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Tuesday, January 6. 2009
You are what you eat
If this is the case I am becoming a wild roaming bear. At least I'm eating like one - not in quantaties, but in food type. During the holidays I read a book about the Paleo diet adapted for athletes - it was convincing. Besides that I'm trying to do all I can to get my leg healed (as quickly as possible, I might add) and I think the right diet might help. Or at least it's worth a try!What does a bear eat? Think fish, lean meat, berries, veggies... No carbs, no sugar, no milk, no diary products, no artificially produced or enriched flavors. Yes, no more bread, rice or potatoes. No sausages or other fat meat. Lots of fresh fruit and veggies. No, I didn't start this connected with any good intentions for the New Year, I can start good things any day called tomorrow
and I hope this is a good thing...
I'm taking it easy going into this. The first days I had some "rule violations" - today was the first day going completely by the rules. (My side steps were actually not even intentional - it's difficult to switch without throwing out lots of food I have in stock at home and I didn't remember everything.)
The main good points for this diet in a nutshell is an increased intake on vitamins (all of them), but also muscle-building proteins (tag: BCAA). Pasta and other carbs have high glycemic indexes and a low concentration of vitamins considering the amount of calories you eat. But the best: If you have endurance activity (as in: if I get back on the bike for more than 60mins) you're able to eat some carbs (for that carbo-loading all of you must have heard of).
My biggest problems so far:
- Cutting the vinegar. - All this salad only with olive oil? Well, today I added an avocado and some smoked salmon to the lettuce and it was marvelicious. Citrus juice also works pretty well.
- Knowing which are the lean meats. And why are they more expensive than the fattier ones? Did you ever realize the same part of meat could have 3 different names? Or that a name must not mandatorily tell you where a piece of meat came from?
- Drinking coffee without milk and sugar. I'm used to drinking my coffee with lots of milk and a small spoon of sugar. I tried to get rid of the sugar several times, but to me coffee without some sugar tastes horrible.
All of this is solvable considering the first experiences. The immediate positive effects include: absolutely no afternoon tiredness (you know, that hole you fall into sometime after lunch). Concentration is at an all time high (although the vacation might have aided this as well). There is an increased appetite for fresh fruit. It's so easy to choose a healthy snack now - when all the chocolate lying around the office is no option. - That's plenty of good for the start I think.
I bet I have some more stories to come when this works or doesn't. Ã
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