Nutrition

It's strange, I had this nice little plan in my mind of how I'd work through things in my mind in a nice logical order, but yesterday was something of a blank for me.  It did provide me with a good dose of motivation though.  I went out for a walk at lunchtime and ended up taking off my shirt.  The white, slug like body that was revealed by the bright sunlight as it bulged over my belt was not a pretty sight.

As you can see from the link on the right I've been playing with the FitDay calculators to track what I'm eating.  I'm something of a tyro when it comes to that and I don't find it easy to track what I'm eating.  It certainly isn't something that I've ever done before.  What it does reveal though, inaccuracies about my ability to use the measurements and such is that my nutrition isn't great. 

There are a lot of theories as to why some people are thin and others fat, a lot of which hinge around genetics or nurture.  I'm not entirely convinced about it.  My family certainly tend to the thin side, but is that genetics or just because my parents programmed us by their own eating habits?  I do feel that there is an element of genetics in there, but I guess I shy away from it because it's too easy an excuse.

Genetics or not, how much weight you carry is down to how much you eat.  It doesn't matter if I have a fast metabolism and others have a slow one, or if my body isn't good at processing food.  Theses are just environmental factors.  So what if you need 2000 calories a day and someone else 1500 to maintain without putting on or losing?  It might not be fair, but what on earth has that to do with anything.  Eating habits can always be improved, and poor nutrition will cripple your efforts.  I need to improve my diet because I'm pretty sure from the FitDay calculators that I'm not getting all the nutrients I need from my normal diet and that in itself might be part of why I feel tired and lethargic.