The Food Confessional

Posted by Becky

Posted by Becky

This week I seem to be breaking all of my dieting rules. I’ve avoided breakfast, I’ve snacked instead of eating regular meals and today, I went through the drive-thru at Mcdonalds when I was peckish and got myself a “snack” (all 350 calories worth!). I ask myself: what is the point of eating nutritious but small meals when you are just going to get some greasy rubbish later on? I should have eaten properly at lunchtime.

Right, rant over. Time to get back to dieting.

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I really should have had breakfast because it meant I was starving by the afternoon and so it was easy to fall into snacking…

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The chocolate chip cookie, whilst nice was no way nice enough to be 200 calories. Should have been stronger and only eaten half. I then got home and didn’t feel like lunch so had two snacks throughout the afternoon.

My policy of buying half the amount of meat I used to is really working well. In the bad, old days I would eaten the entire steak (instead of splitting it between the two of us)

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Because Thursday is the day were we do a lot of chores in the evening, we have a tradition of getting a take-away pizza. We decided to try and get a “take and bake” one to see if we could cut the calories. (and also so that we could have a more accurate picture of what the calories are) I was really pleased that I was able to make choices when faced with the calorie content of the foods I’d bought. To make a fair comparison, I bought garlic bread and chicken pieces from the shop as well. (as that is the meal we usually get from Dominos)

On another note, I got some wooden wine cases (without the wine) from Berry Bros. and sowed some chard and lettuce seeds and I am really, really excited by the prospect of my own vegetables. I already have spinach, brocolli, leeks and cabbage and every day I tend them lovingly. As someone who doesn’t always eat healthily, growing my own veg has made me eat better. (but not on pizza night)

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The malt loaf was lovely but not really worth the calories. I’d wish I’d stopped and thought that whilst I was eating the second piece.

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