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07 February 2013

Better Fuel

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm trying to eat better. We're drinking green smoothies every day and eating vegetables with every dinner. I avoid wheat for two meals a day, and I'm only doing dairy once a week (pizza is still one of my core food groups). I eat fruit and raw veggies for most of my snacks, and with all these changes, my gut is definitely happier. I still haven't mastered no-need-to-poop-while-running, but there is improvement. I haven't had an accident in weeks! I wish I were kidding.

At work I sometimes get procrastination-hungry. You know, where you would rather find a snack in a faraway snack machine than start on that next PowerPoint. But part of this new healthy eating path is visiting-the-snack-machine-less. Fewer Pop-Tarts! Will I live? Yes I will, especially since I found out about Graze.

Graze is a web-based service that sends you an adorable and very tasty "nibblebox" once a week for $5. You can specify special diets or foods to avoid, and you can rate the snacks on their website, which by the way is awesomely usable and cute. I got my second box today, which you can see below, and I'm really excited to try everything. I already ate one of the snacks, which were spicy crackers that got a "love" rating immediately after I inhaled them. If you get something you don't like, you can just "trash" it and you'll never see it again. So far everything I've tried has been either "like" or "love". They have these granola bar things they call flapjack, which I would give a "marry" if I could.

Graze isn't available to just-anyone yet, but if you are feeling extra-special (and hungry), you can sign up using my code, THY5ZF5T. Your first box is free, and I get $1 off my next box too, lucky me. I have no affiliation with Graze, I just love it and thought you might too!

So far in 2013 I have visited the snack machine exactly once, for Fritos. Sometimes you just need some greasy salty corn. But most of the time it's fruit, veggies, and Graze.

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  1. Yah! I just got my second box and totally love it so far!!!

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    1. Isn't it fun? (It was Andi who got me started on Graze!)

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  2. I wish there were also a dietary fix for the ruination of my bladder thanks to pregnancy/childbirth.

    In order to stay in my graduate program, I think I'm obligated to say nice work on all the produce intake! When you do green smoothies, are you throwing in a protein source? I ask b/c I've had a hard time finding protein that doesn't taste terrrrrrrible with mostly-veg smoothies (nut butters, rice pro powder, etc - they all have flavors that don't go well in those)

    Graze looks cool. I think I'll use your code to try it out, right after this pee break (also wish I was kidding!)

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    1. If it's not one thing, it's another, haha. :)

      I don't do protein supplements in my green smoothies. I agree, it just ruins them. I hear greens actually have a decent amount of protein though, is this true? (Can we believe Fuhrman?) I do protein with solid food only these days. Lots of legumes and nuts.

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    2. I think Fuhrman is often talking about a grams-per-calorie basis, in which case that's true re: greens. But the sheer volume of greens I'd have to eat in order to hit minimum 80g protein daily (during peak training periods) would be crazytown. Plus, I've never met a nut butter I didn't like.

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    3. That makes sense, thanks for clarifying. It must be awesome to have so much nutritional knowledge to supplement your running. Nut butters rock.

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  3. I just found out that I only got to "invite" 4 people. When I get more invites I will post it here.

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