Fit to Print Volume 24 Issue 2 June 2015 | Page 10

E AT S M A R T !

By Rachel Ezelius, RD

Are You Eating Enough?
Get It Going and Keep It Going...

I

f you are like so many your morning
mantra is "I am going to eat well
today." The weekend was rough, but
today is Monday, a fresh start. You begin
your day with such good intentions, egg
white omelette with veggies cooked with
spray all while forgoing any toast,
because you aren't eating any carbs. This
delightful 100-calorie 5 bite breakfast was
your recovery meal after your morning
workout. Heading to work you are sipping
your almost black coffee (no sugar of
course) still chanting, "I am going to eat
well today." You enter the break-room to
put your chopped salad, no dressing, no
cheese, grilled chicken into the fridge
only to discover Suzie brought in her
leftover homemade chocolate chip
cookies. You curse Suzie under your
breath. She always dumps her delicious
homemade goodies in the office but she is
not hoodwinking you today. You are
“eating well today" so you head to your
desk. While working, you reach into your
desk drawer to retrieve a paperclip and
you remember that you ran out of them
Friday. You can't remember the last time
you had to replace paperclips, but while
you were in the drawer your stomach
growls