It turns out, that taking yesterday off was a great idea - I had a really good lower body workout today and I'm stoked. Tired, but stoked.
I talked to Shelly (y'all know she's a personal trainer/nutrition counselor, right?) and we chatted about supplements, and working out, and losing weight etc. I have decided to actually apply all the vast fitness and diet knowledge I have accumulated over the years and really hit this with all I've got. While maintaining the rest of my life and leaving room to enjoy myself and support my inner little one who hates being denied anything....
The main things Shelly swears by supplement-wise are glutamine, essential fatty acids and protein. The glutamine especially is both important for muscle recovery, and it somewhat suppresses appetite, and its available anywhere. I am going to check Trader Joe's to see if they have some. She recommends taking it about a half hour before meals. EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids) are important, especially Omega 3's. She recommends switching it up now and then - Wild Salmon Oil, Flax Oil, whatever you like best. And Protein is way important for building and recovery and overall health! Plus it increases satiety without adding sugar or lots of calories. I've been using Brown Rice Protein powder which you can buy wholesale from All Health Trends online. We've been buying from them for a while and we like them. But some people like Whey Protein too (I think Teresa's been trying that again). I'm totally averse to Soy Protein cause of its hormonal effect on me.
So I'm gonna focus on regularly getting my nutrition right. I even made salmon the other night and y'all know how little I like fish. But it was alright - I thawed frozen Wild Salmon from Trader Joe's, poured on their lemon dill marinade on the fillets and cooked them on our barbecue. It was good actually. My main focus for nutrition is cooking at home as much as possible, cramming vegetables into EVERYTHING, and not eating starches at night.
What are your "tricks"?
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Hmmm - i didn't even see this when posted! Marina also said glutamine - i got jarrow brand from whole foods - open up capsule and put sublingual for cravings. i had forgotten, so i'm doing one right now!
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