Thursday, January 17, 2013

Red Meat

Working out is not usually a problem for me. Not to say I am perfect, I have my times when I don't work out when I should and even go through slumps of several months. However, I am athlete by heart and am usually doing something even if its not strictly gym time. I love softball and I love racquetball. That being said, my weakness if food, like a good majority of the American population.
I all but gave up pasta, I only eat carbs before lunch, and then they are "good" carbs, but my downfall; Red meat.
That oh-so-delicious cheeseburger, infused with spiciness and loaded with cheese, lettuce and tomato; just the thought gets my mouth watering! I am not talking fast-food burgers, since they are not really beef, they don't really tempt me. So my new goal is to eradicate red meat in my diet. This is going to be tricky.
I realized all of this animal fat is leaking its way slowly into my diet. For lunch I had a whole wheat pita, with a scrambled egg and chorizo. Then burgers at dinner, even with lean meat, it placed me well over my goal for fat for the day. I don't eat it everyday, but sometimes it is so easy to whip up lunch and dinner with ground beef. My 5 year old likes meat, but is very choosy. There is also a lack of really good meat here. The German groceries have great butchers, but I am reluctant, because I can't always tell what type of meat I am buying and there are no nutrition labels.
On that note, anyone have any really good burger alternatives? I made one recipe from chick peas and it was so bland, plus chick peas, though loaded with great nutrients, are high in carbs, so if I eat them at night, it interrupts my delicate sleep cycle. I am open to suggestions.
What is your one ultimate weakness? How do you try to work with it?

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