10 April 2016

First day on new diet.

1 dose of Vitamin 'ME' a day. (thank you Gippsland Health Coach Lynda Western)
No counting calories. (thank you Richard) - maybe counting processed foods as a deterrent
Go the less stress path. (thank you Alexander and Seung Hwa)

Slept in until 6.

Breakfast - Egg White and Tomato Omelette with Homemade Apple Juice

Lunch - Stir Fried Tofu and Vegetables (no rice or noodles)

Snacks - a few grapes and 3 Brazil nuts and some pistachios.......and a passionfruit (home grown and rather large).

Vegetable soup and Sweet Potato Chips

now for a vitamin me soak and read

physiological - still working from the fitbit and keeping intake less than recommended or allowable recorded as per activity. Best guess anyway. I can handle hunger and like the feeling of a little bit hungry and prefer it really. I do have a tendency to feel hungry rather than thirsty and have to consciously decide to drink rather than eat. Water is the 90% choice (and I do become tired of water...) but not being a tea or coffee drinker, the rest of the options are limited or tainted. Green tea occasionally...

psychological - I snack. I don't always. I can go without for hours and hours. I can snack and not eat meals. I like nuts but my handy "this is how much a handful looks like = 250 calories" display beside the nuts helps me say no. I like fruit. I like the odd packet (100 calorie) of chippies. I really like chocolate and my own desserty type cooking. I limit my culinary efforts to the cause of good now. My husband snacks too. The handy nut calorie reminder assists him too, even though he is trim and has no trouble with his weight. It was good to realise that I snack. Graze really - snacking is (more....less?) conscious, whereas grazing is part of the cook/taste tester/mother thing. Little bits on the go. More like picking really...but it all adds up, sneakily.
I like comfort food. I sometimes eat to achieve a feeling of 'job done'. or to appease anxiety.

social - preparing for lots of eating out in Korea. Great food. Healthy food. Food provided. Not much choice....we will see.

economic - will have to buy food on the go. Money may be more of an issue. Hate paying lots of money for lettuce, bread or chips. Found some good healthy food outlets in Victoria. Maybe there are more options out there in the big wide world now.