Sticking with it

I am still hunting and gathering, back on the road it is real tough but I am hanging in there. I got off a flight today in Dallas and the smell of bread was everywhere but I hung in there and had some grass and nuts for dinner (arugula, pear slices and cashews). I am able to maintain because I feel great, I am even sleeping better, just more alive.

I found a nice way to get a little sweetness into the diet without jumping into some junk. I bought a bunch of apples (on sale this time of year), cut them into chunks, skin and all, I squeezed the juice of an orange on top, I threw in some cinnamon (a lot) and stuck it in the oven. It was delicious. Then the next time I threw nuts into the mix, even better.

I could do this for a long time.

Peace

Keep on Gathering

It has been almost two weeks and I feel fine, as if I could do this my whole life. I think I am going to try incorporate some changes when I go back to a "regular diet" but I am going to keep certain aspects long term. I will probably lose bread and pasta permanently, I may make bread myself but it won't resemble anything you find in the stores. I will definitely do this next spring, this is really a test run - test run for the rest of your life.

I was on the road briefly this week, on the road it is hard. The airports are filled with garbage, you just can't buy nuts without salt and if you can it will be only one type of nut. I was not eating healthy on the road, unless a green salad and some nuts is healthy.

My body does feel good and I am wondering what is it, no dairy? no white flour? no refined sugar? no chemicals from the processed foods? all of the above?

Be gentle on your body  
Peace
Kevin

Continuing to Hunt and Gather

I am starting to feel pretty good, this is not as bad as I thought it would be. I definitely do not miss the simple carbohydrates like bread and pasta, although I don't eat them that much. I did see a piece of dark chocolate steering at me, asking me if I wanted to go out on a date tonight, I told it "no, I am on a hunting and gathering diet which means no processed foods and definitely no refined sugars." Then she said, "I am not so refined, not like that milk chocolate." I noticed it had hazel nuts and my mind tried to justify, "hey those hazel nuts are unprocessed, we could just eat the hazel nuts, we would barely taste the residual chocolate around the nuts." But I shot her down, I said behind me your evil chocolate.

Seriously, what a great gift you are giving yourself, those processed foods just can't be good for our bodies or our minds.

I know I said milk is okay but I encourage any of the adults to leave that stuff alone, I think it is also bad. Observe how your body is feeling.

Peace

Hunter Gatherer - Two week Diet

I have been thinking… I know dangerous problem #1; and now I have a new idea… This is purely in search of a healthier physical way, attempting to get back to basics for awhile and not feel tortured in the process:


My new idea is the “The Hunter Gatherer Diet”. This may be better than a fast because you are actually eating and since we live in a modern world it is really the modern day Hunter Gatherer Diet (Your local food store can provide the grounds for the hunting and gathering). It is pretty simple, no processed stuff but eat as much of the unprocessed stuff as you want. My objective is to eliminate for two weeks all the processed stuff that is no good. I would recommend people try to go organic and try to eliminate those complex chemicals that are designed to kill little pest and preserve foods, I just get worried about my body processing such complex chemicals.

Cooking foods is completely fine, baking, boiling, broiling but try to stick with regular ovens, stovetop and barbeque, no microwaving.

So here’s what is good:

• Fresh fruits

• Fresh Vegetables (any and all apply, feel free to cook or eat raw, like salads)

• Nuts (could be roasted but without any salt)

• Beans (not canned or bottled), get them dry and then cook them

• Whole grains bought raw at the store, unprocessed and not canned

• You can juice vegetables

• Eggs are good (farm fresh)

• Milk (as unprocessed as possible)

• Raw unprocessed honey

• Regular teas, herbal teas and coffee are okay but not the decaf stuff

For my carnivore friends

• Any meat or fish that you buy raw, you don’t have to go out and actually hunt them down, although some might find this aspect fun. Come to think of it, insects and worms are also good, the ultimate fast food, roaches are really probably the fastest of fast foods.

I am struggling with olive oil, I think no but if you need it, fine; but it should never be fried. No frying allowed!

These foods and beverages are absolutely out:

• Flour, breads, cakes, bagels…

• Pasta of any kind

• Candy including all chocolate (just for two weeks, you can handle it)

• Table sugar, table salt,

• Salad dressings (use oil and lemon juice or some other juice),

• Prepackaged beverages that come in bottles or cans

• (That includes soda, diet or non, juices...)

• Soy and almond milk are all out

• Tofu or Tempe

• Cheese


This is a two week experience, starting on November 1. Let me know how you are doing.