All I Think Is About Food Food Food !!

Dear @Anusha2917 ,

I know you have written about something important to you and I hope you get responses from others and most importantly mommies your age who are in a similar boat. I logged in to say that I loved your writing - the unabridged version of your feelings and thoughts. I loved it when you said, it is not about losing weight but staying fit! It is that! Also, I was told recently that a pinch of hing in water before bedtime helps with metabolism I believe - I refrain from offering such suggestions in a public forum like this. But, this I thought a pinch of hing....so! I also googled and this is what I found

Is it good to drink hing water?

A solution of hing or hing infused in lukewarm water drank regularly has innumerable benefits. It aids in digestion, helps in weight loss, controls diabetes and keeps respiratory problems and infections at bay.

I also have not tried it and will be trying starting today

All you need to know is you got this!

 

@Anusha2917,

But for @Srama's nomination of this post, I would have missed this wonderful snippet and the struggle many of us go through in remaining fit. In my opinion, the struggle becomes stronger when we age further. I am glad you are working with a nutrionist because learning what, how and when are 3 important things we need to learn to balance our diet. I came to know from my nutritionist that 80% fitness comes from the diet and 20% comes from workout. But in my view, the physical exercises do help to use some of the energy. She has been a consultant nutrionist for over 35 years. The good part is she worked in the pharma industry and was able to tell me all about what medications I take have the side effects of increasing my sugar level and other health complications. Some family physicians here in the US add so many medications to avoid an immediate catastrophy without giving much credence to the long-term effect to the health. My nutrition gave me an excellent report to me customized after understanding my health details that ran into several pages. She also sent me a recipe book as she came to know I am a vegetarian. Understanding the nutrients in the food and reading the labels is the first step in starting a diet plan. I spent nearly a month learning how to read and learn the nutrients in each type of food before I started on this diet.

Since this program is customized for me and I am not sure how helpful it would be for a young mother like you but I will share for general guidance and obviously it should be tailored to your requirements.

1) Drinking water with lemon and a pinch of salt - As soon as I wake up, I take 16.9 oz of water with lemon juice and a pinch of salt as advised by her. According to her, this reduces the size of the lever in less than a month.
2) I do at least 60 minutes of work out everyday - As I am older, it is difficult for me to do excessive weight lifting and other intense exercises - I just a brisk walking for 45 minutes and another 15-20 minutes of upper body exercises and back support exercises throughout the day.
3) I have been advised to take 105 grams of carb, 70 grams of protein and 79 grams of fat everyday. I have never weighed my food ever in my life and I use Orion's food weighing scale to measure my food now. That is broken down to 420 calories of carb (24%), 280 calories of protein (24%) and 711 grams of fat (52%) totaling up to 1,411 calories of food everyday. I include fiber in every meal before I eat carb, protein and fat. Fructose is restricted to 21.2 grams a day. I have to admit it was hard when I started it but slowly I am getting used to this nutrition diet plan. The strict instruction is if I feel hungry anytime of the day, I should report to the nutrition so that she can modify this plan. I need to drink plenty of water throughout the day except during the meal time. Every meal should take approximately 30 minutes to eat as chewing the food trains the mind to satisfy the hunger. I am a fast eater and now I learned how to eat my meal.
4) Ever since I came to the US, the idea of eating less fat has been drilled into my head and hence most Lactose products I buy are Fat Free such as milk, yogurt, butter, etc. I am told by the Nutritionist to take more fat towards the end of the day as fat intake burns more fat that gets converted from carb in my body especially during sleep. I lived in India for 42 years and only last 25 years in the US and I am so used to eating a lot of carbs through Rice, Wheat and other heavy carb food. I realized my protein intake is extremely less even though it might come a little from Dosa and Sambar I take.
5) The nutrionist advised me the brand names I need to buy in grocery store and to my surprise, I noticed that most Gluton Free food is stored high on the shelves and only popular brands occupy most of the shelves. The Nutriontist specifically told me to avoid GMO products. She gave me some interesting receipes and a list of groceries that would help balance my metabolism.
6) I used to like hot or warm food a lot and I am told now to store the cooked food in the fridge and take it out and reheat before eating so that it would act as a resistance starch.
7) I have regularized my meals into breakfast at 8 a.m., lunch at 1 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. (5 hours gap between meals) and in between I take plenty of water. Earlier I was not eating breakfast which resulted in excessive eating of carb during lunch.
8) My breakfast now is either cooked Oats and salt, one fruit, Shredded cheese and Coffee withut sugar or 2 thin slices of bread with cheese, one fruit and Coffee without sugar.
9) My lunch now is a combination of salads that include Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomato, Capsicum, Shredded Cheese, Peanuts or Pistachios, Specific brand of Mayo made of Olive oil, sometimes smashed Avacado, Chia seeds, Shredded Almonds, etc. After this I take Trio-lentils cooked, cooked curry, 2-3 table spoons of hand-pounded rice and yogurt.
10) I do take dinner made by my wife either 2 chappatis with some lentil curry, 2 dosas, 3 idlies, yogurt, Cheese sticks to load myself with more fat later in the night.

I do drink plenty of water throughout the day. I don't feel tired at all due to this change of diet. However, some times I feel hungry especially when I have nothing else to work or think about. If I feel hungry late in the night, I take some grapes. Initially, I struggled to weigh my food but after I figured out what weighs how much, I am now able to take food systematically.

I have been in this diet only for a month now and I still need to understand what impact it created in my body. Later by the end of the month, I am going for blood work if everything checks out.

Note: I am giving this breakdown only to give you some ideas what to ask your Nutrition. Apparently, you may need a different plan as you are a young mother and may need more vitamins and minerals that might be customized for you by your Nutrition.

 

@Anusha2917 i'm sure you will lose those extra weight before golu season. You writeup was so honest and authentic. I hope it is a phase just stick to the plan. You can do it. I'm cheering for you.

 

Dear Anusha,

It is heart touching write-up and totally relatable to moms struggle. Believe me I am in the same boat when you say "Emotional hunger" and always thinking of next meal and eating just of any emotion happiness/sad/boredom/frustrated you name it I am/was reaching to quick bite to satisfy my emotion, I am slowly learning to replace that with alternative like water, fruit or a quick walk with in home or quick squats (20) and diverting my mind from food. Being in mid 30's it is getting harder everyday let alone moving the scale, not even loosing inches. As Laks said, I am just focusing on one thing that is avoiding food every time I feel like unless it is designated meal time.

Sry I wasn't helpful but couldn’t resist posting the reply

 

The reply to OP by you is hidden in the highlighted area which other followers here might miss. Hence i bring this to notice of others including OP @Anusha2917 .

 

The entire regimen as outlined here to keep fit or to maintain or to shed is mind boggling. I think am lucky that my body taken after my mother and any amount any time i eat i get more lion-like hungry without affecting my fitness or adding weight/muscle mass. OMG touchwood no evileye should strike me. I thank the stars underwhich i am created to eat fearlessly in any lattitude or longitude! I must thank god i am male!!