Monday, July 18, 2011

Thrive in 30

I have just signed up for the Thrive in 30.  It was created by a vegan thriathlon who looks pretty no joke.  It couldn't hurt to try during my half marathon training.  The first task is to examine your current diet and write a list of all the things you eat that you think might be taking away from your energy or aren’t supporting your health and fitness goals. These are mine:
  • Serving Size.  I think I eat pretty healthy but I eat too much of everything. 
  • Carbs.  Everything delicious is carby.  I try to make my carbs as complex as possible - whole wheat, quinoa, etc. but sometimes I slip and eat refined and processed pasta and rice.
  • Potato Chips. I don't let myself buy snack foods because I will eat everything in one sitting.  Lately I've been sneaking them into my diet.  Weekends at the beach, hanging out with family, and just now I bought organic tortilla chips with lime and sea salt for a lunch snack - I ate the whole damn bag!
In addition to breaking these habits/crowding them out of my diet. Thrive in 30 suggests the following five tools to make the most of this program:
  • Eat throughout the day
  • Drink a nutritious smoothie each day
  • Eat a big green salad every day
  • Eat a raw energy bar every day - I found a recipe for this so no buying fancy $$ energy bars :)
  • Eat a substantial, balanced afternoon snack
 I hope to learn some good stuff from this program.   I'll take all the free health and fitness advice I can get!

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