Vegan Gluten Free is the Way to Be

Following my first post Experimenting with Gluten Free Vegan I have found my balance in this new lifestyle, which is not a diet per se, but I can definitively say this is now a statement for me.

Haven't posted for ages as been very busy with work and felt a bit off the vagon and overdid fod over winter, then done a juice detox in spring, then weather got cold again and just kept finding excuses for when I couldn't just keep my mouth shout and carried on eating foods that weren't doing me any good: one day (or maybe 2 or 3) stick to juices or liquid food for then, by day 3, being so hungry to contemplate eating anything and most of the times giving in or trying to get back to the way I lost weight last spring The Beck's method of having one's fav food once a day, in my case half a bowl of pasta at midday but had realized my body has changed: having cleaned itself with healthy habits, now it reacted badly to sugar (pasta or bread in general) so after the pasta I felt hungrier that before.

So finally made up my mind and gone back to VGF, the first few days, as usual, where the trickiest as had to watch and think constantly but got to day 5 successfully having even had a night out and stuck to the plan.

Result: no more sugar cravings, feeling full, healthy, positive and in control and currently experimenting as much as possible in the kitchen

RECIPE:

Whole meal rice with taboulleh

Experimenting with Gluten Free Vegan

It might sound a tad tricky to begin with, but it's not so difficult once you get the hack of it and you're mentally strong.

Yesterday I had I successfull gluten free vegan day and was so inspired that I decided to use AA methodes and take 1 day at a time and reward myself daily for what I accomplish.

I felt powerful, happy and in control: a strong minded being can successfully control his/hers body

Last year I had a raw vegan juicing spring summer, when I also learnt how to water fast and control my hunger, in fact everything was under control, I was steadily loosing weight until the temperatures lowerd and body started craving hot foods (mainly soups and stews).

I must admit I gave in and gained back 2 kg of the 10 I had lost, but instead of mortyfing myself I said: hey, you had a slip up, but think what you were eating last winter (pasta, sweet smoothies, healthy but very high in calories) and how you've learnt to control hunger and cravings and all the progresses you have made.

It's all very mental and psychologic, as, as well as losing weight, the vegan gluten free diet boost my energy ( I need all I can get as I lead a very active life ) and makes me feel great.

Sometimes, however, is not just hunger but craving of certain foods, confort foods. If I am tired I tend to crave carbs in the form of pasta and pizza (I am Italian and I own an Italian restaurant with hubby and he's a wonderful chef, plus all the food there is homemade)

Some people crave sweets and apparently is worse, so that I have to consider myself lucky.

I always try to look at the bright side of life in all aspects and, although, changing one's way of being and of relating to certain kinds of foods is difficult, switching habits isn't impossible, so I will keep up the work and as I said take it slowly one day at the time.

And how are you doing with your 2013 goals? Getting better in the area of switching to healthier eating habits?

HOW  TO FEEL FULL ON A VEGAN GLUTEN FREE DIET IF YOUR BODY ONLY FEELS FULL WITH CARBS?

Although you might think it's going to be all based on salads, juices, smoothies, that however colorful tasty and nice in spring/summer, now need to be replaced or accompanied by more filling foods.

So in our aid here come the old fashiond bowls of stews with GLUTEN FREE grains and cooked with very little oils.

you can get any of your favourite recipes and adjust it to low fat gluten free vegan by

Choosing from any of the below as a whole grain or in flour 

• Rice
• Sweetcorn
• Quinoa
• Millet
• Amaranth
• Bucktorn
• Sorghum
• Teff
• Oatmeal (low in gluten but not gluten free)

 and create your own great filling (both physically and mentally) bowl!