What are your principles in eating?

[Anelia]

Do you follow some long term diets? Like Paleo or The Zone or Intermittent Fasting or do you avoid some food combinations (separate diet)? Maybe some of you are vegetarians, vegans or even raw eaters.

I am omnivorous but my principles are not to eat carbs in the evening if I am not going to race in the morning. I also eat cottage cheese with some raw nuts before going to bed. I try (and most of the time succeed) not to eat sugar and also not to drink calories. I drink only milk or protein shakes but I do not drink juices or any other sweetened drinks. I avoid alcohol but I enjoy an occasional beer. I don't fry food: I boil, bake, grill or eat raw. I use only good fats: virgin olive oil, nuts and of course fat from animal products: fat meat (I like pork and lamb), whole milk, butter, eggs, cheese and sour cream. I eat bread once in a blue moon but when I eat it, it doesn't have to be whole grain.

[tealtreak]

Do you follow some long term diets? Like Paleo or The Zone or Intermittent Fasting or do you avoid some food combinations (separate diet)? Maybe some of you are vegetarians, vegans or even raw eaters.

I am omnivorous but my principles are not to eat carbs in the evening if I am not going to race in the morning. I also eat cottage cheese with some raw nuts before going to bed. I try (and most of the time succeed) not to eat sugar and also not to drink calories. I drink only milk or protein shakes but I do not drink juices or any other sweetened drinks. I avoid alcohol but I enjoy an occasional beer. I don't fry food: I boil, bake, grill or eat raw. I use only good fats: virgin olive oil, nuts and of course fat from animal products: fat meat (I like pork and lamb), whole milk, butter, eggs, cheese and sour cream. I eat bread once in a blue moon but when I eat it, it doesn't have to be whole grain.

I have been a vegetarian for 11 years, eat tons of fruits and veggies, most from my gardens and fruit trees/brambles. I would easily do vegan, but can't convert my family. Interesting note on that- one of my triathlete teen sons tried to eat what i do for a month and lost too much weight and couldn't train full speed. I think the best diet must be what makes you feel good and works for you (age/gender/health issues)

[shootingstar]

We don't deep fry food at all.

I stir fry/sautee 2-3 times per week (which is not the same in technique at times)....which if I can say: a huge % of the population outside of Western world can be healthy on this technique for life, if it's whole foods, unprocessed and oil used (not butter) sparingly, no sugar and know how to use this technique in multiple ways.

After all, salads are not widespread or a very frequent dish in traditional Asian cuisine. And boiled can be punishing to killing flavour of some veggies.
Steaming and preserving tasty flavour works for some veggies..but then there's a need to overlay with sauces....

So sautee with right recipes/combinations makes a vegetable dish more dynamic.

I don't have white rice anymore nor alot of bread, because I get sugar crashes /tip towards diabetes 2.

So it's light noodles. I have egg replacement 2-3 times per month in omelet, whatever. I eat lean meat about 2-4 times per month. I will have skim milk products, I have heavier European strong cheeses (3-6 times per month). I haven't bought butter for home in past few years but will have it at a restaurant, sparingly.

Over 40% of our home cooking is Asian in taste/technique/veggies. (I do get a hankering for boy choy, choi sum, nappa, gai lan, Chinese eggplant, lotus root, water chestnuts,,..etc.) any of these, over time. So I buy and prepare. Then other stuff integrates his techniques/dishes ..salads, some German/whatever dishes, ie. koh rabi with a white sauce, pureed soups (I tend to make consomme veggie/noodle soups), etc.

I don't race-cycle/run. So have no idea how these foods are like..but I have sisters who have a diet similar to mine and they jog regularily/run 1/2 and full marathons.

They are fine. One of them is in great shape and she's had 3 children.

Maybe you can visit us and join us in this mixed up way of eating.
Oh yea, I gotta cut out my sweet tooth. Hanging around with someone originally from Germany has helped me develop discerning taste for fine pastries...the real quality stuff and artisanal bread.

Does Bulgaria have alot of Asians living there?

[Blueberry]

No beef. No pork. No bell peppers.

Whole (non-processed) foods as much as possible. Limit carbs and high fat foods. Rarely drink juice. Usually drink tea and water.

Try to live by the mantra: eat food. mostly plants. not too much.

[Anelia]

It's very interesting about Asian cousine. I'd love to try some of the food. We have Chinese reastaurants in my town but I guess it's only the rice with veggies and soya sauce added and this makes them Asian. Well, there are different restaurants (like Thai) in the capital - Sofia but it's far away so I don't go often.
And on the whole, we don't have many Asian people living here. I know only some Vietnamese boys who study in the Naval Academy and some of them come to the school where I teach but I personally don't teach them. We took them sightseeing and these are my pictures with them.
Also when I was in Canada, I tried sushi, made by a Vietnamese friend. Someday I will try to find original products (the rice and the seaweed) and I'll try to cook sushi.
To be honest, I wouldn't be able to perform at my best at your type of food. We eat a lot of fat, especially in winter. Every people has their own traditional food which is connected with the area they live. It will be unnatural to the Eskimos for examle to eat more bananas or oranges.
In Bulgaria we have a tradition to slaughter a pig at Christmas I know that this may sound a little barbarian but it's a really nice tradition with family gatherings and parties. We melt the fat, taken from the pig and we boil it to get pure white fat which people use for cooking. Well, not the contemporary people, but older people, living in villages.

[Owlie]

The only things I won't eat are peas, raisins, veal, and invertebrates.
Animal protein (meat or eggs--milk doesn't cut it) at least twice a day.

Everything (except the above) in moderation. Yes, I eat deep-fried things, giant hamburgers (by TE standards, anyway ) , cheesecake, mac and cheese, etc. I'm trying to add more veggies to my diet, but I've been finding out that I seem to have higher than average protein requirements, especially in winter. I experimented with partial chicken breasts (not the huge mutant ones) with brown rice and lots of veggies for dinner. I was ravenous afterward. I could not survive as a vegetarian.

[Pax]

Mostly whole foods, lots of veggies and fruit, a little meat now and then.

[lph]

I experimented with partial chicken breasts (not the huge mutant ones) with brown rice and lots of veggies for dinner. I was ravenous afterward. I could not survive as a vegetarian.

Hey Owlie, are you sure it's the protein and not the fat or total calories you're missing? This sounds like a typical dinner for me, but when it's lean chicken or fish I have to compensate with a "lot" of fat, like oil dressings. I don't worry about it much as long as it's healthy fat and I can burn it off.

I don't have any absolute rules, but try to eat somewhat ethically and eco-friendly, without going vegetarian. I don't like mushrooms or fungi, and would prefer to not eat anything with an exoskeleton or anything that looks at me off the plate but in polite company I'll eat just about anything I'm served.

[Owlie]

Hey Owlie, are you sure it's the protein and not the fat or total calories you're missing? This sounds like a typical dinner for me, but when it's lean chicken or fish I have to compensate with a "lot" of fat, like oil dressings. I don't worry about it much as long as it's healthy fat and I can burn it off.

I don't have any absolute rules, but try to eat somewhat ethically and eco-friendly, without going vegetarian. I don't like mushrooms or fungi, and would prefer to not eat anything with an exoskeleton or anything that looks at me off the plate but in polite company I'll eat just about anything I'm served.

I get "low protein" headaches, even if the calorie content is about the same.:/

[tealtreak]

Do you follow some long term diets? Like Paleo or The Zone or Intermittent Fasting or do you avoid some food combinations (separate diet)? Maybe some of you are vegetarians, vegans or even raw eaters.

I am omnivorous but my principles are not to eat carbs in the evening if I am not going to race in the morning. I also eat cottage cheese with some raw nuts before going to bed. I try (and most of the time succeed) not to eat sugar and also not to drink calories. I drink only milk or protein shakes but I do not drink juices or any other sweetened drinks. I avoid alcohol but I enjoy an occasional beer. I don't fry food: I boil, bake, grill or eat raw. I use only good fats: virgin olive oil, nuts and of course fat from animal products: fat meat (I like pork and lamb), whole milk, butter, eggs, cheese and sour cream. I eat bread once in a blue moon but when I eat it, it doesn't have to be whole grain.

afterthought to answering this post (:......are you being conversational? AWESOME (: looking to change/improve? just curious?

Depending on answer i may have 2 more cents worth! lol

[Anelia]

afterthought to answering this post (:......are you being conversational? AWESOME (: looking to change/improve? just curious?

Depending on answer i may have 2 more cents worth! lol

Just conversational

In my experience with nutrition, training and supplements I noticed that no two people are the same. So, it's difficult to give 2 cents or even 2 bucks
When people say: "I like your body transformation, tell me your diet", I answer: "It's experimenting, learning and consistency."

[tealtreak]

Just conversational

In my experience with nutrition, training and supplements I noticed that no two people are the same. So, it's difficult to give 2 cents or even 2 bucks
When people say: "I like your body transformation, tell me your diet", I answer: "It's experimenting, learning and consistency."

It is so interesting how different foods/diets work for a given person, the only consistent thread seems to be whole food/nutrition versus junk gives better health and energy. The variations in that context are amazing (: (and make me wonder about trying it all!!!!!)

[azfiddle]

I try to eat a "balanced" diet- but I have a definite sweet tooth, which has gotten me into trouble with being overweight for most of my life.

I try to avoid most heavily processed foods, fried food, and don't usually eat pork. I try to eat a lot of fruit, vegetables, some cheese, chicken, fish and sometimes beef or lamb. Carbs are the main things that get me into trouble, and I eat more processed carbs than anything else. I have come to enjoy steel cut oats, but white rice, bagels, crackers, and bread from the French Bakery find their way into my diet a lot, although I have moved to whole wheat pasta most of the time.When I am too busy or tired though, I give in to the convenience of prepared foods like weightwatchers frozen meals or canned soup. Sadly, I am susceptible to the lure of cookies and chocolate.

I would not be happy on the paleo diet- those carbs are pretty central for me.

[shootingstar]

have come to enjoy steel cut oats, but white rice, bagels, crackers, and bread from the French Bakery find their way into my diet a lot

Azfiddle, I thought I would never see the day that I would not eat white rice since it was so central to my diet.

But it's been a move away from it where instead I substitute with several other different types of carb that taste good to me and it was so gradual that move for me.

I don't regularily buy egg-based pasta for home anymore. It's an eggless noodle...made from egg white. A little more expensive. I will have an egg-based pasta ....in a restaurant which amounts to only a few times per year.

My body has now been genuinely "trained" to want a lighter carb. I will eat sushi and sashimi several times annually but if it's too much white rice in it, then I don't feel fantastic, meaning it feels like a sugar crash for me.

I do love sushi and sashimi and will never give it up totally.
Unfortunately now I'm discovering that wine not only gets me "drunk" fast (which has been like that for decades), now I tip towards a sugar crash. Which results in me wanting to nap more quickly.

As for hard riding, which for me is long distance bike touring with my stuff, I can adjust temporarily if I have no choice to eat the foods I want when visiting an area. The amount of energy required during those rides, temper my body's reactions to high glycemic carbs.

[azfiddle]

Shooting Star, that's interesting about moving away from white rice. I think partly, it's easy and quick to cook and goes with so many other things.

I meant to say about carbs- that of the food that I do eat, the most processed items would be the bread/rice etc. It didn't sound exactly how I meant it.