A busy schedule = lack of sleep + forgetting to eat, so I dont have the energy to really workout. Sometimes I feel it is better to get on track with nutrition and then workout. Getting back on track for me means eating foods that are high in nutrient density.
A helpful analogy for selecting nutrient-dense foods is shopping for clothes on a tight budget. If you had only $40 in your clothing budget, you would most likely buy two pairs of pants on sale for $20 each instead of one pair of pants for $40. Because you can only "afford" a certain number of calories each day to maintain a healthy weight, it makes sense to maximize the nutrients you can get for each calorie you consume.
Relating it to food, you can either have an chocolate iced glazed doughnut from Krispy Kreme (250 cal; 110 cal from fat) or 1/2 cup of oatmeal, 1 slice of toast, and 1 cup of skim milk (245 cal; about 27 cal from fat; plus its high in fiber).
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“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
Everything I Am (Instrumental)
Mi Vida Loca
- Saul
- Tucson, Az, United States
- I run and cycle long distances. I've always liked adventures, I love pain. At the moment my interest is in endurance events, the new thing for me is ultra running, I want to see how far I can push my body? what I am really made out of? Its hard to believe that in 2002, I hated running.
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