Tue, Jan-29-13, 12:44
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Senior Member
Posts: 146
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Plan: IR Diet framework, LC
Stats: 310/288/150
BF:
Progress: 14%
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The Insulin Resistance Diet changed how I view food and how I put together meals. Even when I go very LC, or do Intermittent Fasting, or even when I have a splurge meal, the basic framework principles of the Insulin Resistance Diet stick with me.
- Link: when/if you eat carb, eat it with protein. Never by itself!
This changed how I snack first. Then it changed how I put together meal menus, or pick something to eat when we go out.
- Balance: for every serving (15 grams) of carb, eat at least one serving (9 grams) of protein
Again, this changed how I snack and what I choose for meals. Before this diet, I usually ate the opposite: twice as much (or more) carb as protein. Think of it. Two slices of bread on a sandwich and an apple or bag of chips. THat's three servings of carb, at least!
Limit: Eat no more than two servings of carb in a meal
This was the one that paved the way for me to go truly low-carb. It's like a gateway plan for LCing. Very easy to follow, very easy to remember (I haven't read the book in over five years), very flexible when you go out to eat or aren't in control of choosing your menus.
Even today, the IR Diet is the basic framework I follow. I go up and down on carb amounts. I try more of this and less of that. But all within this framework.
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