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Next So, when I met with the nutritionist after yoga class and
she told me I should, with my energy output, be eating 5 or 6 small meals
a day instead of 2 or 3 big ones, I felt sorta smug. She said if I had a
more sedentary lifestyle that 5 or 6 small meals would be called
"snacking", but since I work out so much now it's essential that I
do. Snack well, of course. She also told me that the reason I crave
sweet chocolatey stuff right before bed is because I don't eat enough fat
with my meals. She recommended adding a tablespoon of olive oil to my
pasta servings, or eating more avocado or yogurt. Vegetable fats are what
I should look for - cheese is ok on occasion, but should be avoided on a
regular basis. Keeping this in mind, I still ate my lasagna dinner
(which is what I'd planned for last night), but when I was hungry an hour
or so later, I got out my whole wheat hazelnut bread and dipped it in a
little olive oil for a snack. I wasn't hungry when I went to bed last
night for the first time in months. She also cautioned me that if I
starve my body too much in an attempt to lose weight, I'll lose muscle
before fat (the body thinks you're starving if you're not getting enough
calories; the ideal for weight loss is 20% less than your maintenance
intake of calories). I don't usually think of myself as starving my body,
but then again she put my ideal calorie intake at around 3000 calories a
day, when I would've thought it was much lower than that. (This means
for weight loss I should eat no fewer than 2400 calories a day.) I'm
going to have to restructure my thinking, since I'm not used to using so
much energy. I don't think I've ever stuck with an exercise routine so
well in my adult life. So, yay me. As I've said, the exercise is the
thing that I've had to be most proud of recently. If I can get my eating
habits under control (more protein! I need to figure out how to cook
fish) I think this will really help my mental outlook, which is still
sorta glum (but at least I'm not wallowing like last week). The
company retreat is coming up soon, and I'm gonna drive Jenna and her
friend Shauna (if Shauna can go). I am looking forward to this, if only
to get the chance to hang out and chat with some women my age. The
retreat is up at Wilbur Hot Springs, and it's going to be luxorious -
soaking in hot and cold tubs, free massage, music, hanging out with
the incredibly cool people who work at my company. We'll also do some
hiking, which may be something Jenna and I keep up on the weekends even
after the retreat (which would help me go out and get exercise on the
weekends too, which I usually don't do these days). Ahhhhhh . . . .
Born With the Dead: Three Novellas About the Spirit of Man by
Robert Silverberg
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Yesterday I ate lunch twice. I had decided that I should listen to my
body and eat when I'm hungry, as my mood is way too affected by my blood
sugar levels. Exercise log:
Did 25 minutes on the Precor Elliptical Trainer at lunch. Yoga class
after work followed by a meeting with a nutritionist.
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