Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Back at it again!
Well, it's been ages since I last wrote - and I'm scared to check out the scales. I knew that things would not be good during report card writing time, but unfortunately, then came the rest of the end of the year stuff. So, tomorrow, I have to stand on the scale again - I'm going to be really mad at myself if I have put on all the weight that I worked so hard to take off in the previous two months. Anyway, although we have all sorts of things happening in the next two weeks and it would be easy to say 'let's get serious after that', we decided to start back at it today. So, this morning, I ate Select cereal with milk, for lunch, I ate a tuna sandwich with pickled beets, snack was yogurt and fruit and supper was barbecued chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans. I was talking with Mike about how much better I feel after just one day of eating healthy. Mike says he even notices how his skin feels better when he eats better. I had my picture taken with some friends at the end of school and I couldn't believe how big I looked. It's weird how I don't see myself like that - I rarely look in the mirror - so, this was a good wake-up call. I think that I will get Mike to make a photo of one of the shots that I can put on the fridge so I am reminded of what I look like. I have heard of sites on the net, too, where you can put in a photo of yourself and then it will take pounds off the photo so that you can see what you will look like when you lose weight. I think that having that on the fridge, too, will keep me positive. :-)
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I was watching Oprah yesterday and they were talking about "amazing ways to extend life" - not that THAT applies to you, but one of the things they highlighted was eating fresh foods. High fruit and veggie content in every meal, and eating less pre-processed stuff. It's impossible to avoid everything that is packaged, but it was a reminder that anything packaged has addictive additives in it, making us want to eat more than we need or want of it. It was a great reminder of that whole "shopping the outside aisles of the grocery store" technique I learned a while back.
ReplyDelete(Says the girl devouring at least a whole bag of plain chips a week - I can't until the pregnancy is over and I can get back to more yummy and healthy foods!)
I find that when I am eating healthy, I am indeed shopping mostly on the outside aisles. I was thinking about that when I went shopping with Krystal on Tuesday. I spent a lot of time in the produce aisle and bought some breads and meats. The rest was mostly dairy. I had to buy salsa, pickles, and cat food in the middle aisles. I really felt good when I saw that I wasn't getting much from the middle aisles. What did you read about buying frozen fruit and vegetables as opposed to fresh?
ReplyDeleteYou really want to just be reading the ingredients. Often there are things added to the food in order to preserve it in the way that mass food production requires. People who are all naturalist say not to buy anything with more than 4 or 5 ingredients, and nothing that contains something you can't pronounce and have never heard of. (Don't look at your cereal box or bread!)
ReplyDeleteI have heard mixed reports of frozen and canned vegetables. I have heard frozen is better because it is "treated" closer to harvest than other methods; other reports have said both are equally fine. Some even claim frozen is best because it is treated to quickly, whereas the fresh produce is picked and then has to travel to the store, and then wait for you to buy it and then wait for you to eat it.
I think as long as it's "whole foods" (ie: not processed), it doesn't matter the preservation method - it's going to be healthy. The author of a site I visit sometimes called "Heavenly Homemakers" claims that she tries to make simple meals with not a huge amount of ingredients, but always makes each meal from scratch. So you might not find gourmet recipes served on her table, but she likes to focus on whole, natural foods that are healthy and easy to make.