Thursday, June 01, 2006
Where to start first?
There are so many things I want to do concerning my health and weight. I have been inwardly and outwardly excited about the change in diet I have mad since the my son was born in December. I have been shopping at Trader Joe's and trying to eat organic when I can. I have been trying to eat a ton of greens and a bit more fruit and fiber. I also take note of "The Color Of The Rainbow" diet. Eating a variety in colored food is very beneficial. You can find an article here about this nutritional diet. I also believe that there is energy in color, and each color gives you a certain kind of energy. More on this later....
Anyway, I love eating more grains and fiber. I like being conscious of what I put in my body. It feels really good. Then the cravings come! I want to eat out with a friend and say "f-it" for the night. I am sure I can still do that once in a while, but I need to get more of a rhythm to my madness in regards to eating habits! I need to take Calcium/Magnesium! We women need that badly. You can't take one without the other. Osteoporosis runs in my family! I need to find a good grade of vitamin too. Most importantly I need to stop eating when I am emotional or bored. If I do need to eat or have a craving, I need to find good substitutes for sweet things.
Neat stuff!! My friend Diana turned me on to toasted brown rice bread with creamy honey and cinnamon sprinkled on top. It tasted like cake. I kid you not. She also turned me on to coconut covered dates with almonds. YUM. She gave me a sample of Kashi crackers (already loved those) with organic peanut butter and creamed honey on them. WOW. SO GOOD. I am going to Trader's tomorrow. I can do this. I can totally substitute chocolate and icing cravings with this stuff. She also turned me onto the Garden Patch Juice (has lots of greens/veges in it). It was good. She also makes a morning smoothie for herself that has the following in it:
2 tablespoons of greens - powder -organic.
1 tablespoon flax seed oil/omega three or ground flax seed powder.
1/4 cup straight cranberry juice (TJ's) no sugar added (really good for you)
1/4 cup of Dark very Berry Cherry frozen fruit. Also super good for you.
1/4 orange juice or pineapple.
1 dose of the calcium/magnesium (I think)
1 dose of greens/protein - if she is not going to eat a lot of meat that day.
She fills the glass the rest of the way with water or low cal juice, adds ice and puts it in a blender. Sounds gross, but it wasn't! She sucks it through a straw instead of sipping it and it goes down quickly. She does this every morning, especially on days she is not feeling like she ate so well. I am impressed and will start this too!
For now, I will stick to trying to make better choices, eat less and buy better food. I will work on the rest slowly.
I type this after I just ate a piece of banana creme pie. Someone kick me in the A**.
Anyway, I love eating more grains and fiber. I like being conscious of what I put in my body. It feels really good. Then the cravings come! I want to eat out with a friend and say "f-it" for the night. I am sure I can still do that once in a while, but I need to get more of a rhythm to my madness in regards to eating habits! I need to take Calcium/Magnesium! We women need that badly. You can't take one without the other. Osteoporosis runs in my family! I need to find a good grade of vitamin too. Most importantly I need to stop eating when I am emotional or bored. If I do need to eat or have a craving, I need to find good substitutes for sweet things.
Neat stuff!! My friend Diana turned me on to toasted brown rice bread with creamy honey and cinnamon sprinkled on top. It tasted like cake. I kid you not. She also turned me on to coconut covered dates with almonds. YUM. She gave me a sample of Kashi crackers (already loved those) with organic peanut butter and creamed honey on them. WOW. SO GOOD. I am going to Trader's tomorrow. I can do this. I can totally substitute chocolate and icing cravings with this stuff. She also turned me onto the Garden Patch Juice (has lots of greens/veges in it). It was good. She also makes a morning smoothie for herself that has the following in it:
2 tablespoons of greens - powder -organic.
1 tablespoon flax seed oil/omega three or ground flax seed powder.
1/4 cup straight cranberry juice (TJ's) no sugar added (really good for you)
1/4 cup of Dark very Berry Cherry frozen fruit. Also super good for you.
1/4 orange juice or pineapple.
1 dose of the calcium/magnesium (I think)
1 dose of greens/protein - if she is not going to eat a lot of meat that day.
She fills the glass the rest of the way with water or low cal juice, adds ice and puts it in a blender. Sounds gross, but it wasn't! She sucks it through a straw instead of sipping it and it goes down quickly. She does this every morning, especially on days she is not feeling like she ate so well. I am impressed and will start this too!
For now, I will stick to trying to make better choices, eat less and buy better food. I will work on the rest slowly.
I type this after I just ate a piece of banana creme pie. Someone kick me in the A**.
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Consider your A** kicked...but not because you ate the pie. But because you didn't SHARE! Evil b*tch. ;)
Seriously, I totally hear you. I love sweets! They are my worst enemy. However, we're here to work together and we'll kick our nasty sugar addiction together!
Maybe it's time to do a 12 step for Sugar Addicts Anonymous?
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Seriously, I totally hear you. I love sweets! They are my worst enemy. However, we're here to work together and we'll kick our nasty sugar addiction together!
Maybe it's time to do a 12 step for Sugar Addicts Anonymous?
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