I just wrote this as a comment to someones blog and realised it was pretty good so I'm posting it in my blog aswell.
The "better than a big mac" diet for all lovers of junkfood
I dont diet, I hate it! I dont eat fruit or vegies, I cant stand them so its hard for me to find low fat foods that I enjoy. Im a macca's girl from way back. I can put on weight just looking at a peice of cheese cake so here is what I do. Hope it helps.
- I dont eat butter or marg on my bread. I also stopped mashing potatoe for dinner as much as it has butter and milk, I micowave them and put a little bit of marg on them, but no melted cheese like I used to.
- I now eat breakfast! I have a bowl of special k with sultana's. I dont eat toast so I can save on the carbs as I eat 2 sanwiches for lunch. Breakfast is a biggie coz it actually makes your metabolism kick into gear for the day.
- I drink water all day (another one that's good for your metabolism) and I have 1glass of drink diet soft drink or cordial with my lunch and dinner (doesnt taste that great at first but honestly, you get used to it).
- I have 2lunches instead of one big one, so i'l have one toasted sandwich at about 10 then another one at about 1.30, this eliminates the need to snack as much.
- I bought those flavoured sakata crackers instead of eating packets of chips and eat them with Kraft 25%less fat french onion dip (I actually think it tastes better than the full fat one).
- I found weight watchers friendly chocolate mousse snacks in a cup.... these are also yummy, great for when I need a chocolate fix.
- Another good snack is those K-time fruit bars. They are packed with carbs though so best to eat as a morning snack before you go do the groceries or something so you burn it off.
- I no longer it maccas and kfc 3-4times a week, which I could do before I had kids and never gained an ounce. I love it though, so I eat it once on the weekends but instead of a large meal I get medium, The coke is the killer!
- I cut the fat off my meat. This was my favourite part of the meat but now its gone.
So I dont really diet, I just try to eat abit better, Its amazing how many litte things you can cut out of your current diet that you dont really notice, but add them all together and they equal about 5kg per yr.
I figure if its better for me than a big mac then, its golden. I didnt cut these things from my diet all in one go either, I weaned myself off. Now I dont even think about it or miss it. Its easy on the head too. If I have a bad day or Im tired the first thing I do is go for the junk food. But when you change your food lifestyle, you just have your blow out for the day, and start again tomorrow. I have dropped almost 15kg in 4months after having my last baby and I haven't really been exercising much, too tired. Give it a go. |