Anyone Else Stopped Eating Bread?
Master Ozzy
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I stopped a few months ago and I feel fantastic for it. Have completely cut it out. Has anyone else done this?
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I adore bread, good quality speciality artisan bread.
I have decided to cut bread out for a while as I am on a healthy regime.
I will introduce it back to my diet in time, but will not be the heavy bread eater I once was.
Bread is still good food for most of us though.
Now I eat one or two slices of homemade bread a day, and I have lost loads of weight. Of course I exercise now , so that it probably why. But I don't think it is so much what you eat but rather the amount.
People "low carbing" will be avoiding it too.
I'm not sure what to make of the current "paleo" diet fad - in some ways it does make sense to me though. Clearly our bodies are evolved to eat what we had available for the millions of years we were on the African Savanna, not the cereals we've only been cultivating for the last 2-4,000 years.
I feel a lot better for it. The average shop bought white bread particularly made me feel bloated and get wind. Don't feel like that any more thankfully.
I don't miss shop bought bread at all but I used to make a lovely cheese, onion and sun-dried tomato one, which was lovely. Perhaps, sometime in the future I'll just make it occasionally as a treat.
I thought I'd really struggle, since bread is something I absolutely love in any shape or form, but strangely enough, after the first couple of days I haven't missed it at all. Or any of the other carbs. I'll sometimes have up to 10g carbs in a day (2 Ryvita), but mostly I don't. I have plenty of choice - fish, meat, chicken, cheese & eggs form the basis of most meals now, with loads of veg or salad, which isn't as boring as it sounds! Oh, and double cream in coffee - that is lovely.
My blood sugars have come right down, I'm taking massively less insulin and I've lost over two stones since then. I also feel much much better within myself, so as far as I'm concerned, it's a way of life I've got no reason to change.
And I don't get any carb cravings now, either - and that's probably the biggest surprise of all. Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it for myself.
Are you saying people are faking gluten intolerance to be cool?
Only around 1 in a 100 have coeliac disease, but around 1 in 5 buy some gluten free products. Most people buy because they believe it's a healthier digestive alternative, for weight loss and for nutritional value. Not like you suggest to be 'cool'. It's just another fad, with no real conclusive research.
Well done you!
Hi Master Ozzy.
I stopped eating bread on 10th January this year in order to lose weight. I won't say it was easy as it definitely was N.O.T. but it gets bearable as you go. Other than bread, I cut out pasta, rice and potatoes. Basically I am low-carbing and was astounded to notice that in little more than one month I lost eight kilos without "suffering" - I mean, without that horrid and constant feeling hungry all the time when one is on a strict slimming regime. I eat plenty of vegetables (zucchini are fantastic in lieu of spaghetti, if you're desperate for a Bolognese dinner), fruits (every sort but bananas) and nuts. A modest use of extra-virgin olive oil when cooking; full-fat or skimmed milk in my coffee/tea (whatever I fancy); eggs almost daily (scrambled with butter, hardboiled, as an omelette with prosciutto, you name it...); red meat once a week (I anyway do not like it much); chicken (breast and/or mince), fresh salmon, tuna (tinned or fresh) and turkey are what I use mostly. Other meats I eat but do not exaggerate with them are Italian prosciutto and salame. Cheese: I'll have some if I fancy it and always get the normal sort, not the low-fat rubbish. If I feel like having something sweet, I drink a cup of decaf coffee and accompany it with a square or two of 72% cocoa black chocolate. If that's not available, I will have 2 After Eight thins. I am not a wine or spirits drinker, nor a believer in fizzy drinks and shop-bought juices. I drink a lot of water and have also plenty of soups. Something important is that I always cook from scratch so I control how much salt there is in my food. Cutting down on carbs has the effect that my appetite is not out of control like it used to be. I mean, even when a bit moody or in need of comfort eating, I won't binge.
I'll go back to bread when I feel I can indulge in it again but right now for me it's off the menu. Low-carbing is doing wonders for my weight (and my sleep and my mood). Good luck to those who are cutting out bread, for whatever reason.