"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." ~Thomas Paine
Diary:
b: (skip)
s: protien bar
l: chili, vitamins, xs, water
s: (skip)
d: mcdonalds hamburgers, fries, diet coke. (yeah, yeah, I know. This might be the first mcdonalds meal for a long time - first mcdonalds fries in a while.. nah, they weren't really that good, and I don't know now how someone can be infatuated with them. - I was - but not so much anymore.)
g: elliptical 2.27 miles, walk 1 mile, sauna
Notes:
Pretty stressful night. I have my blood labs tommorow, so I am fasting tonight. This was probably the only reason that I choose Mcdonalds. I wanted something quick and easy, and since I didn't get a snack, I just wanted to tide my stomach over, then stop eating until after the labs tommorow morning. In retrospect, this probably was the worst choice to make, as the greasy and carb-filled fries will most likely distort my numbers slightly, but I hope that overall they will be different. I did get the old records from before I started my healthy program, so I will compare before and after bloodwork, if it makes sense to me.
Only other thing to mention is that I am planning on using June as a hard-core, boot-camp like month, and hoping that I don't have any sick days. I listened to the Sugar Busters book on tape during my Nebraska trip, and they spoke about the evils of refined grains. In human past, our bodies have ingested whole grains and breads by stone ground, and steel cut methods. Our intenstines and liver and stomach are built to deal with food stuff in it's natural state, whether it be fruit, vegetables or grains. There is a lot of more scientific information in that book that I am going to skip over for now, but suffice it to say, the food manufacturing community has really frankenstiened certain foods (think cookies, crackers, breads, grains, rice, cereal, fruit juices, etc.)
Just look at rice. When I was in India, I read an article indicating that Kellog was trying to get Indian people to grow and eat rice-based cereals (like Rice Krispies). The only two problems with this were a) in India, they don't eat cereal for breakfast, as this is a very non-nutritious way to start the day. In most places (and early America), breakfast was the most important, nutritious, and plentiful meal of the day. Most of the cooking happened in the early morning, and meals were made to be taken with those who left the house to build things, farm, work, travel, etc..
b) India's rice crop mostly was highly nutritious and fortified with good fiber, vitamins, minerals etc, BROWN and WILD rice. What Kellog was trying to do was coerce Indian farmers to grow westernized, flavorless, no-fiber, lacking in good stuff, WHITE rice. This type of rice is good for cereals, and since it has less fiber, doesn't take as long to convert to it's 'second-life' in a box on a store shelf.
The other problem is that Indian people don't really like this crappy white rice stuff. Seriously, if you had a choice to grow good nutritious rice that fills your stomach, or white sticky junk that doesn't have taste, and since your stomach isn't used to it, you probably are going to get sick from it, plus eventually not get the nutrients you need..... well the whole thing is a big proble waiting to happen.
Where was I..... oh, Sugar Busters recommends that you eat food that is as close to natural as possible, and you WILL lose weight. No more fried, enriched, processed food with ingredients that you have never heard of. And NEVER EVER eat anything that has Corn Syrup in it. Corn Syrup is a short skip from Satan's Kitchen, according to Sugar Busters.
I am sort of agreeing with their premise about food. I am going to try and stay away from processed grains - sticke with breads, pasta, and rice that contain the words "Whole Grain" "100% Whole Wheat" (although caution here, becuase federal law indicates that the term "Whole Wheat" doesn't really mean the grain hasn't been processed, but that it started out as Whole Wheat. It may not still be the same thing as when it started, but it is better than Wonder Bread.) and "Brown or Wild Rices" This stuff has more fiber, more of the nutrients and the fact that we haven't modified them means that our digestive system has to really work to convert these things to usable fats and sugars. This is GOOD, your body needs something to do. With white-bread or modified grains, the food has already been de-fibered and pre-processed so your digestive system doesn't have to work as hard, and the food goes directly into your blood stream. This "stuff" either supplies you with energy, or makes you fat.
Anywho, read the book if you have interest in more of this stuff, but I am going to start reading labels when I buy my supplies. Good news is that there are lots of options for buying groceries in the cities, and I can choose the right options.
On a completely other subject, it is bloody hot outside, and I don't like hot weather. I am running the Air Conditioner extra long - and am nervous as this is only MAY!!! ouch. Time to check the settings on the AC timer I don't sleep well in hot weather, so I will be running the ac all night long when it is over 90 degrees like it was last week...
more later,
Chazz.
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