It's been a long time since I posted. I've spent the last year playing around with raw/vegan eating....between long periods of eating too much cheese and meat, etc... I was pretty sick weekend before last and went to the Dr. a week ago today. They were pretty sure I was having a mild heart attack, gave me aspirin & nitro and sent me for a nuclear stress test and a prescription for Lopressor for high blood pressure. The test did not support the heart attack diagnosis and showed that my heart is in good shape...no damage and good circulation.
But...
1. I have high blood pressure (so did my Dad) and am bound and determined NOT to stay on this med!
2. Have or had some kind of infection going on...undetermined so far.
3. I need to drop some weight to get the BP down.
So...
1. I have begun a low fat, low salt, low sugar vegan diet.
2.Have dropped 5 lbs so far over this past week.
Based on a combination of Joel Furhman's Eat to Live, The Rave Diet & Engine2....all plant-based food plans. The food is good and the "blandness" of it doesn't seem like an issue to me right now at all. McDougal is heavy on whole grains and I am incorporating that too...
So....what am I eating?
Greens (spinach, kale, broccoli, sprouts, bok choy...)
Veggies (carrots, peppers, cucumber, zucchini, onions, artichokes and so many more...)
Starchy Vegetables( potatoes, sweet potatoes, acorn squash...)
Fruit (apples, berries, melon, grapes, pineapple...)
Whole grains(brown rice, quinoa, millet, oatmeal, etc...)
Beans/Legumes
Small amount of seeds, nuts & avocado
Lots of water/lemon water/coconut water
B~ oatmeal w/flax meal, fresh peach, walnuts
L~Green salad, ezekial low sodium bread w/hummus
D~Corn tortilla w/fat free re-fried beans, brown rice, salsa & romaine......delicious!
S~Apple
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