nancy324
Cathlete
Okay, I had my visit with the nutriton consultant today. My birthday present to myself. She was great and I learned so much I don't know which parts to tell you about. It was motivating just to look at this woman in her mid fifties who was as lean and as healthy looking as could be. I wouldn't have known she was in her fifties if she hadn't told me. She is a walking billboard for the benefits of good nutrition!
I barely dragged myself in there in the worst throes of PMS. The first thing she told me was that I do not have to suffer from PMS at all! WOW! She said I don't need to feel so fatigued anymore and that I (ME??) could FEEL GOOD EVERY DAY! (What's it like to even feel good for one day?)
I'm MOTIVATED!
I'm going to start very slowly and gradually make changes to my diet instead of trying to do it all at once.
It may not come as any surprise to all of YOU, but it was interesting to me to find out that all this clean eating stuff really IS the right stuff. I never used to know what you folks were talking about with all this "clean" eating stuff, but now I know. OUT with the Luna Bars and IN with the veggies.
She gave me so many great articles to take home. Do you have any idea how much better drinking enough water can make you feel?? Or how diet soda can make it difficult to lose weight?? Or the incredible benefits of eating sweet potatoes??
I start by cutting back one-half of all the coffee and diet soda I drink. That I'll start right away. Then I have to learn how to make old-fashioned oatmeal (not the quick stuff) in the microwave for breakfast and have to eat that in the morning with some ow-fat cheese and skim milk. I'll have to work on that, trying different cheeses until I hit on the right combo.
Then I have to find places near where I work where I can get salads with beans and 3 ozs. of protein. I have to buy Newman's salad dressings because they're the only ones natural enough to have on my salad. Thank goodness for Paul Newman, as I would not be willing to make my own salad dressing thank you very much. I also have to get Beano so that I can eat all these fruits and veggies without discomfort!
She said I was pretty easy because I basically love every kind of food.
Wish me luck ladies!!
I barely dragged myself in there in the worst throes of PMS. The first thing she told me was that I do not have to suffer from PMS at all! WOW! She said I don't need to feel so fatigued anymore and that I (ME??) could FEEL GOOD EVERY DAY! (What's it like to even feel good for one day?)
I'm MOTIVATED!
I'm going to start very slowly and gradually make changes to my diet instead of trying to do it all at once.
It may not come as any surprise to all of YOU, but it was interesting to me to find out that all this clean eating stuff really IS the right stuff. I never used to know what you folks were talking about with all this "clean" eating stuff, but now I know. OUT with the Luna Bars and IN with the veggies.
She gave me so many great articles to take home. Do you have any idea how much better drinking enough water can make you feel?? Or how diet soda can make it difficult to lose weight?? Or the incredible benefits of eating sweet potatoes??
I start by cutting back one-half of all the coffee and diet soda I drink. That I'll start right away. Then I have to learn how to make old-fashioned oatmeal (not the quick stuff) in the microwave for breakfast and have to eat that in the morning with some ow-fat cheese and skim milk. I'll have to work on that, trying different cheeses until I hit on the right combo.
Then I have to find places near where I work where I can get salads with beans and 3 ozs. of protein. I have to buy Newman's salad dressings because they're the only ones natural enough to have on my salad. Thank goodness for Paul Newman, as I would not be willing to make my own salad dressing thank you very much. I also have to get Beano so that I can eat all these fruits and veggies without discomfort!
She said I was pretty easy because I basically love every kind of food.
Wish me luck ladies!!
