Total Daily Calories: 1810
Day 78 … Days till Weigh-In: 9
I’m
going to be a little presumptuous here and say that most of us are on the same quest. That
is, a journey towards having a good quality of life both physically and
mentally as we grow old. A very sad truth is – many medical and physical issues
that older people suffer from today could have been prevented with a few healthy
lifestyle changes when they were younger. I am speaking from personal experience. Fortunately it’s never too late to make good choices. And so
if you’re like me looking for some inspiration, I’m going
to point you in the direction of someone whom I have great respect for, Dr.
Joel Fuhrman. Here you have an extremely knowledgeable professional, expert in
medicine and all things nutrition, sincerely passionate and doggedly determined
to help as many people as possible get healthy in order to have an exceptional
quality of life - young, old and everyone in-between.
I’ve
been a fan of Dr. Fuhrman for years. I have a bunch of his CDs (one
perpetually in my car CD player) and I watch his programs on PBS whenever a new
one airs. And so I can say to you with total confidence that if you are truly looking
for inspiration – then I strongly recommend you become familiar with Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Check
out his website: http://www.drfuhrman.com/
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According to Dr. Fuhrman, cruciferous (leafy green) vegetables are the most nutrient dense of all foods on the planet. He is not alone in
that opinion, nutritionists and health experts alike agree with that
assessment. Currently I eat at least one big bowl of mixed greens per day.
But it’s not enough and so I’ve decided to set a new goal effective immediately...
New Goal Update: Minimum two
servings daily of leafy green vegetables (preferably three).
Additionally, I will no longer charge any calories to leafy green veggies on
the tracker. The calorie count for anything cruciferous will be -0- regardless
of how much I eat. I've also added a leafy
green identifier to the daily tracker - that's how important I consider
this. J
| Daily Tracker | ||||
| [42] | Monday 3/31/14 | |||
| Time | Qty | Food Item | Calories | Sub |
| 9:30am | Breakfast | |||
| 2 | Scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, cheese on a Kaiser | 550 | ||
| 1 | Hazelnut Coffee | 50 | ||
| 1 | Bowl of Leafy Greens | 0 | ||
| Breakfast Calories | 600 | |||
| Snack | ||||
| Snack Calories | 0 | 600 | ||
| 2pm | Lunch | |||
| 2 | Slices MG bread w/PB2 & Strawberry Jam | 320 | ||
| 1oz | Pringles | 100 | ||
| 10 | Baby Carrots | 30 | ||
| Lunch Calories | 450 | 1050 | ||
| Snack | ||||
| 3:30p | 1 | McIntosh Apple | 80 | |
| 4:30p | 1 | Banana | 100 | |
| Snack Calories | 180 | 1230 | ||
| 7pm | Dinner | |||
| 2oz | Whole Grain Pasta | 400 | ||
| 1c | Meat Sauce | 250 | ||
| 1 | Bowl of Leafy Greens | 0 | ||
| Dinner Calories | 650 | 1880 | ||
| Snack | ||||
| 1 | Hazelnut Crème Decaf | 50 | ||
| Snack Calories | 50 | 1930 | ||
| Total Calories Burned | <120> | |||
| Total: | 1810 | √ | ||
| ***Daily Caloric Goal | 1900 | |||
| Water (1 cup per circle) | ||||
| O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | 12 | |||
| 1 cup = 8 fluid oz = 0.24 liters | ||||
| Time | Activity | Burned | ||
| 30min | Calisthenics | <120> | ||
| Total Calories Burned: | <120> | |||
| *Calorie/Activity calculation: 20 or 30 Calories for every 5 minutes (depending on exertion) | ||||
http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthy-kitchen-11/leafy-greens-rated
http://news.yahoo.com/eating-cruciferous-vegetables-may-lower-inflammation-153507147.html?.tsrc=rawnews
http://news.yahoo.com/eating-cruciferous-vegetables-may-lower-inflammation-153507147.html?.tsrc=rawnews
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