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Today I invite you to think about those foods, or drinks that you would usually choose that you are now either choosing in moderation or not choosing at all and share with us what you have replaced them with, or how you now chose them in moderation, so that we can help each other to manage our choices better.
Mine are..
Wine- I now only have it if it a wine that I am going to really enjoy, taste and savour, and only have a glass on a Saturday or Sunday with my dinner.
Bread/wheat - I base my meals around other foods and then have a different choice of starch with them.
Cakes/biscuits - I make my own healthier versions
Cheese - I only have goats cheese as I enjoy this the most
Chocolate - I only have 60/70% cocoa chocolate and think about quality rather than quantity when I am eating it
Crisps - I enjoy a few tortilla type crisps sometimes on a Saturday with some veggies and dip but actually enjoy ricecakes with dip just as much!
Sue x
FAT-SCRAP APRIL 2010 DAY TWENTY SEVEN
FAT-SCRAP APRIL 2010 DAY TWENTY NINE
5 comments:
Hi everyone!
To answer your question Sue....
Wine - I still don't have it and never really get the opportunity to drink it! I don't go out anywhere other than my health club (sad I know!) and we don't have any at home so I just don't bother.
Bread/Wheat - Like Sue I base my meals around different things now. I don't eat pasta anymore and I don't eat sandwiches or toast. I tried a few wheat free alternatives but didn't like them. At home I choose oatcakes or ricecakes for lunch instead of a sandwich and I eat more rice, jacket potatoes and rice noodles with my main meals.
Cakes/Biscuits - I try not to buy these at all but inevitably have to have some in the house for my children and husband. I just tell myself that they are not for me and make sure I always have plenty of Nakd Bars around for when I want a sweet fix! I do have the occasional piece of cake but only ever when I am out at the coffee shop/tea room and it has to be for a special reason!
Cheese - I mainly avoid this now although being a veggie it's nice to have sometimes so if I had some it would be cottage cheese which I really like, or maybe goats cheese.
Chocolate - I'm with you on the 70% stuff - it's great!! Although I have only had it a couple of times since doing this plan. Once was at Easter and I ate my Green and Blacks Egg in 2 days! Even if it's the good quality stuff I do get hooked on the taste and find I can't stop thinking about it till the bar/egg is finished so I am better off not buying it very often!
Crisps - I eat Snack a Jacks which I really like or very occasionally vegetable crisps. Otherwise I avoid them now. If I want to munch I like soya nuts which are dry and take longer to eat and digest and therefore you can't have as many! Also I eat quite a lot of plain nuts as I need them for my protein as a non meat eater.
I had such fun today having my colours done and now have a fabulous pallette of colours to match to all the new clothes I'd like to buy! I feel like it's another piece of the jigsaw and everything is coming together now in creating the new 'me'.
The greatest moment for me today was looking in the mirror with the style consultant and realising I didn't totally hate what I saw in front of me anymore. I was only looking at my face, not my body, but I felt so much more happy and confident in my own skin. Such a change from last year when I couldn't bear to see my reflection and when I finally did face up to myself I ended up in tears.
I realised that although I am still very much on my journey and have far to go - to quote the title of an album - 'You've come a long way baby'!!
Hi all here are mine
Wine- always drank at the weekend, now I think about other things like exotic fruit or berries as my treat. I did not drink in march- had great results, have had wine in April, however realise my results are not as good. So May is back to being alcohol free as one glass leads to another. I just drink water as substitute.
Wheat for me was a biggie to change as I love bread. I now have oatcakes with the occasional loaf of rye bread. I eat more rice too and also find I eat more salad and veg as a result.
Dairy I treat as a treat rather than a staple. I love cheese and again ate too much I beleive in April that affected my results.
Chocolate- at the moment I don't go there. I still have a gold bunny in the cupboard! Yes I would choose 70% now however that still feels dangerous. Interesting though that I have drunk wine!!! Chocolate still has a naughty feel.
Cakes and biscuits- I have nakd bar or nut bar or sues great recipes. I am eating far less sweet things though.
Snacks- I would now choose soya nuts, olives, and have discovered cheese oatcakes. I also love nuts and seeds and dried apricots ( only dark crazy jacks though)
I eat more fish than I used to, and my fridge is fuller of healthy food and snacks like veggies for dipping or munching or falafel.
Oh and I add a bit of fruit to my breakfast every day
great session with Sue yesterday. I am really seeing how much fitter and stronger I am becoming. My focus for May is building my stamina as that runs out! As I said to Sue, I have a goal to get back into my size 14 jeans by the time my daughter returns from Oz in early September. So they are coming out of the cupboard to remind me.
Happy Mayday- just off to do some pole dancing- you know, round the maypole with a few Morris men, phoar!!
AM: Nakd bar.
Lunch: 2 pitta's with 4 Feta chunks, rocket and chopped chicken.
PM: Latte out
Tea: paella with chorizio sausage.
I did have a glass and a half of red wine (we cooked the chorizio in the red!). I did savour my glasses, unlike normally sniff and gone! My husband was asking did I need help to drink my final half glass - I said no I was enjoying it slowly! Didn't want a second bottle (unlike a month ago!).
Snacks: punnet of strawberries and a handful of grapes.
I decided to clear out the room that we have some exercise equipment in. It's a wardrobe and a dumping ground.
I bought a rower and a treadmill years ago, but never got round to using them. maybe I didn't beleive I could. I dusted off the treadmill and did a really quick check it works 6 mins at a speed of 6. I want to get the charity bags (the latest lot!) out and clear the room to make it fit for purpose. Again, this is a small step for me - it's getting my head around seeing myself on pieces of equipment. Sounds wierd, but I haven't envisaged myself using them so consequently...I haven't!!
In response to Sue's question about what we should choose in moderation I have over the last two days had a coffee in the afternoon! You would think it would have flushed through my system by the evening but I have had a rubbish night's sleep both Thurs and Fri night! Think I may need to review the caffeine intake!
I have had some wheat this week - pitta pockets. However I have tried to steer clear of buying a loaf of bread, just so that I can stick to the alternatives (oatcakes/rice cakes etc), without bread just being an easy option.
I am dipping in and out of dairy when I want it, so am happy that this is sort of self moderated.
Apple it's really good to hear that you are learning to like your reflection - you sound like you've been on a roller coaster of self loathing to realising you are happier with yourself. We are hardest on ourselves, I love the way you are sounding so happier about yourself and your body image. I can understand all of what you said, I think I am coming to terms with my reflection - I've got to keep working at it though.
Probably I am fixated on the scales at the moment, so if they show a loss I am on a high, I know that weight loss is not the sole goal, but I have been in fat pants for too long!!
I found an old weighwatchers card yesterday, I need to lose 8 pounds to be where I was when I quit with them (trust me I wasn't at goal weight when I quit - far from it!!) which would mean I feel that I have achieved more than when I was with them. My mind set has changed, when I did WW I was not in the mind set to improve my health, weight or fitness - it showed when I slowed and then I quit!!
I made Sues fruit cake yesterday- lovely, and moreish!! I shared some with neighbour and a friend who loved it. I did not go to boxercise as planned yesterday. I felt exhausted, achey and as a result of an incident earlier in the week with a stick piercing the sole of my shoe resulting in an almighty gash on the arch of my foot, could not face running up and down for 1.5hrs.
I listened to my body. Went for a long dog walk and a treat to a market at Farnham Maltings.
Another dog walk and 2hrs of gardening. I then went to a mayday festival which involved lots of walking, dancing and a sausage in a roll!!
A great day although no 70% exercise, plenty of activity.
Food choices not wonderful as I was out a lot of the day eating on the hoof!
1.5 bananas, cappucino
2 poached eggs on rye toast with tomatoes
slice fruit cake
1 sausage and onions in roll
slice fruit cake
no alcohol- pleased with that as with others and I refused several times
Thank you for all your comments here and the valuable help and support you have given each other. I hope you have found it useful to share ideas on how to make healthier choices as well as sharing how you are keeping positive mindsets and attitudes. It is so rewarding when I read how you are not only making changes to your health and fitness but in other areas of your life. As we are often hearing, life is short and we only get one chance at it, so it is hugely important that we live it being happy. If you are now a happier person because you are living your life as a person who cares about taking control of managing their health and fitness, you are more likely to be feeling more self confident and have more self esteem. So, look in that mirror and give yourself a big smile!!! x x
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