No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

~Harry Emerson Fosdick

Hi guys.  I really wanted to do a Beck post for you today, but Future Hubby came home from work around noon and that threw a wrench into my plans for the day.  He is feeling better, thankfully, but since his job is so physical, he wasn’t ready for a full day back.

Instead, I want to draw your eyes to a blog you might already be familiar with:  Heather Eats Almond Butter.  Over the last week or so she has been posting about how much better she feels now that she is eating animal fat again.

Here is an excerpt from today’s post:

Animal Fat. Back in November, I tried upping my protein and lowering my carb intake hoping that would help with my hormone imbalances. Eating a bunch of lean protein did nothing for me except pack on a few pounds, but switching to a diet higher in fat has helped. Now, I love my nut butter and chia seeds, but I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about animal fat. Butter, heavy cream, whole eggs, salmon, grass fed beef, etc. is what I reach for now, and it’s helping. I’m not sure if it’s all the monounsaturated fat or the higher concentration of Omega 3’s or what, but I’ll take it. Honestly, I get lost in some of the science, but this way of eating has worked better for me than anything else I’ve tried in the past.

And then she said this Sunday:

I’ve mentioned it before, but I don’t fear saturated fats. In fact, ever since I’ve added more of it into my diet, I’ve seen nothing but improvements. My hair texture has improved, my skin is so much softer, I’ve dropped a few pounds, and my good cholesterol numbers went up. I was having coffee with a friend on Friday morning, and she requested full fat cream cheese for her bagel. I started gushing about my new found obsession for everything full fat, and she just said matter-of-factly, Oh, you mean how nature intended us to eat? I think she hit the nail on the head. Don’t you think our ancestors would be laughing at us skimming the fat off everything, usually replacing it with sugar or salt. So silly my friends. Again, our bodies need fat. Yes, there are some “bad” fats out there. We definitely need to stay away from trans fats, but if you eat the way nature intended you to eat, you shouldn’t have a problem avoiding them since trans fats are found in packaged foods. I’m also not a huge fan of vegetable and some seed oils. You can read why here. I challenge all of you to add more fat into your diet. Eat the egg yolk. Add unrefined coconut oil to your next smoothie. Stir-fry your vegetables in butter or ghee, and take notice at the changes in your body. I think you may be surprised.

Isn’t that great?

Of course, my mind always goes to, but she’s ALREADY in shape and thin, so she can do things I can’t do. What do you guys think?  Does someone have to choose to be fat-free to lose weight and only THEN eat this way? 

Future Hubby sure thinks that way sometimes and I don’t think he’s alone.  He sees the commercials for The Central Ohio Nutrition Center and says, why don’t you go on their diets (which are liquid, by the way), lose all of the weight, and THEN learn how to control everything.  I don’t know, I just can’t see that working.  I mean, heck, if Oprah can’t make it work, what are MY chances?  (And I say that as she is someone who can afford a personal chef, trainer, her own gym, liposuction, piranhas to eat off some of her fat, etc.) 

 

Today I sort of honored my raw commitment by blanching some asparagus for lunch.  I had two cups.  Then FH made more for dinner.  All told, I had three cups of asparagus today. 

I did eat some leftovers today.  I wanted to answer a question about the leftover sitch in our house:  We have one refrigerator (and it’s not huge, as it’s freezer on top, fridge on the bottom.).  Then I convinced FH to buy a separate freezer.  To be fair, we don’t have a lot of room for one so we had to go on the small side.  It holds about 125 lbs of food.  And both freezers are FULL. To the gills, practically.  We order a lot of food from Omaha Steaks, plus FH likes to make sure that we’re well-stocked for any possible situation. So we usually don’t have any room at all for leftovers in the freezers.  Basically I have my waffles that I eat, then restock.  Or we might have some lasagnas that we eat and then restock.

What I want to do is have an inventory so that we can see what we have.  FH has a set grocery list that he buys at Kroger every Friday, whether it’s necessary or not.  I try to temper it a bit, as he often ends up throwing out loaves of bread (only he eats it) or containers of milk (only he drinks it).  It’s a work in progress.

Okay, on to the eats for today:

	Actual	Goal
Calories	2487	2500
Fat (g)	118	65
Cholesterol (mg)	329	300
Sodium (mg)	2736	2400
Total Carbs (g)	279	130
Fiber (g)	30	35
Sugar (g)	153	35
Protein (g)	113	136
Vitamin A (%)	137	100
Vitamin C (%)	103	100
Calcium (%)	123	100
Iron (%)	126	100
WW Points	57	42

 

Some successes, some failures.  Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah? (Sorry, got off on a tangent of my favorite Stewie quote.)

Anyway, we’re still pretty much snowed in here.  Hopefully tomorrow will bring a day out of the house.  Hope you’re all having a good week!

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