In my efforts to continue to improve on my health and well-being, I like to test different nutrition plans to see how they affect my body. My latest…pasta!
I have been eating really clean the past week and Jenny was getting ready to head to Phoenix for the R N R half marathon and we thought we’d eat some pasta to CARB LOAD her up. Me too I guess.
The meal tasted great, and when I got up Saturday morning, did my seven mile run and I felt pretty good thru about 5 of those miles. Then Saturday night I had some spaghetti that was delicious and now I was really carb loading. When I got up on Sunday I felt like I had a hangover. My workout on Sunday (legs/back) requires that I feel my best and it was brutal.
Can the pasta two days in a row make me feel that bad? I think so! I ate really clean Sunday and now today and I feel great again. Very interesting stuff. I also felt like I was a little heavier around the waist too.
I also notice that when I eat an item that may raise my glycogen levels, I get tired, I get hungry faster, I don’t feel satisfied, and I feel FAT!
I am super excited to further my exploration into improving my health and fitness level this year. One that I am really eager to figure out is nuts. If I eat really clean for a couple of weeks and introduce peanuts and other nuts into my diet to see how my body reacts. I tried this in the past, however I was also eating gluten and other gluten free flour items that I feel were contributing to the test. So I stay away from nuts right now because the test I did caused my joints to ache when I ate peanuts.
If you have not read “Wheat Belly”, I encourage you to. Especially if you are struggling to reduce the size of your mid section and get healthier!
To your abundance in health!
Steve Aune
Steve Aune 
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