by LT MarathonGirl | Jan 10, 2016 | Diet, Self Development, Whole 30
Beware of labels!
Headlines this week all read “Americans Eat Way Too Much Sugar”. Hello! That’s not news. Some, OK, most is no brainer stuff like soda and snacks. Some is legitimately hidden in food that is made to appear like a healthy choice, We are trying to be good and are tricked by the label.
A typical can of soda may have almost 40 g of sugar in it, and who drinks a can anymore. You grab a Vitamin Water thinking you are making a better choice. There is still around
30 g of sugar. At snack time you choose a yogurt thinking this is the best choice and since you didn’t read the label you missed that your tiny little container of yogurt has 25 g of sugar in it.
My first Whole30 mistake was misreading a label on a jar of nut butter. With the attention span of a gnat
– squirrel –
I read the portion of the jar that said “Contains: Sunflower Seeds”. Perfect! One ingredient and no sugar. In the cart it goes.
Wrong!
When I got home and looked at the jar more closely what I read was not the ingredient list.
In the store I read what I wanted to see. I was hoping for no sugar and there wasn’t any. Unfortunately I was reading the warning for allergies and whatnot and not the ingredients.
If you want the soda, then buy the soda. But, if you want the healthy alternative you must read the label.
by LT MarathonGirl | Jan 7, 2016 | Diet, Self Development, Whole 30
Today was an adventure. Reading up on the Whole30 I wasn’t intimidated or discouraged at all about the plan. We eat pretty healthy now. Everyone in my family can cook and, except for mushrooms, we are pretty daring when it comes to food. The only piece that seemed to be a challenge is where to find the ingredients? There are no fancy grocery stores or health markets to find organic farm raised meats around here. Today we went searching for one. Since when is shopping not fun?
Stop 1, a large health food market. It looked promising from the outside.
Inside not so much. The produce was ok, but the meat choices were pretty much chuck roast, chicken and ground beef. That won’t do it for 30 days. Moving on.
Stop 2, Whole Foods. Here we hit pay day. The meat counter pretty much had all of the cuts an ordinary meat counter would have and it had this awesome rating and tagging system to figure everything out.
We were lucky. We only had to go to two stores to find an easy and reliable store. You may have to go to more but, don’t settle. Don’t go for less. Keep at it until you get exactly what you want. Wait for the best.
by LT MarathonGirl | Jan 3, 2016 | Diet, Self Development, Whole 30
To successfully achieve a goal you should spend 80% of your time in planning to ensure that the 20% you spend executing can be done with excellence. Planning on successfully completing the Whole30 program I started my planning by reading the book It Starts With Food.
After reading this book, with an open mind, I believe that adjusting your diet for 30 days can make you feel better, sleep better, think better, and perform better. If you want to lose weight, that is an added benefit.
It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways by Dallas Hartwig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is absolutely fascinating.
To those who gave it very skeptical reviews, I ask . . .why did you buy this book in the first place? Did you not read the description first?
I will be gifting this book frequently.
View all my reviews
I’m doing the Whole30 as part of a great program sponsored by my employer The 68 Day Challenge. It’s open to the public. Check it out!
by LT MarathonGirl | Apr 26, 2015 | Diet, Recipe
“I wanted to figure out why I was so busy, but I couldn’t find the time to do it.”
― Todd Stocker
Busy families like ours can still eat great with a little planning. With one great ingredient and some creative thinking you can go far. By pure accident I found my new favorite chicken marinade. I was all set in my mind on how I was going to marinade chicken and at the last second my hubby cried out, “don’t put an acid in the marinade”. Crap! I was going to use citrus. What now?
I had just found a new salad dressing I had never seen before, Bolthouse Farms Cilantro Avocado Yogurt Dressing, with only 40 calories per serving. What the heck, I thought, I might as well try it.
It’s a new favorite!
At night:
Slice 4 chicken breasts horizontally into strips.
Place in plastic bag.
Pour in Cilantro Avocado dressing
Marinade over night.
The next day:
Using a grill pan and medium heat, grill the chicken. (the small pieces only take about 2-3 minutes per side)
Lunch one:
Chicken sandwiches. I would totally play up the flavors in the dressing and top this sandwich with fresh avocado.
Dinner one:
Chicken tacos or quesadillas.
Lunch two:
Use the chicken to top your favorite salad
Breakfast:
Chicken hash topped with fried eggs
Chicken Hash
Printable Version
Ingredients
- Chicken breast – cut horizontally into strips
- Bolthouse Farms Cilantro Avocado Yogurt Dressing (for marinade)
- 2 potatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped red pepper
- salt
- pepper
- Slap Ya Mama seasoning (spicy creole seasoning)
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Instructions
- Marinate chicken overnight in dressing
- Grill chicken in grill pan on medium heat
- (I make extra chicken and use it in many meals, then just use the leftovers in this dish)
- Cut potatoes into cubes
- Heat olive oil in fry pan – medium high
- Add potatoes
- Cook until brown on all sides
- Season with Salt and Slap Ya Mama
- Add peppers and onions
- Cook until veggies are soft and onions begin to slightly caramelize
- Serves 4
- Top each serving with 2 fried eggs
by LT MarathonGirl | Apr 12, 2015 | Running
It’s race week. It’s time to rest the legs and prepare for Saturday’s race. If you feel like you haven’t gotten in enough training runs or if your legs feel great – stay off of them. You can’t cram for a race like you crammed for a test in school.
From Stephen Covey:
“Can you imagine “cramming” on the farm? Can you imagine forgetting to plant in the spring, flaking out all summer, and hitting it hard in the fall–ripping the soil up, throwing in the seeds, watering, cultivating–and expecting to get a bountiful harvest overnight?Cramming doesn’t work in a natural system. That’s the fundamental difference between a social and natural system. A social system is based on values; a natural system is based on principles. In the short term, cramming may appear to work in a social system. You can go for the “quick fixes” and techniques with apparent success. But in the long run they just don’t work.”
Monday – off
Tuesday – 2 miles
Wednesday – 2 miles
Thursday – off
Friday – off
Saturday – Race Day
