Adam Goes On Vacation

I learned two things this weekend in Tahoe:

1. Eating right and working out on vacation is hard, but not impossible.  It just takes a lot of dedication and a lot of supportive friends!  Although it takes a lot to pass up margarita night for house salad.

2.This change in diet is HUGE for me.  It turns out, and this may not come as a surprise to anyone who has ever seen what I normally eat, but I am a full blown sugar addict and have been for a LONG time.  And this huge change in my diet has led to many emotional symptoms.  Anger, rage, cravings, temper, sadness.  And at the same time, my energy is through the roof, waking up is easy, workouts are fun, and I feel terrific.  But I now know that this change in diet is not easy.  It’s a complete 180 for me.  I now eat mostly vegetables and I used to eat mostly carbs.  Cookies out, Carrots in.  Soda out, water in.  Pasta out, salad in.  There really isn’t one thing in my new diet that I ate a substantial amount of before, and vise versa.  My meeting with my nutritionist, Christy, from HowToChow.com, blew my mind yesterday.  She brought to light my addictions to sugar and my cravings and my emotions, and how they are all intertwined and how we can really fix things, not just for 3 months but for the rest of my life.  She’s amazing…and this whole diet thing just took on a new importance for me.

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