Changes I've made....
- 3-4 cups fresh veggies daily
- 8 cups water daily
- equal protein and carbs in a meal
- at least 540 minutes of exercise per week
- Small meals, 4-6 per day
- Resistance training 3x week (part of 540 mins)
- Daily Multi-Vitamin (Centrum)
- Daily Fish Oil Pill
- Daily Calcium/Magnesium (my pms is cured!!)
Do not forget that veggies and fruits are CARBS! This is where carb loading happens...not the pasta and rice we've all been told to do. I gained 10 lbs my first year of training due to this--it is WAY TOO EASY to overeat pasta. Can you only eat a portion size?? 1/2 cup?? I doubt it!
more thoughts to come.....
12 comments:
I did noit know you did 540 a week? I only been avg about 300. no wonder you can kick my butt. this is changing. I working on about 780. I will porbably only get in 640 mins this week though.
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I have no willpower to change my diet but I must say I am starting to get inspired!
...I am starting to replace my pasta, rice intake with vege intake.
I find beets, yams, broccoli works well b/c they are what i call heavy veges (those that fill me up).
I also like eating veges over grain foods b/c:
- veges in general have more vitamins and nutrients than grain
- grain is more acidic and veges/fruits are more alkaline (this is important for me since i have a mild case of osteoproasis
ha..i follow some paleo diet as well.
540 minutes? Holy crap! That's 90 minutes a day (with one day off). This doesn't even include resistance training 3x's.
700 (work commute)
+ 3000 (work)
+ 2940 (7 hr sleep/day ideally)
+ 300 (Bears game w/pre & postgame)
= 6940 minutes
10,080 total week minutes
That only leaves me with 3140 minutes or 52hr 20 minutes.
Hmmm...ok, I don't know where I'm going with this. But it started out trying to make some kind of point. I think the point being...I'm a slacker.
Wow! 9 hours per week of exercise is quite a bit. Good for you!
I do something similar just to eat healthy - 4-6 meals per day. 10+ cups of water. I've added more veggies and fruit into my day too.
And yes it is VERY easy to overeat on pasta - one of my favorite foods. I thought a serving was one cup though?
Way to go!
I'm the anti-healthy eater, but no I am not proud of it.
Ok, I'm fine with the food, but I can see that I clearly need to kick the cardio in high gear! Thanks for sharing!
My usual promise: I will start next monday.
I'm good with all of that except that damn 'portion control'! ;) Congrats to you ...you look great!
Wow 9 hours a week, impressive! Thanks for sharing the information, I'm looking for the book.
That's awesome change. Way to go!!
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