Wanna learn how boring things are? Write a blog! I can't believe it's been since 2/7 since I've updated it last but it has. The good and bad news are I've seemingly fallen into a routine that I've been enjoying. It's not completely set, but I've been in the weight room Tuesday and Thursday nights, yoga Wednesday nights, skiing on the weekends, and fitting other workouts in around those. That includes the resurrection of two-a-days (they're not just for football players any more!).
My eating has cleaned up a lot in the last few weeks and I've been mostly good about sticking to it. The weekends present a challenge but since I'm not dead, I'm still going to enjoy things sometimes (like taco pizza and biscuits and gravy maybe?!). I'm also no expert on nutrition but doing 5 meals a day with about 400 calories each, and of the right foods, has really helped out with my stomach issues. If I had to put the top 3 things out there it would be these in no particular order: 1) Pay attention to, and abide by, serving size! A serving size is hardly ever the entire container. Hell, a bowl of cereal is most likely 1.5 - 2 servings. And if you pay attention to the sugar content, well that's just a lot of sugar. Segue? I think so.... 2) Cut back on the....wait for it......sugar! Processed sugar has no nutrtitive value. None. Zero. Yet a can of pop has about 41 grams of sugar in it. And all the shitty sugar substitutes aren't a legitimate excuse or replacement. Just start looking at labels and you'll see it adds up really really quickly. And guess what sugar turns into? If you said "fat" you were correct. 3) Unless you suffer from celiac disease, switch from white flour to wheat. Simply put, the first ingredient would read whole wheat flour. White flour, aka the other sugar, turns into fat. If you are allergic to wheat, then lucky you, it turns out they have almost everything you can think of available in a gluten free offering. Even restaurants are now offering gluten free dishes so there's really no excuse.
Now I'm sure that anyone who knows more about nutrition than me (which is almost anyone) could poke several holes in those, but they're a good start to re-vamping a diet. In the last 3.5 weeks, by following that and working out I've lost about 6 lbs (mostly fat) and have gained muscle. I'm expecting my weight will start moving back up as I put on more muscle so no one needs to get too alarmed.
As for my guilty pleasures, just to prove that I'm not completely obsessed about my diet, I offer you the following:
Exhibit A happens to be the most delicious breakfast burrito in the west that can only be found at Pete's Kitchen (home of waitresses that have bra snapping wars while the other is holding full trays of food). A breakfast burrito with bacon, covered in red chili and cheese would look a lot like this:
And since you need something good to wash it down with, why not do it with a Wisconsin Lunchbox? I know what you're thinking and you're right. The Sconny Lunchbox usually comes before the late night food, and this night was no exception. The breakfast burrito is like a sham-wow with how well it soaks up the alcohol!
For anyone still scratching their heads while looking at that picture that's trying to figure out if I'm drinking for breakfast, or just maybe gazing upon that picture with competing thoughts of "wow, that really looks delicious" and "just what in the hell is that," let me help you out. First, you're right. It does look delicious, and it is. For anyone trying to make this at home the recipe to delicious is simple. It's a half pint of beer (usually a good domestic beer like Miller Lite, Coors Light, etc. will do - PBR has been known to be very effective as well), top it off with a splash of orange juice and drop, yes drop, a shot of amaretto. Then chug. All at once. There will be a second during mid-chug where you're waiting for what you're certain is an impending doom of grossness. While your brain is processing that, your next thought will be 'holy shit I'm done and holy shit x2, that was delicious!' You're right. And you're welcome.
