Day 44: Balance {In Food}

I need to remember blogs don't post from my phone. Sorry its a day late! You get two today.

If this last year has not changed my life forever it is my fault. It has not been a year of diets, but a reorganization of my life style choices. Lana never asked me to do something I wasn’t able to do forever. Some of the worst diets around ask you to do things that you could not do forever. If we are to be changing our lives, then we must be practicing habits that will last a lifetime. Sometimes it is hard to know what a balanced meal looks like. For a while, I thought a balanced meal came from Costco. A coke and a giant slice of pizza all washed down with soft served goodness of “yogurt”.  I have since learned this is not the case.

There is a pretty standard nutritional guideline issued by the FDA. This guideline is suggested for the 2,000-calorie diet but is easily modified for everyone. The challenge for today is to know and eat within the suggested guidelines. Many programs are available on line, or as an app on different phones, that show you how you are eating.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-diet/NU00200

This is mine for Friday

It is important to know and understand that each day is a new day, but staying within these suggested guidelines prevents you from getting unhealthy with your eating. When some diets eliminates carbs things start to get haywire. Carbs are what gives you energy and when we have no carbs to burn, we start to burn muscle. That seams counter intuitive. Trying to gain muscle when our body is eating the muscle.

It’s a lot to change and get used to, but once we know healthy eating habits our lives will start to change!

One Week Done!!

One Less Day 

Day 50	Write everything that you eat and drink down. Including what time you consumed it.
Day 49	No Eating after 7 PM
Day 48	Walk/Run 25 miles a week (Intentionally and apart from other workouts)
Day 47	Drink Enough Water!
Day 46 (Today)	Eat 5 servings of veggies. Four must be green and carrots can only be eaten ever 3rd day.
Day 45	Give up one unhealthy food choice
Day 44	Keep within the Healthy Food Guidelines