Karen writes: 'C' foods

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Went to see the nutrition person Cate yesterday.   I carried my little food diary in with trepidation, there were too many items starting with 'c', like chocolate, cake, cookie, cheese and croissant...sadly it is the worst time of the year to watch what you are eating.  Like today was the office party, beautiful healthy food choices (thanks Kates daughter and friends), but it is very hard to say STOP.  I don't do self control very well and it does seem soooo unfair that I burn off so much energy with all the exercise, and cant just replace what I've used with whatever I like.

Anyway, Cate was very helpful, she had obviously thought hard since she first met me ("I'm tired...I don't like vegetables... I want chocolate...and I want to do Ironman").  She had practical suggestions and understood that I wasn't going to turn into a model client overnight...probably not ever.   A permanent ban on the 'c' foods wasn't even mentioned, but the fact that the kinds of fat I was eating weren't a useful fuel was tactfully supplied, and that it looked like I needed more carbohydrates during exercise  More protein was recommended generally, more other essential nutrients which I wasn't getting enough of, and importantly...calcium for those middleaged bones I keep expecting to take the ever-increasing pressure.  Some recommendations were made for supplements, I always live in hope that one day one of these will be the promised nutrition holy grail leaving me zinging with energy and in objectionably robust health.

Keeping the food record has helped already though. I KNOW that if I write down what I am eating I do actually eat more sensibly, and if I avoid writing, then I am avoiding for a reason!   This is a good link for a nutrition/exercise diary,  seems to have lots of common kiwi foods, but I think the calorie consumption rates for the exercise might be a bit high, and some of the user loaded foods may be short on micronutrients, but it is the easiest I have used...and it's free.

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