Stewardship in taking care of our body

In this journey of stewardship in my personal finance,  I begin to apply the principles of stewardship in other areas of my life.  One of them is eating habits.  This came after running 2 marathons in a year.  I was expecting to lose weight - alot of it - but it was just moderate and I have moved into the veteran category.  Hence I search in the opposite direction - the eating portion while running less.

My search started in March while reading a discussion in MCF (Link - Note :  It's a long discussion with many pages of information but I was rewarded with the information and experiences as the context is localised i.e. Singaporean.  Information on Cholesterol can also be found in this discussion ).

The essense of the eating habit is as per the words in the forum:

1) Eliminate sugar (including fruit juices and sports drinks) and all flour
2) Start eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats to substitute fat calories for carb calories. Drink whole cream or half and half instead of milk.
3) Eliminate grains. No rice, no bread, no noodles, no pasta...
4) Eliminate grain and seed derived oils (cooking oils). Cook with butter, animal fats, or coconut oil.
5) Get daily midday sun or take 4-8000 iu vit D daily
6) Intermittent fasting and infrequent meals (2 meals a day is best)
7) Fruit is just a candy bar from a tree. Stick with berries and avoid watermelon which is pure fructose. Eat in moderation.
8) Eliminate legumes
9) Adjust your 6s and 3s. Pastured (grass fed) dairy and grass fed beef or bison avoids excess O-6 fatty acids and are better than supplementing with 0-3 supplements.
11) Eliminate milk if you are sensitive to it

I started the experiment for a month with the key focus of reduce carbs, reducing sugar and moderately increasing fats.  The experiment did not stop after 1 month as the reducting was gradual with the body adjusting to reduced carbs and yet energised especially after lunch.  For the exercise bit, it's mostly Hi Intensity Intermittent training twice during weekdays with a longer run on the weekends.  (Hey,  got a 'persistent run/hunt of 42km long at the end of the year.)  It's been 7 months since and my weight has dropped abt 9 kg. 




Blessed day!

Related reading:
1.  Discussion topic in MCF
2.  http://www.paleonu.com/get-started/
3.  Mark's daily apple (Primal Blueprint 101)
4.  Eat Fat and Grow slim (1958)