Curse the English system of units.
But hoorah for regular exercise and actually knowing what the hell I'm eating. Getting off my ass and not stuffing my face has netted over five pounds, and even though I can't say I feel any better than I used to, I certainly haven't felt bad ... at all. Typically I used to feel like crap for a few hours each day, and then fine the rest—but now it's just fine the entire time. Plus, my back feels sore far less and I'm sleeping a lot better.
I'm saving a boatload of money on food, too. Protein shakes are damned cheap.
So far, so good. And it gives me an excuse to, you know, chart things.
Protein shakes? Really? Is that suggested by your program for daily living?
It sounds a little Sci-Fi Special to me. Y'know, with the protein guck that you eat three times a day. Sure, it's flavored like steak, but it's so Just Not Right.
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So, not really. The protein shakes are primarily there to even out my meal intake (as it's much easier to make five 130 calorie shakes each day than it is to heat up some chicken a similar number of times) and as a diagnostic for determining whether certain foods throw my metabolism way out. Food groups are independently introduced so my dietician can determine if I'm particularly susceptible to anything.
The surprising thing is that without the shakes, it's challenging to meet my intake requirements. The human body was metabolically designed for a lot more activity than it typically gets, so our feeding instincts don't always work out all that well.
--Dan