performance + weight loss...

[shootingstar]

Oh... on stuff making me sick /puke... I honestly think it's the sugar itself.

Orange juice does, any sweet fruit, etc. I've been told w/other fm members having a hx of diabetes that I had a 50/50 chance. Been tested before. Nothing to make the doc think I'm positive.

But, too much spike of high G.I. foods makes me feel like puking, sweaty /faint. Bad. It's the rapid spike in blood sugar I guess. Or if I go without eating too long... I'm just as sick. I try to keep food with me all the time. Eating small things all day long works good when not exercising.

Database link that my physician-sister gave me a while ago:
http://www.glycemicindex.com/ I also bought one of their books. Very helpful to me. Hence, I eat less white rice and heavy pastas now. There are certain light pastas that I don't feel so lousy afterwards. I feel better on making these high starch, carb changes.

She lost 50 lbs. by going on a low-GI diet with less fat and sugar, less breads, less white rice.

Only certain natural fruits are high in GI. I do eat fresh fruit alot during summer and fall. I only drink natural fruit juices several times per month. And again, it coincides with a long bike ride or eating outside of home.

I guess I want in a bit of fibre plus other nutrients which is what natural fruit provides also. Works for me.

I couldn't eat much peanut butter or other nut spreads on a frequent basis, though I like peanut butter on toast. I would probably gain after awhile. So bread is quality and eaten naked unless it's a sandwich.