I completely agree with what you say: I want the cheat meal to be carbs for the thyroid and I need to find something that don't get me sick (too much volume/sugar in my cheat meal is the probable cause). 100% agreed! Just not sure if I'm emotional about the food, maybe it's a blind spot I have (?), if you let me develop a little more about it, it might help clarify it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Praetorian
Eating clean year round for me is something I now consider a necessity, my fault, but I should have recalled what I've said in a few previous threads/posts that hypercholesterolemia runs in the family, both grand-dad are dead of heart attack, one is dead when my mom was 12 y/o, so very young, one uncle is dead from heart attack at 30 y/o, one had a heart attack at 28 y/o, open cage surgery for bypass, dead at 42 y/o, my dad is dead also from clogged arteries, etc.. when I was 19 y/o my doctor said I probably had one of the highest level of cholesterol in Canada for my age group, went to see another doctor, told him that, he laughed so hard, but when he saw my blood test results he confirmed what the other guy was saying. So in my case, I surely should not ignore that. I took statins for 20 years, later on I learned that it was not the fat that was causing the clogging but excess of carbs that was causing arterial inflammation (some of the articles you posted helped with that and I've read the book you recommended me, thanks again) and that statins might not even help, so I dropped them because of possible side effects and changed my diet to reduce carbs to control arterial inflammation. Now, not only I want to control carbs for health reason, but having excess of carbs/junk make me sick since I'm not used to them anymore. Therefore eating 'clean' make me feel well and give me satisfaction! Part of it might be emotional, part of it might be cognitive (?).
Need to be said: at PWO time/evening I like to enjoy a carb 'treat' and it make me feel good, I enjoy this time, so even though I said 100% in my earlier post, I do not eat 100% clean since I'm having this daily treat, usually a homemade dessert or alike (banana bread, square dates, brownies, sushi, oven baked fries etc...). The rest of the day is like mechanical, pre-setted, not something I need to think each time, I have some berries in the morning and raw milk in shakes: those make a loooong way for me, can't be happier then that.
Be sure, that I clearly understand and 100% agree that we do not need to be super clean to have great results. I do it principally for health reason and when I do it right it give me satisfaction.
Also, I'm a very passionate guy, very dedicated and disciplined, so it's easy for me when I have a goal to put all in line and do it right, I get satisfaction from it. I like things well done. It's part of my personality.
Part of what I do/did for a living is build businesses, building a new project from scratch or improve something with potential, I try to figure what would be the most efficient steps to make it successful, fast! Before I made a comeback into bbing, I was into cars, I figured with a knowledgeable guy what parts would work best and made a world record out of it, that is copied by many people today. Unfortunately for bbing it does not work that way, even though every steps are perfect, if you don't have genetics you won't go as far as someone with great genetics and less discipline.
Eric
