To me, eating correctly is more difficult to accomplish than successful training in running, biking or swimming, to say the least. I do not understand the logistics and practical abilities to consistently have good nutrition. I might do it “once” a month, I certainly can’t “maintain” good nutrition.
Some writers refer to the “difficulties” of eating healthy, but many do not, and must live in a cave.
Case in point are most, if not all of the sports nutritionists extolling the virtues of eating healthy (see Outside Magazine this month), and then one of them will have the audacity to plan out for you a lunch, looking something like this: a lean chicken breast, with a side of spinach-stuffed artichokes, 3 uncooked but washed asperagas, all dashed with a hint of Vinegarette. Baking up the pumpkin squash is optional.
Yeah, I’ll get right on that.
It doesn’t just end there, because apparently the whole day is just one big LA-like Spa feast, going on all day, for this writer. No price or consequence is to be paid for it. Money and free time to pick crops at Kroger or the Farmers Market must rain in from the sky.
That one meal would be bad enough to bankrupt a few hours out of your day because you have to go fetch all of the stuff and prepare it, but these gurus want you to have a whole day of it: these people who must have chefs around their abode, who eat for snacks, yogurt with fresh raspberries, or blueberries, “whatever is fresh,” with some unusual new, tasty, healthy, wheat bread they have lying around. Yes. Goat milk is also a healthy alternative to water, and provides nutrients, so drink that with your snacks, if you want. Or try using this in your blender with some crushed carrots and ice for a refreshing, healthy macronutrient intense drink.
To add insult to injury, the articles usually come from some successful triathlete or runner or swimmer, who you already know probably takes naps in the afternoon, or admits to the importance of doing so in some other article. Here is the chef triathlete, preparing shit heart surgeons would award him a medal for, after a grueling bike or swim sessions. No, nobody works a blender and goes to the farmers market like this person. Life just doesn’t get any better. Get up, head out for a run, nap, and then get back for a macronutrient dense brussel sprouts casserole.
For dinner, you should have fresh Salmon, spinach salad, water chestnuts, and garden fresh corn. Your next snack will be some fresh fat free Brie Cheese or goat cheese, or pesto, with mixed pine nuts, on top of some fresh pasta.
You know what. I’m eating Nacho Dorritos and Bean Dip, and a Dr. Pepper.
Sorry.