"The Katelyn-gf Diet"

After spending almost a whole week with according to gf, who scolded me about my non-blogging as of late, he inspired me to start writing again and to take on a whole new challenge. The challenge started out as what gf calls, "The Katelyn Diet," which is eliminating sugar from your diet. Then we are going to implement "The Katelyn Diet" with "The gf Diet," which eliminates Hydrogenated oils and High Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) from your diet as well. You can read a brief explaination on the whys in gf's blog here.

When I say "diet" I mean the term loosely, because as we have discussed before it is not a "diet" but more a lifestyle change. It is not something you can do for a couple of months and lose the weight you want and then quit. This is something that you will have to remain conscience about for the rest of your life. This is a long term commitment. While it may seem difficult, which I am well aware the the first few weeks will be just that, I am told that you will get to a point where when you eat a "poison" it will totally jack your GI tract up.

The Katelyn-gf Diet as it will now be referred, will follow this basic principle: If you cannot grow it, pick it, or catch it, you shouldn't eat it. Now I know there may be some confusion in this so I will try and break it down the best I can.

•  Grow It:
• This refers to your basics, such as fruits and vegetables. Yes fruits are a sugar, but your body recognizes this sugar and can break it down. Plus many fruits also contains fiber which is good for your body. This category also includes the means by which you get your flours and other basic dry goods. These dry goods however must be 100% whole grain and when looking at your label not have anything in it you do not recognize. Au Natural if you prefer.

• Pick It: 
• This is things such as spices, oils, and anything else you might find in a garden or on a farm. This does not include however HFCS or Hydrogenated Oils. Your body does not know what the hell this stuff is and it does not know what to do with it, so don't put it in your body. Once again look at your labels, make sure it is stuff that you know what it is. Also try to avoid things where the first ingredient is sugar.
• Catch It:
• This of course refers to the meat aspect of the diet. Now I'm not saying you have to go out there and catch your own chicken if you want to have chicken, but what I am saying is to pay attention to the meat you buy. Most of the meat that is on the shelf at the grocery store is packed with antibiotics and growth hormones that we don't need in our systems. I'm not saying it is going to be possible for everyone to buy organic meats but if you see it is on sale then maybe you should purchase than instead. But meats aren't bad, just try not to eat as much red meat if you eat it a lot.

I have decided to fully commit to this diet and I have the full support of my boyfriend who will be doing this lifestyle change with me. According to gf started out with "The Katelyn Diet" and lost a good bit of weight and then discovered the poisons of HFCS and Hydrogentated Oils and proceeded to cut those from his diet as well. In a little over a year he has lost over 50lbs, because he now pays attention to what he eats. And you will be surprised too of what you can find this poisons in. I have been under his tutelage for almost a week now with very in depth conversations on the matter, and Sunday I plan on putting all of this knowledge into action and take my first trip to my local natural food store. Wish us luck, and I promise I will let you know how the process goes! I hope that I have inspired you to start something new, and maybe you can give it a try with me.

K8ers