Dieting/Low Carbs

[Donna]

Good news Emma, well done!!

Well dinner wasnt the steak I thought i was going to have - ended up going out unexpectedly so had a few vodkas and peanuts for dinner!!!

Today breakfast was cheese and coleslaw, had a low carb choc bar but nothing else as yet.

[EmmaG]

Thanks Donna, are you having the steak tonight??

[Donna]

Had the steak with some salad around 2pm today.

Am cooking a roast chicken tonight - with sweet potato with black pepper and olive oil, brocolli and carrots (kids have yorkshire puds too).

[EmmaG]

Sounds great!!! let me know what you think of the sweet potato

[Donna]

Will do!!

Since I started this diet, my cupboards have changed dramatically - just thinking that as I was getting the oil out.

Poppodums, olive oil, curry pastes, garlic cloves, fresh veg etc etc!

Oh also have parsnips with dinner.

[EmmaG]

hmmm I love parsnips !!! I am even going to try growing them this year

It is amazing how much of a difference a good way of eating can make isn't it, I don't think many people who low carb properly ever go back to eating the way they use to. I find it sad sometimes at work and they are all munching bread/white potatoes/chocolate and then complaining that they are either hungry or tired, now food/snacking doesn't hardly enter my thoughts.

[Donna]

Well I can tell you that before this diet I thought of food at EVERY minute of the day. No lie. Constantly wanting food. Constantly trying not to. Constantly feeling low.

Now I hardly think of food - so much so that I forget lunch and end up eating at around 2-3pm!! I try to eat three meals but sometimes have to eat a meal when I could of easily gone without. Usually then will just have a snack!

[EmmaG]

and I know you feel so much better than you did before. I think it is a real shame that a lot of people perceive food the way that they do. I am sure years ago before junk food was common place it never happened, I am sure they had their meals and then got on with their lives. Scary really!!

[Donna]

If you think about it, years ago we only had the basic foods - its convenience that has made our diet unhealthy. I have more or less got rid of all the convenience foods in my freezer. Now its full of meat and frozen veg.

Just need to kick start the diet again after my birthday bashes!!!

[EmmaG]

Donna I always think as long as you don't put massives of weight on after celebrations and just keep an eye on things then we are doing well. Don't forget once the weather heats up a bit, eating salads is going to be a bit easier as well.

The more I think about convenience food the more I am convinced it is going to cause an awful lot of health problems for people in the future, with a lot of adults passing their own unhealthy eating habbits onto their children, who will just eat what the parents are eating and know no better.

Another thing I have noticed is when buying food in the supermarkets it is very rare that you see somebody with a balanced shopping basket full of food.