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Sunday, September 24, 2006
has anyone seen will around? will power?
Remember Supersize Me? The one where the guy eats nothing but crap for 30 days? I'm going to try that in reverse, to see if there are any noticable benefits (wellness, health, financial) from attempting to eat better. Please note that this isn't a diet, but rather a step up in the quality of foods I eat. I am not interested in loosing weight of any kind, and wont be monitoring calorie intake or watching my weight from day to day or anything like that.
Here are the rules for the next 4 weeks (Sept 25th - Oct 23rd):
A) No refined sugars (includes obvious sources as well as in coffees, cakes, white bread)
B) No colas/sodas/pops.
C) No processed meats. (switching to real meats)
D) I must eat an Orange, an Apple, a Peach, and a Banana every day.
E) Caffine/Coffee is allowed. I tried giving it up before and almost went completely insane.
F) At least 1 Green Tea each day (possibly in place of coffee but not necessarily)
G) No Fast food.
Exceptions:
I'm making these exceptions for lunches:
1) Extreme Pita: Grilled Chicken Pita
2) Subway: Undecided (probably lobster as it's the most unprocessed of meats)
A lot of this isn't too much of a radical change for my lifestyle. I already began eating more fruit each day and I drink green tea. I use grain breads instead of white bread. I am, however, highly dependent on colas and I eat processed foods too much in the form of take-out.
A turkey is being cooked today to use as a basis for sandwhiches for lunch (instead of using processed turkey). I'll probably start cooking more in the nights this month to help out myself for the following day.
I'll post from time to time, probably starting tommorow regarding my progress.
edit: added rule G, to which the exeptions apply.
The only place I allow myself sugar is in my coffee. The green tea thing is a good idear, that's 1000x the antioxidant potency of vitamin C, and everyone's in love with vitamin C! Of the 4 chosen fruits, only bananas aren't chalk-full of sugar, they're more starchy than the rest.
To replace fast food you can always go to stores that sell real food. I go to this indian food take-out place in the mall (downstairs from where I work) every day at work. For $6.50 I get about 5lbs of food, all real stuff like rice, chicken breasts, brocholi, cabbage, carrots. It's mostly meat though, which makes me happy. I tend to eat about 1/5th of it every time I open the take-out box, then close it back up, wait an hour then open it up and eat another 1/5th. Best way to go is frequently eating small meals, ups the metabolism. FYI, I don't mind my food cold, if I did I'd have to make a trek to the lunch room every time I wanted a bite, would take too long.
If you're doing this thing, you should make a scienceterrific experiment out of it with statistics. Like, measure your bodyparts, including your genetalia, and post them online before you start, then do it again after this is all done; see if you've changed at all. Include your weight and general feelings of well-being, if you notice an improvement in mood, concentration and energy.
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