Found a Nutritionist
Maybe this is the turnaround I need to start losing weight and easing back to "high" raw
Date: 7/2/2007 9:06:43 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 2161 times A
few people at my job love a particular nutritionist and have been
seeing her for awhile. I've been watching my pennies since I first
learned of her and have rearranged my budget so that I will have enough
money to see her this month- I'm very excited about this. This woman is
well versed on vegetarian foods and just wrote a book about
vegetarianism. One of my coworkers who started seeing her this year
looks awesome- he has lost weight and looks generally healthier- he's a
walking billboard for healthy eating. He speaks enthusiastically about
how his life has changed since learning about eating properly. Well,
he's singing to the choir. I know from my experiences with my raw diet
last year how wonderful the right diet plan can be. I plan to ask her
about vegetarian, vegan and raw diets, and especially about weight loss.
I
like the idea of seeing a nutritionist (who asks you a bunch of
questions and creates a personalized plan) much more than seeing the
personal trainer with a sports nutrition education who gave me a
generic plan meant for athletes. Nothing against her personally (she's
very nice) but I'm not in training to become an athlete. I'm just an
ordinary Jane who wants to be fit enough to live a healthy life doing
things like racquetball, biking, dancing, riding in an airplane
comfortably, wearing clothes I actually like, riding roller coasters,
etc. I also want to have energy and stamina because not only can my job
be intense, my doctoral studies require hours upon hours of research. I
don't like drinking coffee or energy drinks in an attempt to keep
myself awake (doesn't work anyway).
Because my Sunday weigh-in
still shows no weight loss I made a concerted effort to eat less today.
I ended up getting only about 1200 calories. I took some nonfat cottage
cheese and melon chunks to work for a "late" breakfast, and a couple of
hours later had a Cedarlane lowfat burrito for the fiber. For lunch I
had Campbell's ham and bean soup - the whole, big can! For dinner I had
some broiled cod, a small sweet potato (baked) and broccoli. Today
wasn't a workout day, which is good because I'm still nursing my calves
from the stint on the elliptical trainer.
I'm feeling good about
the healthy foods I've been eating, and the way I've stuck to my
45-minute workouts, which are increasing in intensity every week. I'm
amazed that so quickly, 2.5 mph on the treadmill became too slow! I'm
also happy about saving for the nutritionist; I'm hoping this will be a
major turning point for me in putting me on the path back to raw (and
jump-starting my weight loss).
One thing I learned through my
Raw Odyssey last year was that the journey to health can be just as fun
as reaching the final weight and fitness goal numbers. I tend to
envision the future and want to be there already, so I get frustrated.
But if I keep in mind how well I've been doing overall - while not
aiming for perfection- I can really enjoy the odyssey and have much to
be proud of along the way.
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