When I Diet I Don't Eat

Yesterday I had a quick meeting with Jill Gregory from Venice Nutrition (www.venicenutrition.com). She's been working with several of the clients of Pilates Tutor (www.pilatestutor.com). Through the pilates studio, I got a free one hour consultation from her - thought I would see what she had to say. One of Jill's first questions was "are you a dieter?" I kind of am but as soon as I hear the words "you can't eat that" of course, that's the first thing I really want to eat! I told her that my biggest issue is that when I feel like I need to try to loose weight, I don't eat. That's what I did when I was 18 - we didn't eat - we just drank beer, cheap wine and tequila! Provided all the nutrition I needed - I went to college and lost 20 pounds.

What I got from our short meeting is that Venice Nutrition's primary focus is on maintaining stable blood sugar levels - eating several little meals a day with each meal having a good balance of carbs and protein. I think that basically I'm fairly sound nutritionally. However, I'm not a big breakfast eater…particularly when I first wake up in the morning. Eating first thing in the morning is critical to maintaining stable blood sugar. I'm going to start with a part of a protein bar. Today I used an Atkins Day Break Bar. The other interesting tidbit I didn't know was that when you are looking for balance between carb and protein - the numbers should be within 5-7 grams of each other. So, 30 grams of carb and 5 grams of protein isn't really a good balance! There's a whole lot more to it but we didn't get a chance to really chat about all the details. We are meeting next week - weight and body mass/fat measuring - YUK!

Did Pilates this morning - mat focused TRX. So hard. Then went to LA Fitness for a spin class. Always fun!

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