Day 56: This Diet in a Nutshell

 

I like this sentiment as this is essentially what the diet I have been following is all about. No calorie counting or weighing. No looking up values for food or calculating. The key elements can be summarised in just 3 points:

1. No bread, rice, pasta or potatoes
2. Minimum 50% of plate = vegetables, the rest ‘good’ mono or polyunsaturated fats and protein
3. No processed junk, fizzy drinks, sweets, cakes, biscuits etc

For a fuller explanation of the diet rules see my post on Day 39 – Goal Setting and New Diet Rules

Food Diary Day 56:

Breakfast: Menopause Meusli – see breakfast recipe page

Lunch: Ready made edamame bean salad, watercress and salmon terrine

Dinner: Beetroot, broad bean, feta cheese & watercress salad

Snacks & Drinks: herbal tea, 4 squares dark chocolate, halva (a delicious and very sweet treat made from sesame seeds)

Day 39: Goal Setting and New Diet Rules

Yesterday I printed off a daily calendar from now until my target end date of September 15th and at the end of each week I filled in my target weight – a loss of 1lb per week – down to my target weight on September 15th.

Then I made and printed a motivational collage of pictures…

Then I listed my key diet rules… here they are…

They are displayed in prominent place in my kitchen. At the end of each day on the calendar I can tick the day off if I have stuck to the rules. Earning the right to put a tick on the day will I hope, motivate me to stick to the rules.

Before I put any food in my mouth I check it fits with the rules. If it doesnt, I remind myself that I wont be able to put a tick for the day if I eat it, I ask myself if I want to waste more time getting to my goal weight, tell myself that is is achievable as long as I dont sabotage it myself and remind myself of my target weight for that week, that WILL be mine IF I stick to the rules!

Day 39: Food Diary

Breakfast: menopause muesli – see breakfast recipe page

Lunch: ready made nutty quinoa and bean salad

Dinner: felafels, green salad, hummus, radish ,cucumber, avocado

Snacks & Drinks: Herbal Tea, 4 squares dark chocolate, 6 seafood sticks,