I need to go back to bed and rest some more while baby is sleeping, but it feels like weekend mornings are the only time I get good computer time without having to schedule or fight Mike for it.
I didn't post my 5 a day yesterday, but I definitely ate them! Yesteday, I made risoto with sweet potatoes and asparagus and a nice big salad on the side for dinner (plus grapefruit juice, an orange, and green beans earlier in the day). It is what I would consider our "fancy meal", one we make when company is coming, but I like to make it just for us sometimes too. It isn't the easiest meal to make, the risoto is time consuming and there is lots of stirring involved, but every now and then it is worth it.
In my overzealous hunt for new information on diet and exercise, I picked up the Time Magazine special edition on health. It contains articles on lots of different health issues, but has several sections devoted to diet and exercise. I read the diet one last night, it was very intersting. One thing it pointed out was that the serving size listed on the food pyramid has nothing to do with the serving size listed on the box of food at the super market (which is controled by the FDA). For instance, one serving of pasta on the food pyramid is 1/2 cup and one serving of pasta according to the FDA is 1 cup and one serving of pasta according to the average american family is 2 cups. I remember when the FDA started regulating the serving size information. There was a news story about how some manufacturers were putting unrealisticly small serving sizes on their products (like saying the little bag of chips that was packaged to be a single serving was really 2.5 servings) to make their nutritional information look better. Now it seems like we may need to go backwards and look at what a serving consists again.
There was also some discussion about protein, how much is required and where to get it. I didn't walk away from the article feeling better about it, that is for sure. I maybe get 40-50 grams of protein on a good day (one where we eat lots of high protein food). They said the minimum we should be getting with regards to protein was 70 grams. Maybe in a couple of weeks, I can make my goal to count protein for a week to see if I ever hit the 70 gram mark. I don't think I do. I wonder if I ate more protein, if I would feel better/heal easier/ be less sore after working out. The other frustrating thing about the article was how it made it seem that americans didn't have a problem of getting enough protein, most americans get way more than 70 grams a day. Well, this american doesn't and would like some helpful hints on getting protein, esp. protein that does come from cow's milk.
# posted by amy @ 6:12 AM
