Hi Trish, welcome. This list is pretty friendly. Any specific questions just
ask and someone or many people will reply.

As for grains, I avoid wheat very seriously, but I do occasionally eat other
grains like rice and corn. I don't think they are 'good', just not as bad
for me as wheat. Generally my diet is low to very low carb, with lots of
meat and fat. I do eat quite a bit of fruit on occasion, and veggies.

My wife has been on vacation for a month and a half, so I have been eating
paleo much more strictly, a lot more meat. I have lost about eight pounds in
this period. I would say that maybe 4 pounds of this is water weight, one
day of high-carb meals will gain me this much weight. Obviously that is not
fat gain.

My wife gets back in August. I am very interested to see what happens to my
weight when I start eating her cooking again. She accommodates my diet
pretty well, but does add rice or potatoes of which I eat some. Pretty small
quantities by normal standards, but it does seem to make a difference.

Good luck.

Tom

On 7/15/07, Pye Kahn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello-
>
> My name is Trish and I am new to this list. I am 39 years old, married 20
> years and have a 19 year old daughter.  I have been looking all over the
> internet for WOE options as following the western way of eating has left
> me
> overweight and with type 2 diabetes.  I was following a rather basic
> Atkins/Zone-type diet for some time, but I have always felt that including
> even small portions of grains, pastas, etc. just wasn't right for me
> because
> they immediately caused me to feel very sick and caused my glucose levels
> to
> sky rocket.
>
>