Day 1 of the 12 week journey - Getting Started with Nutrition. Simple is Good

Marathon training is a journey. Creating better Nutrition for your lifestyle is a journey as well. There are foods to eat and not to eat ... in a box. There are foods that have been tampered with man and others created by man. Which and what and when to eat is important on this marathon journey.
I live by a philosophy, if it came from a box with more than what the box is suppose to have ie: peanut butter. Relook at the nutritional label for peanut butter, look close-
What does the label really say?
It says to me on the major labels, I will leave the names alone, but on there the ingredients. It should only say: PEANUTS and not oils, sugars, salt and more!

As Americans we love our food. We love watching people make food, heck there are 12 networks dedicated to food and hundreds of shows! Not to mention magazines, blogs, social internet sites!! We are consumed by our foods, we are also consumed by obesity and I don't mean overweight- I mean unhealthy. You can be thin and not healthy. I am talking foods consumed from the Earth, god-given foods. I live by the philosophy, if it didn't come from the Earth, why in the world am I putting it in my Earthly-made body? We are 66% made from the Earth's minerals and the rest water; so, why would be put chemicals in the body?

These are questions you need to ask yourself on this first day of your nutritional journey

Today's homework: Buy a spiral notebook and put Sept 14, 2011 at the top
1. Make a chart
2. Write in the times that you eat the follow
3. don't forget to tally mark your water, I have one container that holds 1/2 gal and I write how many of those I drink.
4. Exercise: what kind and what time
5. Hold yourself accountable by actually seeing what you are putting in your body.
6. Tally at the bottom the amount of Carbs, Protein and Fat you take in.

Time	Breakfast	Snack	Lunch	Snack	Dinner	Water	Exercise

Protein
Fat
Carbs