intestinal reboot

[anotheranon]

After last weekend's adventures in poor food choices, I did a bit of reading up on competitive pre-loading and nutrition and general and have been making a concerted effort to improve my diet.

Some of the pre-game eating advice I saw repeatedly was not to eat anything new or novel right before a competition, so I've been readjusting my stomach by noshing on fruit when I want a quick snack (as opposed to, say, hot chocolate, doughnuts, muffins, or snack machine food).

dotheranon commented that I'm treating eating fruit like it's a chore, and while it's not that awful, it's true trying to make a habit out of something that currently isn't involves (for me) treating it less like food and more like medicine :P

And it is working - I felt a little hungry last night after dinner and instead of automatically choosing chocolate, I went for a banana.

However, I am also starting to see how adding more fruits/veg makes me want to eat 5-6 little meals a day - they're better for me but MAN do they burn up quick!

Comments

Perhaps unrelated....

[elkor.livejournal.com]

I've found that if you soak (dark) raisins in Balsamic Vinegar, they make a great topping to salads.

I haven't tried this with goldens, yet, but I am thinking about also trying it with blueberries and cherries.

Re: Perhaps unrelated....

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not entirely unrelated. After soaking, do they get dry enough to travel well? I'm thinking competition-day munchies.

Re: Perhaps unrelated....

[elkor.livejournal.com]

do they get dry enough to travel well?

Well, they are effectively pickled in vinegar, so they don't go bad, per se.

I've never tried drying them again after soaking them.

I'm sure they would travel well in a waterproof container, maybe as a part of a fruit salad they'd be interesting once drained.

Hmmm, now I'm getting creative.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Makes sense that fruit-eating seems a chore when you're trying to reprogram yourself to it ... just as unlearning something is the hardest part of learning, deprogramming the physical body from its habits is the hardest part of programming it to new ones. Just remember, you're smarter than the tastebuds, so you'll win. ;-)

And you went and made something very old pop into my mind ... when I was little, we used to eat bananas sliced into a bowl with milk and a pinch of brown sugar on top, just like cereal, for a dessert (the real thrill was being old enough to slice your own banana ... excitement for a kid is so cheap ***GRIN***)