Diet Challenges - Three Times the Charm

Chips in the back!

Someone who knows me probably suggested this one.

Eat a normal, healthy diet.

Yes, this is from someone who knows me. I suppose a pot of coffee and bag of potato chips is not "healthy."  I @#$%ing love potato chips.

Define Healthy
The question this request begs is, "what is healthy?"

I actually also have friends who choose to be vegan or vegetarian - and even some friends who are more militant about it than others. I happen to eat pretty much anything, just not a lot of processed food, fast food or prepackaged food.

An appetizer, if you will, of World Eats

In my travels on the Internet, I did find the What the World Eats which shows families around the world with the amount of food and types of foods they eat in an average week. I don't tend to look at it as if everyone must have access to certain foods in order to be happy, I look at it as how "normal" is different for everyone. It probably isn't a bad idea to learn from others.

Science and dietitians still struggle to find out what is the "perfect" diet. It changes yearly, monthly - daily? Carbs, no carbs. Meat, no meat. More of something, less of another. Diets - complicated. And I am not even talking about "diets" just to lose weight, I'm talking about diets as in the habit of eating.

My Diet
I boiled down my average weekly food consumption - the items I eat and quantity if memory is correct.

• Almonds (rarely).
• Apples (daily).
• Bacon.
• Blackberries/strawberries/raspberries (frozen).
• Beef (rarely, not by choice).
• Butter (for cooking and popcorn).
• Cheese.
• Cheese doodles.
• Chicken (breast meat, strips/roasted).
• Eggs (2-3).
• Flaxseed.
• Ground turkey or beef.
• Green beans.
• Pears (daily).
• Pineapple (frozen, rarely)
• Potato chips.
• Potato.
• Popcorn (air popped).
• Onions.
• Quinoa.
• Rice noodles.
• Sea salt (helps adrenal fatigue).
• Smarties (candy, rarely).
• Walnuts (rare).
• Wine.
• Vodka (woo!).

Nothing unhealthy there, right? I mean, sometimes I throw in some other stuff, but, not to bad. If you remember the Egg McMuffin challenge, this might answers some questions on what I can handle.

My Edit

My fridge

First, there are certain things I cannot or should not consume because I have sensitivities to certain foods. A sensitivity means I will not die if I eat them, I will just want to die. An allergy would mean I would have to go to the hospital if I ate these things. Anyhow, the items I don't eat are:

• Canola oil (I avoid fried food and most processed food).
• Vinegar (no sushi or condiments).
• Beans (you know, beans).

I did some research (I went to the Wiki) and chatted with some friends who have different diet types. Since I can't really demand a meal plan, I decided to divide this challenge into a couple weekly chunks. I think it's a good span of time that includes weekends and weekdays.

I also decided to add some flair to this diet challenge by including a range - here it is:

• Vegan: No animal products or by-products allowed.
• Locavore: Food only can come from the local area where you live.
• Islamic: Diet derived from commandments found in the Qur'an, the Hadith and Sunnah.

Stay tuned for my report on this! I will be starting with the vegan diet today - report to follow in a week!

Be Part of the Adventure

Do you have a suggestion or want to see me attempt something? Drop me an email at AdventuringAmanda@gmail.com with your suggestion.

Image Credit

Cornucopia from emilyinthekithen.blogspot.com

World Eats thumbnail from cominganarchy.com