Day 23: Beating the Hunger Monster!

Let's talk about being hungry - Why do so many of us eat, but then feel hungry, eat some more but still feel hungry? Has this ever happened to you? Well, it depends on what you are eating. If you eat something that is nutritionally dense, like vegetables, fruit, whole wheat bread and pasta, low-fat dairy cheese or yogurt, and lean protein, you will feel full – especially in the right combinations, but more on that later.

Oohh doughnuts!! One of my biggest weaknesses!
Willpower, don't fail me now!

On the other hand, if you are eating food that is high in fat, calories, and is nutritionally stripped of it's value, like white pasta or bread (white means it has been pre-broken down and bleached with chemicals), so that it gives quick bursts of energy-like gasoline on a fire, but then leaves you feeling lethargic (you crash), or if you eat the wrong stuff too late in the day, you aren't being active enough to use up the energy that the food/fuel you are eating has provided, and do you know what that means? Yep, your body will store it... as FAT!

Plus your intestines have to deal with all the chemicals from the tampered-with food. Short-term, your body can handle it. But long-term your body will become polluted, and that's where chronic illness (like my Crohn's disease) comes from.

Bread and baked goods - my biggest weakness!

Why eat “healthy” food​? It fuels your body for activity. Bad, crappy food just slows you down! And it doesn't nourish you, it is nutritionally empty, so you could eat crap all the time, but it's just going to leave you feeling hungry, depleted, sluggish, and ultimately diseased and overweight. Good food does nothing but good for your body. When you think about food in terms of “fueling your body” rather than just eating what tastes good, it's easier to make the good choices choosing what IS good. Eat healthy, knowing it is going to give you better health.

Tomorrow, we will talk about food combinations to help you feel fuller, longer. So y'all come back now for THAT!

That's more like it!

So, the story of the photos... I stopped by the supermarket on the way home tonight and came face-to-face with my biggest weaknesses... BREAD and BAKED GOODIES!

The smell of doughnuts and fresh-baked bread was intoxicating, and almost enough to make me lose it!! 

      Just so you know, I bought some eggs, turkey bacon and fruit and went home! YAY!!

As for how the rest of my day went...

Food

Breakfast: Apple-cinnamon oatmeal

Lunch: Tomato and cole-slaw sammy and 2 HBE's

Snack: 2 poached eggs on toast with avocado and avocado

Dinner: "Skinny Soup" and string cheese

Snack: Isopure chocolate protein recovery shake

Exercise

45 mins of full-body, weight training. Hams, quads, calves, chest, arms (bi's & tri's)
No back!  Back recovery day.

Tip on form

Imagine the muscle you are working. Focus on it. Squeeze it at the top. Exhale. Control letting the contraction down. Inhale... Breathe. Focus on the muscle. Imagine how you want it to look. Do it again.

Thanks for reading everybody!

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