09/01/2019
*21 day challenge*
Day 3...Healthy eating all the way.
Most of you know my views about diets, I believe it’s one of life’s certainties where you are going to feel a failure. Diets make us feel fat because the numbers don’t go down fast enough or we feel anxious because our weight may have gone up a little, we then feel ugly and unhappy, telling ourselves that this diet should have worked because I’ve eaten what it said to eat. Being on a diet makes you think...‘OMG, Did I Eat That’ and then feel guilty? I won’t go into the commercial politics of the diet industry...it would take far too long.
Over the years, I have been in that cycle of losing and putting the weight back on and the only way to get it off permanently is to change your habits. Easier said than done I hear you say, but Yes, It is easy to stop dieting and Yes, you will lose weight...How?
All you need to do is eat healthy foods, replace the sugary, pretend, processed foods with healthier versions. and stop putting yourselves in a position of persecution. That’s it...Stop buying processed food and only buy fresh foods and dare I say it...Cook from scratch. It’s the only way of knowing truly what you are eating.
My body doesn’t tolerate wheat products or milk but I still occasionally eat them and if I do I’m ill, I’ve learnt from experience what my body likes. I create the craving within me, as soon as I eat a slice of bread, Chocolate or pasta, despite it making me very ill, I want more. Yet others around me are ok to eat the same foods. Our bodies really are as different as our personalities, one fad diet doesn’t fit all.
I believe in empowering everyone to embrace a healthy way of living through the food we enjoy and the life we lead. It really does not take much effort.
So today’s task is to
1. look at what you eat and over the coming days, write down what you eat, does a particular food have any effect on you. If it does then stop eating it and reintroduce after a couple of weeks. We aren’t all made to tolerate the same things.
2. Start to increase fresh products into your kitchen...lean Meats, Fish, Fats, such as Butter, Olive and Coconut oil. Salads and Vegetables, Fruit, Natural whole foods and fresh Dairy.
3. Cook from scratch -look at recipes and if time is short, just start cooking things like a stir fry. It really is that simple.
4. Experiment with food, include the family in cooking healthy meals together and learning about all the beautiful flavours you can create.
Just a small warning...
Watch your portion sizes. I came to the realisation several years after my son left home. That I was only supposed to be cooking for two. Guess who ate the extra portions?
Do all these things, make these new habits a part of your life and you will lose any excess weight, slowly and healthily.
Healthy eating = A happy healthy body ❤️