9th April 2013
The only person you should try to be better
than is the person you were yesterday.
So you are what you eat so I must be
delicious :) seriously though I don’t eat anything I don’t fancy just because I
should and I eat what some would consider strange concoctions or odd food
choices for the time of day but do you know what it works for me. As we’re all different how I eat wouldn’t
suit how others necessarily eat, although I think a few could learn from my approach
to food.
I eat with passion, I see food as a pleasure
and not as the energy, I don’t battle with it anymore I embrace mealtimes
rather than dreading them. HOW did this happen,
well I started to listen to my body and trust my mind. Yesterday consisted of;
Breakfast – slice of toast (3pp) with ½ tin
tuna and low fat mayo (3pp)
Lunch – left over gnocchi (12pp recipe below)
with olive bread (4pp)
Dinner – 50g clotted cream ice cream (3pp)
Walkers ready salted crisps (4pp)
Snack – crust (3pp) spread & ketchup
(2pp)
Glass of wine – 6pp
Total 40pp
Another day might look a whole lot healthier because
that’s the way I’ve wanted to eat that day.
That’s because now I find when I eat what I fancy my body naturally
balances itself out with what it needs, I still use the ProPoints as a way of
seeing if that’s true but as you can see 40pp isn’t bad for a day when I chose
to eat crisps and ice cream. I’ve also
realised I don’t need a huge amount to be satisfied but I do need to be eating
the foods I adore. This way of eating
doesn’t mean I binge on any old rubbish, because remember I’m a Happy Owl which
means taking care of myself is a priority!
For example bread, if I eat low calorie bread
I want more because I’m not satisfied where as if I eat good wholesome
wholemeal stuff I am, I just need to be aware of the fact I don’t need to eat
as many slices, I now find one slice of toast is plenty it’s no different to 2
slices of low calorie bread.
Both of
these were 6pp for 100g, it’s all down to personal preference, I just prefer
the none diet versions, but as I said at the beginning of my blog we’re all
different and it’s finding a way that works for you, if having low fat versions
or having someone else work the ProPoints out for you is working – great, it’s
doing what works that matters.
I couldn’t stay on a healthy eating plan if
it didn’t include the foods I adore or if I couldn’t include the foods I fancy
or crave now and again, for example ice cream, I haven’t had ice cream for
months I just fancied it and I probably won’t have it again for a good while,
but I could because that’s how my eating plan works. We need to eat
certain foods for no other reason than because we adore them, for you that might
be chocolate, it might be crusty white bread, whatever – it doesn’t matter if
it has no nutritional value to your body at all, it will I’m sure have a great
deal of value to your mind, your emotional state and your taste buds! So if you’re trying to ‘resist’ your
favourite foods – stop it because it’s highly unlikely to last and if it does
it’s not much fun is it?
Resisting temptation, mmm
not easy is it, it’s a bit like holding your breathe, you can only do it for so
long! And when you let go oh it feels so
good initially doesn’t it then you’re back to how you used to be, now if I was
talking about breathing still it wouldn’t be a problem but if you’re talking
about how you ate when you were gaining weight that’s not so much fun because you
end up with the weight gain and everything that goes with it.
So what are your EatGorgeous happy foods,
what would make your diet complete if it was included – think about it, then
work out how to include those foods.
Here’s the recipe I mentioned;
#EatGorgeous
Gnocchi St Agur Scrumptiousness (59pp, 12pp each total, serves 5 easily)
1 x 400g packet fresh Gnocchi 20pp
½ bag spinach
50g chorizo 4pp
20g Pine nuts 4pp
15g (tablespoon) parmesan cheese 2pp
4 or 5 Spring onions
cherry tomatoes
150g pack st agur cheese 15pp
Tablespoon Parmesan 2pp
White sauce – 12pp total
450ml skimmed milk
40g plain flour
40g low fat spread
Fry chorizo and spring onions for a few
minutes until the juice / fat of chorizo has got into the onions. Remove from
heat.
Make white sauce by putting all ingredients
into a saucepan, place over medium high heat and cook; stirring all the time,
it will become a smooth sauce. When sauce
thickens, add a few chunks of the cheese, let it melt a bit then take off heat.
Get cooking dish and place spinach in bottom
them top with gnocchi, cherry tomatoes and remaining cheese broken into lumps,
pour white sauce over the top then top with spring onions & chorizo finally
sprinkle pine nuts and parmesan on the top then pop in oven on medium high for
about 20 minutes or until it looks cooked.
It was delicious, although I’m not sure about
gnocchi, I’ve been told home made is much better so that is my next task to make
my own from scratch to see if it’s better.
Have a BeYouTiful day. xx
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