protein cheerleader

Food commercials are so evil.
They talk about calories.
They brag about lack of fat.
They boast all the vitamins they've fortified their product with.

When do we ever hear about the nutritional properties?
Now I'm NOT talking about nutritional values.
Values that have been set by the FDA can be met by spraying chemical vitamins onto a dead, processed food.

What happens when you eat dead, processed foods?
You get a dead, processed body, stiff, bloated, full of mysterious aches and ailments and slow to or unable to heal.

What kills me is how we let the commercials convince us of how we should eat.
Hey, I was convinced.
I was sold on the low-fat/high grain lifestyle for years.
I ate Total with soy milk and thought I was doing my body good.

In this month's Oprah magazine there's a photo of her typical breakfast: a bowl of steel cut Irish oats, fresh fruits and dried fruits and what must be a small pitcher of skim milk.
After a breakfast like that, I'd hate to be Oprah's pancreas.

With all the alternative health care folks who waft through her studio, hasn't anyone told her that she needs protein first thing in the morning??

Someone told me.
I listened.

I keep my blood sugar even all day by starting the day with protein and eating protein with every meal. It's helping me feel less sluggish after I eat. It's keeping me from feeling famished between meals.

When I say "protein" I'm not talking about a shitty Luna bar or protein drink (for info on the dangers of powdered whey protein click here)
I'm talking about meat, fish, eggs or poultry, fat included.

I'm passionate about this traditional diet.
One of my motivators to get well is the ability to be a spokesperson for this way of eating.
My story will be even better because of this awful knee injury.

I'll be going from wheelchair to runway with quite the story to tell:
h0w my high fat, high protein diet saved my life.

But first, let me make it work.
Let me get well.

Yesterday was a rough day.
Getting around in the wheelchair in the pouring rain was discouraging.
Being trapped inside by the pouring rain because of the wheelchair was disheartening.
Now matter how good my attitude is, sometimes I'm just hammered by certain situations.
Good thing a hammer has two sides: one for hammering and one for pulling the nail back out.

That's what a good attitude will do for you.
It will help you to accept what is, feel what you need to feel then move on.

Ok, I need to digest my corned beef and cabbage lunch.
I added extra virgin olive oil to it. Why?
Read what Lori Lipinski, certified nutritionist and contributor to the literature of the Weston A. Price Foundation has to say about that.
Click here.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
Think you're doing your body good with that protein shake?
Don't take my word for it.
Listen to nutritionist/trainer Sean Croxton of undergroundwellness.com.
He'll give you "the skinny" on protein bars and shakes.
click here or click below