Nate LaClaire

Santa Fe Fajitas

// December 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // Health and Fitness

My diet died at some point over the past few weeks. Thanksgiving went well, but sometime after that things fell apart. I’m not giving up, though – I’m jumping back on the horse…

I took a look at what’s new on the Full Plate Diet web site and they’ve added a lot. I especially like the recipes! Check this one out: Santa Fe Fajitas. They look delicious and provide 15.2g of fiber per serving. I’ll definitely be trying them at some point in the near future. If you try or have tried them, let me know how you like(d) them!

Five days down

// October 20th, 2009 // 7 Comments » // Health and Fitness

So, how am I doing five days after my commitment to a healthy me? Well… At stage one of the Full Plate Diet, I’m supposed to:

1. Eat more fiber
2. Drink more water – at least 6 glasses a day
3. Stop eating when I no longer feel hungry

Yes, I’ve eaten more fiber over the past five days than I have been for the past several months, so that’s progress. I haven’t surpassed where I was six months ago, but I am doing better than recent, and, since we’re talking about fiber here, I know that increasing intake slowly is better than doing it quickly (don’t OD on fiber on day one because you won’t make it to day two). Yes, I’ve increased my water intake, but not quite to 6+ glasses a day. With one exception, I did stop eating when I stopped feeling hungry. So, not too bad! However, I only fulfilled my exercise commitment (20 minutes of solid cardio) two of the five days. Not so good. Yesterday I did a lot of walking, but didn’t get a solid 20 minutes of heart-pumping goodness.

The good news is that it can only get better from here!