{"id":1464,"date":"2014-05-20T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2016-12-09T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:57:31","slug":"i-eats-me-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/20\/i-eats-me-spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"I Eats Me Spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve gone back to eating low-carb because of Reasons. Okay, I have real reasons, but it tends to work for me. I eat less, after the first week just plain don’t crave sweets all that much, and tend to feel better. I’m not sleepy after meals, I don’t get that shaky feeling when I don’t eat every few hours, and I like meat, so it works for me. It doesn’t work for everyone, so don’t think I’m proselyting. You should eat as suits you.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, in talking about the matter, though, I’ll get questions. Some I consider quite valid, and others kind of make me step back in shock.<\/p>\n

The one I get the most is, “How do can you stay healthy without eating your vegetables?”<\/p>\n

Well… I have no idea how one does that. I… well, I kinda eat veggies, so I’m no roadmap there.<\/p>\n

Normally, I eat salads and I don’t give a lot of thought to measurements. Salads=vegetables and I don’t sweat the portion sizes all that much on them, other than try to not make it so big I can’t finish it.
\n\"\"<\/a>However, because I bought some new lunch containers (stop laughing at me. It’s not nice to make fun of people who can’t help it) it really hit home. The containers are very specific to portion sizes, you see.<\/p>\n

For instance, take a look at that small container. That’s a half-cup container. For most non-leafy vegetables, a half cup is considered a serving. See the rectangular container? That’s a cup. So, three servings of veggies right there.<\/p>\n

Now we get down to the lower portion of the container. Yes, it’s full of chicken (low-carb, remember?) It’s also on a bed of spinach. I didn’t have a salad for lunch today because we ran out of greens, but that’s about half a cup of spinach as well. So, half a serving.<\/p>\n

That puts lunch at under 6 carbs (minus fiber), for pity’s sake, with three and a half servings of vegetables. Most of my meals are comparable to this. I’ll probably have an artichoke tonight with dinner. So, yeah, veggies. I eat low carb, but yeah, I eats me spinach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve gone back to eating low-carb because of Reasons. Okay, I have real reasons, but it tends to work for me. I eat less, after the first week just plain don’t crave sweets all that much, and tend to feel better. I’m not sleepy after meals, I don’t get that shaky feeling when I don’t … <\/p>\n

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