Another half pound off today. All heading in the right direction, although far more slowly than last week. Just half a pound to go to achieve this week’s goal of losing two pounds, and four more morning weigh ins to do it in. I’m quietly confident that I’ll do it.
I nearly went out for a walk last night to get some exercise and try and lift my mood. But when it came down to it it felt too risky to go out and possibly pass by other people. That and laziness, plus the fact that I hadn’t bothered with my appearance yesterday and I was worried everyone I passed would think I was dowdy, grumpy and fat.
Today’s menu is honeydew melon followed by a cooked breakfast of two quorn sausages, tomato, mushroom and scrambled egg; lunch will be leftover chilli from last night; and for dinner I’m making a new recipe for lamb shanks from the SW magazine.
I read something a while back about how humans mainly stick to eating the same 100 foods repeatedly. The dietician author argued that this wasn’t good for our gut biome because different foods have different micronutrients and we need as great a variety as possible of these for a healthy gut. She said even buying a different variety of apple to usual will give you different micronutrients.
I’ve really remembered that article and tried to vary the foods we have at home - especially as I’m now reading so many news stories about undiverse gut biome being linked to higher death rate from coronavirus.
For example, the children like melon, but I try and vary between honeydew, cantaloupe and watermelon to vary the nutrients they’re getting.
I often add some beans or lentils to things I make in the slow cooker. I bought a can of every different type of bean and lentil the shop offered and am slowly working my way through them, happy that we’re getting slightly different nutrients each time. The chilli I made yesterday had borlotti beans rather than kidney beans.
And despite the fact I’d love to have porridge for breakfast every day, I try and vary breakfasts each day of the week to maximise the variety of micronutrients.
I’m also trying to max out on green stuff to feed the healthy bacteria. This week I’ve had spinach, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, peas, broad beans, watercress, rocket etc. It may not make a massive difference but it certainly won’t do any harm.
Decided this time I’d rather have a regular choc biscuit if I felt I wanted some chocolate and count accordingly than have lots of low syn treats to tempt me! I’m finding it so much easier. I do have some muller light fruit yoghurts though. Can you amend your shopping order? Maybe just writing it down has helped
