What I eat, what I don't

Typical weekday lunch.

Hub and I follow a low carb diet.  We don't eat processed food.  We avoid wheat (it bothers me, and bothers him even more).  We avoid sugar.  As a Native American, my husband is very sensitive to any form of simple carb, so we do our best to leave them out of our diet.

I don't worry too much about food labels (clean, primal, paleo) - we eat what works for us.

We eat meat, vegetables,some fruit, and some nuts and seeds.  We sometimes eat cheese or greek yogurt, but I don't keep a lot of cheese in the house for the simple reason that it is a serious trigger for me. 

Are we 100% compliant?  No.  We do have occasional foods that aren't on that list, but we don't keep them in the house as a general rule.  That way they don't become a habit.

I love certain flavors (like mexican), so I may do something like serve ground seasoned turkey and salsa over sauteed veggies.  A favorite way to make a wrap is to use a collard leaf.  I adapt foods and flavors that I like to foods we can eat.

I bought a spiralizer to turn zucchini into noodles.  When I make fried rice, I roughly chop bean sprouts and saute them - my family doesn't even miss the rice!

My eating has evolved over the years, especially since my husband was diagnosed as pre-diabetic.  Thankfully he never developed diabetes, but we need to be vigilant about our foods.  That's a pretty good motivation!