SC - Storebought kraut - OOP

[Hupman, Laurie]

>It's not a low-fiber diet, just low in starches and sugars (very big on
>salads, lettuces, bean sprouts, broccoli, asparagus, etc.). Fruits do
>enter the picture, in controlled quantities, after a couple of weeks.
>The main food types this diet recommends avoiding are processed sucrose
>and low-fiber starches.

I use a variation on this called the Carbohydrate Addict's Diet.  It allws 
me two low-carb and one high-carb meals per day, and works by controlling 
insulin levels.  I can have the starches and sugars, in controlled amounts.  
I used to follow the usual diet pyramid, Mediterranean-diet recommendations. 
  I weighed 260 pounds, had no energy, and was constantly hungry.  Now I eat 
lots of leafy greens, small amounts of protein and fat, and watch my sugar 
and carb intake, and I weigh 205.  Best of all, it's sustainable.  This 
works for me, but would not work for someone else who does not have my carb 
sensitivities.  Eliminating sweets, processed foods, and large amounts of 
alcohol *generally* speaking can have a salubrious effect.

Another thing that I can credit has been steady exercise.  Not necessarily 
brutal exercise; at the same time I started this diet I also started 
training qigong and kung fu 3-4 times a week.  The exercises are not 
strenuous, but they do produce concrete results.  The only recommendation I 
can make is to pay attention to your body.  When do you get hungry?  What do 
you crave?  What satisfies you most?  Does eating certain things make you 
hungry?  Once you do find something that works, then stick with it.  The 
only way I can stay on this regimen is to treat it like a disease.  If I 
break this diet, I will get sick.  Most of all, be happy with your body.  
You don't have to be Twiggy, or Arnold, to be worth something.  Just be 
healthy.

Vicente
(possessed of too many hot, dry humors and so must eat lettuce to cool them)
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com