The Garden on the Hilltop

Long time since I have had time to write a post - sorry

- but I have been working so much, that my computer time seems limitedI have read several blogs about food- some of them has caught my attention especially a danish blog about low carb high fat eating…

• I have lately been eating a lower carb - higher fat diet and it really does make me wonder:
• I have always known that lots of grains and sugar was NOT my friend 
• That I needed a fairly high amount of protein- but I really think that I missed out the point about high fat

So lately my weeks have been divided in two:

Monday-friday afternoon

• No grains, no wine, no juice, no sugar and small amounts of beans and fruit
• Eat as many good quality eggs, meat fish and green veggies as I want
• Dont fear good fat: Olive oil, organic butter, ghee
• Think real food

Friday-sunday: small amounts of soaked grains- some wine- more fruit etc.

And I loose weight now and feel so much better when I live that way :D

My head seems clear and not foggy - I am not hungry and I don´t crave breads and cakes the way I used to.

Prior to that I would eat a fairly healthy diet:some soaked speltbread and maybe some oatmeal during the day- I did overdo my fruit and juice and I rarely got enough protein 

A typical weekday looks like this today:

Breakfast: large portion of organic full fat yoghurt with fresh grind flax seed - maybe berries from garden- green tea

snack: decaf coffe with full fat milk- some soaked nuts 

lunch: 2-3 eggs/or 125 grams fatty fish or meat served with plenty of mixed salad- and cooked veggies with ghee or butter

snack green tea- maybe 1 piece of fruit or cheese sticks

dinner: 125-150 grams cold meat of fish with lettuce and other light veggies ( I work evenings so it is hard for me to get warm veggies then.) lots of sour cream or olive oil dressing

at home before bed : large glass of milk - maybe 1 small sq dark choc 70 % - hard habit to break 

I am a big boned girl, so that way of eating gives me around 90-100 grams protein pr day

(just as I need )and the same ammount of fat (around 100) - but far less calories that I used to have now around 1500-1700 and I used to have 2000-2400 when I was low fat ! and I used to be sooo hungry.

Well Really I should eat this way all the time… but as you have seen in my posts I looove to cook - and simply I would miss good bread- homemade cake etc too much. And a nice glass of wine in the weekend does not mess me up.

About dairy

I do know that dairy can be a problem for some people.

I eat good organic grass fed dairy cause it works well for me- I feel good about it - but my daughter do not … we are all individuals.

I would say

• get raw milk if you can ( I can´t :( )
• choose grass fed organic next 
• If you can´t get that
• only consume fermented dairy
• - and keep noticing: do dairy do me good or should I avoid it ?

My daughter seems ok with ghee, butter, some cheeses and a little cream- but yoghurt and drinking milk is bad for her.

As a BA in Archeology I keep thinking:

Low fat dairy, soy, additives, weird veggie oils, grains- sugar was not food eaten here before modern times

- so why should I eat it?

About the Author...

I am a 35 year old woman who lives with my teendaughter in an old wooden house on a hilltop in Denmark. I have got a BA in prehistoric archeology and got a teacherdegree as well. I love books, plants, animals, kids and nourishing food.