Sandi's food and whatever journal

[Nokie173]

Can you give yourself 1 day of carb to shock your body??? 2 whole weeks... wow....

[AnnaCruzDC]

Oooh, I'm going to try and do a two week little carb diet too!

[Boss Man]

That doesn't look particualrly low Carb, except for the no Oatmeal.

Bearing in mind that String Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomatos, Strawberries, Almonds, Green Beans, Onions and Brussels Sprouts are carb carriers.

However the lost Oatmeal will cut down your Fibre, Iron, B Vitamin and also Beta-glucan intake. You might have a small effect on Red Blood Cell, (Erythrocyte levels) and Cholesterol levels, as Beta-glucan helps lower Cholesterol.

This strategy would be more beneficial to you, if you added more Fat in if you haven't already, as you would then require more Fat to help with energy reserves, that reduced Carbs wouldn't.

Then you could also maintain previous calories, so you don't run the risk of possibly losing some muscle into the bargain.

[Bonnie]

Yes it is amazing how many carbs are in vegetables, it is virtually impossible to avoid all carbs, this is where I give credit to women such as cassie & laReina for having the fortitude to eat they way they must to compete.Keep at it sandi, Im sure u will find your balance

[sandigirl06]

Yeah, Boss, you have a pont there, eh? I was thinking no rice, potatoes, oatmeal and that stuff. I really suck at this food thing. Probrably NEVER get it right. Sooo, maybe take out some veggies? I think I will ditch the morning mushrooms. Well, today was pretty good but probrably low on cals...what else is new?

4:45a.m.-protein shake w/water

5:00 a.m.-1 hr elliptical

7:00 a.m.-protein/fruit smoothie w/protein powder, nat pb, strawberries, banana and ff milk...LOVE IT!

10:30 a.m.-2 lf string cheese
2 hardboiled eggs

2:00 p.m.-lean ground turkey w/kidney beans and taco seasoning

5:30 p.m.-2 lean turkey burgers (no bun) w/onion and spicy mustard
low fat cream spinach

will have a snack soon

Yeah, Bon, what in God's name did they eat??

[Nokie173]

I know you're going for low carbs... but your calories intake seems pretty low? I don't know if you're counting or not... but how much you think you're intaking?

[sandigirl06]

Hey, Nokie. I added it up to about 1,500 cals. Yeah, it could've been better but I skipped one meal cause I was outside gardening and lost track of time. Was sooo nice out!!! .

[Boss Man]

Keep the Mushrooms, they're good for things like B Vitamins and Copper and some Mushrooms like Lentinen contain Beta-glucan, which is often found in Whole-grains and is good for lowering Cholesterol.

Not sure if all Mushrooms contain it though.

In fairness Bonnie, a lot of Veggies are mild for Carbs. Broccoli and Potato are good for Carbs, but things like Lettuce are pathetic on Carbs and I'm not convinced things like Onions and Carrots are massive carriers either.

[AnnaCruzDC]

Are shitake mushroom safe? I hope so, because I eat those almost everyday!

[Boss Man]

Dispite the name, yes they are fine.

Some major ones to avoid are Deadly Nightshade, Belladonna and Fly Agaric, but unless you start picking those out of forest, you won't find them in a Supermarket

Obviously avoid the Magic ones, as they cause Hallucinations or some such undesirable effect.

[AnnaCruzDC]

Ahh yes, I've heard about those when I was in college. One of my crazy friends used to scout the forest looking for them. Then he watched Cirque du Soleil and thought he was being attacked by clowns!!!

[Boss Man]

Are you sure it was Cirque Du Soleil he was watching or the film "IT"?

[AnnaCruzDC]

"IT" IS SCARY!!!!!! I stopped eating cotton candy after I watched that movie.

[AnnaCruzDC]

Amat, you may be right. I get my scary clown movies mixed up. I haven't watched one in yearssss!

[Boss Man]

Amat, you may be right. I get my scary clown movies mixed up.

That's one for Californian Psyches to analyse. I wonder how many people do what you just said? I bet the Psyches would need a whole conference, devoted to the analysis and understanding of people, who get freaky circus film characters, confused with one another

The 100 page, peer-reviewed thesis that would follow, should be available on Pubmed by about May 2012 at the latest