I am not consistent enough with blogging yet to post my eating habits every day. Instead, I plan to give snap-shots of what I eat, keep track of my weight, and note anything of interest for the day. I'll also be including what I do for exercise.
Meals for the Day
Breakfast:
Green smoothie (a mix of frozen spinach, frozen blueberries, a peach, frozen mango, 1 TBSP of flaxseed)
Vitamins
Lunch
Veggie Salad with "Caesar" dressing
Romaine Lettuce, Kidney Beans, and a mix of steamed Yellow Squash, Broccoli, Mushrooms, Eggplant, and Leek
"Caesar" dressing made in Vitamix
1/4 c. cashews
1/4 c. soymilk
lemon
pepper
coarse mustard
Dinner
Cold Cucumber and Pear Salad
No dressing needed!
Cucumber, radish, and tomatoes sliced and mixed with 2 pears quartered and 1/2 oz. walnuts
(using leftovers for tomorrow's lunch)
No weigh-in today.
Exercise: 60 minutes on treadmill
30 minutes of running at speed of 6.0
10 minutes of running at speed of 6.5
20 minutes of walking at speed 4.0 at various inclines 1% to 5%
Listened to CD on health while exercising. I learned that caffeine stimulates appetite and that combined with sugar, it can become one of the most addicting substances. I also learned that all fish contain small amounts of mercury and over time, if we ingest too much fish, we can poison ourselves. I also learned that a healthy diet can help relieve allergies, asthma, and headaches (just to name a few).
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I'm a foodie, so I'm always interested in whether or not food actually tastes good. Is the green shake you have for breakfast "good"? I know I had one in Mexico that I thought was kiwi, but it was spinach. Not sure what else was in it to make it more pleasing...
ReplyDeleteAlso, interesting info from the health CD. I'm wondering about cultures that tend to eat more fish, for instance most Asian cultures. I haven't heard that mercury poisoning is a big issue there. I might have to look into that.
The green smoothie tastes great! I put it in the Vitamix, so it pulverizes all of the ingredients into something really smooth. I can't stand a smoothie having weird bits in it and the texture is really important to me. I think the key to a successful green smoothie is to put a good "masking" fruit like an apricot, banana, or mango to add sweetness. Too many bitter fruits (berries, in particular) won't mask the spinach and the entire thing becomes a little potent. I'm going to blog a bit more on the tastes of food later tonight, actually. With the fish, I'm not sure how much is considered poisoning. It would have been useful to have that information on the CD, too.
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