Thoughts on: Diet and food

My thoughts about the body have expanded a little and after a month or so of the cogs in my brain turning, its time for me to start talking.

Despite my normal workout routine being interrupted by an unexpected closing of the martial arts room in my gym for incredibly asinine reasons, I'm still keeping my body as active as I can. My cardiovascular and musculo-skeletal system is probably in the best shape its been (the doctors at the VCU hospital remarked on my beautiful ankle X-Rays.) Yet my body as a whole still doesn't feel right. And I am positive I know why.

VCU's meal plan food is one grade above high school food. And about 3 cups more cooking grease per entree.

I even got sick from eating the lettuce.

The primary reason I'm still slogging through meals of fried meat filler is financial. That and the biscuits taste paradoxically good (like flaky, buttery blobs of compassion and goodwill towards man.)  I can also cram my face with as many brownies as I want for only 1 swipe.

I recently took a trip to the Kroger, which for me takes 30 minutes of foot travel and 30 minutes of GRTC shenanigans just to get there and back, and noticed something. Unshackled from the limitations of meal plan food, I go all out on stuff like this:

Jerky. Strawberries. Greek yogurt. Clementines. Strawberries. Protein shakes. Strawberries. Peanut butter. If I had my own kitchen I'd be adding broccoli, asparagus, fish, and probably more strawberries.

Which got me to thinking about how my body reacts to different foods, and what sort of metabolism I must have, and the composition of my diet. For example....

I love bread but it slows me down. Alot.
Red meat does the same. I'm finding more and more that I dislike red meats. I do love me some beef jerky, but the only reason why that tastes SO GOOD to me is that all the fat flavor and... wooziness... is out of it.

In fact that's how I'd describe the sensation I get when I eat anything high in fat content. I get woozy. I can't even look at a bratwurst without feeling it.

If I had my choice I would only eat gamey things for my meat serving. Venison, bison, grass-fed free range beef, rooster/capon. I just love the flavor of "having to run away from that thing with the teeth" and "get your own damn dinner, you hack." It makes me feel like I can wrestle a sabertoothed tiger with only my Xena war cry and low-budget screenplay writers.

My idol at 3 years old. I REGRET NOTHING.

And apparently neither does he.

Freshwater fish are cool. Catfish, trout, salmon, dried bluegill, its all good! But I still can't bring myself to like saltwater fish.
Shellfish are a completely different story though. Have you seen me plow through a pile of old-bay-encrusted blue crabs? I get enthusiasm cuts.
Tuna's good, too, I guess.

Sushi is love wrapped in a blanket of seaweed and wasabi.

Fruits, especially berries, make me incredibly happy. Somehow. I have difficulty controlling my fruit frenzy. Hand me a pound of strawberries and I will eat that stuff in under 15 minutes and then go on adventures.

The only exception to the fruit rule is red apples and oranges, because red apples and oranges are everywhere. Its like when DC101 and HOT99.5 overplays that awesome song you really liked.

You never fail to ruin Coldplay for me.

And... vegetables....
Cook them.
Carrots don't count. Eat them raw. EAT LOTS OF THEM RAW. TURN ORANGE. SHENANIGANS.
That is all there is to say about vegetables.

Cheese is the most delicious thing on earth and I have nothing bad to say about my processed dairy overlords.

Raisins are not food. They are the physical manifestation of loneliness and turmoil.

For metabolism: I am a slow metabolizer. A sandwich will keep me going for 6 hours before I begrudgingly notice the first bit of hunger. Even with high activity levels I can still work on 2 meals a day. Its probably not healthy, but when I listen to my body, I only eat twice a day. I only want to eat twice a day. I'm 5 foot 107 lbs. I don't have a whole lot of space to devote.

TL;DR

So pretty much my ideal diet is summed up by: cheese, fish, gamey meats, and fruit with the least amount of fat possible. When I eat like this, I feel happy and go on adventures with my low-budget screenplay writers and skimpy comic-con bodice.

So, how about you? Whats your body telling you to do, food wise? What sort of diet makes you feel the best?