My VC who is almost as OCD as I am has recently become obsessed with livestrong. I ignored her invitations to join her for quite some time, but when I was reading the third lesson plan on nutrition, I decided to take a closer look at my own diet. Before I tell you all the reasons why I love this site, let me clarify a few of my thoughts on dieting in general.
I don’t do “diets”. I eat carrots with my hummus when I’d rather have pita bread. Homemade mac ‘n’ cheese is one of my greatest pleasures, and sometimes I even add sausage to it. I’m pretty ok with those choices.
Although I don’t usually question my food choices unless punk middle school kids ask me if I’m pregnant (true story), I do sometimes wonder if I would feel better if I paid a little more attention to what I was putting in my body. Livestrong has helped me monitor my food choices in a pretty laid back and educational way. You type in what you ate, it keeps track of calories, sugar, protein, sodium, etc. I’m not sure it could be more simple.
I’ve put everything on this site… from the huge amounts of chocolate I ate while PMS-ing to the chicken stir fry I had for dinner tonight. I’m proud of some things I’ve eaten. Others, not at all. And most things fall somewhere in between.