I'm also learning about new foods and enjoying them. Last night I had what may end up being one of my favorite go-to dishes, and it's about as simple as you get. I grilled chicken breasts, tossed them into romaine lettuce wraps and put goat cheese and just a tiny bit of taco sauce on them. It was incredible and two of them filled me up. Delicious.
If you can even count this as a cheat, the last two nights I've had little sugar cravings sneak into my head. Now, one thing I said I wouldn't do is totally "YOU CANT NOT HAVE" anything. If I want it, I'll plan for it, I'll eat it, I'll log it, and I'll move on. I do not want to go on any diets and I don't want to put any restrictions on my life that will cause me to stumble on this journey. Well, that's totally not true in a way - I said no junk food - but life can be still won without Sour Apple Straws and Doritos.
Yesterday, I stole one bite (like smaller than a ping pong ball) of cookie dough out of the fridge. The day before, I had about 4 tablespoons (100 cal) of Cool Whip on a spoon. Both times, it completely satisfied the sweet tooth, I grabbed a bottle of water and jumped on the couch to end my night.
This is how I want to do life.
I don't want to limit myself from the smart foods. I want to start making better choices - well informed, well thought out choices about what I'm putting into my body - the TEMPLE that I'm looking to rebuild. So, there's that - I'm much happier this way.
Onto an issue that I'm concerned about. Usually after a 5K race, my right leg, hip and knee hurt like the devil for a day or two. It's just something I've gotten used to as a big guy who does 3 miles at a time. I deal with it (sometimes praying to God to get me to the end of the race and begging him to drag me over the finish line - no, I'm NOT joking), I go through the pain, and it goes away.
This time it's not going away. The hip and leg feel fine, but my knee really, REALLY hurts. I've always chalked it up to simple pain, but I'm kind of worried that I did something serious. I'm not going to go rushing to a surgeon today, but I've got my endocrinologist appointment on Tuesday that I'm focused on, and if it still hurts the way it does today in a week, I may have to go make it official. I mean, this is the "hurts to get out of a chair" kind of pain. A lot of it is because there is still 456 pounds of meat leaning on the leg every time I ask it to carry me around, and I know that once my scales says 256 instead of 456 there will be a lot less of me to ask the knee to carry.. so... anyway, stay tuned.
Oh, and one other thing - I've been posting my food logs every day, If you're reading this from the actual blog, you can scroll down and see everything I've eaten this week. If you're the nutrition type, I'd love for a few of you to go through what I've done this week and give me some constructive criticism. This is a learning process for me and I'm always up for good suggestions. I tried a few scoops of this chocolate whey protein for a snack/belly filler yesterday and it curbed my cravings for a while, but I wonder what you guys think. Just don't tell me I can't eat this or that, because I'm not going to listen. :)
Here's the food log for yesterday.
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