New attempt at diet…..
I’ve done pretty badly with my diet so far, so here’s what I think I will do. I got bogged down for two main reasons:
I really love the food on a clean eating diet - so I over-eat.
I don’t take the time to plan and pre-cook food.
So, here’s what I (and my husband is joining me) am going to do:
I’m going to plan two menus.
They will be cheap, and require little cooking (protein shakes, tuna fish, etc.)
Then, I am going to eat those two menus every other day for six weeks. No cheating, no options, no excuse for failure except a lack of willingness. If I don’t do it, I have only one thing to blame. My own lack of motivation.
I can shop on Sunday, and he and I can spend the afternoon preparing a week’s worth of meals. No "I’m not in the mood for that, what else can we do?"
I’m trying to learn to think of food only as fuel, and not as a sensual pleasure. That’s the only way I can conquer my bad eating habits, and I am GOING to conquer them.
Any suggestions on planning these menus? Seriously, any suggestions are appreciated.
(Please don’t rain on my parade - if you think it’s dumb, that’s cool. But, I think it will really help me. I’m not necessarily planning to lose weight during this time - See my last blog, haha)
Hope you guys are having a great day!
October 1, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Portion and measure. If you don’t have a diet already, then email me form my profile and i will email you the diet I have been using.
October 1, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Well, you just wrote down what you intend to do. That can be considered a promise. So, now you have to keep your promise to yourself.
Other than that, I have found that planning and prep help me because I put so much work into the food that I hate to let it go to waste. Once you do get on a roll, it gets easy, especially when the compliments start rolling in. I had to start with one healthy meal a day and add meals every week until it became full time habit.