Monday November 3, 2008

Though still imperfect I am trying to discover how to balance my diet for optimal energy and health. In the past several months I have dramatically increased my intake of fresh fruits. I have been on and off successful with integrating veggies- lots of which has to do with time to cook meals and work load. This has been one busy month.

I always battle a sweet tooth and while weight has never really been an issue for me, moodiness because of sugar levels is so I try to avoid hardcore sweets and have juice or whole fruits throughout the day.  This has worked well for me and I’m trying to figure out how to get myself hooked on vegetables in the same way.

One of the best things that happened for me in terms of nutrition has been a simple idea suggested to me this summer by my friend Sara Black of Backstory Cafe.  Sara suggested the ROY G BIV diet which I also think of as the RGB diet- in which you try to eat something from every color of the rainbow everyday.  This is not intended to induce weightloss but to increase variety in your meals. It’s also been a good excuse to make  a meal look good by adding berries or peppers.

I created a drawing it put in my workspace to remind me to eath healthy rather than “convenient”.

Total cost of materials: $2

Amount of time spent: 30 min.

Amount of fun had: 6