Last nights dinner :-)

So hey, people always ask me about what I eat.... and, do I have cheat days, or cheat meals ? Well, I eat what I eat. But sometimes, I might eat an extra fruit or two.... or maybe a 6 lb hunk of watermelon :) LOL

Or, an extra large dinner. When I cook chicken, I cook enough for two nights, typically about 36 oz, and I split it for two 18oz dinners. But I think this must have been 42oz to start with, and I must have split it 18oz and this fat 24oz dinner :) LOL Then, my green beans were only supposed to be 3/4's of a barrel, and I accidentally cooked a whole one :)

Oh, the oatmeal was only 3/4 cup dry + 3/4 cup Silk Vanilla light soy milk, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1 whole banana, Bam !  :)

Probably about 2200 cals, but who's counting ;) Keeping my weight right where I want it :)

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Peace,

Fish

Jeez I'm hungry now and I just had a piece of toast and one egg

Chris, That was enough to feed me for 2 days! :P

I'd be so sick if I ate all of that food.

Well ya' know guys, I "used to eat" 6000-8000 cals a day, of pure garbage, but because of the types of stuff I was eating, it probably had less bulk, than my 4000 cals a day does, now.

Also, that was back when my stomach was a complete wreck with IBS ! I'd be constipated for 2 or 3 days, then diarea, and back and forth...... for 20 years !

My digestion is almost "too good" now, and by that, I mean, its hard / expensive trying to keep it full !

I'd certainly trade grocery bills with you guys :) LOL

Peace,
Fish

Hey Myself, ya' know, the thing is, my carbs are really not that low. They are only low, compared to the rest of my diet. I make up for my carbs being mostly low density, by the fact that I eat as much as I do :)

BTW, Paleo is the closest thing to my diet, although Like I say, I do eat a tightly controlled amount of oatmeal and silk soy milk, + a few other non-paleo items...

Peace,
Fish

Everyone is always amazed to find out a high protein, low- to moderate-amount of carb diet can help people lose weight and keep it off. When most people hear of Atkins or other low-carb diets, they think it means NO carbs for the rest of their lives, but that isn't true. It's a discipline, just like counting calories for most people. When you aren't training for a marathon, Fish, do you eat that much?

It's true that, at the beginning of the diet, people eat more fat and more meat than they will eventually eat when they settle into the diet. However, when you see someone on TV talk about the low-carb diets, all they stress is the amount of meat and fat that are being eaten. I find it amusing that the South Beach Diet is almost the very same thing as the Atkins but most people think the SBD is healthy and Atkins isn't.

I lost a lot of weight, like Sherrine has, by counting carbs, and I was able to still lose weight and eat 65 carbs a day.