Friday, 12 July 2013
Search: what do fit people do instead of eating out
I came home after that post on the train and thought I'm really interested to know what fit people do. I 'used to' eat out as one of my most favourite activities. Realising I need to change my mindset I figured I should at least find out, so I thought I'd google it.
I came across this article http://agrad.hubpages.com/hub/Ten-Things-That-Fit-People-Do
Insightful article on some of the basic principles around what fit people do - the article talks about exercise, eating healthy and balance.
That's it for now. I'll chew this over the weekend - while i eat almond nuts.
Changing my mindset one day at a time...
It's been seventeen days. I never thought I'd ever survive more than a week without rice.
I'm feeling lighter and my trousers are fitting better. My weighing scale at home says I've lost 4kgs since buy I'm waiting till my weigh in with my doc to see what his weighing scale says. Either way I'm happy with the outcome so far.
The challenge for me now is changing my thinking pattern. Fun and relaxation equates to eating out. Friday night treats usually mean eating whatever food I'm craving in a cafe or takeout. This afternoon I found myself thinking 'Oh no! I've worked so hard but I can't eat out'. It was interesting to hear myself think this - and then pausing to think why and coming up with an alternative solution. That was quite empowering.
So I'm going to cook my favorite dish and eat it with lettuce. Nice crisp lettuce instead of rice. This way I get to satisfy my craving while meeting my dietary requirements.
Fun activities will need to change now. Eating out will need to be replaced by non-food related activities like going to the theatre, galleries, walks, reading...
This is definitely a lifestyle change.
Whowoudhavethunk!
SEVENTEEDN DAYS of eating well.
Tomorrow we're going to add exercise into the mix. Let's see how this goes. I figured I could spend the first two weeks getting my eating sorted before I add another new thing to the plan.
I'm actually quite looking forward to the big walk planned for tomorrow.
Happy Friday!
Friday, 5 July 2013
It's been ten days
I dreamt of ice cream last night.
I has massive cravings yesterday. I left work feeling really hungry during the commute. I had images of burgers, pizzas, chips, Reuben sandwich and many more. It was my 9th day on the low GI food plan. So it's not surprising that ice cream featured in my dreams.
I thought maybe we can eat out and choose well. We decided to cook at home instead. These kind of choices were always hard pre-diagnosis. My choice would always be to eat out- to celebrate the end of the week, to celebrate...anything!
The surprising thing was after taking my first and second bite (and commenting on how yummy the vanilla/cookies and cream was) I thought 'oh no, wait, I'm not supposed to eat this!'. It was like I had a momentary lapse of memory and forgot. I remember pausing before we bought the ice cream but wasn't sure why.
I think in my dream I ate the whole two scoops of ice cream in a cone. I felt sick when I woke up.
And was relieved to realize that it was oh a dream and that I haven't broken my plan.
Phew.
Office tip: walk to the printer
This article is worth a read. I'm going to do this from Monday.
"Their study indicated sedentary workers would reduce their glucose levels after eating "by regularly getting out of their chair and briskly walking up and down the corridor outside their office". They urged changes be made to the physical and social set-up of offices to provide opportunities for regular breaks from prolonged sitting, such as moving the printer further away and going to talk to people in the same building rather than emailing or phoning them."
Read the full article here:
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