http://www.eatfreeordie.com/2008/07/diet-without-the-die/ Life's short. Eat Well. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.eatfreeordie.com/2008/07/diet-without-the-die/comment-page-1/#comment-2 donna Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:08:36 +0000 http://www.rnovak.net/?p=10#comment-2 hear! hear! agreed on the what you're eating, not how much, and to heck with diet dictators -- eating grapefruit for however long isn't going to produce the lifestyle change required for a healthy weight maintenance over the long run. going gluten-free has improved my eating. i have weeks, like this past one, in which i pretty much craved what everyone else was eating, partly because i really could just taste the reuben just looking at, but mostly because g-f means i can't just eat anything. i have to calculate my g-f meal and snack needs when i shop, otherwise i end up gazing longingly at Geren's snacks that I can't eat, and nothing of my own that's safe for me to eat. it's a pain my arse keeping up with the shopping sometimes. anyway, your entry gave me a little boost for choosing whole, healthy, "pure" foods. Oh, and my favorite sweet food? Sweet potatoes!! i add a dollop of butter (and some brown sugar if i'm really craving sugar) but the potato alone has wholesome good sweetness and usually takes care of my sweet tooth, in a fairly healthy way! hear! hear! agreed on the what you’re eating, not how much, and to heck with diet dictators — eating grapefruit for however long isn’t going to produce the lifestyle change required for a healthy weight maintenance over the long run. going gluten-free has improved my eating. i have weeks, like this past one, in which i pretty much craved what everyone else was eating, partly because i really could just taste the reuben just looking at, but mostly because g-f means i can’t just eat anything. i have to calculate my g-f meal and snack needs when i shop, otherwise i end up gazing longingly at Geren’s snacks that I can’t eat, and nothing of my own that’s safe for me to eat. it’s a pain my arse keeping up with the shopping sometimes. anyway, your entry gave me a little boost for choosing whole, healthy, “pure” foods.
Oh, and my favorite sweet food? Sweet potatoes!! i add a dollop of butter (and some brown sugar if i’m really craving sugar) but the potato alone has wholesome good sweetness and usually takes care of my sweet tooth, in a fairly healthy way!

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