Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Workin' on the diet

Since our move, we have not been eating well. It's easy to grab something while we are out, and we never make good choices while we're doing it. I have personally gained five pounds. Not a huge amount, but for someone who is pretty good at MAINTAINING, a gain is kind of scary and definitely a step in the wrong direction.

I went back to my "normal" way of grocery shopping this week, and it felt good. Stuck mainly to the outside aisles, bought organic where I could, avoided the ice cream (sigh). For the most part, if a food item was put in my cart, it has some kind of actual nutritional value. I did cheat and get a couple of boxes of 100 calorie cookies plus a brownie mix, but I've never done well with depriving myself. A little junk once in awhile doesn't hurt, I just need to get myself back into the "once in awhile" as opposed to everyday.

My menu is set up for the week (in the kitchen...I'll have to go take a look at it and write it down in a bit) and the fridge is stocked with fruits and veggies. Here's hoping that I do the good girl thing and stick to what I've started!

1 comment:

Nicole said...

Michael Pollan says as long as you make them from scratch, you can have all the goodies you want. =) Check out his little book Food Rules. It's the best little "diet" book that ever was.