Goal Oriented

Its easy to fall off the wagon when there's temptation everywhere. I've avoided fast food for some time now, however my boyfriend continues buying junk food and stockpiles it in our fridge and freezer. As I've said in previous entries I love food, but I need to develop a better relationship with food. I can't cut something out of my diet completely I believe dieticians call this 'binging and purging'. I do need to have a salty or sweet treat every now and then but I have to learn to not go overboard which brings me to my next tip, portion control.

I love this tip because I really feel like I'm getting the best of both worlds. When it comes to meals I've started using a 'lunch' size plate as my dinner plate having a really large meal at the end of the day just doesn't make sense, your body doesn't need a lot of energy when we're supposed to be winding down in the evening.
I used to get really annoyed when there was a platter of scones or muffins in the lunch room at my office and they had all been halved or quartered. I thought "who does this, either eat it or don't eat it", but now I get it. I recently halved a brownie and I didn't feel deprived in fact it felt like the right size. I've noticed lately that I'm feeling full on less food even though I'm still eating three meals a day and two snacks. I can tell that my body is changing, what used to be a 'jiggly' area is turning to muscle and even my skin is starting to improve from my new diet.
These choices, like portion controlling your meals might sound crazy, but anytime you think it sounds that way, pull out your 'before' picture, in fact stick it on the fridge or anywhere that you'll notice it and keep your end result in mind. I know old habits die hard but keep track of the little changes in your body and think of them as milestones toward your goal. In my case the goal is to be comfortable in a bikini...

The Evening

When I get home from work I'm starving and get right ot work making a large dinner, which I split in two and use the other half as my lunch for work. My challenge is to make my dinners healthy yet filling so that I'm not tempted to snack in the evening. If I snack during the day I'm not that worried because I have time throughout the day to burn it off......but in the evening I'm SOL.

The Solution:

I've started making my dinners half veggie, basically my plate has to be half full of veggies regardless of whatever is on the other half. I find that leaving my veggies raw makes them more filling, I'm trying to stay away from sautees and stir frys where I know I'll just add too much salt and oil for seasoning.