Finding Healthy Food Substitutes
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: strawberry flavored oatmeal,w ater | Still sticking to my oatmeal! I seem to like it when I am hormonal. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, adobo, water | I really didn’t feel like eating lunch today. I guess I need more variety with my diet. |
| Midafternoon Snack: tuna sandwich,water, yogurt | I still like my sandwiches though…. |
| Dinner: pork chop, vegetables ,water | Oh I managed to skip rice with this one! Thank you for small steps. |
I still didn’t get my period this month and it’s affecting my diet big time. I want to eat sweet stuff or carbs every now and then. Good thing I bought yogurt the other day because I had it instead of ice cream. I need to make major food replacements in my diet so that I can get the results that I want. I wonder if there’s a good substitute for rice. LOL!
Tempted To Indulge
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: chocolate flavored oatmeal, water | I like chocolate when my hormones are so messed up. Good thing I get satisfied by eating this oatmeal. |
| Lunch: pancit, pinakbet, water | Even if I skipped having rice, I still had pancit — too much carbs still! |
| Midafternoon Snack: Mixed fruits | I am trying to replace my usual sandwiches with fruits. So far, so good. |
| Dinner: Steamed okra with bagoong, ground pork with carrots | I can imagine bagoong attracting more water since I am on my water retaining stage. Oh I just hate it when it’s almost that time of the month. |
When it’s almost the time of the month, I always have issues with my diet. I sometimes overeat, or I go overboard with sweets or something salty. Of course, these would just create more problems with my present state of healthy. Ugh! It’s hard to be so hormonal!
Staying Hopeful
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: chocolate flavored oatmeal, banana, water | I am glad that Quaker came up with this variety. It can really help satisfy my chocolate cravings when it’s almost that time of the month. |
| Lunch: egg sandwich, water | I still want to have egg as part of my meal. This is a crazy month. |
| Midafternoon Snack: Noodles Soup (Ramen) | I wanted something warm in my tummy because I felt like throwing up. I felt so stressed when the water in my surrounding started to rise! Thank God it subsided after a while. |
| Dinner: 2 slices pizza, four seasons juice | I managed to avoid rice, but still I loaded up on carbs through the other source – bread. |
I have always noticed that when I am stressed, it is more difficult to avoid carbs. It’s like my comfort food. Although I did well on the first half of the day, I indulged on the remaining part of the day. Nevertheless, I will still take this challenge one meal at a time. Tomorrow is another day, hopefully I can do better.
One Meal At A Time
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: strawberry flavored oatmeal, water | I have gotten bored with oatmeal but I forced myself to eat it. I know I won’t be able to see any results if I don’t make little sacrifices. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, buttered shrimps, eggplant with egg | This was a light meal as compared to having meat. |
| Midafternoon Snack: Iced coffee, bread | I felt so sleepy and I couldn’t stop myself from having coffee. |
| Dinner: Egg with amplaya, pork steak | Hooray! I skipped having rice for this meal. I haven’t been able to avoid it for the past weeks. At least this small step is going to keep me going. |
Today, I challenged myself to take it one meal at a time. So far, it has helped me address my rice issues. I just hope that this will be for the long-term. Although there are a couple of flaws with my diet today, I am still hopeful that I can fully adjust to my new eating habits.
Small Steps
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: 2 pcs egg, water | I managed to avoid rice for this meal. I’m taking it one step at a time. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, pochero | I’m working on having only half a cup of rice for my meals. Hopefully I can wean myself from having it after some time. |
| Midafternoon Snack: Egg sandwich, water | I don’t know what’s with eggs lately but I just want to have it every now and then. I guess its part of my premenstrual cravings. LOL! |
| Dinner: ½ cup rice, kare-kare, tuyo | I think that the taste of kare-kare made me sick today. It’s weird but I feel like throwing up. |
Today and in the coming days, I am concentrating on taking small steps with my weight loss approach. I’ve realized that I have gotten nowhere with my previous attempts because I was so ambitious and I easily lost motivation. One meal at a time…..
The Need To Reboot My Brain
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: ½ cup rice, danggit, corned beef | I ran out of oatmeal today. I badly need to go to the grocery store. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, stuffed chicken | I need more vegetables in my diet. I should seriously hunt for palatable vegetable recipes using local produce. |
| Midafternoon Snack: coffee, ham sandwich | I feel so tired and sleepy. I needed coffee. |
| Dinner: 1cup rice, adobong string beans, lechon chicken | This meal was so filling. I can’t stay away from rice still. |
I had too much rice today. This is a big step with regards to my weight loss plan and I really need to stop having it. I have to recondition my mind so that I can control portion sizes and so that I can start eating really healthy. I am so lazy with planning my meals and my brain is not in sync with my dieting goals. Sigh! I badly need to reboot my brain.
I Can’t Seem To Stay Away From Rice
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: 1 cup rice, dried fish, egg | Oh I can imagine the salt from the dried fish triggering my body to retain more water. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, fish and shrimp soup | I should shift to eating more seafoods. But they are just too costly. |
| Midafternoon Snack: coffee, banana | I try to stay away from coffee but I needed to have one cup today. |
| Dinner: ½ cup rice, chorizo | Chorizo is my comfort food because my mom always served it during my childhood. |
My meals today clearly show that I can’t manage to stay away from RICE! I am so not in condition to stick to my diet right now. I noticed that when I have so much in mind, I can’t seem to focus on my resolve to lose weight. Sigh! I will try to make tomorrow a better day.
Sick Of Sweets
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: chocolate flavored oatmeal, water | I am glad that oatmeal has the chocolate variety, at least I get to eat chocolate that is not as damaging to my diet. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, leftover kalderetang kambing | I always look forward to lunch after eating only oatmeal in the morning. |
| Midafternoon Snack: Rosquillos, water | This is a sweet biscuit – a delicacy from Cebu. I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately but when I eat sweet stuff, it makes me so sick! |
| Dinner: 1 cup rice, roasted chicken, ampalaya with egg | This was a big meal. I should really make my dinner lighter. |
I absolutely have no idea as to what my body is going through right now. I never felt sick with eating anything sweet, but today was such a weird day. After I ate something sweet, I felt like puking! Do you have similar issues? I would love to hear about it.
Too Much Social Eating
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: strawberry flavored oatmeal, water | Back to square one. At least I don’t have a problem with eating oatmeal almost every day. |
| Lunch: 1 cup java rice, honey flavored steak, strawberry iced tea | This meal was loaded with calories and I bet it was high on the GI charts. I definitely lack so much control! |
| Midafternoon Snack: frozen yogurt | Since its sweet, it’s definitely not the best snack choice. |
| Dinner: ½ cup rice, kalderetang kambing | I haven’t eaten vegetables for the entire day! |
Today, I had too much social eating. When I am out, I don’t really exert a lot of effort at eating healthy. I also end up ordering what my companions order. And since I don’t have the luxury to eat anything I fancy, I really need to learn how to order healthy! My resolve went down the drain the moment I looked at the menu of that restaurant. Sigh!
Finding Healthier Food Options
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Meals |
My Thoughts |
| Breakfast: 1 piece pastel, water | I had no appetite and this bread was not the best choice because it had a very sweet filling. I can imagine my sugar level skyrocketing. |
| Lunch: ½ cup rice, stuffed chicken | After a rather bad start, I wanted to eat more than my allowed portions. Good thing I was able to manage it. |
| Midafternoon Snack: tea, sandwich | I really need to find healthier snack options than my usual afternoon sandwiches. I really don’t need the added carbs on my diet. |
| Dinner: ½ cup java rice, chicken, pickled vegetables | Somehow I still can’t get rid of rice on most of my meals. I guess I’ll cut it to once a day then eventually to nothing at all. |
I am faced with the challenge of coming up with healthier meals all throughout the week. It’s hard to do it when most of the people in my household aren’t open to eating mostly vegetables. Although my cholesterol levels are normal, I can’t just take this matter sitting down. I try to eat more fish but the ones sold in my area aren’t fresh at all. And I’d immediately get allergies. Ugh! How I wish I could be just a vegetarian. Now, I’m wondering if “veggie meat” is high on the GI scale. I happen to like the vegetarian versions of barbiecue, adobo, etc… I guess I’ll work on that too.
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