Rule # 12

I'll start off by saying I REALLY struggle with this one!  I like my animal proteins way too much!
Anyway, here goes....
While speaking about beans Bob says "They're high in protein-the tiny green lentil, for example, gets one-fourth of it's calories from protein - as well as low in fat and high in fiber.  A single cooked half-cup serving gives you 9 grams of fiber; subtract that from 20 grams of carbs and you've got a tasty 11-carb, 110-calorie dish that has one of the highest concentrations of plant protein you can get.  And almost no fat.  that's a combination that will leave you satisfied and, eventually, slimmer.  No wonder Men's Health magazine named lentiles as one of the five healthiest foods to be had."
And nuts.....oh I love nuts....get your mind out of the gutter people!!!! LOL
"Nuts are also tree fruits, and they have been critical parts of the human diet since recoded history.  Nuts-almonds, walnuts, and pistachios - are pretty much ideal foods so long as you eat them raw or dry-roasted (stay away from salted or honey roasted and those salty "mixed nut" jars!)  They are high in protei, fiber, good fats, and those beneficial phytochemicals we discussed in Rule 6"
"A recent experiment by UCLA's Center on Human Nutrition looked as a group of obese people with BMIs of 31, just over the definint cutoff point of 30 for obesity.  Both groups were put on the same diet, with on difference.  One group ate 240 calories of pretzels while the other ate 240 caloris of pistachios.  Both groups lost weight, but the pistachio effect was so strong as to drive BMI down to 28-no longer obese.  The pretzel group lost almost no body mass.  How can that be?
The first is the one we already know about- fat causes satiety, and that makes you eat less.  But there is also another toolin nuts' weight loss arsenal.  Eating them seems to briefly-but significantly - raise your resting energy expenditure, or REE"
REE are the calories burned while at rest for those of you that weren't aware of that.
So that's Bob's 2 cents on that and I agree....so that's my goal....one week from today I will be able to say I had one entire day that was completely meatless!  Stay tuned! :)
Today's Menu:
Breakfast - Blueberry muffin, no not a healthy one :( and an appleSnack - Trail Mix, carrots, and hummusLunch - Leftover Quiona stuffed green pepper and an orangeSnack - Apple and Peanut ButterDinner - To be determined....I've been a horrible planner this week :(