So, you mean NO processed foods?

This week has gone pretty well, minus the lack of fast food convenience. In reading the book, I learned that pretty much everything has some kind of wheat or corn flour or processed sugary something in it. Gone are the days of Oreos... But, hello 136.5 lbs! down 2.5lbs in one week! No exercise done except folding 2 weeks worth of laundry!
Someone asked me to give them the basics of the diet. Here are the key points:
Flour and whole grains used to be good for us, but around 50-60 years ago geneticists began modifying grains to be resistant to mold, fungus, bugs, drought and other things while at the same time giving a higher yield and shorter growing period. The result was a grain unrecognizable to our bodies. No more 6' tall amber waves of grain. Instead it is short, stubby stalks of yellow. Instead of nourishing our bodies, the author, a cardiologist, claims it raises our insulin levels and is stored as fat in our bellies. This all rings pretty true to me after reviewing what knowledge I retained from college nutrition classes. The shocker is that wheat is in almost everything processed! The author claims that wheat is addicting- which I can't really argue with seeing as how at 4:30pm my body is now requesting its daily packaged snack- and that is why manufacturers sneak it in everywhere. I was curious and started looking at labels. Sure enough, there it was. In gum, low carb frozen meals, seasonings, hamburger, just about everything.
My take away from this was no more fast food, boxed foods, and very little beans, sugar and other foods that are high on the glycemic index (a chart made to show you which foods raise your blood sugar the most). Dang!The first day of wheat belly I pretty much just ate eggs, but then I started flipping through recipes and have tried a few things. Most are on line, so I will link them. The first was just my recipe for tortilla soup minus the rice and corn chips- both high on the glycemic index. It was actually really good, and I didn't miss the rice and chips. Neither did the kids or the hubby.
I also tried the homemade flat bread with meat, cheese and veggies. Not my favorite because of the coconut oil, but I plan on trying it again with olive oil.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1900264

For breakfast or a midnight snack I have been eating this:

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1868173

I add more cinnamon and use berries and vanilla almond milk. Pretty tasty if you like gooey hot cereal, which I do.

One brand I could not live without is

http://www.bobsredmill.com/

His brand has ground flax seed, coconut flour and chia seeds among many others that are allowed on Wheat Belly. LOVE him (you should read that as if I am singing it, because I am). AND, he's from Oregon. best place ever. Support Bob. He needs money for more blue hats and glasses.

I have eaten so many eggs and cheese, so I am interested to see how I weight in at the end of this diet. Then again, I am eating more like my Grandma did growing up, and she was 94lbs when she got married.

Some of the perks mentioned in the book are deeper sleep, requiring less sleep, and less hunger because processed grains are a hunger stimulant. I have to say, I have been feeling all three of these benefits in the past week. So far, so good.