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Happy new week all!
Well Marcy and Rod, you will be pleased to know I was very restrained with my homemade bread! It was perfect and I had only a little with real butter on top, I sliced the loaves and have frozen the slices in individual packets, so I can make lower calorie garlic bread on occasion for the Hubby and I.
Anyway, this week as we move further into the new year and our journeys, I was thinking about hunger and being prepared, especially with Mara''s idea we list helpful foods the other week which keep us on track. I know if I am not prepared, I get hungry very easily and then it is so tempting to really go to town on whatever food is available, usually high empty cals! Part of making this journey enjoyable and easy to stick with, is to not allow yourself to get too hungry, eat small meals frequently and to try to be prepared so that your next meal is available. I do best if I eat 5 times a day and I know my hardest times can be mid morning and mid afternoon, so I always need to eat something at these times. So it is very helpful to try to work out when are your danger times and plan accordingly, if it is the evening when you get hungry and the munchies, try to allow some calories to fill this gap, low fat protein is often a good choice, low fat popcorn if quantity is what you crave, sugar free jello or fruit or low sugar hot chocolate if it is a sweet craving, make a list of foods or products which may help you and keep them readily available.
It has taken me a while to feel comfortable with hunger if I am totally honest. All the years I tried to run from it and ignore it had turned hunger into a huge adversary I kept having to fight and often lost against. Nowadays I try to see hunger as a natural feeling to remind me to fuel my body and to not ignore it''s signals until they become unbearable, but to work with and to pay heed to, by eating something that will do my body good. I also have learned not to eat a sugary treat when I am hungry, as in that way I crave more in the worst way, but try to time my treats so that I am relatively stable foodwise and not really hungry or craving anything. That way I find I can stay in control and eat and enjoy one chocolate bar, but not crave more.
So think about being prepared for success. Make sure you are eating frequently enough and are also eating quality calories and enough protein to keep the metabolism ticking over, and also to keep ferocious hunger at bay. Plan for these times by keeping good foods available and junk out of your cupboards, trust me, if you keep these foods closeby, you will have such a hard time saying no to those chips or chocolate, so stock up with nutritious foods which will do you some good.
I have really been concentrating on trying to be prepared with clean and quality foods recently and I must say, I have found it works well for me, as it does for some of the other WWTers! It is so much easier to make good food choices if you are not starving hungry in the first place, so remember to plan ahead so that hunger doesn''t get the upper hand! It is a very useful tool in your journey!
Have a great week all!
Well Marcy and Rod, you will be pleased to know I was very restrained with my homemade bread! It was perfect and I had only a little with real butter on top, I sliced the loaves and have frozen the slices in individual packets, so I can make lower calorie garlic bread on occasion for the Hubby and I.
Anyway, this week as we move further into the new year and our journeys, I was thinking about hunger and being prepared, especially with Mara''s idea we list helpful foods the other week which keep us on track. I know if I am not prepared, I get hungry very easily and then it is so tempting to really go to town on whatever food is available, usually high empty cals! Part of making this journey enjoyable and easy to stick with, is to not allow yourself to get too hungry, eat small meals frequently and to try to be prepared so that your next meal is available. I do best if I eat 5 times a day and I know my hardest times can be mid morning and mid afternoon, so I always need to eat something at these times. So it is very helpful to try to work out when are your danger times and plan accordingly, if it is the evening when you get hungry and the munchies, try to allow some calories to fill this gap, low fat protein is often a good choice, low fat popcorn if quantity is what you crave, sugar free jello or fruit or low sugar hot chocolate if it is a sweet craving, make a list of foods or products which may help you and keep them readily available.
It has taken me a while to feel comfortable with hunger if I am totally honest. All the years I tried to run from it and ignore it had turned hunger into a huge adversary I kept having to fight and often lost against. Nowadays I try to see hunger as a natural feeling to remind me to fuel my body and to not ignore it''s signals until they become unbearable, but to work with and to pay heed to, by eating something that will do my body good. I also have learned not to eat a sugary treat when I am hungry, as in that way I crave more in the worst way, but try to time my treats so that I am relatively stable foodwise and not really hungry or craving anything. That way I find I can stay in control and eat and enjoy one chocolate bar, but not crave more.
So think about being prepared for success. Make sure you are eating frequently enough and are also eating quality calories and enough protein to keep the metabolism ticking over, and also to keep ferocious hunger at bay. Plan for these times by keeping good foods available and junk out of your cupboards, trust me, if you keep these foods closeby, you will have such a hard time saying no to those chips or chocolate, so stock up with nutritious foods which will do you some good.
I have really been concentrating on trying to be prepared with clean and quality foods recently and I must say, I have found it works well for me, as it does for some of the other WWTers! It is so much easier to make good food choices if you are not starving hungry in the first place, so remember to plan ahead so that hunger doesn''t get the upper hand! It is a very useful tool in your journey!
Have a great week all!
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