eating hmmmm #I8this

So the key for the pre season is to get the diet in order. A message from my lovely wife(M) pretty much outlines how its been going, it has my attention just not my action!

J: I'm going to start cutting gluten out of my diet
M: That sounds like a great idea
J: Do we have any flour? I want to make bread
M: (shakes head sadly while heading out to buy chicken breasts and salad)

So what am committing to much more publicly for the next 2 weeks?

no alcohol
drink 2l plus water a day
no red meat
keep a food diary


So today
Scottish oatmeal cooked in light soy milk with walnut, and babes honey local and yummy
 2 espresso and a coffee (honest at least!)
Thai kitchen noodles, chicken breast, 2 cups of frozen Asian veg mix
for later snack banana and Brazil nuts
dinner salad chicken breast blue cheese dressing and avocado
snack leftover oatmeal

Getting the rust off!

Well a week or so in and spring training is indeed required. Sore knees, a tricky little back issue and way less on the training log than I had hoped, but it has started. Managed a few decent bike rides a couple of strength workouts, some tennis and a bit of walking..... all and all not to bad in the fitness department. Nutrition on the other hand is atrocious! Crazy bad carb craving, eating way more calories than I need and just some plain dumb mistakes, well not mistakes but conscious choices. It is an important difference!! HELP is on the way.....Chicken breasts are cooked and salad is in the fridge, soy milk and oatmeal, are readily available so no excuses. The weird thing is actually like to eat healthy. For me it is all about habit and structure. If I plan to eat a certain way and keep it up for a few days all is good, unfortunately it works the other way as well. I need to limit my choices to a couple of things for breakfast, same for lunch and bit more variety at dinner AND  I'm not a great guy to take off a weekend, just doesn't work at my age, actually not sure it really works for anyone!