Extreme Diet Changes

As I was going through blog posts recently and looking at areas I’d like to update more, it became apparent that I’ve been less than personal on here lately. I have a personal blog that I deal with a lot of my health stuff on and I think it’s time to start migrating some of it here as well.

So I’ll jump in. For one thing, I advocate that everyone goes and checks with their doctor before making any major fitness or nutrition changes. Now that said, I also need to let you know that I am NOT a nutritionalist I just play one on tv. lol I’m a fitness trainer and I can make recommendations, but that is the extent of my legal abilities.

I’m never a supporter of major, extreme diet changes. They just don’t work for most people and there are quite a few reasons. In fact I guess I should start some posts about those reasons as well. Just made a note of it.

But at this time I am at the end of day 2 of protein and veggies only. I am severely lactose intolerant so I can’t eat dairy as it is. Today I also gave up caffeine, but honestly, we’ll see if that lasts tomorrow. I mean really, the diet is a lot without giving myself headaches. lol Even though I’ve made it through today with just a mild dull ache going on, mostly sluggishness.

So the diet. I’m not a fan nor an advocate of the Atkins diet. Mostly because people do NOT follow it correctly, they just pick and choose what they want from the plan. But at this time I really was noticing some horrible habits. I was doing quick grabs for food and it would start right at breakfast as I ran out the door.

This is when extreme diet changes (made healthily) will help a lot. I need to take the habit completely out of the picture. Thankfully I love veggies and a lot of different kinds so I’ve had it a little easier in that respect. But it would be a lot easier if I could add in some cheesesticks for snacks here and there.

My breakfasts are easy, I saute up veggies and scramble eggs. I can do that for another 5 days without a problem. Or we just baked a ham yesterday so I’ll fry an egg and egg white and have some ham slices. But lunches are getting rough already because I just don’t want salads twice a day. lol So I need to get to researching some other ideas.

It helps that my husband is really on board and harassing me when I whine. Now my daughter on the other hand? Today as I made my dinner she says,” I don’t know how you’ll get full without having the rice with that.” lol I guess I’ll need to start cutting some carbs here and there for them as well. I know we’ve gotten bad as a family at grabbing quick and easy stuff. Even though it’s from our own cupboards and fridge it doesn’t mean it’s the best thing we all could be eating.

So I do feel that extreme diet changes have their place. I’m not looking to get rid of carbs from my diet completely or permanently. On the contrary, I need carbs so I can kick butt on my workouts and especially on my runs. BUT I need to get back on track with the lower GI carbs. I’ve done it before, I just never needed the big kick in the butt I needed this time.