Wednesday 26th June 2013
Don’t reward yourself with food – you’re not a dog! Don’t graze constantly – you’re not a cow!
OUCH, that line of words stung didn’t it! But when I read it, it does make sense and gives
me food for thought so to speak.
I lost 1/2lb again at the scales this week, so that’s
1/2lb a week in the last 5 weeks, I didn’t get weighed the week I was on my
holiday, so 2lb in 5 weeks including a week in Wales is good for me, I’m
actually thrilled come to think of it now I see that written down, because I’ve
enjoyed those 5 weeks, I’m keeping my Healthy
and Happy Attitude and being
a Happy Owl ‘-) which includes treats and glasses of red wine. It also includes ways to move more that are
enjoyable, sometimes productive and not painful.
It seems as if so many of the weight loss plans out there are based upon
lack and force and stress - low calorie meals, low fat foods, low pleasure
eating, intense exercise, and lots of self punishment. How can such an approach
possibly lead to health and happiness?
Healthy and Happiness can only come from self love and nourishing your
mind, body and soul, it does not come from beating yourself up, starving
yourself or forcing ‘diet shakes’ down your neck! My personal self care is not a competition or
a race, it’s a life long job!
There’s something for you to think about, there is NO quick fix solution
for lasting weight loss and good health, and it’s a continual daily balance of healthy
eating, moving more whilst enjoying real life and the challenges it throws at
us.
And it’s the challenges that make some days more difficult to get that
balance right, however with continual self love, group support and support from
others not forgetting having a kitchen that’s full of good healthy, tasty food
it makes it easier. If you’re working on
changing your habits for life then you find when those life challenges crop up
your habits will help you cope better.
Having odd moments of excess happen to all of us, and that’s ok; it’s
how you cope with them and what you do afterwards.
Yep I find the Ha Ha approach works just fine for me, together with all
the support I receive from fellow Weight Watcher members, friends and family.
So how was my day yesterday, it was great, I went with a Filling and
Healthy day, my shopping wasn’t arriving till the afternoon so I had porridge
for breakfast, and for lunch I made scrambled eggs, baked beans, calorie
controlled bread toasted with Weight Watcher spread and a couple of slices of
pastrami.
My shopping arrived and the time I would have spent driving to and from
the store I used to make the lentil soup recipe that’s on the 7 day planner and
I blogged yesterday, and I prepared the vegetables for my tea which was
Oven
baked ratatouille & smoked haddock
Onion, garlic, courgette,
pepper,
Aubergine
Tinned tomatoes
Cod fillet
1 tsp healthy oil
Roast the vegetables in
the healthy oil for 15 minutes. Add some
tinned tomatoes and place the fillet on top. Return to the oven for another
10-15 minutes until
the cod is cooked.
The planner was for cod but I fancied smoked
haddock, now I’m not a ratatouille fan but it’s been a long time since I’ve
eaten it so I thought I’d give it a try and it wasn’t bad at all. I think if I did it again instead of tinned
tomatoes I might use fresh cherry tomatoes instead.
My tea took half hour to cook when I got
home so I used that time to water my garden pot plants and I finished my day
extremely satisfied, feeling healthy and happy.
My treat of course, I’m sure you’ve guessed
was a lovely big glass of wine, after all I had earned 8pp on my pedometer which
covered it easily.
So here’s to another day
of F&H, I’m going to follow day 7 of the plan (because I can) which is
creamy mushrooms on toast for brekkie, lentil soup for lunch and vegetarian
cottage pie for tea, although I’ll switch lunch and tea round as my main meals
at lunchtime. It also includes snacks and treats of
Crumble
- warm some frozen berries in a pan with some sweetener (if required). Press
into a ramekin, top
with
some oats and place under the grill for a minute.
Corn
on the cob
Low fat plain yogurt
Not bad at all, I don’t
usually do desert but I might, we shall see.
So whatever you do to
lose weight, bare some of that in mind because a beautiful lady rejoined my
meeting last night and said to me, “I’ve realised whenever I’ve joined before I’ve
been looking for a quick fix and now I know there isn’t one, it’s life long
changes I need to make.” Boy do I look
forward to helping, supporting and watching her succeed.
Have a magnificent day,
it’s your choice remember. xx
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