
I don't know where I've been without this diet and this cookbook.
I wake up feeling refreshed and "alive". I get to sleep easier than I ever have in my life. I no longer feel irritable after work if I've had a long day, it's as if my battery keeps going non-stop. I feel clear-headed, as if before this I was suffering from what Dr. Hyman called 'brain fog'. I have no more stomach pains or headaches and have lost all interest in every purchasing fast food again. (I tried 1/2 a cheeseburger from McDs after I finished the actual diet and my body felt terrible afterwards.) Processed food tastes so different now (if I ever snack on it, which is not often) because it tastes fake, salty, oily, and just plain gross. I am so used to eating whole, real foods that I don't feel cravings for other things. A craving for sugar sends me to the fruit basket and it's absolute heaven! (who thought a fresh mango would be as delicious as a bowl of ice cream?) These are only a handful of the pluses. I was very thin to begin with, I had started the diet just to feel better but I can see how easy it is to lose weight on it.
I highly recommend giving this book (and the original "ultra metabolism" book) a chance and trying things you could have never imagined yourself to, especially since the meals don't taste like diet food. There are grains out there like like Quinoa, Buckwheat, Amaranth, etc. that I've never heard of before this and are not absolute staples for my kitchen.
I've brought many recipes to family functions and people can hardly tell it's all 'healthy' stuff. (:
Here are a few of the recipes I've really enjoyed. (If you have purchased the book and made your own, could you include a list in your comment of the recipes you've liked/disliked as well?)
-Quinoa & Garbanzo Bean Salad *
-Roasted Tomato Soup
-Black Bean Soup
-Curried Waldorf Salad
-Grilled Shrimp Brochettes *
-Pan-Browned Tilapia
-Scallops Poached in Thai Coconut Curry Broth *
-Middle Eastern Lamb Patties *
-Grilled Ginger Herbed Chicken Breasts
-Turkey & Red Bean Chili *
-Chicken Cacciatore *
-Coconut Dal **
-Braised Kale w/Mushrooms
-Southwestern Corn & Black Bean Salad *
-Cajun Black-Eyed Peas
-Crispy Pan-Roasted Red Potatoes
-Roasted Sweet Potatoes (My FAVORITE!) ***
-Hot Buckwheat, Banana, Flax & Walnuts
-Apple-Walnut Amaranth
-Curried Deviled Eggs w/Cashews (I made this into an egg salad, yum)
-Cranberry-Apricot Bulgur Salad
-Cranberry-Apple Acorn Squash *
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