5 Days as a Nutritarian . . . fail?

So . . .

I started on Sunday and everything was going well. Last night I kinda fell off the wagon . . . kinda.

I went to Chipotle.

I needed something a little more substantial than what I was planning to have that evening, which was gonna be another huge salad with a side of steamed veggies and half a cup of black beans. Yeah, the salad is humongous but it really is low in calories. I was feeling kinda foggy, which I never got when I was following the Slow Carb Diet. After doing a bit more reading, I think I need to re-plan my meals. I'll finish this week as close to what I'm supposed to be doing, but adding a bit more legumes and grains.

As for what happened yesterday with the Chipotle stop? I NEEDED food. I picked up a burrito with brown rice, black beans a double scoop of the mild salsa (love that shit) and guac. It was fantastic!

So what I need to figure out is what to do for dinner. I'm gonna stick with the oatmeal breakfast and monster salad lunch. Below is my "recipe" for breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast
1/2 cup of Quaker Oatmeal
3/4 cup of frozen berries
1 banana
1 cup of unsweetened almond milk.

Breakfast is usually no problem as far as energy. It's after lunch when I start feeling fuzzy-headed.

Lunch
1/2 pound of mixed greens (baby spinach, baby kale)
1/2 pound of mixed veggies (tomato, cucumber, bell peppers)
1/2 pound of steamed veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots)
1/2 cup of black beans

Dinner is where I think I may have been missing some stuff. I was just eating the same thing I was eating at lunch. I needed a hearty meal instead of another monster salad. Though ideally that should be fine. I need to figure out what I need to make for dinner. Need to add some rice or quinoa and more legumes. I do love the Chipotle black beans. I need to look for the clone recipe for those. AND for the brown rice too!

GD

Hello World! Been a while . . . part II - PLANTS!

Whole food, plant based nutrition.

It pretty much means to eat like a real vegan. No eggs or dairy. With the added restriction of no oil, added salts or sugars or processed foods. Limit grains and starchy vegetables, nuts and avocados. I like the description of being an un-ethical vegan. I’m not doing this to sympathize with the animals slaughtered for our diet. I’m doing this for health reasons.

Saturday's will still be "cheat days". As Ray Cronise says, Rare and Appropriate.

What does that mean? Stick to the diet.

Except:

   - Ideally once a week, during a 4 hour window, the world is yours. Eat what you want.

   - Holidays aren't often. Eat, but be conscious of it.

   - Other special events, ie birthdays, weddings. Again, be smart about it.

I don't know how close I'll stick to that 4 hour window, but I probably will not. I'll take Saturday.

Why am I doing this? 

   #1 Kevin Smith. He's only three years older than I am. I don't know what his diet has been like, but I at least have been somewhat conscious of what I was taking in. It hasn't all been pretty. Like 60 percent of what I've been eating has been "okay".

   #2 Ever since I got hurt, I've been feeling my age. I'm getting aches and pains that didn't used to bug me before I got hurt. I think that all goes to diet.

   #3 I just need to change something.

Ray Cronise in one of the podcasts on The No Meat Athlete and/or Rich Roll says that when we’re younger, we can get away with eating almost anything. Evolution directed that we take in what fuel we can to make sure we’re strong enough to spread our seed. Once we get to about 40, evolution is done with us. We start breaking down. If we want to make sure we have a healthier lifestyle, we can’t get away with eating junk. We need to start taking in the right nutrients our body needs to run efficiently.

This is what I’m doing during the week for food:

  Breakfast: A cup of oatmeal with berries and/or bananas

  Lunch: 226 grams of greens (spinach, kale mix),

               226 grams of veggies (tomato, cucumber, celery, bell peppers)

               226 grams of steamed veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, squash, carrots).

  Dinner: Same as lunch.

In American numbers, that a pound and a half of food for one meal. 3 pounds a day!

And I’ll tell you, I am so friggin’ STUFFED!

AND IT TAKES SO LONG TO EAT!!!

Luckily I don’t mind bland. But I can see how this kind of diet could be difficult for someone. One of the things I do like is that fruit is encouraged. Actually, they are unlimited, but 4 pieces minimum recommended. But still need to eat the other stuff first. Damn, that’s gonna be hard.

There’s a bunch of other stuff I’m missing, but the gist of it is all here. I hope it goes well.

GD