So, today for lunch I had one of those made-to-order deli sandwiches I mentioned before. Here's a picture:

Today's sandwich was a double-meat turkey breast with a dash of mustard, and plenty of lettuce, tomato, sprouts and red onions.

That drink is the other reason I wanted to post a picture--it's loaded with chia seeds. Michael turned me on to "chia water" for endurance energy on long runs, but I've never seen anything like it in a store before. It's not water, though, it's "kombucha," which is a fermented tea that sounds a lot scarier than it is. It's pink because it's flavored with raspberry juice, but the whole bottle only has 4g of sugars and 8g of fiber so I gave it a try. I'm not sure it's a miracle elixir, but it didn't taste too bad and I got a double-dose of chia today.

Cheers!
Chip.

Very Good Information About Food Choices .. I am able to filter meals with good food choices.

I have tried a myriad of protein powders and it just plain hurts my stomach - price makes no difference. Protein bars of various brands do the same thing. Yes this includes Rightlight. I have wasted quite a bit of money trying all of these to have to give it away every time.

At first I thought maybe it was the amount of protein, but that can't be it because I can eat a piece of fish or chicken with roughly the same amount of protein with no problems. I really like eggs so I have taken to scrambled or hardboiled egg whites + vegetable and/or fruit. in place of a shake for mid meals.

Does anyone have any other ideas to obtain the nutritional value of the shakes without the digestive angst of powder or bars?

Thanks-
Tracy

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Originally Posted by thebestversionofme I have tried a myriad of protein powders and it just plain hurts my stomach - price makes no difference. Protein bars of various brands do the same thing. Yes this includes Rightlight. I have wasted quite a bit of money trying all of these to have to give it away every time. At first I thought maybe it was the amount of protein, but that can't be it because I can eat a piece of fish or chicken with roughly the same amount of protein with no problems. I really like eggs so I have taken to scrambled or hardboiled egg whites + vegetable and/or fruit. in place of a shake for mid meals. Does anyone have any other ideas to obtain the nutritional value of the shakes without the digestive angst of powder or bars? Thanks- Tracy

Tracy, reading about your sensitivity to the shakes & bars got me wondering if you're actually sensitive to the artificial sweeteners they use. Nearly every protein supplement product on the market, including Right Light, comes pre-flavored (chocolate & vanilla varieties are most common) and spiked with some kind of sweetener. If you look hard, though, you can find "unflavored" protein powders that are unsweetened. These would be pure protein sources, so you'd need to add your own carbs to make a meal (such as blending with fruits to make your own shakes), but if it's the sweeteners wrecking your stomach then this might be a way around that.

Cheers!
Chip.

Hello, Masteries!

I wanted to share a resource I use all the time to check out the quality of unfamiliar foods. Autumn was asking me today about rice noodles, and we swapped a few messages tracking down their glycemic index value (it's 53, apparently). Inevitably, it seems, I ended up on my favorite "nutritiondata" site again. Here's their explanation of the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load:

Glycemic Index – NutritionData.com

If you want to know everything there is to know about virtually any food, just search for it and dig into the nutritional facts. I use this site all the time to check out ingredients I add to my smoothies.

Cheers!
Chip.

Figured I'd cross-post this over here since it will soon get lost in the heavy traffic of the MAINSTREAM.

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3/29/12 – Paleo vs. Eating-for-Life
So much discussion about Paleo eating, both here on T.com, and also on Facebook. Having “switched” from EFL to Paleo myself, I had to ponder just how different these 2 nutrition plans are from one another…

Robb Wolf’s Paleo Solution advocates 5-6 meals per day. He advocates ample proteins such as wild game, grass-fed beef, free range poultry, etc. So far, it seems we are right on track with Eating-for-Life. Robb also advocates seasonal fruit and root vegetables as OK carbohydrates. Again, seems we are right on track with Eating-for-Life. Robb advocates ample portions of seasonal vegetables. Pretty sure that I remember reading in Eating-for-Life that I was supposed to include a portion of vegetables with at least 2 of my meals. Again, I have to say… seems we are right on track.

There are some differences. Eating-for-Life allows grains, as long as they are whole grains. Paleo specifically excludes grains – any grains. But let’s look at this in practice. Most EFL’ers have whole grain bread and/or pasta as carb sources for their meals. And I specifically recall Bill Phillips saying that he was “very reluctant” to include bread or pasta, and was only willing to do it if they were whole grains. In saying this, he is also saying that there are better nutritional choices we can make than grains. So again, I think the 2 plans are very similar.

Another difference would be dairy. Paleo specifically excludes dairy, but I’ll quote Robb Wolf here… he says “let’s not make this a religion.” Agreed! Some people tolerate dairy better than others, and it’s worth excluding it for awhile, and then reintroducing it, just to see how your body reacts. Technically, dairy isn’t Paleo, but again, in practice, most people I know who follow Paleo are having dairy in one way shape or form, and still having great results. Protein shakes are a GREAT example!

Most of the folks I know who do Paleo supplement 2-3 or their meals with protein shakes. In fact, I’m reminded when I first started talking Paleo nutrition with someone who has had (and continues to have) great results. Many of you know Everett Herbert. Everett and I were speaking one night, and he was telling me about Paleo. He said, “it’s simple, really simple… you just eat what our caveman ancestors ate.” He then went on to tell me what a typical day’s nutrition was like, and much of his day’s nutrition is comprised of protein shakes. I paused, looked at him, and said, “just like our caveman ancestors, right?” We both had a hearty belly laugh over that! Again, let’s not make this a religion. Protein shakes are convenient, easy, and super healthy. Yes, it’s whey protein (dairy) that is typically the key ingredient, but it works.

My point is simply this – we can label these plans differently, and make a bigger deal out of it than it really is. But in practice, most people following these plans eat very similar things. These plans are much more alike than different. So “switching” from Eating-for-Life to Paleo? For me… it’s a lot like “switching” from having lunch at noon, to having lunch at 12:15. Not much of a switch at all!

I am reminded of the first verse of the Tao Te Ching which says:

"The name that can be named is not the eternal name."

Plain and simple, labels are LIMITING. When we label something we attempt to package it in a neat little box as our way of defining it. What happens when we do this is we close off all possibility beyond our personal conception/perception. We bring in our experiences, biases and more into play, which is fine to a degree so long as we don't close the lid, tape it shut.

Paleo is just a label. Eating for Life ... a label. Let's move away from the labels and examine the specimen itself. What is best for us? Why? Let's do our research. Let's listen to both sides of the argument. If we decide we'd like to try a new approach because it seems to have validity, don't do it half way. Do it exactly as prescribed for a requisite period of time and allow the results or lack thereof to speak.

Let's be careful about limiting with labels.

Also, as Bill pointed out, let's not become fanatical about one thing or another. Balance, Harmony and Unity. That's the meaning of the yin yang symbol. If we can find balance, we've discovered the key to unlocking the universe.

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Originally Posted by stingraystripe 3/29/12 – Paleo vs. Eating-for-Life So much discussion about Paleo eating, both here on T.com, and also on Facebook. Having “switched” from EFL to Paleo myself, I had to ponder just how different these 2 nutrition plans are from one another… Robb Wolf’s Paleo Solution advocates 5-6 meals per day. He advocates ample proteins such as wild game, grass-fed beef, free range poultry, etc. So far, it seems we are right on track with Eating-for-Life. Robb also advocates seasonal fruit and root vegetables as OK carbohydrates. Again, seems we are right on track with Eating-for-Life. Robb advocates ample portions of seasonal vegetables. Pretty sure that I remember reading in Eating-for-Life that I was supposed to include a portion of vegetables with at least 2 of my meals. Again, I have to say… seems we are right on track. There are some differences. Eating-for-Life allows grains, as long as they are whole grains. Paleo specifically excludes grains – any grains. But let’s look at this in practice. Most EFL’ers have whole grain bread and/or pasta as carb sources for their meals. And I specifically recall Bill Phillips saying that he was “very reluctant” to include bread or pasta, and was only willing to do it if they were whole grains. In saying this, he is also saying that there are better nutritional choices we can make than grains. So again, I think the 2 plans are very similar. Another difference would be dairy. Paleo specifically excludes dairy, but I’ll quote Robb Wolf here… he says “let’s not make this a religion.” Agreed! Some people tolerate dairy better than others, and it’s worth excluding it for awhile, and then reintroducing it, just to see how your body reacts. Technically, dairy isn’t Paleo, but again, in practice, most people I know who follow Paleo are having dairy in one way shape or form, and still having great results. Protein shakes are a GREAT example! Most of the folks I know who do Paleo supplement 2-3 or their meals with protein shakes. In fact, I’m reminded when I first started talking Paleo nutrition with someone who has had (and continues to have) great results. Many of you know Everett Herbert. Everett and I were speaking one night, and he was telling me about Paleo. He said, “it’s simple, really simple… you just eat what our caveman ancestors ate.” He then went on to tell me what a typical day’s nutrition was like, and much of his day’s nutrition is comprised of protein shakes. I paused, looked at him, and said, “just like our caveman ancestors, right?” We both had a hearty belly laugh over that! Again, let’s not make this a religion. Protein shakes are convenient, easy, and super healthy. Yes, it’s whey protein (dairy) that is typically the key ingredient, but it works. My point is simply this – we can label these plans differently, and make a bigger deal out of it than it really is. But in practice, most people following these plans eat very similar things. These plans are much more alike than different. So “switching” from Eating-for-Life to Paleo? For me… it’s a lot like “switching” from having lunch at noon, to having lunch at 12:15. Not much of a switch at all!

Bill Phillips Chicken Pomodoro

4 portions spaghetti (about 8 oz uncooked)
2 egg whites
4 tsp Mrs. Dash® Tomato-Basil-Garlic seasoning
½ cup reduced-fat Parmesan cheese, grated
4 portions chicken breast (about 1 lb)
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 tomatoes, diced (or one 15-oz can)
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
¾ tsp Italian seasoning
4 Tbsp red wine (or chicken broth)

1. Prepare spaghetti according to its package directions.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, lightly beat the egg whites. In a pie plate, combine the Mrs. Dash seasoning and Parmesan cheese.
3. Dip chicken breasts in egg whites then into the seasoned Parmesan, coating both sides.
4. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Place chicken breasts in skillet; cover and cook for approximately 6 minutes; turn and cook for 6 more minutes until no longer pink in the center. Transfer the cooked chicken breasts to a plate; cover with foil to keep warm.
5. Add tomatoes and bell peppers to skillet and sauté over medium heat until the peppers begin to soften, approximately 3 minutes. Stir in Italian seasoning and red wine, continue to cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add pasta to the skillet with sautéed tomatoes and peppers; mix gently.
7. Slice cooked chicken. Divide pasta mixture into four portions, top with a portion of sliced chicken, serve and enjoy!

It tasted AMAZING!!!! ( the picture is of my Dinner I ate )

Wowza I Love Love Love the Documentry - So cool that the video premier was Free between march 21-31 im tempted to get their recipe book!

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Why is bread bad? Why is this food bad or that food bad? Why is fruit juice bad? That


doesn't even make sense does it? Oh yes it does. Watch this OH SO IMPORTANT VIDEO!!!

And Then You Eat…Where Did it Go Wrong? (And How to Fix it)



Mon, Apr 9, 2012



Eating: When Did It Go Wrong?




You eat, at first, because your body requires nourishment. You have to eat to be or die. Food is a life essential.



Somewhere along the line of life you connect eating to a good feeling. As it alters the very chemistry of your brain, you feel a subtle emotional charge that usually occurs in the company of other people, like mom and dad. Hence, you eat and feel less alone which is almost like being connected.



Then comes a life time of hard wiring food to celebration, to family, to connections of all sorts including feelings we like to confuse with love.



And now you simply eat. What was once eat to feel better, to feel love, has become eating to feel less or feel anything at all. You don’t even know why the hell you eat most the time. Some times you’re halfway through a bowl of cereal or a fast-burger when it hits you that have no recall of where it came from.



The wiring which was flawed from the beginning—your programmed relationship with food—has become poison. A deadly mix of emotional regulation and brain chemistry driven addiction.



At the center of this dysfunction is a deep, profound need to disconnect from the present—to avoid the stress of being “here.” Life is difficult, complex, overwhelming. And being with people is at once both wonderful and difficult—while time alone can bring sickening loneliness.



Food, the art or eating, can make the present go away. People serve me things, they give me attention and I don’t need to ask for it. I feel warmth inside and a fullness for a few moments without risk—in total safety.

And the whole joyous experience is free of the anxiety, the emptiness, fear and overwhelm that fills the waking minutes.

But like all forms of avoidance or maladapted coping behaviors this one has a side effect that manifests slowly—sneaks up on you and eventually destroys you. Some pathological behaviors end in prison, others divorce, illness and isolation and this one usually manifests obesity, overweight and related health issues like diabetes. Not to mention the emotional burden.






Finding Fault

It’s not fun nor is it funny. And to coin the most overused and oft abused phrase in fitness marketing; It’s not your fault.

In this case it’s truly not. You were given the genetic and environmental factors, the love and attention the way you were given them. As they saying goes, now you gotta play the hand that you were dealt.



So to this point, consider yourself absolutely 100% free of blame and fault. We will assume you didn’t know and what you did know you did the best you could with what you had. It simply serves no purpose to beat yourself up today for what happened yesterday.



Now you know, or at least you have the invitation to contemplate your relationship with food and the present moment; with avoidance and anxiety. And with that the responsibility has shifted. From this point forward you are the one in charge. You not only get to decide how you want to live, who you want to be, but you also have the full responsibility for your actions.

And the freedom you seek comes only through responsibility.

That’s not to suggest that changing the tracks that have been grooved deeply in your psyche and life is going to be easy. No, not at all. But you and I both know people who’ve been dealt at least as challenging a hand and prevailed.
Where to start? That’s the million-billion dollar question, right? How does one begin changing such a deeply integrated faulty wired system.
I’d avoid the big leaps into major dieting systems, elaborate plans, and all that which provokes the attractive glory of hope and easy answers.
There’s no easy answer. Instead, I point to awareness; to your full and courageous presence. Get intimate with your felt state, check in what is driving your desire to eat. Sit quietly and fully with the feelings inside and be with your eating and food.

(What happens, what is your experience, when you turn your attention inwards, while resisting the urge to eat? Check in, experience it. Name it.)

Slow everything down. Make simple, simple, simple changes. It may serve to eat just as you would and keep a food journal for a week and document what you eat but more importantly what you feel, before you eat and after. Then an hour later to see how the eating, the act—and the nourishment itself—leaves you feeling emotionally and physically.
Create Nourishment Rituals

“Simple things repeated daily without fail is the key to quantum change.”
This is a deep and profound truth. Read that again and take it in. It’s about the simple things, the five minutes here, the ten there. It’s about doing it without fail.



Rituals, as I share about in Strength for LIFE, are the bedrock foundation for true and lasting change. They’re the antidote to the “habits” which wear you down—for rituals lift you up and free your soul.



And when it comes to altering your fundamental relationship with food there may be no more effective and powerful ritual than one perfect meal, repeated daily without fail. This is how and where I, and millions of others, have come to place the nutrition shake—or more accurately the Full Strength >nutrition shake.
It’s not just convenience, it’s not just a great pleasure, it is a deeply nourishing, nutrient rich meal that provides your body and brain with immediate uplifting positive surge and the sort of lasting, sustained and balanced energy that very few, if any, whole food meals have earned the right to compare.
A Full Strength Nutrition shake meal first thing in the morning is a game changer, for your body and your life. It can begin to serve as your “true-north” comparison for what great nutrition can and should feel like in your body. When you get how great you can feel, how great you should feel after eating great, you quickly begin to separate food that pulls you down from that which lifts you up.
I realize this is the place where it could sound like I’m selling you on what I do and love. That maybe this isn’t all real (which we both know better but still it does arise) and it’s all about getting you to either start Full Strength or switch to.
And allow me to be fully transparent here: Hell yes! I am all about you experiencing Full Strength—because I know what it is, believe it in and believe you deserve to know.
But I’m no more selling you on my Strength than life, your parents, and your own desire to live abundantly is selling you on the value of a great education. And let’s face it, not all education is of equal quality or lifetime value.
I believe in what I do and I believe in your capacity to change your life. It is my purpose in this world to provide the means for some (not for all) to make powerful, positive life changes. Full Strength nutrition is just one expression of that and one powerful experience that helps many to feel into their power, to truly experience a new found power, possibility and know they are meant for more and greater things.
And unlike an education, you can try Full Strength and know if it’s right for you. For face it, not all nutrition is the right solution for everyone, just as not all people are Full Strength. For unlike most nutrition companies, because we are rather intimate group, we are as picky about our members as you should be about your nutrition.

My short-list of advice for creating a new level of *Nutritional Freedom is:



1) Read chapters 9-10 of Strength for LIFE, including “The 10 Pillars of Nutritional Freedom” and “Cravings to Consumption.” Hell, read the whole damn book. You’ll be better of for having done so.



2) Keep a 7 Day Food-Mood Journal (see trackers here or in Strength for LIFE)


3) Add one Full Strength a day for 14 days without a miss. I suggest that money back guaranteed 14-Day Challenge. (if you choose to use another nutrition shake, just be mindful of quality and the synergy of the integration for a great nutrition shake is a whole lot more than just a protein shot.)



In the Next Installment: Why Going from Fat to Fit can be the other Side of the Same Coin, and simply another way to avoid being present to your life.

Nutritional Freedom™ : Is the inspired goal and a defined path to be “free from dieting,” as set forth in Strength for LIFE. It is a conscious eating practice where you become free to choose nourishment over food cravings and desires. Where you actually crave the food that is best for you the most. (See Chapters 9 & 10 for the detailed process of Nutritional Freedom)

To Your LIFE @ Full Strength,
Shawn

Colon Cleansing:


Are All "Cleansing" Diets And Supplements Scams or Are There Any Legitimate Health Or Weight Loss Benefits?

I've personally been asked this question many times. I must say that not only have I tried a couple of these products in the past with no noticeable positive results, but after doing some research I've come to many of the same conclusions that you'll find in the linked article below.

The Colon Cleanse/Detoxification Myth

The Skinny on Obesity

This seven part video series once again sheds light on the startling epidemic we are faced with. I encourage each of you to follow the link below and watch all 7 videos as well as the Extra vid. Don't wait another day to begin internalizing these messages and changing the way you relate to food and other substances.

Blessings to all.

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