As I stand in my kitchen eating brownies right out of the pan, I ponder why I am not losing (but rather gaining) weight. Hmm.
I’d much rather eat my healthy foods, but so often I eat crap that I don’t even enjoy just because. Because it is there, because it is a habit, because I can. I’ve tried the whole “I won’t snack during ___ time” or “Only one snack..blah, blah..” and it doesn’t work.
I will come home from work starving and stressed and not have the patience to wait for my healthy meal to reheat in the microwave. It IS 4 minutes, after all! So I will snack. I would like to fix this snacking issue all together, but I will save that for another time. Now I am focusing on replacing the thousand calories of icky crap with foods that are actually good for me!
Hence the bag of 3 Golden Delicious apples cut into pieces of all sizes.
Also, I am working on a plan for my food choices. Basically, it is just all fruits and veggies, yogurt, lean proteins and whole grain products (except pasta). I’ll explain that more later.
In preparation for the week, I took stock of my oatmeal! Really, I am an addict. We’ve got: organic wheat bulgur, reduced-sugar quick-cooking oatmeal (for snacks!), multi-grain hot cereal hot cereal (sooooo good! just needs a bit of flavor added!), McCann’s steel cut Irish oats (filling!) and Quaker steel cut oats (cheaper than McCann’s.. haven’t tried them yet!). And there’s a nice can of pumpkin!
I usually go for slow-cooking grains, but this product is amazing. It takes only ten minutes to cook and is delicious. Perfect for when you’re short on time.
Do you have any Sunday night rituals to prepare for the week?
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Goodness you weren’t kidding when you said you loved oatmeal.
The chopped apples are a great idea. Plain nuts are also handy.
I love oatmeal too! I eat at least one bowl pretty much every day. And apples are one of my most favourite foods in the world; if I don’t have a couple apples each day I go through withdrawal:)
As I’m trying for a completely unprocessed diet, I’m excited that you’re also limiting processed foods- we’ll be able to help each other out!
Yea, I usually try to cook at least one (if not more) meal over the weekend that can be reheated during the week for those days when you come home too tired and hungry to cook. Having healthy snacks on hand is good too – trail mix or granola bars that can tide you over, healthily, until your real meal.
Substituting stuff that’s good for you is probably even better than trying to stop eating snacks if your body needs energy!
Cat- I’ve triend plain nuts, but I have issues with portion control when it comes to those things. It can get ugly!
Sagan Morrow- So I’m not the only one who can eat oatmeal for breakfast and dinner?
Hopie- The pre-made (by me) meals make healthy eating so easy. I like that!
Mmmmmmm tons of oatmeal!!! I’d be in heaven
That is a lot of oatmeal. Love it!
Something that sometimes works for me is to stick a piece of gum or a mint in my mouth right as I pull up to the house. That way it’s fresh in my mouth and I have a good while of good gum to chew while I cook or my meal heats up.
Yay, BULGAR! That stuff is my crack!