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From:	Just Me (67.137.157.170)
Subject:	Re: Off and on RV started today LFRV - grammar fix
Date:	February 6, 2012 at 11:34 am PST

In Reply to: Re: Off and on RV started today LFRV - grammar fix posted by Christopher Paulin on February 6, 2012 at 10:09 am:

Hi Christopher,

I so enjoy reading your posts, and look forward to whatever you have to share each day. :)

Some things stood out for me in this post: eating meals as opposed to grazing, and eating fruit first.

I just finished reading The 80-10-10 Diet from cover to cover for the umpteenth time, and thought I'd share a few gems on these topics:

"You are not following 80/10/10 if . . . [y]ou eat all day long rather than one to four meals a day. . . ." pp. 239-40.

"Allowing fruit to predominate in your diet makes succeeding on the 80/10/10 plan easier than any other approach to eating, raw or cooked. To develop the healthiest and sanest relationship with food, and in order to stick with a dietary plan tha will work for you for the rest of your life, have all the fruit you care for to take you through your breakfast and lunch meals. Even your vegetable meals should begin wiht fruit, as much as you like, until you are certain you will not crave sweets at the end of the meal." p. 28

"The more you practice eating meals of just fruit, only fruit, and nothing but fruit, the easier and easier it will become to consume appropriate volumes. If your fruit meal does not "hold" you until the next meal time, at least three to five hours later, then you did not eat a sufficient quantity of food. With practice, it will get easier. Until then, feel free to add an extra fruit meal between breakfast and lunch, and again between lunch and dinner." p. 251

"Mono eating is the practice of eating one particular food for an entire meal, in sufficient quantity to produce satiation until the next meal. . . . I recommend eating monomeals for optimal digestion, absorption, and assimilation. . . . Variety is obtained over time, throughout the seasons, not at every meal. In nature, if sufficient food is available, animals tend to eat one food at a time, until they are full." p. 251

"Eventually, it is best to free yourself from the desire to experience a heavy feeling after a meal, as this is an indicator that the digestive system is being overworked. In order to feel satisfied, it is best to eat large amounts of sweet fruit, which may pass through your stomach quickly, but will satisfy true hunger for hours." p. 252

I am finding that 3 meals is working really well for me (large first meal, medium second meal, and veggie third meal). It took me a while to get here though. At first I was eating small amounts more frequently. But, now, I am able to eat a large fruit meal for breakfast that holds me throughout the majority of the work day. Then, on most work days, I eat a small fruit snack (equivalent of 2 bananas) in late afternoon. I walk my dogs and exercise (run or cycle) when I get home from work. Then, I eat another fruit meal and shower, etc. And then I end my day with a "salad," reading, computer work, visiting with DH, or whatever 'til bedtime. This has helped my digestion and my productivity.

Weekends are usually a little different in that I'll exercise shortly after getting up in the morning, so I don't do the snack thing a couple hours beforehand. So, I'll just do two big fruit meals and then my salad in the evening. Sometimes my salad is just lettuce. Sometimes it is a variety of veggies and veggie-fruits. It just depends on what's looking good in the garden, what's in season, what's local . . . Overt fats VERY rarely (I can count on one hand how many times I've eaten overt fats this past year).

Looking forward to reading more about how these changes work for you, Christopher. :)

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