Ok so I'm honestly enjoying the healthier lifestyle we're on; everyone I've spoken to so far has had their own experiences and stories, which has been great.
Some of us are adding more rules to the diet. Some are doing no fish, some are doing no soda, juices or eggs, and some are even doing no candy! I for one opted for no dairy. I figured it wouldn't be that hard for me to get away from milk and its by-products especially since I've come to like to the flavor of soy milk. I only have ice-cream three times a year it seems so the hardest part would be cheese & butter. Man, that was an interesting pizza-free superbowl sunday. But so far so good....until I realized just how many things contain milk.
Did you know milk was in pancake syrup?
Did you know milk was in french fries? (the frozen kind)
Dairy protein may even be in chewing gum, sometimes under the name recaldent, look out for packages that say "whitening", these are likely to have milk.
Ok so this is gonna be a greater challenge than initially thought. These cows are getting me from all angles!!! lol
...oh and why did I choose to give up milk?
http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/milk_prostate.html
http://www.cancerproject.org/survival/cancer_facts/prostate_dairy.php
So what these cows forgot to say was not only Eat Mor Chikin, but try to avoid their milk too.
So what else are you giving up for the cause?
I typically give up sweets (cakes, cookies, donuts, candy, etc.) for Lent but considering I'm in a disciplinary state of mine, I decided to start a little early and I started today instead of waiting until the 25th.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not giving up the cow's milk..soy milk isnt the same in my cereal, it's like there's an additional flavor or sweetness. I'd rather eat cancer fighting foods and have more sex to stop prostate cancer lol...
Is that how you stop prostate cancer?? hahahahaha! Okay!
ReplyDeleteLet me just say that giving up the dairy has been harder on me. I try not to cook anything with dairy in the house which was disappointing because I wanted some lasanga and I like to use cream of mushroom soup to season things. But we'll learn...even if the food is bland for a little while.