The Football Fan’s Diet

By Matt DeReno
On The FFD

PITTSBURGH – I am starting to really believe the connection between food and mood. When I starve myself, I get cranky as all hell. When I eat nutritiously, my mood improves dramatically. Why then will I sometimes indulge only to fell worse by doing so in the long run?

What sort of mental key then is the right food? Easy answer: it is the key. But, even the right food doesn’t get rid of your stress? So how should we deal with stress if the stress has been historically dealt with by consuming high caloric and non-nutritious foods?

Therein lies the pork rub.

As of this posting, I am back from the gym, which is good. Tuesday and Wednesday I lost badly. Wednesday I lost big time. All of it stems from the past Friday which put me into a tailspin of which, at least as of this posting, I finally feel like I am coming out of. It’s tough. Momma said there will be days like this.

I can get this week back on track today and have a good weekend to boot. That should at least minimize the poorly played FFD I put on display the past few days. The past few days had me in a bad mood. But, today, I ate right and am thinking right. I feel good. I feel positive. I feel hopeful.

It makes me think: It is not “You are what you eat.” The dude is his food and mood.

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