How to maintain acceptable weight without limiting food assortment and amount? How to keep alert after lunch time? How to keep high energy throughout the day?
DISCLAIMER: below is my personal practice. I am not physician or diet specialist.
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Morning - high energy
Morning meal is most important one. It should provide me the energy to survive high rhythm from 6:00 AM to 13:00, 6 to 7 hours of morning pressure - getting kids to school, getting through heavy traffic, planning the day, finishing unfinished work from yesterday, completing current work items. I consume carbohydrate rich food for breakfast - cereal, bread, chocolate, honey. Food that transformed directly into energy to start and keep my engines moving.
Morning anti-patterns
- No breakfast.
- Deep fried food.
- Protein rich food (consumes more energy to process it).
Lunch time - supporting energy to move on
Short break to refuel. Feel hungry. I tend to eat either easy-to-burn sea food, which is protein rich or no protein rich ingredients at all - salad and potatoes, pasta, or rice. I am not vegetarian, love meat, but not for the lunch on work day. My body consumes more energy to burn meat than it generates to keep my engines moving. That is why I feel sleepy when I break this rule, when I eat meat for the lunch. In the case when I do eat red meat I mix it with vegetables only, lots of veggies.
Lunch time anti-patterns
- Meat mixed with carbohydrate rich food like rice, potatoes, bread.
- No vegetables.
- Fast/Junk food.
Evening - low energy, recreation
Time for recreation, no energy needed, no carbohydrate rich food allowed. Meat and wine time, fruits and veggies too. Water, just water, lots of water.
Evening eating anti-patterns
- Carbohydrate rich food.
- Lot’s of any food.
- Snacks.
- Alcohol.
The result
I maintain acceptable weight, I did not change my jeans size for last 15 years. I feel good level of energy throughout the day. I breath with full chest. My mind is clear and not overwhelmed.
Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food - Hippocrates
Making sushi is very easy, cheap, and fast. Almost each weekend I prepare sushi - just love it! Both preparing and eating.
Summary of steps
- Boil rice - 10 minutes
- Slice veggies - while rice is boiled
- Roll sushi and slice - 10 minutes or less
- Serve and eat - take your time
What you need to make 60 sushi rolls is:
- 300 gram of smoked salmon
- 8 nori sheets
- Cup of rice (about 200 gram)
- 2 carrots
- 2 cucumbers
- Sushi bamboo mat
Following are detailed explanation for each step. I know that it is far from “classic” or “the right way” of making sushi. Nevertheless My wife, both daughters, and the rest of the family and friends just love it.
- Boil rice - 10 minutes.
I boil the rice in microwave. I am not picky about the rice type - any rice works for me. To prepare 60 sushi rolls I take cup of rice and little less than two cups of water. First I wash the rice thoroughly. Then I put it in plastic microwave box and pour the clear water into it. I set the microwave for 10 minutes but it may vary according to the power of the microwave:
- Slice veggies - while rice is boiled.
While the rice is getting boiled I slice the vegetables. My favorite are carrots, cucumbers, and avocado. Essentially any veggie is just good:
- Roll sushi and slice - 10 minutes or less. Have smoked salmon sliced in stripes handy.
“Classic” sushi is prepared with rear salmon but I use smoked salmon - it is safer for me and easier to keep it fresh in my fridge. Place nori sheet on the bamboo mat and spread the rice. I put 4 spoons of rice for each nori sheet. One spoon of rice to each nori sheet corner and spreading it using the spoon itself. Place smoked salmon stripe on the rice and then the vegetables upon it. Roll the nori sheet using bamboo mat while pressing on it making sure that it gets tight. The end result should look like sausages - I actually call it sushi sausages. Leave it for 3 to 5 minutes and then cut the sushi sausages using very sharp knife - be careful. Make sure that the kids are not around - usually they impatiently snoop around to steal a roll while your are trying to slice.
- Serve and eat - take your time. Slice each sausage for 7-8 rolls and serve it on a plate or a tray with soy souse. I do not like wasabi
since it it too spicy for me but I like it with ginger. Serve it with your favorite drink. I love it with beer or white wine.
20 minutes up.
Enjoy
