Resolutions part 2
As previously indicated a few of my resolutions needed some further detail to be worth anything. A vague resolution is easily satisfied through mere semantics and therefore can be ignored without any real change. Thus, some specifics.
Resolution #2: Eat Well. I already do a fairly good job at this but could definitely improve in some areas. Essentially, I want to put more good stuff and less garbage into my body on an ongoing basis. This includes:
- More fruits and vegetables. I don’t ignore these completely right now but don’t go out of my way to eat them. Resolution: get back to eating salad or similar serving of vegetables with dinner, and substitute more fruits and vegetables for snacks.
- More fibre. I honestly have no idea if I had been getting close to the recommended intake of this daily, but from the way my digestive system is handling the increased intake over the last few days, I would guess I haven’t. With more regular intake I should get acclimatised to it. Resolution: eat high-fibre cereal every weekday.
- More water. I’ve been feeling dehydrated way too much recently, especially in the dry winter air. No doubt this is in part due to way too much coffee, but also I haven’t been drinking too much ordinary water – mostly I have been drinking other beverages like juice or soft drinks (diet ones at least), and other beverages containing diuretics like caffeine and alcohol. Not so good for hydration. Resolution: one litre of water per day. More as required with exercise.
- Less overtly unhealthy foods. Essentially, just avoiding the obviously unhealthy choices as a matter of course. I’m sure I’ll still have the occasional fat boy or cheesecake, but in an everyday situation I’ll steer away from things like that. Resolution: no overtly unhealthy foods except on an occasional and considered basis.
- Less alcohol. Too much of this on a regular basis has contributed to dehydration, ‘beer gut’, an overly high tolerance, and can’t be good for my liver. Resolution: drinking in social situations only and no drinking to excess.
- Less caffeine. Got into the habit of drinking way too much coffee on workdays, made me wired for the first part of the day, crashing by the end of the day (often with that horrible depressive feeling, not to mention coffee gut), and thoroughly dehydrated throughout. Plus using coffee as a substitute for sleep is not sustainable in the long term. Resolution: use only when necessary, not as a daily habit.
In order to kick-start a few of these I’m taking the first two weeks of the year to detoxify, during which I’m abstaining from all alcohol and caffeine, eating a tonne of fibre and drinking lots of water. Hopefully this will clean out my system, get my body acclimatised to the change in diet, quit some bad habits cold turkey, and get my tolerances for alcohol and caffeine down to more reasonable levels. So far I’m feeling pretty good, but we’ll see over the next few weeks.
Resolution #2: Eat Well. I already do a fairly good job at this but could definitely improve in some areas. Essentially, I want to put more good stuff and less garbage into my body on an ongoing basis. This includes:
- More fruits and vegetables. I don’t ignore these completely right now but don’t go out of my way to eat them. Resolution: get back to eating salad or similar serving of vegetables with dinner, and substitute more fruits and vegetables for snacks.
- More fibre. I honestly have no idea if I had been getting close to the recommended intake of this daily, but from the way my digestive system is handling the increased intake over the last few days, I would guess I haven’t. With more regular intake I should get acclimatised to it. Resolution: eat high-fibre cereal every weekday.
- More water. I’ve been feeling dehydrated way too much recently, especially in the dry winter air. No doubt this is in part due to way too much coffee, but also I haven’t been drinking too much ordinary water – mostly I have been drinking other beverages like juice or soft drinks (diet ones at least), and other beverages containing diuretics like caffeine and alcohol. Not so good for hydration. Resolution: one litre of water per day. More as required with exercise.
- Less overtly unhealthy foods. Essentially, just avoiding the obviously unhealthy choices as a matter of course. I’m sure I’ll still have the occasional fat boy or cheesecake, but in an everyday situation I’ll steer away from things like that. Resolution: no overtly unhealthy foods except on an occasional and considered basis.
- Less alcohol. Too much of this on a regular basis has contributed to dehydration, ‘beer gut’, an overly high tolerance, and can’t be good for my liver. Resolution: drinking in social situations only and no drinking to excess.
- Less caffeine. Got into the habit of drinking way too much coffee on workdays, made me wired for the first part of the day, crashing by the end of the day (often with that horrible depressive feeling, not to mention coffee gut), and thoroughly dehydrated throughout. Plus using coffee as a substitute for sleep is not sustainable in the long term. Resolution: use only when necessary, not as a daily habit.
In order to kick-start a few of these I’m taking the first two weeks of the year to detoxify, during which I’m abstaining from all alcohol and caffeine, eating a tonne of fibre and drinking lots of water. Hopefully this will clean out my system, get my body acclimatised to the change in diet, quit some bad habits cold turkey, and get my tolerances for alcohol and caffeine down to more reasonable levels. So far I’m feeling pretty good, but we’ll see over the next few weeks.
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