Fitness update

Food is such a huge pita.  In December I started tracking information about my weight, exercise and what I ate each day. 

I’m generally not worried about my weight.  I’m more interested in my fitness level and what I can do (run 3 miles in under 30 minutes, 20 pull ups, 80 sit ups in 2 minutes) than what I weigh.  In general meeting my fitness goals will cause me to weigh the correct amount necessary to meet those goals.  All that said: what I eat has a direct impact on my fitness.

My current eating plan cuts out most sugar.  Cutting out sugar generally has the affect of creating a low carb diet.  I also avoid, or try to avoid, bread type stuff – chips, donuts, bagels, buns, pasta, etc.  But it is not easy following this.  If you want convenience you are going to eat a lot of processed food which means sugars and lots of ‘cheap’ carbs. 

Worse, I friggin love sweets!  Give me a box of Jujifruits and a bag of twizzlers, jelly beans, and just about anything else on the candy isle and I’m good.  So I constantly fight the craving for sweets.  And to help out I have to kids that are every bit as bad as I am when it comes to candy.  My one indulgence: chocolate.  I buy dark chocolate mostly but occasionally some milk chocolate too.  It generally satisfies the candy cravings.  I also get blue bell no sugar added ice cream.  It still contains sugar, but if 1 cup of ice cream in the evening is going to prevent me from achieving my goals then I’m doing something seriously wrong.

Veggies are another problem.  I really don’t like veggies.  Carrots, broccoli, lettuce, and a few others are tolerable, but I have a rough time getting enough veggies in my diet.  The benefit of veggies is that they fill you up like a mofo.  I’ll usually microwave a bag of broccoli and eat that and be full for a long time afterward.

I’m just writing this stream of something or other.  No real plan.  Just thinking through how to get where I want to go.  Think I just need to buy more broccoli.  Maybe see if I can use canned Tuna more.  Me and the cats can eat together.