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SilvioR wrote:My only regret is to not have taken pictures of myself at my starting weight to show to the world the difference between the standard way of eating and this plan.
And I have to mention another downside of this WOE: the anger. After discovering and experimenting the truth, now I am furious towards politicians, public education, public healthcare, etc for not having made this knowledge available to people, while I had to discover it from some random search on Google, only possibile because I had some knowledge of English language. I am 30 y.o., so this knowledge was already available and proven right during my school and university years. Instead, I am now seeing many friends of about my age starting to develop problems: type 2 diabetes, obesity, erectile dysfunction, and so on. I am just back from the hospital, where I visited a good friend of mine that has undergone an aortic stent procedure. He is just 15 years older than me.
Meanwhile, our government and national health authorities still advertises - on tv and billboards exposed even into the hospitals - poisonous "not foods" like olive oil, prosciutto, mozzarella and parmigiano as health promoting stuff, just because are locally made and supposed to improve the economy (meanwhile, health costs here are socialized and supported by every taxpayer).
SilvioR wrote:My only regret is to not have taken pictures of myself at my starting weight to show to the world the difference between the standard way of eating and this plan.
And I have to mention another downside of this WOE: the anger. After discovering and experimenting the truth, now I am furious towards politicians, public education, public healthcare, etc for not having made this knowledge available to people, while I had to discover it from some random search on Google, only possibile because I had some knowledge of English language. I am 30 y.o., so this knowledge was already available and proven right during my school and university years. Instead, I am now seeing many friends of about my age starting to develop problems: type 2 diabetes, obesity, erectile dysfunction, and so on. I am just back from the hospital, where I visited a good friend of mine that has undergone an aortic stent procedure. He is just 15 years older than me.
Meanwhile, our government and national health authorities still advertises - on tv and billboards exposed even into the hospitals - poisonous "not foods" like olive oil, prosciutto, mozzarella and parmigiano as health promoting stuff, just because are locally made and supposed to improve the economy (meanwhile, health costs here are socialized and supported by every taxpayer).
kkrichar wrote:Any guidance you can give would be much appreciated! You have given me hope this can be done anywhere!!
Thank you for sharing your story!
Kelly
Cube wrote:Hi Silvio,
Great to see your amazing transformation !
I'm from Europe too (France), have been following the Starch Solution for 5 years now, and I think that the Dr McDougall's work need to be share here !
I didn't find any post where you describe your meals, so what is a typical day for you ?
SilvioR wrote:
Sorry for my late answer.
I am not a breakfast person, so I don't eat breakfast. I have two meals a day, launch and dinner. Usually, launch is a combination of a starch and a pulse. Like pasta and beans or chickpeas, or rice and split fava beans or lentils. Split fava beans are my favourite. For dinner, 99% of times, I have steamed brown rice with dandelion or spinach leaves (I buy frozen dandelion leaves and I cook it in the microwave with some garlic powder and soy sauce, then I mix the steamed rice with the dandelion to make a risotto).
I eat a fruit after every meal as a dessert. Usually, is an orange or an apple.
I attach a Chronometer pic of today meals, and some examples of my meals.
Since here gyms here are closed due to Covid restrictions, I am very depressed. I lost all the pump on my muscles.
I live in the center of Rome, in a very small studio apartment. So I can just walk as exercise, besides doing some push-ups.
Cube wrote:
Ok, thanks for your answer !
Yeah, I think that the key is to keep meals simple.
In France too, gyms are closed due to Covid, so I can totally understand your fellings ! I am lucky enough to have a pull up station at home, so I can do some kind of workouts, but it's not the same that going to the gym...
What do your friends/family think about your way of eating ? How do you deal with it when you go out or something like that ?
Personnally, I don't have a lot of friends, so it's very rare for me to eat out.
Take care,
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