Day 29 of 5am & SPoH: Day 15 - Do you eat Living or Dead Food?

Today I did another round of Biggest Loser Cardio Max Weightloss.  Good workout today.  Really struggling with the combo push ups and flys from the ground.  Not yet strong enough to make it all the way through.

SPoH: Day 15 - Do you eat Living or Dead food?  I suppose it would be easier to answer the question when you know what Colbert means by this.  Living food is the stuff that will help you to withstand all those diseases, give you energy and fight obesity.  Dead food makes you prone to all of those things.  Unfortunately a lot of the foods that we like to eat fall into the Dead category.  We have a lot of processed foods that include a lot of things that are edible, but not necessarily good for the body.  The best foods as we have all heard are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.  They provide the most nourishment for our bodies.  Dead foods do not contain the nutrients that our bodies need which is why when we eat them, majority of the time we are still hungry for them.  So we continuously go back to the kitchen and eat because we are not providing the nutrition that our bodies need.

When I discovered this a few years ago, I was amazed at how satisfied I really did feel after, for instance, eating an apple.  I used to be able to eat a whole bag of chips and not even notice it.  You would think after knowing this information that I would have lost the weight and kept it off, but at that time I neglected the importance of exercise.  I've already shared a bit of that and there is more to come on exercise later in the book.  But today is about living food.  How many fruits, vegetables, or whole grains do you consume in a day? And I'm not talking about cinnamon rolls, cookies, etc.  I'm talking like Oatmeal, Rice, or maybe sprouted grain breads, etc.  Remember the food pyramid that we learned about in health?  Sweets were at the top of the list, so be careful what you include as a grain.  Fruits can be sweet, but the sugars they contain are different then cane sugar.

Most "living" foods can be found along the wall in the grocery stores.  Most everything in the middle of the store is better to buy sparingly.

The challenge today is to compare how much of the living foods you are eating vs the dead foods.  Also, when you are eating, take your time so that your body has enough time to let you know that you are actually satisfied.  You don't have to eat until you are full, just until you feel satisfied.  If you don't feel satisfied, that is an indication that you might be missing certain nutrients.  Eat a healthy food if you still feel hungry and see if it helps.