Hi and welcome back!
Eating near to nature is the theme to our food choices, so with this in mind I thought I'd show you a way to think about this...
Take an apple from the tree..its a grade A food - nature itself!
Process it by peeling it and chopping it up....it's now a grade B food
Process it more by cooking it .....it has now become a grade C food
Up to here, the apple is still just an apple, it has just had some goodness taken away from it.
Add some sugar to it......now it is a D grade food
Add some pastry to it....
and now you have something that is apple, minus some valauble nutrients, with added less nutritious foods .................. so becomes an F grade food!!
F = FAKE AND/OR FAT STORING FOODS!!
How many grade A foods are in your food choices today?
Sue x
FAT-SCRAP MARCH 2010 DAY ELEVEN
FAT-SCRAP MARCH 2010 DAY THIRTEEN
8 comments:
GOod morning all.
For me, growing up in the fifties and sixties and being lucky enough to have a mum at home who grew veg and cooked, I have a base of eating natural foods. To me fast food is rice, gnocchi or pasta with a homemade sauce or roasted veggies. Or a piece of chicken or fish simply grilled. Why then have I been seduced to high processed sweet things? My values go out the window. I feel a confusion arises because as a child these were treats, at gatherings and celebrations. All the things I feel closeness with others and family security. Now for me and a lot of people, we are fragmented, miles from family or have lost them. When I want sweet processed food, I am replacing the feeling I associated with those times, the love and security I felt.
Food is very much part if society. History shows us celebrations and feasting. I love to cook and share with family and friends. I realise tho it is the occassion and not the food that I remember most. When I eat sugary food alone , it is quickly forgotten or remembered with guilt. As Sue said on Saturday, what is the sweetness missing from my life I am replacing??
Morning Girls, glad to see you had a good session with Sue yesterday, and I too loved the boxing Jayne, so satisfying punching the trainer!!!!! Only joking Sue, love you really!
I too was brought up on fresh fruit & veg and made to eat what was in front of us. As my mum worked full time we all had to chip in preparing veg and making desserts especially on a Sunday. We were only allowed 2 biscuits on a Sunday morning with our tea as a treat, but were always given a pudding after our meal. Baked Apples and Crumble spring to mind.
I wonder why I am obsessed with sweet food, is it because we were always limited to what we were allowed and now as an adult I have nobody to tell me NO!? But I too had the guilt after eating and would question why did I eat that bar of chocolate when I'm now cross with myself? Isnt it funny that I dont continue that with my family, I wonder why?
I have made a rod for my own back though, one child loves pasta, one loves meat and veg and I'm always on a diet (sorry I WAS always on a diet) so would end up cooking 3 different meals. (I know you're probably saying why didnt I eat the meat and 2 veg?...do you know what I dont know!!!) I think food became an enemy as I would always be worrying what shall I make for tea tonight and the thought of making 3 different meals would get me down! Maybe that's why I ended up using processed foods, for ease and quickness especially when I worked full time, but to be honest it tasted rubbish and was never satisfying and actually didnt save me much time at all. Since being on this eating plan, I have cooked fresh meals for the whole family and luckily the majority of the time they all eat it saying that's nice/lovely! And I'm getting more adventerous, I'm in the process of making chicken tikka masala from scratch and was so pleased to read on the ingredients that natural yogurt was the creamy sauce and so fabulous for me too! In the past a bottle of sauce would've been opened!
I can now say that I'm enjoying cooking again and get excited about what I'm going to do for the week ahead....and I think my family are enjoying it so much more too!! x
Sue, like your thoughts on grading of foods and I can guarantee that the Apple sitting here writing this is 100% Grade A* !!!
Fabulous comments Jayne! I completely know where you are coming from with food. I too have realised more and more recently that it is the occasion not the food that is to be cherished. Spending an evening with friends chatting around the table, a family get together, a gourmet dinner for two...all these things revolve around food but the celebration is in the spending time with people and that's the bit I love the most! Its easier to make the right menu choices when the food is far less important.
Busy challenging day ahead for me today and I need some careful planning to make the right food choices and have balanced meals.
My positive thought for today... 'This is a new day, one I haven't lived before. I stay in the now and enjoy each and every moment'.
xxx
He he....So glad to hear it Apple!!! I think this pear is a Grade B!! I do love chopping!!!! :0)
Good luck with your challenging day ahead! My challenge is what to cook tomorrow!!
I think all this spring cleaning is going to my head!! Now working on freezer...cleaning it out of all that old food I havent used!!
Hi Everyone just been out to lunch and guess what - it was really difficult to choose what to eat on this occasion as no jacket potatoes, so i chose scallops, bacon and salad! (with 2 very small french stick slices)!
I have really enjoyed reading all your comments. Very therapeutic for us all me thinks! Jayne a pleasure to work with you last night and ill give you a boxing match any day - loved it too! Don't worry about ailments etc, it could be me next time! You have had a tough week so allow yourself a little slack. Like most of you too, i was brought up with fresh meat, fresh veg and fruit BUT i did walk everywhere - even when i had my children. My problem with weight started when i lost my husband (10 years ago), Mum (3)and Dad (7)(not asking for sympathy honest) but I know for a fact that had I have put on weight when they were here, they'd have given me a gentle nudge!!! But i didn't then, so why now! FIrstly i do not have the same incentive to cook, now that the kids are older, and let's be honest, there is nothing better than cooking for a man who says 'that was delicious'!! So i have to change my mindset and do it for me! It is strange though, inside i still feel me as slim but have the shock of my life when i see myself in the mirror or go to try on lovely clothes that do not fit or try to do exercise that i would once have found easy and now find really hard.
I have had so many chances over the last few years to get slim and fit again and have never succeeded and felt like a failure! Now, as Sue said Saturday, it is a question of me sorting my mind out as well as my weight - it goes hand in hand i guess. Together we will get there and having the opportunity to exercise which admittedly isn't one of my favourite things, must help, i'm sure. See you tomorrow lunchtime Sue and Jayne xx
I had a very broken nights sleep last night and have felt tired today- so fairly leisurely dog walks have been my exercise today.
I have had an emotional day today and now feel really tired and my mind has gone to food. Sues voice is in my head. Is what I need sleep nor food. Yes. I resisted looking for something to eat and had a coffee instead and sat to write my blog.
Food today
porridge with seeds yog kiwi and soya milk
tofu cashew nut and pineapple stirfry veggies with rice
noodles
small potion of muesli with almonds yog and soya milk
2 poached eggs, slice of Italian ham 1 ryvita, 2 oatcakes tomatoes, mushrooms.
Hi everybody, lots of great stuff going on here today...and it gives me so much pleasure to hear you are all thinking about the choices you have been making that may have led you to where you are, or were, and the different choices you are making now.
I think that for today your comments to each other have said it all for now and there is a lot here to think about and digest, but I will start tomorrow off with some thoughts I have about treats.
Night night x x
Good morning everyone
Just time for menu choices for Tues and Wed as moving office and still haven't got my laptop so using borrowed machine.
Tues: porridge, seeds, blueberries, yog; lentil soup, then pot of tuna; dinner: left overs from Mon; Wed: Porridge, yog, blueberries' scallps, salad, 2 slices french stick; dinner: prawns, jacket, avocado; Nakd bar.
See you as near to 12 as poss today SUe and Jayne xx
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