Here are diet changes that can get you results
In the post change your diet, I promised that I would share with you some of the foods you can add to your diet. I want you to note that the things I share with you are things I do and have found to be beneficial. In sharing with you the changes I have made in my diet, some of you may not agree with me but, these are the changes that are giving me results.
I will begin with what I have eliminated (or I’m eliminating) from my diet:
As I mentioned in change your diet, although I still eat “junk food” once in a while, I really have almost cut it out of my diet (compared to how much of it I used to eat). For example, I only have pizza like once in months, I may eat a burger from one of the chain stores like once a year (I used to eat about three in a week).
I used to drink a lot of soda too. You know how you super-size it with the fast food meals? I had to let that go too. Once in a while (like twice a year), you might find me taking down a few sips of sprite or pepsi.
I have shifted from eating white rice to brown rice. This was hard for me in the beginning because brown rice tasted awful to me, but believe it or not, white rice now doesn’t taste good to me because I’m used to eating brown rice.
I’m still struggling with sugar because I love drinking hot beverages like coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, etc. What I have done though, is substitute the white bleached sugar for brown natural sugar. I can not stand the alternatives like stevia that are recommended, for now. Notice that I said “for now”. This is because all the changes I’ve made are changes I thought I would never make. If you really want to do something, YOU CAN. The only reason we fail to make changes is because we don’t want to. (At Least I’m taking responsibility for my excuses). I have also reduced the amount of sugar I used to put in my beverages by half (or more).
I have reduced the frequency of eating meat. I used to eat a lot of beef and pork (almost everyday). Infact, if I did not have some kind of meat with a meal, it did not count as a whole meal.
Foods I added to my diet:
I’m not good at drinking water but I’m trying as hard as I can because I know how important this is. Its also the reason I have made it no. 1 in the foods you need to add to your diet. I tend to drink hot stuff to quench my thirst.
I never thought I would be telling anyone to eat oatmeal. My mother tried to encourage me to eat oatmeal as a child and I just did not like it. Because of the benefits I read about eating oatmeal, I decided to start trying it. I started by mixing it with cereal that I like so that it could taste better. Now, I enjoy it without having to add anything but milk and a little sugar.
Remember I told you that I love drinking hot beverages?
Well, I drink them with milk. I started changing my milk from whole milk to 2% ,then 1%, then fat free and made the big step from diary to soy milk. Recently, I heard a doctor (I think it was on Benny Hinn’s programs) say that it has been proven that soy milk is bad for men because it has hormones that are meant to be for women. I’m not sure if I heard him right because I was busy and didn’t watch the program. I’m praying this is not true because it was a big step for me to shift from diary milk to soy milk. It was an accomplishment I don’t want to lose. I will make some more study on soy milk and let you know what I find. If any of you has any knowledge about this, email me at moses@christiam-motivation.com and fill me in.
Vegetables are another addition to my diet. I used to think I was eating a balanced diet since I had a leaf of lettuce, onions, picos and tomatoes (which i referred to as a serving of vegetables) on my hamburger from the fast food joints. Well, that has changed. I now cook my own at home. For vegetables, I love eating green beans, spinach, lettuce, carrots, celery, avocado and cabbage.
I have substituted beef and pork (not completely) to chicken, turkey and fish. When it comes to meats though, I really think most of the problems we face now with meats are to do with how they are produced. Mass production of our food is the greatest problem we face. Even in the endeavour we are making to eat right, we still have somethings working against us. So, if you can afford to buy natural meats, and by that I mean meats that are not mass produced. I don’t mean just believing what the packaging tell you, then go for it. Instead, you may want to go more towards eating things like beans.
Fruits and nuts like almonds, are another addition to my diet. Nuts make a good snack for me as I drink my hot beverages and also help in hunger control.
Oh, I almost forgot. I also changed from eating white bread to 100% whole wheat and whole grain bread and have been substituting regular butter for 100% natural peanut butter whenever possible.
Ever since I decided to make changes to my life style through watching what I eat and exercising, not only have I seen results, but have got alot of compliments from those who know me, especially those who had not seen me in a long time.
We all have one life to live here on this earth until our Lord comes back for us. We have a choice to live it as we want but let us make wise choices.
Stay blessed and keep the faith!
Moses Kangave
