Monday, August 8, 2005

Nutrition content over taste? A new philosophy.

I have a trainer at the gym telling me what to eat these days.  It is a far departure from eating whatever I crave and whatever tastes good and whatever is cheap and convenient and whatever my favorite restaurants are serving.  I might actually burn out on chicken breasts at this pace.  If I consistently chose those over beef, turkey, or white fish, that would mean eating 24 ounces of chicken breast meat a day. If protien powder didn't come in a variety of flavors, I might burn out on that, too.  A huge change in my lifestyle includes keeping fruits, greens, and yogurt around now.  I eat bananas for breakfast anyway, but never in the quantity which I'm eating now.  I'm cooking and washing dishes a lot more.  I can't say that I'm saving any money, though.  This is six meals a day!  My metabolism is already in overdrive.  I can't say that I feel better, because I'm always stuffed.  And sticking to the diet is moderately challenging when traveling.  Luckily, the Hilton I'm in now has a good room service menu.  If Hilton did the cooking all the time, I could totally envision making this diet a lifestyle.  Just leave the tray in the hallway?  Okay!

I'm in Minneapolis and we're getting ready to move a big chunk of internet gear from one room to another.  It's just a few OC192s.  Some servers.  Some switches.  Some routers.  Eh, we're ready.  Internet access on cable modems in Minneapolis might be a little, uh, intermittent for a short time tonight.  I tried to rest this evening, but ended up in the hot tub.  Then, I watched some trash on TV.  Anacondas is a terrible movie, but I couldn't stop staring.  Hotel cable doesn't leave many choices.  I could have watched a guy bread fish with crushed fried pork skins (chiccarones) to reduce carbs.  Anacondas was less frightening. 

6 comments:

  1. I am coming up on Fri., bringing some of those wonderful angus ribeyes.  Guess I should leave yours here???

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  2. Whoa whoa whoa... you can still bring those Ribeyes!

    My grill LOVES ribeyes.   ; - )

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  3. Ribeyes are definitely IN the diet plan.  :-)

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  4. I've been on protein overload since I started getting serious about weightlifting.  I bought some weight gainer mix last week for 15 bucks.  19 g protein, 650 calories per scoop.  Banana split flavor is delicious.

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  5. What are your goals, coolcat?

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  6. It's your cousin Michael, by the way.  I'm just trying to gain mass and strength.  I went from weighing 140 to 165, but that was from the workout alone.  I hit a plateau, so I've increased my calorie and protein intake for better recovery and quicker gains.

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