Two years ago, I suffered a foot injury, which aggravated my bad bunion and hammer toes on my left foot.
Four months later, I finally had surgery, which took about 18 months to reach 90+% recovery.
I wasn’t able to really exercise walk nor exercise before and after the surgery until about 18 months post surgery.
During that time, I gained 45+ pounds, and my mild hypertension went to a serious level. My daily Vasotec went from 5mg/day to twice that dose.
I went on my modified Paleo diet July 5 th, last year.
Carbs were basically eliminated and any/all processed foods. Diet oleo and other so called diet products were thrown away. All of the sugars are avoided as well as the so called diet sugars.
My wife planted Kale in her garden, and I became addicted to Kale and fresh fruit/veggies. I eat eggs several times a week and real pork/beef/lamb and game like elk/deer/feral pigs and wild turkey and waterfowl. Also, ocean salmon, mahi mahi, cod and tuna are alternated with the other real proteins. We try to get grass fed beef, pork and lamb.
My snacks are walnuts, grapes and tangerines, left out on a counter by my wife. If I get a little hungry I grab some and eat it.
I eat a breakfast with smoked salmon, plus an egg 3-4 times a week and fruit, a grazing lunch with real protein, leftovers from the night before, kale, fruit and nuts. A regular dinner based on the foods cited above.
I eat one small dark chocolate bar for desert each night.
I have two good size coffees each morning and drink a lot of sun tea and Brita water.
I have a glass of red wine each night with my dinner and a smaller one after dinner sometimes.
The toughest part was giving up my two micro brews at night and the wonderful baked breads in this area.
7 weeks later after starting my food program, I had lost 30 pounds and my cardiologist said I didn’t need another Echo gram or to see him for at least a year. My fp had picked a heart murmur just before my surgery and had referred me to the cardio doc. My FP and Cardio doc couldn’t believe the changes in one year in spite of a slow surgery recovery.
My weight loss has continued to 45#’s, and I am back to power walking at least a mile plus once a day to twice a day. A good part of that walk is up and down a good sized hill. I’m walking a mile up and down a hill in 13-15 minutes.
My BP is as good as it was when I was in my 20-40’s, 110-120 over 70-80, and even lower after a walk. I am off my BP meds.
I don’t count the calories nor dream about food. I really haven’t been starving hungry after the first two weeks of this program.
Recently, the results of the MIND diet have been published in medical journals and the WSJ this week.
Basically, the MIND is my eating program. The people who followed this diet had less dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Good for you...very impressive!
“The people who followed this diet had less dementia and Alzheimer’s.”
If I followed that diet, I would hope I would have dementia so I wouldn’t know what the hell I was living off of...
Stick a Kale in my face and I might just put you in a headlock. :)
Careful with the red wine....
Here’s a complete list of the wine brands that have allegedly been poisoning you with arsenic
http://deadstate.org/heres-a-complete-list-of-the-wine-brands-that-have-been-poisoning-you-with-arsenic/
My wife says it is super healthy, but I just cannot develop a taste for it. She's served it in a salad and cooked them like greens. Hated it both times.
Maybe you know some secret. I generally love vegetables, but not kale...