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So I'm totally on a new diet right now.
Jul. 17th, 2010 06:25 pmIt is called the "oh my god I need to hurry the fuck up and heal already" diet. It starts with protein. Lots of protein. Then, unprocessed grains. Lots of them. (It is a good thing I like bulgur wheat. And quinoa. Gods I love quinoa.)
This is further supplemented with …well, supplements. PT-recommended antioxidants. A 1-oz shot of açai juice. Then breakfast. Then a fruit smoothie made with organic yogurt and a tablespoon of hemp protein. Then my multivitamin.
Snack is a sunflower-seed butter sandwich on 7-grain organic bread. Then an açai chew and a shot of goji juice.
Dinner is whatever is fast to cook. Last night was rice and tamari lemon chicken (10 minutes in the rice steamer and 7 minutes on a George Foreman grill), then the second multivitamin. Another hemp-seed augmented protein shake.
(I will forget to eat protein in the day. Recently disabused of the notion that a body can only have a maximum of 60 grams of protein a day, and informed that I'm [surprise!] deficient, I now have a Post-it note on my fridge reminding me to either add protein powder to whatever I'm drinking, or drop everything and make a cheeseburger.)
The physical therapists and I are on a "well, it won't hurt so we'll see if it helps" kick right now.
Three days into the regimen and two after the start of knee exercises, the muscle spasms I've ha for a week have stopped almost totally.
This is further supplemented with …well, supplements. PT-recommended antioxidants. A 1-oz shot of açai juice. Then breakfast. Then a fruit smoothie made with organic yogurt and a tablespoon of hemp protein. Then my multivitamin.
Snack is a sunflower-seed butter sandwich on 7-grain organic bread. Then an açai chew and a shot of goji juice.
Dinner is whatever is fast to cook. Last night was rice and tamari lemon chicken (10 minutes in the rice steamer and 7 minutes on a George Foreman grill), then the second multivitamin. Another hemp-seed augmented protein shake.
(I will forget to eat protein in the day. Recently disabused of the notion that a body can only have a maximum of 60 grams of protein a day, and informed that I'm [surprise!] deficient, I now have a Post-it note on my fridge reminding me to either add protein powder to whatever I'm drinking, or drop everything and make a cheeseburger.)
The physical therapists and I are on a "well, it won't hurt so we'll see if it helps" kick right now.
Three days into the regimen and two after the start of knee exercises, the muscle spasms I've ha for a week have stopped almost totally.
