@Tribesters wrote:
@sfnative
I am planning to eat better in the new year. I am interested in this diet. Are you getting all your info from the Mayo Clinic website? Or did you order a book with recipes? I got a Spiralizer for Christmas so no excuse not to eat more veggies. But I need recipes or something to follow. Help!
@Tribesters
First, I went to their website and read about the diet, which I like to call a "food plan," because it rests better on the brain. Then I clicked on a button and up came all the information about joining and how much that was going to cost. No thank you. Way too expensive. Next step was to go to Amazon and input "The Mayo Clinic Diet." Up popped the 2017 edition of the book written by the originating MD physician of the diet. I purchased a new book for maybe $18 plus some cents and a journal for $11 plus some cents. It's vital to know wha'ts behind the diet, hence the book. AND, vital to have the journal (read the reviews). Asked my husband if he wanted a journal and he said "no." (Big mistake in my opinion, as he will fudge and fudge with alcohol and such.) Anyway, I also ordered a used ($4.00) recipe book. All-in-all I feel that this investment will be well worth the outcome and am excited for the books to arrive today, Thursday.
Many diets were perused in my quest. Way too many were protein heavy, which I cannot do for health reasons and frankly don't think that dieting into ketosis is healthy for anyone. I was placed on the Atkins Diet in the very early 70s by my Internist and my cholesterol exceeded 270, whereas it had been fine prior to that.
Basically, this diet is 1200 calories/day, but if you weigh over 250, then 1400 calories/day. One reviewer on Amazon gave an outstanding review, revealing something that might be useful to any considering this diet. It's not going to be an issue for me, but would be for others. Issue: Portion sizes are expressed in terms of sports items like hockey pucks, softballs, golfballs, etc. Since I did lots of sports in high school and college, I don't have an issue with these, but I sure can see where others might. What it's going to boil down to is figuring out what these sports items equate to on a kitchen scale. That's what I'm going to do anyway, because my husband has no idea about anything sports. He knows Silicon Valley hardware development and cars, but no idea about sports anything. Just consider this: if the book mentions size of a softball, then it's the size of a grapefruit. If it's the size of a hockey puck, then it's the size of a small hamburger patty or diameter slice of med-lg tomato. Stuff like that.
Because I took college level Nutrition (lots of biochemistry), I feel very comfortable having made the decision to go with "The Mayo Clinic Diet."
My goal is different than yours. I'm in this to lose weight, as I gained 38 lbs after my neuro placed me on Depakote (!). I know how to eat healthy, but this drug really did a number on me, so I'm adding a few more pounds with a goal of 50 lbs to lose. (We have family friends close by whose 17 year old daughter was placed on the same drug at the same time I was and gained 36 lbs. Just horrible for a teen!)
Good luck in 2018! Let's keep in touch, if you'd like.
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