In an effort to really put effort into this blog here I am again today. I wanted to give some thoughts to what I wrote yesterday about "just" eating right. Yesterday's eating went well. It was low fat, low carb, and I had chicken at dinner - ate till I was full but not as much as usual. No bread, but some lovely purple potatoes. Those are hard to come by, and I buy them whenever I find them. I made a couple of lovely recipes from Dean Ornish's cookbook. I am thwacking myself in the head because I had that cookbook and got rid of it, and now have to take it out from the library. I may repurchase it if I find more than a dozen recipes that I want to keep. (Up to a dozen I will just write out on recipe cards.)
For today I have some challenges - most noteably my husband is making his wonderful spinach pie (the middle east version with filo dough). BUT, in my quest to NOT diet, I am going to have this. I can make a meal out of a couple of slices with salad. In my diet days I would either eat it and feel that I "blew" the entire day, and therefore pig out on eating more than I really wanted; or, I wouldn't eat it because there is no way to count and measure it. I mean my entire test today is that spinach pie!
My breakfast was a WW bagel with two slices of no-fat cheese, 1/2 a banana, and a cup of coffee.
I have such lovely produce in the house today - and I already made a sweet and sour red cabbage dish, I will make my lentil salad today (recipe on an earlier blog), cooked up butternut squash, and will make a chicken and ziti (whole wheat and non-fat ricotta) later as well. As I've said, it's a lot of food to have prepared, but I have to make it ahead so I have it for the week. This way it is easy to grab and go, and TOTALLY cuts out any need for take out meals during the week.
However, right now, at 11:19 AM I am still in my jammies (bad bad girl) so I won't get into gear until a bit later.
I am also starting a bit of extra movement. Even though I work up a sweat in my belly dance classes, and PT has me moving, these are baseline activities. I am going to pledge to use my recumbant bike today and maybe spend 5 minutes or so on the mini trampoline.
I have to find my link for the camera so I can upload some of these lucious dishes. They are beautiful to look at as well as to eat! :)
Have a great day~
Samida
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