Life happened in the last one month and fitness took a
back seat for a while. I tried to walk where I could and take the stairs
whenever I could to compensate for my lack of working out. There was hardly ever
any time or I was too drained to work out the last 3-4 weeks. Thankfully
everything has calmed down now and we are back on the grind. I still drink my
warm lemon water in the morning and try to eat as healthy as possible. I feel a
little heavier I must admit due to the lack of exercise in the past one month I
am yet to weigh myself to see if there is an increase in weight or not. I love
how my shoulders look even though I have taken a break from doing arm exercises
for now.
My sister brought me some brown rice and I must say
that for me at least it is an acquired taste. It is said to be healthier than
white rice although there are concerns about the level of arsenic in brown
rice. It takes forever and a day to cook seriously it does; and uses more
water. Where one cup regular white rice would be cooked and dry in under 20mins
brown rice takes like an hour to cook. Where you need two cups water for one
cup white rice brown rice needs about four cups water to one cup brown rice in
my experience with this particular brand my sis got me. I am not particularly
crazy about the chewy taste it has so I figured out a way to make it more
palatable for me. I cook it in advance and freeze then make fried rice out of
it whenever I feel like it. Tastes so much better for me than freshly cooked it
does taste a bit like couscous made this way as well. Speaking of food I have
come to the realization a lot of the time that it’s all in the mind. Most of
the times when you pick something to eat or snack on outside regular mealtimes
you are not really hungry but you tell yourself you are because the item is
readily available or it is expected of you. For example you just had an early dinner
on a Friday night its movie night at home you are not exactly hungry after
dinner but still grab some buttered popcorn, order pizzas, grab a few cans of
sodas or beers because that is what people do when watching movies they snack. So
you see it’s all in the mind.
I did not know brown rice contained arsenic! Total shocker. You are so right about hunger being in the mind how often we tell ourselves we need the food just cause it's there.
ReplyDeleteActually rice in general contains arsenic but brown rice has a higher conetent than white rice. Here is an article that helps explain it further http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm
DeleteI use brown rice all the time and it never takes that long to cook, I think it has to do with the brand.
ReplyDeleteYou may be right Candice. Do you use the easy cook part cooked/par boiled type? Because the one I have is the "raw straight from the farm" type for lack of a better description lol
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