It was the end of my work-week, so I did my walk last night and called it good. Nothing extra, even my normal exercises I skipped. Didn't feel as good when I went to bed, but it was 4 something in the morning, and I was too exhausted to care.
Turns out I've been doing exactly 2 miles. Not as far as I'd thought, but really more useful in the long run, since if I do it double, I'll know it's 4 miles, and etc.
I've tried to get my wife to exercise with me, but she's not interested, and after 3 years of marriage, I'd rather have peace in the home than fight a losing battle.
Here's a couple thoughts on healthy foods:
First of all, beets.
Beets are cheap. I bought 3 organic beets (the only kind I could find) for 2 bucks.
The nice thing about that is, not only do you get the beet itself, you also get the leaves, which can be cooked, or eaten raw. So it's like getting two separate veggies for the price of one.
The beet itself contains folate (reduces inflammation), it's a good dose of fiber, and natural sugars.
Beet juice reduces high blood pressure, and beets contain a lot of boron--which is good for us men, because boron has an important role in producing human sex hormones.
The beet also has natural antioxidants and may help fight cancer, and inhibit the growth of tumors.
There's tons and tons of recipes for beets, so hopefully you'll be able to find one that appeals to you. The leaves resemble spinach, and can be prepaired in much the same way.
Secondly, on buttermilk:
Buttermilk is usually very cheap, and is also very refreshing. Basically, the buttermilk you find in the store is kinda-sorta like sour cream, only made from lowfat or skim milk.
From Wikipedia:
Buttermilk is lower in fat and calories than regular milk because the fat from buttermilk has already been removed to make butter. It is high in potassium, vitamin B12 and calcium. Buttermilk is more easily digestible than whole milk and it also contains more lactic acid than skim milk. Due to being more easily digestible (a result of the bacteria added to the milk), protein and calcium can be taken up more easily by the body. There are 99 kilocalories and 2.2 grams of fat in one cup of buttermilk (fat content may be different with some buttermilk brands, as some brands are made with skim milk while others are made with reduced fat milk), as opposed to whole milk that has 157 kilocalories and 8.9 grams of fat.
Third, on the avocado:
Avocados can sometimes be a little pricey. I've seen them as high as $1.25 each. But with that, you get about 700 calories in a neat little package.
Avocados also reduce cholesterol, and supposely can help reduce bellyfat. They are the single richest source of Vitamin E among all plants.
Don't feed them to dogs, though, they're poisonous to dogs.
From wikipedia: High avocado intake has been shown to have an effect on blood serum cholesterol levels. Specifically, after a seven day diet rich in avocados, hypercholesterolemia patients showed a 17% decrease in total serum cholesterol levels. These subjects also showed a 22% decrease in both LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglyceride levels and 11% increase in HDL (good cholesterol) levels.
Also: Approximately 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat, most of which is monounsaturated fat. Avocados also have 60% more potassium than bananas. They are rich in B vitamins, as well as vitamin E and vitamin K. They have the highest fiber content of any fruit - including 75% insoluble and 25% soluble fiber.
Finally (for now) the sweet potato:
Sweet potatoes aren't as inexpensive as regular potatoes, but they're still cheap, and they may be the single most all around nutritious vegetable out there.
They can be cooked in all the ways a potato can be cooked (and in my opinion, they're a lot better, fried or sauteed, than a regular potato), and they can also be eaten raw--an experience not entirely unlike eating a raw carrot, or made into a pie that's, again, not entirely unlike pumpkin pie.
They're rich in simple starches, complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin B6, and contain many other vitamins and minerals as well.
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