being fruitarian for a few months?

As long as you stay very low fat 15% while eating these things (I'm in your
same boat btw :-), you'll probably be OK as long as you're watching
calories. IMHO.

Peace,
Pen
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"Ignoramus1563" wrote in message
...
We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
homegrown ones will simply save me time.

We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
from fat and maybe 15% from protein.

Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).

i
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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

What about Blueberries? :-)

I believe I read in the maint section of the book that you can work around
major carb days. IOW, think of your average carbs for the week, eat less
for a few days and have more for a few days.

I think your BG numbers will tell you what/how your doing, if your going
overboard with the fruit.

Steve

"Ignoramus1563" wrote in message
...
We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
homegrown ones will simply save me time.

We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
from fat and maybe 15% from protein.

Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).

i
223/172/180
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char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}"; main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

Off topic from a diet perspective, but you should be careful regarding the
gooseberries. I think that there is a problem with diseases being
transmitted via gooseberries.

You'll be surprised how quickly the trees/vines bear fruit. We had over 3
lbs. of montmorency cherries the first year we had our tree. Good luck--

Philosopher

"Ignoramus1563" wrote in message
...
We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
homegrown ones will simply save me time.

We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
from fat and maybe 15% from protein.

Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).

i
223/172/180
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char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}"; main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

I should say diseases from a plant pathology perspective, not a human health
perspective. I.e., gooseberry plants are hosts to some dangerous plant
pathogens. I am going on memory here & may not be totally accurate, so my
apologies in advance.

Philosopher

"philosopher" wrote in message
...
Off topic from a diet perspective, but you should be careful regarding the
gooseberries. I think that there is a problem with diseases being
transmitted via gooseberries.

You'll be surprised how quickly the trees/vines bear fruit. We had over 3
lbs. of montmorency cherries the first year we had our tree. Good luck--

Philosopher

"Ignoramus1563" wrote in message
...
We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
homegrown ones will simply save me time.

We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
from fat and maybe 15% from protein.

Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).

i
223/172/180

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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

Ignoramus1563 wrote:
We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

You mentioned stable bg, but I don't recall what level of problem you
might have had with bg before. Adding a few daily servings of fruit
to your maintenance diet is quite a bit different from eating a mostly
fruit diet for a couple of months. If you have been combating insulin
resistance, or were mildly diabetic, eating mostly fruit for several
weeks straight might undo any progress you've made on that, as well as set
off the cravings to overeat. If you didn't have any bg problem before,
you might be able to eat a lot of fruit and just watch your calories
and macronutrients.

One hidden pitfall is that some fruits tempt some people to binge on them,
or set off cravings for other sweets. Personally, I think fruit should
be considered a "natural" dessert rather than a staple food. I find I
can have a serving of fruit with some yogurt, or a dollop of whipped cream
or sweetened sour cream and be satisfied, but plain fruit usually tends
to make me want to eat more fruit than a serving.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Ignoramus1563 wrote:
We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
homegrown ones will simply save me time.

We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.

It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?

Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
from fat and maybe 15% from protein.

Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).

i
223/172/180
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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

My boss does a fruitarian diet a couple of times a year. He is always in
the can during those times, so we just assume we cannot contact him when
we need to.

I can only assume our ancestors, when chomping their way through the
fruit harvest, spent most of their time squatting behind some bush.

If your constitution can manage it - go for it!

--
Succorso

On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:22:57 +0100, Succorso wrote:

My boss does a fruitarian diet a couple of times a year. He is always in
the can during those times, so we just assume we cannot contact him when
we need to.

Ask him to bring his cell phone into the stall with him. G

Carol

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'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or
oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I
recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Ignoramus1563 wrote:
| We are planting a number of vegetables in our garden. Mostly low
| calorie ones. no issue here. I pig out on them all the time and having
| homegrown ones will simply save me time.
|
| We are also planting a few fruit trees, such as apricots, apples, and
| cherries. Also some bushes such as gooseberries and currants.
|
| It will be a few years before they bring fruit, but when they do, that
| stuff would be too good to pass up when the fruits harvest. So, my
| question is, if I go mostly fruitarian for a couple of months in a
| year, while being mindful of calories and eating minimally necessary
| quantities of protein and certain fats, would I jeopardise my weight
| maintenance? Are there hidden pitfalls of this?
|
| Right now I get about 50% of calories from fat, 25% from carbs. During
| the harvest months, I am thinking of getting maybe 20% of calories
| from fat and maybe 15% from protein.
|
| Right now my blood glucose seems to be relatively stable, even when I
| eat a bit of carbs (like a couple of slices of sourdough bread).
|
| i
| 223/172/180
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| @ @
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| "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."


Since you've already reached goal, you should have no problem working fresh
fruit into your low-carb maintenance plan, IMHO.
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remember though, I mean a major change in the macronutrients rations:

Now: Fat 50%, Carbs 25%, protein 25%
Harvest Time: Fat 20%, carbs 60%, protein 20%

It seems hard to change your ratios as much only by eating fruits.

Remember, apple has 20g of carbs - 80kcal. How much apples do you plan
to eat each day? 10?

Mirek

Mirek Fidler wrote:
remember though, I mean a major change in the macronutrients rations:

Now: Fat 50%, Carbs 25%, protein 25%
Harvest Time: Fat 20%, carbs 60%, protein 20%

It seems hard to change your ratios as much only by eating fruits.

Remember, apple has 20g of carbs - 80kcal. How much apples do you plan
to eat each day? 10?

I think that is what Ig meant by "fruitarian" - he intends to switch his
diet over to eating *predominantly* fruit for a short while as he works his
way through his harvest.

--
carla
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