Diet changes
Good afternoon, my handful of Tumblr readers. I've taken it easy lately. When Sosa Mimosa performs Friday night, it'll have been two weeks since the last time I'd practiced any improv, the longest dry stretch since before my move to Chicago.
I actually want to talk about the last couple weeks, and how the solitude led me to examine my health and lifestyle. I visited my family in Las Vegas for Christmas and, save for a couple of brief forays, I did not leave my folks' house on the south end of town.
During this stretch I decided I wasn't feeling as well as I wanted to, and that I spend more money on food than I want to. Though I didn't get any colds or flu in 2015, I've felt under the weather way too often this year. I also weigh about 185, which is at least 10-15 pounds more than I should weigh, and I realize I could easily change that through a better diet.
So I decided to change my diet:
- Reduce my overall daily calorie intake to about 2000 calories or so. - Predominately eat items purchased from the supermarket, or if needed purchased for less than $5. - Eat little to no bread products. - Cap alcohol consumption to once a month or so. - Eat some green vegetables and/or drink some whole juice every day. - Cut down on coffee, and maybe eliminate it from regular circulation if possible. - Be okay with spacing two meals 6-8 hours apart if my body is okay with it.
Despite the overfeeding at my folks place I pretty much ate all home cooking, and aside from 1-2 big meals a day I didn't eat much of anything else. Their coffee was also a bit watered down, which helped. I also learned from my mother a great recipe for oven roasted potatoes that I plan to frequently replicate.
Back at home, I dealt with what was probably a caffeine headache yesterday, but feel fine today despite no coffee. My body, which tended to respond harshly to cravings, is starting to recognize and not freak out so much at those cravings.
The hopeful goal, along with maybe getting in better shape, is to feel better in the long run, and not need to consume so much to feel well.