you have got to eat lots of veggies. the root of your diet should be veggies and legumes and fruit, not grains.
grains travel well and keep well, but i find the more of them i eat, the fatter and more listless i get, even when i'm not eating animals at all.
when i eat most of the bulk of my food as fruit (in the morning), veggies, and legumes, though, i feel fantastic.
have you read "eat to live"? joel fuhrman really knows what he's talking about. if you can commit to 4 or 6 weeks on ETL, give it a try and see how that makes you feel.
basically, the more green stuff you can get into you, the better you will feel.
i say this as someone who lost 50 lbs on atkins 2 years ago. i lost a lot of weight but didnt feel that good, never pooped (TMI sorry), and would often get dizzy from low blood sugar. however, the fact that atkins worked for me tells me that fewer grains are better for me. maybe the same is true for you?
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