The major difference between the PSMF diet and most diets is that most diets preach, or at least condone, a certain realistic moderation. It's not that you you can't eat pizza on weight watchers, it's that you can only have a small amount as a treat now and then. Most diets have these pressure release valves that allow a person to eat "normally" from time to time, or enjoy a favorite food.
My diet finds moderation to be weak and ineffectual, and completely forbids all foods with more carbs than a large carrot. This has been good for me, as 12 years of adult life has shown that I have no real ability to moderate my food intake. The flip side is that I'm going to go about nine months without many of my favorite foods. One of the major reasons I've had the success I've had on this diet, however, is that it includes many of my favorite foods: grilled meat. Still, I'm always looking for ways to recapture old favorites.
My recent accomplishment is finding a bottle of buffalo wing sauce with zero calories. Chicken Breast, grilled plain, and covered in hot sauce would never be mistaken for buffalo wings by anybody whose eaten a wing in the last six weeks, but after nearly two months, I'm happy to feel the interplay of chicken and hot sauce once more. While celery is allowed on my diet, bleu cheese is most definitly not, so I generally serve the chicken with pickles instead. It provides a cold sour to complement the spicy hot chicken. As an added bonus, I drink more water while eating the hot sauce.
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Good work, Steve. I've always found spicy food to be more satisfying. Are jalapenos allowed on your diet? If so, I'd recommend trying to cook with them. In my opinion, they are a great compliment to most dishes if you are looking for a little kick. Well, I guess that wasn't as insightful as I had imagined. Either way, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you can have margarine or butter, but I like to put a sauce of melted butter, minced garlic, and Red Hot on my wings. Garlic improves a great many things.
ReplyDeletei'm not really allowed butter, which is why I was happy to find the buffalo sauce that i did. it's a little runny, but what can you expect from zero calories?
ReplyDeleteAs for spicy food, I wasn't much of a big fan, aside from wings, before the diet. Tastes do change, however. One of the biggest changes is that I loved shrimp before the diet, and now I barely enjoy it. Admittedly, I can't use any oil or butter in preparing it, so that might be the issue, but the few times I've grilled shrimp I've been very underwhelmed.
I love spicy food. Try Dave's Gourmet spritz hot sauce on your buffalo wings.
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