January 29, 2009

Complete for time
   Row 1000m
   15 Back Squats, 135/95
   Run 200m
   15 Overhead Squats, 95/65
   10 Burpees
   15 Front Squats, 95/65

The “The Natural State Diet”

 
This is pretty easy. Avoid eating grains and sugar, eat healthy animals, eat things that come from healthy animals and eat fruits and vegetables. If something tastes good and makes you feel happy but it isn’t a good nutritional choice, eat it sparingly and in social situations.

The truth is that you will sometimes be hosted by someone who eats a high carb, low fat diet and they will be pleased to fix a meal for you. Only a rude cretin would reject this hospitality and turn dinner into a lecture on proper nutrition. If you need to be a Food Nazi do it in the privacy of your own home. In these situations have an extra helping of salad, take a smaller portion of the “carby” foods.

If I know that I am in for a heavy carb meal I plan a preemptive strike at home with a high protein high fat snack (or mini-meal) so I don’t get loaded up exclusively on insulin jacking foods. That may sound rude, but I feel better and am better prepared to deal with the carbs if I do that.

Some simple guidelines for eating natural:

1. Follow the Primal Nutrition Plan
2. The more colorful plants on your plate the better
3. Make sure the animals you eat have had a healthy diet
4. If it’s wrapped in plastic or in a box, be skeptical
5. Try new things, you might like them
6. Not all organic is healthy (I know, heresy!)
7. Learn to grill

Alot of you ask me what I eat.  I am trying to take pictures of my meals but when it’s time to eat I tend to be rather focused on eating and forget.  I remembered today.

Tonight was “fend” night which means I was on my own and nothing was planned for me.  I like fend night because it gives me an excuse to make something up or just go with an old faithful.  I went faithful this evening.

From a Zone perspective: 

3 blocks carb (carrots = 1, tomatoes = 1, raw whole milk = 1)
5 blocks protein (egg = 1, turkey slice = 2, cheese in the rolled turkey = 1, milk = 1)
13 blocks fat (hazelnuts, pecans, macadamia nuts and brazil nuts)