Oct. 13th, 2009

adelaidesean: (south park)
Recently I have, not gone on a diet, exactly, but made conscious efforts to change what I eat, taking into account my age, my weight, my sedentary lifestyle, and the state of our fair globe. There’s no single “hook”: I’ve just cut the really nasty carbs (potato, bread, rice, pasta) almost completely from my daily routine while at the same time avoiding processed food of any kind. I’ve reduced the amount of meat I eat to a small amount for lunch, and I’ve cut dairy to zero. At the same time, I’ve tried to reset various bad eating habits by getting myself hooked on chilli and nuts, along with heaps of fresh fruit and veg, as raw as I can bear it. And I walk about forty-five minutes each day.

The result? I feel a lot better about myself, on many levels, my skin has cleared up, and I’ve lost about seven kilograms. And hopefully I'm causing less damage to the environment by eating more local product, particularly that without hooves.

The question is: what the hell do I call this diet? It’s not vegetarian, but it’s as good as in the evening. But many vego options--the carb-laden ones in particular--are out, along with anything containing those stinky cheeses (that I hated anyway). It makes it damned hard to explain what people should serve up, if I’m going out to dinner, or eating on a plane, or staying anywhere that isn’t home.
 
Eating this way seems pretty sensible to me, so I’m determined to give it a catchy monicker.  The Rational Diet? The Williams Plan?

Any suggestions???

Also: any dietary traps I should avoid falling into?  I'm not sure where pulses fit into this plan, for instance, and I worry about iron deficiency.  This is an experiment I'd really hate to go wrong. :-)

ETA: "neo-paleo" gets one vote in the comments.

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