I can't say enough good things about our favorite
health food store "Whole Foods".
There is just one close to us but we go there about
once every 2 or 3 months. They have so much
great, awseome stuff for the diet!
Our idea for today was to stop in and pick up
a bag or two or Newman's Own spelt pretzels which I
have been trying to find. They had them! Yeahh :)
(Thanx Chari!) But, when it was said and done we
walked out with $80 worth of groceries. LOL.
It's so hard to go in and buy just one item. Here is a list
of what we got today.
Red pepper and walnut crusted fresh talipia (fish) filets
Two 1/2 lb bison burgers (mmmmmm!)
Organic thousand island dressing (meets YOAD)
Reduced fat oragnic soft cream cheese
Soy ice cream bars (my little weekly treat)
Two bags Newman's Own spelt pretzels
Whole Foods brand tater tots (no hydrogenated oil)
Natural pear butter
Red beans and brown rice (canned)
Some red wine (for my wife... I don't like wine)
Dried organic papaya bits (for our pet bird)
We're gonna made a great, romanitc dinner tonite
with the red pepper & walnut crusted talipia with some
fresh cut veggies (brocolli, summer squash, zuccinni,
white bell pepper, red bell pepper, sliced portobello mushrooms
and onions) all sauteed in some chili infused macadamia nut oil!
It's gonna be spectacular! :)
Oh, and this again is for Chari, we found some vietnamese cinnamon
there at Whole Foods. Its where the other bottled spices are. When
we run out of ours now we know where we can get more.
Okay, back to spending time with my beautiful wife!
Have a great day everyone!
What's a Youatarian? It's my own phrase I have used when people ask me how I have lost my excess weight. I'm a Youatarian and live the youatarian lifestyle. Simply put, a Youatarian is someone that follows YOU On a Diet. For any YOAD followers out there that would like to adopt the phrase
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
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My Story
In July 2006, I visited the doctor for a multitude of
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
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2 comments:
Marshall does it read Vietnamese cinnamon on the package, I found this at the grocery-
Saigon Cinnamon...Fragrant and oil-rich, this is true cinnamon sourced from Sri Lanka and shipped from Saigon. It's warm flavor complements savory meats, sweets, desserts, and beverages. Ingredients: cinnamon
Taste just like cinnamon too..lol
Hope you and Mrs. Tek are having a wonderful time celebrating!
Chari
Yes, it says Vietnamese Cinnamon but Saigon Cinnamon is another name for it..so yes, you have it :)
I love the taste :)
Get some if you can..you'll
love it :)
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