There I am eating a fish taco in Malibu many years ago. Was still drinking wine, too. Those were the days (when my gut health was still sturdy enough to allow wine). The topic is not wine, I promise. Nor is it whining. I don’t drink wine and I am fine. I also am vegetarian again and pretty close to vegan. It blows my mind how much better I feel.
Years ago, when I still believed one diet, if I could only find it, would save my life, I attempted to write the diet/food book about a process my slim friend Lisa believed in, called the Lisa Plan. Basically it was five small meals. I never did finish writing that book as the diet, like so many others, did not work for me.
Fast forward fifteen or twenty years and all my many diets have crystalized into the way I eat now. I am able to keep eating this way because it works for me. I feel so much better, which is a boon when you are almost 70 years old. I even eat five small meals some days! Just during an eight hour window (aka intermittent fasting). So basically I am using several of the diets I tried and failed at back when I was younger. Vegan, Lisa Plan, and the one that stopped me from constant craving: intermittent fasting. Not drinking wine has helped with food control as well.
When it comes to eating, I do what makes me feel good. Not only in the moment but after, too. My doctor recommended the Mediterranean diet six months ago and I mostly use the foods from that plan. Pita and hummus plus cucumber or olives or both make a great lunch or dinner. As for Al, he has dinner around six and I prepare it for him if it’s not grilled. No I am not hungry at that time. It’s a miracle, but it’s true. And I love the feeling of seeing delicious food and not wanting to eat it. That’s the biggest thing I love. My new ability to eat sensibly.
The other thing is I am not losing weight, or not much. I am a granny and okay with being plump. Although my clothes fit better around the waist. My doc also mentioned six months ago we might try the meds for diabetes. We didn’t mention that these new drugs help many people lose weight…then she said “but you are on enough medication.” And that is true. I don’t think I could handle the side effects of the new meds, either. What I am trying to do is solve my diabetes problem and my fatty liver problem through diet.
I’ve heard people have done it. Reversed diabetes. Healed their livers and their lives. Lots of people. I see my doctor next month. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
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