Modifying my diet

Thanks to my friend Tony he turned me on to reading the book In Fitness and In Health by Dr. Phil Maffetone who is an Applied Keniesiologist. He told me about his new diet, not weight loss diet, but the true term of what you eat, and I was intrigued because it was against most everything I have ever read that an athlete should eat, sort of. Not to mention, Tony is the best all around athlete Kristin and I know, so I figured I should read this book.

Where Phil Maffetone is similar to everything I have read, and what I have always believed, is that whole foods from nature which have not been bombarded with chemicals are best for our bodies. I think most, if not all, people agree with this. Now, what I have always read is athletes need lots of carbs. I read that as, carb up baby!!! And it gave me a good excuse to eat lots of pasta and bread, which I absolutely love! Well, I think I took too many liberties with that one.

According to this book, I need to cut out all refined sugars and carbs. So, since I had seen how much good this has done for Tony, I decided it was worth a try, what the heck. So, I slowly weened off carbs, and ramped up on the good stuff. All I can say is that my body feels better than what I previously thought great was, all the time! For example, I never realized how bad my stomach felt all the time. Now that I have removed the high carb diet, my stomach is never bloated or gassy (sorry for the over info). The biggest thing for me though is the amount of energy my body can tap in to when I exercise.

There is much more to this than cut carbs, this is not Atkins, this is a much healthier choice. Also, when it comes to exercise, he has a whole different theory, which you can read the book for.

Even though I am injured now, my body is still doing great. I am eating as much as I want, and I am still shedding weight. I am probably eating as many calories, or close, to what I was eating on my high carb diet, but instead of constantly gaining when not exercising, I am still losing weight. I don't think this is because I am starving myself, but now that my body is getting what it needs, it will now go to the weight it wants to be at.

You should consider reading the book, and you may have to reconsider what you thought was okay.

Going insane

I want to run, but I can not run because I am still hurting. Urgh! On top of that work has been crazy hectic at work. We are working on this very big project, that is high profile, and being closely watched by our Executive team and Board. The project is a good thing, but the anticipation and expectations are high, so the pressure is high too. Although, I am not complaining. It is great to have a job in these times, and I am seeing many people I know in risk of getting laid off, so I am thankful for a job.
However, if I could run to get rid of some stress I would really appreciate it. For now, I am riding the rollers on my bike, and it is boring doing exercise indoors watching TV. Sigh.... Although, I haven't had much time for that either. Yes, I am complaining, for now.

Recovering from an Injury

Just after my last post I had an achilles injury and it took me out for a couple weeks. I am working my way to being able to run non-stop now. Currently, I can run 1 mile and walk .25 miles, then run a mile, then walk and one more time of running. It really sucks in a way, but I am very excited to be able to run again! 

I thought we were no longer racist?

Okay, this is just a quick note, but I was really upset when watching the elections and seeing all of the racist comments out there. 

Many African American's said they were voting for Obama, because he was black! I am sorry, if I said, Jee, that's the same reason I am voting for McCain, would I be the racist one? Of course I didn't say that, but many African American's did say that about Obama. 

This spurred me to look at the exit polls. According to the exit polls, 95 of African American's voted for Obama, where as white american's voted for Obama at 55%. Now, we all know there are plenty of Neo-Nazi, Skin Heads, etc. who would never vote for Obama, but as a whole, they did not skew our numbers by that much. 

However, by the African American's voting for Obama, because he is black, does that make them racists? I think so, and it makes me said to know that American has not learned its lesson. 

For me, Obama will be my President, our President, and when he is sworn in, I will stand behind our President. I hope the rest of America gives him this same level of courtesy and respect, and I really hope the wack jobs stay away!