Donna Mae’s food pyramid
First, Max & Sarah, the guideline I have from Heidi on OTD and a book about
water is 1/2 oz per pound of body weight (not 1 oz per pound of body
weight).
I found Donna Mae’s image of a revised food pyramid with meat & greens at
the bottom very helpful! A way for me to visualize how to focus my portions.
What’s brilliant about this is that it shows what the focus of the O diet
needs to be . . . that it’s not just about avoiding the avoids . . . it’s
about including and focusing on the beneficial foods ~ in the right
proportions. It reminds me that Dr. D’Adamo suggests adding beneficials
before eliminating any avoids . . . that eating the foods that are best for
us is that important . . . and it probably helps set the stage for having
some good habits in place before trying to cut back on the avoids. Though I
didn’t approach it that way! (I eliminated avoids first then out of
desperation started eating more beneficial meat, fish & greens).
Paulita