Fiber Bomb Granola - flax seeds, wheat bran, wheat germ, dried fruits...
Despite my love for pork products and fattening foods, I do consider myself a healthy and lean (for the most part) individual. The foods I really love I do eat sparingly and not often. I made a deal with my wife that on Saturdays I would not think to much about what I am eating, just enjoy. I said, "That seems ok I guess....." I still count the calories to my bacon sandwiches at 11:00 PM tho, but she doesn't know that, ha!
In moderation they say, right? Who is "they" anyway?.... But "they" happen to be right, in my eyes at least. I don't feel the need to pig out on two hamburgers and a large side of fries. The one is fine. I pace myself. I spread out my meals throughout the day. My schedule seems to help with it too. Not all of you may have that luxury.
I have a filling breakfast of around 500-600 calories, usually the granola recipe above or super healthful cereal covered with low fat milk, a piece of fruit and a thermos full of coffee. I eat a big bowl of this stuff. I'm usually a gassy for the next 8 hours, but like all of us, we find places to fart several times a day where no one is around. Either that or we just blame it on the dog.
I have a piece of fruit for a snack later in the day, but I split up my lunch into two parts: half at 11:00 and the other half at 3:00 (I'm a teacher so I eat lunch early). It really only ends up being a few bites, but it gets me though the mid-day. I might snack on a few more things in the late afternoon, but this is where I eat more calories. Usually around 800-1,000. You would be surprised that in a 6 hours period how good you feel once you get used to the idea of not packing in 1,300 calories at Burger King in a 15 minute period. My lunches are not just veggies and rice cakes. I make stews, rice dishes, and even leftovers from the night before. I am mindful of the fats I use to cook with when preparing them the day before. I think if you constantly are buying your lunches at a deli or something, you really have no idea how much fat was used to prepare your sandwich or pasta salad. (Don't ask the busy dude at the counter either, we hate that, sorry:)... ) Just be mindful, think a little bit.
Dinner is tricky for me and usually late. I work 6 days a week and 12 - 14 hours a day. For some of you this may be the case as well. I try not to eat much when I come home. I like to eat light, a salad or some yogurt and fruit. I make sure I don't follow the impulses to fry up some bacon and make a huge bowl of risotto. I know I could put it down, easily. However, it is better to just keep it light, around 400-500 calories.
What about exercise? Yeah, that too. Now, I am not even close to the health freak type, I just think eating well is what makes living, um... possible. I do think that exercising, in any way, shape, or form, is vital to being a healthy human being. About 2 months ago I noticed that my jeans were getting a bit too tight in the butt region and some of my belly fat was spilling out of my pants. So I needed to knock off a few pounds by stepping up my exercise. So, I started running. I had trouble at first. 1/2 mile was all I could bare. I wanted to get better at it, so I just kept at it. I'm comfortable doing 3 miles now, just fine. I learned some ab work out routines too. I'm still a bit chubby, but I know my body thanks me every time I pick up an extra vigorous activity or two.
I was always jealous of the others that could eat whatever they want. Drink a case of beer and eat a bucket of fried chicken with out gaining a pound. They are probably robots created by evil scientists to fuck with the rest of the human world. That, and the dudes on the covers of "Men's Health" with their bulging gigantic genitalia and shiny pecs. Fuck um', I bet they all have STDs and cry themselves to sleep anyway.
To sum up the post: Eat well, eat often (but not a lot), exercise when you can, don't trick yourself with processed foods thinking they are better, cause they are not. Keep away from corn syrup or the high fructose stuff. Use spray fats instead of the oil "glug". Desserts were designed for those 150 lb robots that don't gain weight, but we eat them anyway, just have one slice of cake at little frankie's birthday party , ok?
My Fiber Bomb Granola recipe is in the recipe section. Its way lower in refined sugars (even though it's high in starch, it's good whole grain starch) than the granola bars. Those use corn syrup and other crap to make them chewy. Check out the nutrition facts for 1 1/2 cups of the stuff. The fat content is high too, but it's good fat! Nut fat! That's the fat we are meant to eat. Do you see the squirrel community having an obesity epidemic? No. I didn't think so.
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