Several weeks ago, as my Trader Joe’s “Sweet, Savory and Tart Trek Mix” addiction was reeling out of control, I discovered it was Lent. While I am not Catholic, and honestly couldn’t tell you anything about the significance of the occasion, I did know that it involved giving up something you enjoy until Easter, and I loves me some good trek mix!
Always one for a challenge, or in this case an intervention, I tossed the last of it in the trash and decided to do without it for awhile. (Before the food waste followers gasp in horror, if truth be told, the bag was nearly empty!)
Tonight marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover, where one is expected to do without flour products for 8 days in remembrance of the Jews’ escape from Egypt, where the bread did not have time to rise. I am not certain what that has to do with cookies and pasta which are relatively flat, but since the rules were established centuries ago, let’s just roll with it.
Regardless of your religious beliefs, now is a great time to take a break and go gluten free for 8 days. If you don’t fill up on all kinds of “replacement” foods, and just forego the bread, cake, pasta and cookies, it’s highly likely you will lose weight.
If you are like me, you will also lose that bloated belly, and gain energy.
So consider yourself challenged: Try to spend the next 8 days, “passing-over” refined carbs and eat only whole foods that have not been processed, preserved or packaged.
If your body really is your temple, it will thank you!
Tags: bloated belly, Catholic, flour, flour products, Food, gluten free, intervention, Jewish, Lent.Eater, my body is my temple, passover, refined carbs, Sweet Savory and Tart Trek Mix, Trader Joe's
Indigo jones 
April 6, 2012 at 10:02 pm |
I’ll try it! but after Easter! 40 day no chocolate and pretty good about less sweets over all- but glutten is even harder!!!
j
April 7, 2012 at 8:32 am |
Very good point about the gluten, the wheat they sell us these days is not the wheat of our ancestors anyway!
April 22, 2012 at 3:06 pm |
I have looked vereywhere on all kinds of sites and i just cant find one. Either it has nuts in it or has wheat in it. I want to make a chocolate cake or brownies for my mom that doesn’t have Wheat or any kind of nuts. So if anyone knows of a good recipe please share. Also if anyone knows a good supplement for flour that would be awesome. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Have a great day.
April 22, 2012 at 4:15 pm |
Search for Paleo food recipes, I believe that they do not use nuts or wheat, and if coconut flour can be tolerated search for a coconut flour cake recipe, there are many sites such as http://www.tropicaltraditions.com, enjoy!