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My Top 3 "Go-To" Traditional Foods For Trim Healthy Mama {the purist way} Get the FREE THM + Traditional Food Menu Plan here: TradCookSchool....
*at 23:34 - I said egg yolks go in E meals -- oops, meant S meals :)
**The Question
Andrea T. asks:
"Hi, Wardee. I’ve been wanting to follow Trim Healthy Mama with Traditional Foods, like you did to lose so much weight. I need simple, though, and I know I’m going to need some go-to foods to always keep around. So I’m curious… what are your top 3 foods that you turn to again and again for quick and healthy meals and snacks?"
**My Answer
Andrea, you’re absolutely right. When you have nothing else prepared, you need some go-to foods. And yes, I have some.
Between May 2014 and May 2015, I lost more than 30 pounds following Trim Healthy Mama with Traditional Foods.
I wanted to lose weight but I didn’t want to stray from what the family was eating, nor did I want to purchase other kinds of foods.
I found it was 100% possible to do THM this way. Rather than eat different foods, I simply changed the way I combined them at each meal and snack.
(the book covers it all) Because both fat and sugar are fuel sources, you only eat 1 of them at each meal or snack - along with protein. Doing this reduces your total caloric load so you’re not storing excess as fat, yet eating all the food types maintains or increases your metabolism so you can dip into and burn stored fat.
It really worked for me without me feeling any deprivation.
If you’d like a free 1-week menu plan that I put together that’s a lot like the foods I ate (and still eat), click here to sign up.
**My Top 3 “Go-To” THM Foods
You need to know these codes:
S = Satisfying = fat+protein meal or snack
E = Energizing = carb+protein meal or snack
FP = Fuel Pull = neither carbs nor fat, may or may not contain protein
**1. Sourdough Bread - E
On THM, you can still eat bread! Only you want to eat small amounts and preferably soured. This is because the souring reduces the starch; the sourdough culture has eaten it during the souring time.
Our no-knead sourdough and English muffins are not only super easy, they’re sourdough, and they have no fat in the dough or for cooking. This makes them ideal for E meals and snacks.
**2. Cultured Dairy (Low-Fat) - FP
The beauty of cultured dairy is that it’s so versatile. The way I make my homemade cultured dairy, it’s a Fuel Pull (FP) food which means it has neither fats nor carbs so it can be eaten in either the S or E setting.
I start with raw dairy, and I skim most of the cream off before or after culturing, leaving behind a low-fat dairy food. (No - I’m not afraid of fat. I keep all the cream and make butter out of it.)
Because I culture my cheese & yogurt for at least 24 hours, the lactose is virtually all gone, leaving the dairy without any carbs.
Basically it’s all protein - so I can “dress it up” and eat it in an S or E setting.
**3. Natural Protein - S
Protein, protein, protein. On Trim Healthy Mama, you want good protein at every meal or snack.
Grass-fed beef and wild salmon are naturally lean proteins and can be combined with fat for an S meal or carbs for an E meal.
With chicken, the dark meat is higher fat (for S meals) and the light meat is lower fat (for E meals). Separating the 2 types of chicken meat is easy to do.
Eggs - You’ve got lots of options! Fried eggs (S), egg whites for Trim Healthy pancakes (E), egg yolks in homemade mayonnaise (S).
**Links
Meal Ideas at the show notes:
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FREE Traditional Food + Trim Healthy Mama 1-Week Menu Plan
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FREE no-knead einkorn sourdough bread
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Sourdough English Muffin recipe (blog post)
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FREE raw milk yogurt (using dehydrator)
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Instant Pot raw milk yogurt
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How I Lost More Than 30 Pounds In 1 Year
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A Baker’s Dozen Of Tips For Doing Trim Healthy Mama With Traditional Foods
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If I Were Starting Trim Healthy Mama With Traditional Foods All Over Again
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19 Foods You Need To Start Trim Healthy Mama {the Traditional Food Way}
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Trim Healthy Mama Plan Book
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Wild salmon
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