So, I thought I would start doing something new here. People ask me all the time, "what do you eat?" Whether they're my spinners looking for tips or friends bored with their own recipes, I thought I would start a daily log of both my food consumption as well as my workouts. I stopped eating meat (beef, pork, chicken) about 5 months ago, so this will be a vegetarian log, but it's really easy to add meat in to any meal. In fact, that's how I cook around here. I start off by making whatever it is that I want to eat and then I just add a meat portion for the Irishman, be it a grilled ribeye or a lemon roasted chicken. I haven't had a problem making the switch. If it's a more complicated dish like lasagna, I just add meat to half of it.
You'll also notice that I eat most of my food raw. I've done a lot of research on nutrition and how our bodies process foods. As a result, I try to keep most of my foods as close to their natural state as possible. That goes for sugar and salt too. I stay far away from fake sugar products because they are completely synthetic (for example, Splenda is touted as being made from sugar and it is - 1 part sugar and 3 parts chlorine - yum!).
Oh and you'll notice something else - I do eat junky foods on occassion! (Gasp!!) I started out living by the 80/20 principle (eat things that are good for you 80% of the time and splurge the other 20%), but I'm closer to 90/10 now. The funny thing is that I just kind of gravitated towards things that were good for me as soon as I started thinking of food as fuel. I challenge you to eat a fried meal and then try and run for an hour. Can you say cramps?!?
One last food tidbit is that I don't view junk food as a reward. As a result, I don't feel the need to "treat" myself with it. I'm ok with anything in moderation (except for arsenic because even a drop will kill you) so if I want dessert I have it, if I don't then I skip it. Easy as that. Ok, so here we go.
Tuesday, July 29th:
Breakfast (9am) - Whole grain bagel with light veggie cream cheese, coffee with half and half and sugar
Gym 10:45-1:00pm - Ran 6 miles and taught a 50 minute spinning class (the earlier bagel was a big mistake because I had a cramp for my entire run - tomorrow, something lighter for breakfast)
Lunch (1pm) - Veggie burger on a sesame bun (Amy's Organic brand which is made up of actual veggies, not processed soy), pint of blackberries, pint of raspberries, a banana
Snack (3pm) - 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese and fresh pineapple
Dinner (6pm) - 1 slice homemade 4 cheese pizza (I bought a pre-made crust from the health food store made with spelt and flax seed - it turned out to be awesome!), a large romaine salad with white balsamic and olive oil, 1 pint strawberries, 1/2 a banana that Parker didn't finish.
2 comments:
You don't eat no MEAT? How do you have energy?
By the way, food logs are for people trying to calorie count!
Energy comes in the form of protein and complex carbs, both of which I get enough of. Don't be a hater brother.
You shouldn't have such a narrow focus on the food log. They're a great way to make sure that you're getting all of the nutrients/variety (and in my case - protein) that you need.
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