Grocery Shopping & VLOG #3

My pantry is healthier than it's ever been.

I can't say I found the whole healthy shopping experience fun.
I walked by my old friends in the candy aisle.
Dr Pepper glared at me like a jilted lover.
It is so much easier to just buy junk. Looking at labels and analyzing the health benefits was like browsing a library in Russia.

I noticed quite early on that I am easily one of the targets for markting. I would love to be one of those people who goes into the grocery store with a list and comes back with only things that are on it. I think I accomplished that once when I went to buy a bag of Doritos at 2 AM.

Healthy food is expensive as well.

My next problem is deciding what to eat and when. I am going to try the PORTIONS plan, and I am at Level 2 fitness. The meal plan is very fish intensive, and I cannot bring myself to eat fish. Seafood is too, er, fishy for me.

P90X calls for you to eat about 5 times a day. This is a major paradigm shift for someone who is used to eating one big meal, several Dr Peppers and a few snacks throughout the day. I have read several sources who claim that it is very dangerous to start an exercise program this intensive and not support it with the correct amount of calories. I also can't eat food late at night or the food I eat will become stored energy.

You'll notice that my knowledge of nutrition is hardly impressive. I hope that this blog will progress at the same rate as my fitness program. I will look back at the early posts with nostalgic whimsy, remembering my ignorance from so long ago (3 months is long in fitness lingo!).

Anyway, here is my VLOG regarding my grocery shopping trip:

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This is just a quick Cam upload, as I didn't have time to try to increase the production value, which is limited as well. The built-in webcam on this computer is weak at best, so pardon the non-hollywood looking vid.