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Bread, on the other hand, is sacred for my culture. It is used in all kinds of rituals and ceremonies. It is also symbolic of hospitality.
(...)Does that mean it's all we are eating? Not at all, we have great local cuisine.
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Sometimes people find a method of weightloss that works really well for them (which is great) and they become quite evangelical about it (which isn't). The truth is that hardly anything about nutrition is written in stone (because it's really hard to get people to stick to a specific diet and therefore hard to prove a lot of things are more than just correlation) and hardly anything they have found is true for everyone. So we all have to find our own way and all anyone else can do is give suggestions. I personally eat bread almost daily and I've just lost 18 kg.
 
Thanks. It is not mine, I was just illustrating my thoughts.
Yes, La Maria, you are right - feeding is a very individual process, it is dependent on the culture and the immediate environment and what is true for me, may not be true for you. I, for instance, am a master of our cuisine, but I have cooked Indian only once. I really want to variegate my nutrition, but this is expensive and requires effort and experience...cooking is a wonderful activity.
I, for instance, believe that in order to get slimmer, a person has to have one lavish dish every day, and 3-4 smaller portions. In this way your organism doesn't get into "starvation mode" and if you are counting calories you achieve results. I have never read this anywhere, but it worked for me.
 
Sounds like a very sustainable way of eating, although I know it wouldn't suit me at all :) Knowing what your body needs is great.
 
Well, there is a saying - you are what you eat - having in mind that people are exceptionally unique...
 
overlandflyer said:
obesity isn't a food or a cultural problem, it is a political and an educational problem. people are ignorant to how nutrition works and the government is not interested in either education or positive action against the food industry freely poisoning us with the blessing of congress.
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Personally I think it IS a cultural problem.

Our country (Australia) these days is turning more and more towards convenience. when my partner and I first started dating she was blown away by the lack of pre prepared or ready to cook foods I keep. I don’t have dried or even fresh pasta; I make my own, I don’t buy bread; I make my own, I do occasionally buy cheddar cheese as a treat but I make my own cottage cheese, I make my own yoghurt, I used to make my own soy milk, I make my own curry pastes etc etc. she had never experienced this.

Far too many people don’t know how to make and have never experienced anyone making their own bread. Far too many people turn to take away foods (look at how popular Uber eats or other delivery services are).

It’s not the governments job or our teachers jobs to teach us about nutrition. It’s our responsibility to learn and to teach or children. We seem to have grown up in a world where we’re told we don’t have to take responsibility for our own learning; that the governments will do it for us.

I’d love to get all high and mighty and blame the fast food companies but they’re just providing a service. We’re the ones demanding the service. Supply and demand is what keeps a business in business. If the demand wasn’t there the supply wouldn’t be either.

We need to take responsibility for ourselves and our own circumstances.
 
I feel the urge to share some bread with you:
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And this is what we call Banitza, a wonderful pastry with wonderful nutritional qualities:

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Here, I found a good recipe for Banitsa: RECIPE
M2M - Thank you for the warm welcome!:)

Now I am beyond happy! Yesterday I went to salsa classes, there were two groups - beginners and intermediate. I danced with the beginners and my legs started to hurt, because of the lack of movement in my daily round. My friends from the club invited me to dance with them in the intermediate class. I told them: "Oh, I can't!" and they said, "Yes, you can!"
Suddenly the pain in my calves subsided, and I entered a different "zone." I don't know if that has happened to you - when tiredness changes with a vigor anew. I challenged myself, and today I woke up a kilogram and a half lighter than yesterday. It feels good!:)
 
LadyF said:
Suddenly the pain in my calves subsided, and I entered a different "zone." I don't know if that has happened to you - when tiredness changes with a vigor anew.
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That´s the best feeling! Great work challenging yourself - and winning. Banitsa looks gloriously delicious; I´m too lazy to make it for myself (one-person household...) but I´ll surely try it when I come across it.
 
I am so enthusiastic about getting lighter, because it's a great spiritual journey. In order to do it, one has to subdue oneself, and I find that immensely challenging, rewarding and delightful. I am in love with inconveniences and getting out of your comfort zone, to conquer a different zone! Beating and overcoming yourself - I think it is the greatest gusto!
 
:D Funny, I have almost the opposite view: I´ve needed to learn to listen to my body more and work WITH it instead of against it before I could really lose weight. But we all have a different starting point and different needs.
 
That sounds better to me. Although maybe it's about teaching my mind new and better ways to deal with stress (I'm very much an emotional eater). But it's definitely a great journey and I've learned an awful lot!
 
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