Phyllis Strand NASM CPT, Wellness Coach

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Food is Fuel

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I learned so much over the last year about the role of food in my life.  Food is essential we all have to take in calories in order to fuel the engine? But it’s all about finding the right type of fuel.

I am a Ford Fusion, I run on Ethanol a corn based fuel.

 

Over the last year of research for my autoimmune issues, I started eliminating foods from my diet to see if it made an impact on my overall health.  I started in Jan. 2012 with the PCRM  21 day Vegetarian Kickstart.http://pcrm.org/kickstartHome/index.cfm  At the end of January, I already felt a change and I was ready to try the next step eliminating dairy.  That was so much harder.  No eggs was the toughest part.

The good news was my face redness was gone, my belly fat, gone, my energy level was thru the roof!  I knew I was on the right track but I needed some help to get me to the next level.

In June I started working with a health coach because I had completed  a 30 day challenge of keeping a food diary and realized I was only taking in 800 calories. That was a problem.  I was training for a 10 K at the time and looking to train for a half marathon.  I knew I was missing out on enough protein on my vegan/vegetarian – sometime pescatarian diet.

My health coach helped me see that I really had not eliminated all dairy, that there is so much dairy in foods that you can not see.  My protein powder that I used every day in my green smoothie had whey in it.  That is dairy. Sure I had cut down, but I had not eliminated it.  I even had to get rid of my coffee mate.  That was a sad morning. I had coffee mate in my coffee for as long as I could remember.  Recycling that container is still a fresh memory for me.

Now I get TONS of protein from sources like quinoa and beans and almond butter.  My protein powder is vegan and I use almond milk in my coffee.

I eat 1500 calories a day now and I never feel like I am on a diet. I am keeping my training up and don’t see it slowing down at all.

That fills my fuel tank.

So take yourself out on a test drive for 21 days.  See how you feel with a new fuel.

signed,

your galfriday4hire

 

 

 

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