Day 4
I am had bowl of fruit last night and than ... I had second. I had a look at my time of the month app and it made sense I crave little bit more so I decided I did the right thing. I try to stick to the Harvard plate for my meals or to what most qualified dietitians recommend.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/
So for today I have prepped
Breakfast
protein - greek yoghurt; fruit - mango and strawberries; fat few hazelunts; flavour lime zest and chopped up mint
Lunch
protein - peri peri chicken breast, carb few boiled potatoes, veg salad lettuce shredded cabbage carrot and few baby tomatoes, healthy fat some olive oil
Snack -
i will change this next week but this week I have Spanish omelette and chopped up melon. Spanish omelette slice is potato, egg so it has the carb protein fat
Dinner
Cajun salmon (got to have my healthy fats) not sure with what yet
post dinner snack is watermelon
It sounds like a lot of fruit and it probably is, and my portions probably could be looked at dinner time and the size of my snack after. I have different breakfast on the days I am home, yesterday it was slice of wholegrain toast, egg, 1/4 avocado and some chopped up cucumbers. I have barbacoa beef prepared in the freezer for Friday, I just need to remember to take it out. Cooked beef freezes well. I will make some cilantro (corriander) rice, we have different beans and fresh salsa. This week meal planning is going great. We will have some veg waste but much less than last week.
But I am happy that I am eating healthy without tracking. I still think tracking is great, but not so sure it's great to do long term. It's a good learning tool but I need to figure out way to eat myself that I can sustain and lately calorie counting was not producing the result I want. I also bought a new bowl I like and it isn't as big as our normal bowls/plates, but it is bigger than smallest we have and I feel it's good portion control
I was watching
youtube video of one dietitian and omg, her portions look soooo tiny. I don't think this will ever be me.
I feel content that my meals are healthy and I am enjoying them. I feel happy that I am focusing on creating a happy healthy lifestyle. I feel grateful that I am shifting to better mental space, and positive that i will figure it out. I am grateful that I looked for the way forward myself, figuring out what works for me, instead of finding new plan. People say the 4 day of a new diet is usually hardest. It doesn't feel hard, I guess as i don't aim to create new diet but enjoying being healthy eater.
I wonder if in the end of the month the scale does not move in a way I like how will I feel. But I have a very strong feeling it will move in the right direction
I am not going to sweat too much about my slightly too big portion at evening time or the extra snack yet. It's nothing like I was snacking before this month and my portions are much better now so it's a progress. First 10 days, eat healthy and focus on habits - 10 k steps walks, 3 balanced meals and 1 or 2 snacks a day, cooking, enjoying my meals. Next 10 days I may look at can I eat/reduce my night time snack little.
Sorry I missed yesterday. I'll try to catch up...
