Saturday, June 24, 2006
While I have always tried to eat relatively healthy, I have always been plagued by the fact that most of the time I simply have no idea what food to prepare. This leads to one of two outcomes:
1. I buy frozen entrees like lasagna that will last me for a few days and probably are not the most healthy items
2. I pick a healthy meal I like and I make it repeatedly and have it every day, sometimes for weeks on end.
The whole picking recipes out of a recipe book and making them idea has never really worked for me either because I'm reluctant to buy all of the ingredients needed knowing that most of them will just sit in storage once I tire of that particular meal and don't know what else to use them in.
Also, despite the opinions of others at various times, I'm rather determined to lose a little weight.
So, I've decided to do the unthinkable. I'm actually going to try a diet. You know, one of those various diets with a name that come into vogue for a time? The only times I've tried dieting before, it was things I made up myself and mostly consisted of cutting out indulgence items, trying to eat healthy, and trying to limit portion size. That of course always degraded into one of the two problems above.
So, with the diet book, I'll have a variety of related meals so that I can know that my extra ingredients won't just go to waste and I'll have meal plans and lists of recipes to make so that I can't complain about variety. And as a side benefit, maybe, if I'm lucky, I might lose a few pounds while I'm at it.
I'm not going to start for a few days since I'm not one to throw out good food before it spoils and I have spoilable items which are not allowed on the diet.