Six things to throw away from your cupboard

January 3, 2009
Posted by simpsoka

Six things to throw away from your cupboard

It’s easy and we all know it; there are certain foods that don’t help us run faster. But when they’re in our cupboards, it’s hard to resist and we often end up making compromises (I’ll run an extra mile today for those cookies I ate after lunch). This year I’m going to be getting rid of these calorie culprits and hopefully help out my training. I think my body is going to be thankful.

Here’s a list of what I’m tossin’ and what I’ll be replacing it with:

Gone: Soda. I don’t drink much of it, but every now and then I’ll pop open a can of Diet Coke. Replacing with Perrier, or Pellegrino
Gone: Potato chip. Fattening, and I end up eating the whole bag! Replacing with baked whole grain crackers.
Gone: Gummi bears. Can never eat just one, and they’re loaded with sugar. Replacing with dried fruit
Gone: Cookies. Loaded with calories, and easy to pop more than a few in my mouth before realizing I’ve had five too many. Replacing with animal crackers, or graham crackers

Gone: Convenience food. This food is way too easy to quickly turn into a meal, but the problem is that they have no nutritional value, and they’re high in calories and sodium. Examples: Mac ‘n Cheese, frozen pizza (anything pre-packaged and processed). Replacing with an actual meal, make time to cook and eat.

Gone: Flavored oatmeal. Too much sugar. Replacing with stone ground or rolled oats and instead of sugar, adding honey, cinnamon, nuts, raisins, or jam.

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Angela
January 3, 2009

Convience food and Diet Coke are the biggies for me!! Oh how I love Diet Coke! And I am so busy that I just don’t cook a lot during the week. I am going to start preparing some sides, salads, etc. on Sundays so then all I have to do when I get home from work is cook up the main part of dinner.

Sara J
January 3, 2009

This is really helpful. I agree with Angela, I can’t start my day without a diet coke. You know, as runners, it’s easy to think that we can eat whatever we want because we’ll just burn it off. I often need a reality check that what I put in my body can still have an adverse affect. Although, I would say baked chips (like Baked Lays) are a good alternative to regular potato chips if you’re craving something salty.