So I am one week into doing the 80/10/10 diet. This is a pretty extreme change for me, as my diet is usually high green and high fat, and has been for 5 years. I also usually eat more sprouted grains. I decided to try 80/10/10 because I was getting more sensitive to grains and was looking to drop a few vanity pounds. About 3 days into eating a high fruit low fat diet I have had lower stomach pain. I tried to sum it up to an adjustment, but it has continued all throughout the week. My digestion also doesn’t seem nearly as fast as it was. I have been using the nutridiary system and have been having a hard time eating enough calories, although I wont really want more fruit. Any thoughts? I am really confused about what to eat anymore!
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yesterday looked something like this, keep in mind I am more of a grazer. It helps keep my metabolism going, so I tend to not have large meals, but small meals throughout the day.
Breakfast: 2 banana smoothie with berries and greens Snacks: another banana, Lots of local cherries throughout the day and herbal tea made with home grown herbs (chamomile, hops, lavender, clover) Pre Dinner Food: 3 kiwis (probably about 45 mins before dinner) Dinner: Large green salad with red leaf, cucumber, 3 salt free olives, chopped, arugula, pear, about 1 tablespoon ground flax, dressed with the juice of half a lime mixed with a few raspberries. Before bed: more herbal tea
This is about normal though the fruit may change to plums, apricots or more berries. I have craved kiwi like crazy. I also do green soups for dinner sometimes, using tomatoes,cukes, herbs and a spoonful of avo as the base. Nutridiary says that I require a lot more calories than this, but I really can’t stomach more food than this, so I don’t think I should eat more than my appetite. I wouldn’t care so much about the calorie thing, if it wasn’t for the pain in my tummy.
your right I havent read the book yet. I am waiting for it to arrive. I just have known the basic concepts, but I didnt know that there were a lot of other guidelines. I haven’t had many food combo issues the last five years I have been raw, but all the raw fat has been making me feel stagnant lately and giving me crazy steamed quinoa cravings. It is scary to think that I have been living for so long on a diet that is only around 1100 calories a day but 40% fat. So in the meantime I am going to just get used to eating a ton of fruit,watch my carb/fat/protein ratio and wait till my book comes to get it right. Although it is hard for me to let go of eating more fruit instead of greens, I am liking the way my brain seems to be funtioning a little clearer than usual. Before I was trying to eat all this fruit, I was getting lots of bouts of spacey head. thanks for your info!