On Apr 20, 7:48*pm, Gary > wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:37:42 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> > >Bryan wrote:
>
> > >> I decided to celebrate my lowest weight so far (175.8 this morning) by
> > >> eating a huge meal.
>
> > >> 1 each, red, orange and green bell pepper
> > >> 1/2# button mushrooms
> > >> One red onion
> > >> 4 serranos
> > >> a bunch of pressed garlic
> > >> pecan oil to saute it all
> > >> about 2T sesame seeds
>
> > >> Soy sauce added on the plate. *I'm going to have to open some windows
> > >> to get the garlic out.
>
> > >> --Bryan
>
> > >Congratulations on the weight loss, Bryan. *Not many ppl can stick to
> > >working diet.

It's gotten pretty easy. I just avoid starch--which is more
logistically difficult than it is curbing desire. Luckily, I actually
enjoy sucralose. I've come to enjoy totally pigging out on low carb
veggies, especially lettuce. Last night I made my wife spinach from
our garden with cheese sauce made with Gouda, and I ate whatever she
didn't finish, just kind of snacking on it over a couple of hours. It
was a happy thing when this morning I discovered that there were a
couple of bites of it still in the pan.

I never count calories or carbs, and I realize that I'm real-assed
lucky that I don't have to. Optimizing ones body to operate primarily
on ketones rather than glucose works for a lot of people, and it's not
really radical, and certainly not unhealthful.

> > > Your meal sounds good to me except... "Where's the beef?"
> > >(chicken actually is what I would add)

I had a major protein breakfast, 5 sausage patties and three eggs.
>
> > >Gary
>
> > Well, it would not be "vegetarian" then, would it? ;-)
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> Brian is not a vegetarian so why do you mention that?

It was a vegetarian meal, one that vegetarians could also enjoy. I
eat more meat than is probably ideal heath-wise, but I can enjoy a
vegan meal as long as it doesn't include a bunch of starch. I don't
try to substitute calories from protein for calories from carbs. That
doesn't make me feel good. Instead, I substitute fat for carbs,
mostly neutral or good fat. The lunch I described had a half a pound
of cheap button mushrooms instead of meat, and the soy sauce provided
plenty of umami.
>
> Gary

--Bryan