Comments on: Dieting / My "Food Conversion" – What Started It All

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:32:16 +0000

I didn’t know about that SBD article at the WAPF site. Thanks for sharing it. I already didn’t like the diet because the first time I picked up the book at somebody’s house and leafed through it I thought Agatson was buying into mainstream dogma. I’d already read Atkins at that point and done my own homework, you see. (Dr. Atkins really liked Nourishing Traditions, by the way. *smile* If you don’t use any of the Atkins products and just follow the original diet it relies *heavily* on real foods and saturated fat.) What really infuriated me was the love affair the press was having with the SBD on account of its creator being a cardiologist. Duh? Atkins was one too.

Anyway. Thanks for sharing your story… I still have a long way to go.

By: KitchenKop

KitchenKop — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:37:35 +0000

Hi JeanMarie,

Wow, almost 100% non-processed, that is awesome! Wish I could say that! I’m glad the site has helped you. Keep commenting, I’d love to hear more from you.

Kelly

By: Jeanmarie

Jeanmarie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:58:54 +0000

Kelly, I’ve been reading your site from time to time over the past few weeks and really delved in today. I appreciate you sharing your story. I stumbled upon Nourishing Traditions at a Whole Foods Market in about 2004 and it changed my life. I’ve been doing it much more slowly than you did. When I first read NT for some reason I skipped the whole first section on basic nutritional information, WAP-style, and started reading recipes, but everything seemed to require me to make something else first, so it was frustrating and confusing. Then I saw a demo by Sandor Katz on making sauerkraut and started with that, then made kombucha, then kefir, and still ate processed crap far too often. But living on a farm the past year, and growing my own veggies the past few months without a job, I’m getting close to 100% nonprocessed food. I get a lot of fulfillment making my own food, not just a meal, but foundational foods like bone broth and lacto-fermented veggies (and fruits!). Perusing your site and similar ones has really helped keep me excited about all this lately, so thank-you! I’ve put on a few pounds (from cheating on store-bought ice cream etc.) and am paring back carbs now to get in fighting shape, so thanks for the inspiration.

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:55:54 +0000

Hi Char, fun to hear from you, tell hubby thanks for spreading the word for me! I hear ya on the candy thing…tomorrow it starts to mysteriously disappear……..

By: Char Young

Char Young — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:49:35 +0000

Hi Kelly,

My husband (www.catholicfoodie.com) found your site & I’m just skimming through your posts. He found it through Lisa H. Anyway, so glad to have found you & I’m really looking to reading more. From what I’ve read so far, it seems we’re on the same page with food philosophy. We converted to whole foods 2 years ago. (I think I need to read up on the aluminum & teflon though.) I have become much more relaxed with the kids when we are away from home, but keep things here as strict as possible. That said, my house is full of traditional Easter candy at the moment—ugh! I must let the “grands” do their grandparenting thing!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:41:40 +0000

Wish I could get to the point where sweets were “too sweet” for me…can’t imagine it!

By: TrailGrrl

TrailGrrl — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:49:17 +0000

Every time my sister goes back on SBD she loses a bunch of weight and then gains it back even worse. I think you really can’t believe that smashed up cauliflower is any substitute for real mashed potatoes made with butter and cream.

I used to to Body for Life and have probably tried every high-end protein drink, meal replacement, and bar that is out there. It worked for a while, but let’s face it, the food is all processed.

When I hit 40 things just changed. My tolerance for carbs I think went way down, and it took more work to stay fit. I stopped processed foods and upped my natural fats from meats and other sources. I see the word “soy” and in my mind I think “crap.” I originally got to WAPF by reading Ross Enaimit’s boxing forum. Ross is extremely well built and muscular yet with washboard abs and he doesn’t do any protein powders or artificial foods. He got all his info from the WAPF forums. I started to take what they were saying more seriously then.

I can’t even eat the bars that are just made with fruit and nuts anymore (larabar, clif nectar, etc.) because they are just too sweet for me now that I have returned to real food. Traveling in Europe and eating local foods but not gaining any weight makes you realize how much garbage is being sneaked into our foods in the U.S.

TrailGrrl

By: Vera

Vera — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:18:46 +0000

Years ago we used to buy SBD protein bars. Then recently I saw the ingredients list at the supermarket. Soy..soy…more soy… And corn syrup. And hydrogenated oils. And they say that stuff is good for you! Gross.

By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:35:00 +0000

Karen,

Great job on the weight loss!!! And even better is the improved mental health – priceless.

Thanks for commenting!

Kelly