Eventually I plan to start keeping a more detailed food log, but not yet. I'm focusing on finding a nice balance between solid, clean food and still indulging when I want. I have kicked gluten to the curb for now because it makes me feel like death, but I'm enjoying a little cheese and sugar now and then.
What I DO want to do for now is just keep track of foods that cause noticeable differences in my mood, energy, performance, and just how I feel - whether those differences are awesome or not-so-awesome.
Yesterday was not-so-awesome.
I went to Columbus, NE, yesterday with my mom to install a tree she built for Columbus High's art club. The weather was perfect, and the students were awesome. (One is a powerlifter. How cool is she, you ask? Really, really cool, I reply.) On the way out of Omaha we stopped through the Jimmy John's drive thru for a double-meat #12 unwich. Forgot to ask for no cheese, but it wasn't a big deal. Probably would have felt better without it, but I didn't really notice anything.
For dinner, though, we hit Applebee's in Columbus. Not the easiest place to get clean food, but Mom was paying and I figured I'd find something decent. Got the steak fajita skillet - steak, veggies, sour cream, salsa, and I added guac. I would skip the tortillas and rice and use just a little of the cheese. Easy, right? Meh. The steak and veggies were covered in a sauce - it was fairly tasty, I guess, but loaded with sugar and salt. The side of guac was miniscule, but it was just okay so I wasn't too disappointed.
The after-effects were far from disastrous, but not exactly ideal. When we left, I was super-thirsty and had a weird, mild stomachache. This morning woke up with the same stomachache and thirst, plus some bonus bloating and gassy feelings. Hit a solid breakfast of eggs, apple, and almond butter, and by 8 or so things were mostly back to normal. Now I'm devouring a tasty lunch of grass-fed ground beef sauteed with brussel sprouts, garlic, and onion with some roasted squash (guatemalan blue banana squash from my garden). It might just be in my head, but I swear I can feel the omega-3s pumping through my veins fixing me up.
For dinner, though, we hit Applebee's in Columbus. Not the easiest place to get clean food, but Mom was paying and I figured I'd find something decent. Got the steak fajita skillet - steak, veggies, sour cream, salsa, and I added guac. I would skip the tortillas and rice and use just a little of the cheese. Easy, right? Meh. The steak and veggies were covered in a sauce - it was fairly tasty, I guess, but loaded with sugar and salt. The side of guac was miniscule, but it was just okay so I wasn't too disappointed.
The after-effects were far from disastrous, but not exactly ideal. When we left, I was super-thirsty and had a weird, mild stomachache. This morning woke up with the same stomachache and thirst, plus some bonus bloating and gassy feelings. Hit a solid breakfast of eggs, apple, and almond butter, and by 8 or so things were mostly back to normal. Now I'm devouring a tasty lunch of grass-fed ground beef sauteed with brussel sprouts, garlic, and onion with some roasted squash (guatemalan blue banana squash from my garden). It might just be in my head, but I swear I can feel the omega-3s pumping through my veins fixing me up.
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