So I’ve decided to continue with this blog and my 7 habits. Even though I do feel like good habits are forming in my eating, I don’t trust myself enough yet. Doing this blog has helped me so much. If nothing else but the fear of public humiliation has helped keep me in check.
I do want to modify the habits a bit though.
I am going to increase my fruit and veggie servings by one, to a minimum of 6 per day.
And I’m going to increase my water to a minimum of 80 ounces per day. I’ve read that 64 ounces is just a minimum amount of water, that you are actually suppose to drink half your weight in ounces. So I should be drinking 100.5 ounces per day, but that seems so daunting to me to drink that much. So since I did so well with 64 oz I figure I can at least increase it to 80.
Also, I’m going to allow myself one simple carb per week. Because I definitely want to learn to eat sweets in moderation. I want to learn to enjoy food, but not have it control me, not be an obsession. I saw an interview on Oprah with the author of Food, Inc. (great DVD by the way). His feeling about junk food was – you can have as much junk food as you want as long as it’s homemade. I thought that was great, because at least if it’s homemade I know I’m getting wholesome, real ingredients, not additives, preservatives and whatever other chemicals. Although at the moment I will not go so far as to let myself have as much as I want. I still need some strict boundaries. If I let myself have as much homemade junk food as I want, I will probably turn into a world class baker. So I will just stick to one simple carb per week for now.
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