Re: Finding my Groove
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:46 pm
Food for December 27:
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit.
Yes for breakfast and lunch, no for dinner.
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for dessert.
Yes
3. Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts, too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them.
Yes
4. Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood).
Yes
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy).
Yes
6. Eliminate any added oil.
Yes
7. Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e., bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit.
Had 2 corn tortillas as part of dinner.
8. Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages).
Yes
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself.
Yes
10. Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking).
Yes, did 40 minutes on treadmill.
Thoughts:
I have been really busy and haven't been able to shop for groceries, so I was lucky to scrounge up some taco filling in the freezer and some corn tortillas in the fridge, and whatever vegetables I could find! The pineapple was a few days old and starting to get overripe, so it's a good thing we ate it when we did. Getting back on track after a couple days of richer foods didn't seem too hard. My bigger problem this week is going to be not having time to shop and cook. Protecting that time, and prioritizing meal preparation over other things that seem more important, can be a challenge. I'll do my best!
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit.
Yes for breakfast and lunch, no for dinner.
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for dessert.
Yes
3. Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts, too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them.
Yes
4. Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood).
Yes
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy).
Yes
6. Eliminate any added oil.
Yes
7. Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e., bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit.
Had 2 corn tortillas as part of dinner.
8. Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages).
Yes
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself.
Yes
10. Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking).
Yes, did 40 minutes on treadmill.
Thoughts:
I have been really busy and haven't been able to shop for groceries, so I was lucky to scrounge up some taco filling in the freezer and some corn tortillas in the fridge, and whatever vegetables I could find! The pineapple was a few days old and starting to get overripe, so it's a good thing we ate it when we did. Getting back on track after a couple days of richer foods didn't seem too hard. My bigger problem this week is going to be not having time to shop and cook. Protecting that time, and prioritizing meal preparation over other things that seem more important, can be a challenge. I'll do my best!