This week, as I continued on my Independent Learning Project, I became more balanced. I say I became more balanced because I did not eat a single cheeseburger. Generally, I eat 3 or 4 of them a week. This week, however, I ate a good mixture of chicken, green salads, vegetables, fruits, and of course, sweets. Each day I ate a banana as a late breakfast. For lunch, I would make my usual scrambled eggs with a bagel on the side. On a couple of the days this week, I had some fruit snacks. I know what you may be thinking, “you were doing so good, Brent, why would you eat fruit snacks?” Well in my defense I get extremely hungry after lunch between the lunch break and the time that I get off work in the afternoon. Also, these fruit snacks are naturally flavored and absolutely zero artificial flavoring. All in all, I think these fruit snacks are an okay snack as long as I do not have four packages of them at one time. I also snacked a lot on this super yummy chip dip that my buddy makes. It is the best chip dip this side of the Mississippi. Eating a specific diet was hard over the weekend. Instead of being able to make my own food, I was at a social event where food was prepared for the group and that was what there was to eat. On Friday night, I had a bunch of turkey and ham sandwiches with Doritos chips. Sandwiches have a good mixture of macronutrients, but the sheer amount of sandwiches that I ate took me off track of my plan a bit. As I look at how to eat appropriately to be healthy, I understood, or understand now after the fact, that I ate too many sandwiches in one sitting. Saturday was easier because I was not as hungry. I had a balanced breakfast of one pancake and some scrambled eggs. Later that day, I ate a meal with chicken, mashed potatoes with no added salt or butter, with a green salad with baby carrots. I am telling you, that salad tasted delicious and it was even tastier because I knew how good it was for my body to be eating! It felt good that I made the choice to eat the salad. Immediately after eating that nutritious meal, I ate two brownies with a scoop of ice cream! I needed a bit of a reward for a pretty solid week of learning and applying my learning on health and nutrition. Balance in everything is beneficial.
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Jordan Barta
3/2/2020 09:32:38 am
I do not think that I could not eat a single cheeseburger during a week because I am very much a beef eater. I think that is great that you are trying to eat healthier. Great job.
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Brent Barge
3/8/2020 06:00:03 pm
I appreciate it! It has been tough. Today I ate a chicken sandwhich as a substitue for the normal burger.
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Brent,
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Brent Barge
3/8/2020 06:08:36 pm
I am not looking forward to weening off of the desserts in the near future but we will see if I can!
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3/6/2020 09:13:52 pm
I love how you are rewarding yourself and not completely denying yourself right from the start. I have seen people do that and they end up failing miserably. Keep up the good work! Your blog is awesome to read!
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Brent Barge
3/8/2020 06:10:09 pm
I might have to start rewarding myself with Keebler Elf cookies!
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Hannah Smith
3/7/2020 11:55:24 am
I agree with you that a balanced life style is so important. I think that moderation is one of the key factors. A little bit of everything is OK but a lot of anything can be a bad thing.
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Brent Barge
3/8/2020 06:18:33 pm
Everything I have been reading encourages a balance between nutrition, moderate exercise, and getting outdoor time!
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