope that you find my recipes helpful and are inspired to create new and healthier versions of your own favorite dishes.
