I love love love burritos. Especially breakfast burritos. Very satisfying to me. And perhaps they are the key to the plateau I’ve found myself on.
I eat pretty good. I’m healthy. I very rarely get sick. I heal pretty fast. I haven’t been to the doctor in awhile.
However, I ask A LOT of my body. A lot. I have a lot on my plate. I’m not all that great at handling stress. I’m way too busy. I have my vices. So, this plateau thing. I’ve been keeping things in check, but with the training, well, my body is sending me signals it’s time to up my skills. I’m not able to get by anymore, so time to up my game.
Enter the burrito. FAST. EASY. FAST and EASY. Easy Peasey Lemon Squeezey. You can dump a ton of stuff in there; the tortilla is a beautiful thing.
I’ve got to throw this in there: I eat a lot of Juice Plus too. A LOT. It’s the foundation support my body needs. Helps it to utilize anything else I feed it. Raises the ORAC value for the smarties.
Back to the burrito: What am I stuffing in there?
Flaxseed: anticancer, fiber, really good for you. But check this out. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY. AKA love for the knees and hips. Grind in up and dump some in. I eat a lot a day, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 a cup a day.
Eggs: good for the eyes, 6 grams of protein (just about a complete protein), 9 essential amino acids. Choline. Nice fat. (your brain is mostly fat people. You need fat. You need fat in the bloodstream for energy. Nice source of B12 for those not a big fan of animal meat.
Baby spinach: good source of iron. So good for the blood. Calcium. Has a ton of other valuable nutrients in it. Amazing. It also helps connective tissue heal. So, for those of us doing crazy things, it’s the internal bandage. So I just put this in with the breakfast burrito. Yum.
Beets: big supporter of the cardiovascular system. Tons of folate, copious amounts of Vit C, Bs and other stuff. It’s your BM friend too! I boil them and eat them in chucks like potatoes. And recently I’ve tried them shredded, cooked like hash browns and mixed in the breakfast burrito bowl full of goodness. Kind of crazy color though. 🙂
Avocado: Vit K, b6, c. Fiber. Good fat. Potassium (helps to regulate blood pressure). So I spoon it out and put it with the beans, tomatoes and garlic.
Tomatoes: anticancer, good for cardiovascular (which means good for everything else!) Dice ’em up and dump them with the beans or eggs.
Garlic: Antibacterial. Rich in antioxidants. Great for the blood. Tastes great and keeps the vampires away, for the runs after dark.
Beans: Out of a can, refried, mash your self. Whatever. Protein. Fiber. Easy to digest. Tons of nutrients like calcium, iron, mg, potassium, mn, etc etc etc. Heart health people.
So bring on the burritos. For those of us that are busy. You can make up a batch of burritos in no time flat. Wrap them up, have a stash of them in the refrig for “grab and go”. Great recovery food for right after hard workouts. Good hot or cold. Awesomeness.
