Well good morning peeples! Nice to see my stalwart supporters, I'm sorry I'm so lax on here nowadays but I really have had such a shift in my attitudes recently and I'm much easier on myself. I watched a programme hungryforchange on Monday. Boy some of the messages were very strong and reminded me why we should ditch the obsession with calories and weighing and just eat nutritionally well.
The strongest message was we are nationally overeating but are still starving ourselves nutritionally. The processed food we eat is laden with addictive chemicals which alter our bodies chemistry to gain weight and be constantly hungry.
So, I'm trying another experiment.
Step one: removing processed sugar and caffeine for one week. I always feel better after this and it will help eliminate the cravings, making everything else easier.
Step two: eating 12/12 . I've been researching mini fasting and although I don't agree with the extremes, there is scientific evidence to suggest that eating during a "window" rather than 24 hours a day has increased health benefits...so to start, for me, that means no food for 12 hours ( water and herbal tea only) a day. This is realistic as I can stop eating at 7pm and not have breakfast until 7am. Again, just a slight psychological shift ...head tape says " I can eat that after 7 am tomorrow" rather than " I cant have that!" I'm not sure how long this period will last as I will be training my body...
Step three:
Eating 14/10 this just slightly changes the eating window to 10 hours rather than 12. I will play this by listening to my body and observing my reactions
Step four: improve consistency
I Eat nutritionally pretty well but this is inconsistent, I also exercise more than most people but again, it's inconsistent. I meditate inconsistently. So from next Monday 18 March and throughout the next month I am committing myself to
a minimum of
10 minutes meditation a day
5 veg portions every day
2 fruit portions every day
20 mins activity every day(subject to knee op not happening in the next month!)
Whole grain carbs only
Lean protein
Nothing fried
Yesterday I started step one...I had a nasty headache in the afternoon but was expecting this as a withdrawal symptom so had paracetamol to the ready! I left work a little early and went shopping, so my fridge is now stuffed with veg, fruit and yummy foods.
We did have fish and chips last night as it was gone 7pm. I enjoyed them and had a smaller portion but I wished I just made an omelette or something. I am using this week to detox and make some adjustments and be kind to myself whilst so once step four starts next Monday this will be off the menu as its fried.
It's a beautiful day out there, the sun is shining and it certainly lifts the mood so I am going into work a little later today and I will walk through the park before work.
Whatever you do folks have a fantastic day! X
The strongest message was we are nationally overeating but are still starving ourselves nutritionally. The processed food we eat is laden with addictive chemicals which alter our bodies chemistry to gain weight and be constantly hungry.
So, I'm trying another experiment.
Step one: removing processed sugar and caffeine for one week. I always feel better after this and it will help eliminate the cravings, making everything else easier.
Step two: eating 12/12 . I've been researching mini fasting and although I don't agree with the extremes, there is scientific evidence to suggest that eating during a "window" rather than 24 hours a day has increased health benefits...so to start, for me, that means no food for 12 hours ( water and herbal tea only) a day. This is realistic as I can stop eating at 7pm and not have breakfast until 7am. Again, just a slight psychological shift ...head tape says " I can eat that after 7 am tomorrow" rather than " I cant have that!" I'm not sure how long this period will last as I will be training my body...
Step three:
Eating 14/10 this just slightly changes the eating window to 10 hours rather than 12. I will play this by listening to my body and observing my reactions
Step four: improve consistency
I Eat nutritionally pretty well but this is inconsistent, I also exercise more than most people but again, it's inconsistent. I meditate inconsistently. So from next Monday 18 March and throughout the next month I am committing myself to
a minimum of
10 minutes meditation a day
5 veg portions every day
2 fruit portions every day
20 mins activity every day(subject to knee op not happening in the next month!)
Whole grain carbs only
Lean protein
Nothing fried
Yesterday I started step one...I had a nasty headache in the afternoon but was expecting this as a withdrawal symptom so had paracetamol to the ready! I left work a little early and went shopping, so my fridge is now stuffed with veg, fruit and yummy foods.
We did have fish and chips last night as it was gone 7pm. I enjoyed them and had a smaller portion but I wished I just made an omelette or something. I am using this week to detox and make some adjustments and be kind to myself whilst so once step four starts next Monday this will be off the menu as its fried.
It's a beautiful day out there, the sun is shining and it certainly lifts the mood so I am going into work a little later today and I will walk through the park before work.
Whatever you do folks have a fantastic day! X
