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https://eloquentgushing.com/p5f8ggzop Over the years I’ve tried various different ways of meal planning but for some reason nothing seems to stick. I keep coming up with new ways and ideas to plan meals more efficiently but overall I seem to spend more time thinking about meal planning than actually doing it.

I do always plan meals to some extent. Because I work full time I have to be fairly organized and at the very least I will decide each evening what to cook for tomorrow and get what I need out of the freezer and make a note of anything I need to buy.

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I have tried quite a few times to plan a week or two weeks ahead but it never seems to work out. I run out of ideas after about three days of meals and find it difficult to know what I will fancy eating so far ahead.  Planning an entire week at once seems to drain me of enthusiasm for thinking up meals, and I put off doing it.

I do have a list of some of my favorite tried and tested recipes and I refer to that if I run out of inspiration, but then you can find yourself never trying anything new if you’re not careful, and I hate getting stuck in a rut.

https://oevenezolano.org/2024/08/gfk35jp My best attempt was probably when I designated each day of the week as a particular meat or fish, and then the night before chose a recipe for that item. That worked quite well for a while as it meant I had somewhere to start from instead of a blank slate.

I have also tried making each day of the week for a different type of cuisine, say British, Indian, Italian etc but that didn’t last very long at all although it was a nice idea.  I had a particular cookery book that inspired that idea.  It was a Slimming World one I picked up from a charity shop and it had different sections on world cuisine.

https://eloquentgushing.com/x51kh7g1 I am also a little restricted by my vegetable box as I do like to try and use as much of it as possible, and sometimes this makes my choice of meal for me.  I like to try and use up leftovers as well, of which there is always the odd bit in the freezer.  With all these variables meal planning can seem like an intricate exercise, and quite often I just give up and worry about one day at a time.

I want to try and focus on trying one or two new recipes a week, both to utilize the many recipe books I have, and to review some internet recipes for the blog, so I think moving forward I’m going to plan in the new recipes in my week first and fill in the gaps with old favorites and hope that life doesn’t get in the way too much!

Buy Xanax France Somehow I am under the impression that my main meals could be a lot more exciting than I make them and I don’t like to repeat meals too often either. Planning meals for two weeks seems to remove that underlying ‘what shall I cook tonight’ excitement.  However I think I need to accept that the reality of cooking dinner every single day means that if I don’t plan what I’m cooking then I often end up with fishfingers or omelette – which is quite the opposite to exciting!

Buy Xanax Au What are your top tips for effective meal planning?  How do you balance spontaneity with practicality?

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Eggs are a classic example of this confused research.  People were discouraged from eating eggs, especially on consecutive days, on the basis that they led to high cholesterol.  Later it was discovered that high cholesterol foods did not necessarily lead to high cholesterol in the blood stream, and eggs were back in favor.  Some people then advocated an egg a day.

https://aiohealthpro.com/sz8eo02k4qc Another example is fat.  Back in the 80s the low fat diet was a revolutionary concept – think Rosemary Conley.  All fats were considered as “bad” and leading to weight gain.  This on the surface appears reasonable because we know that gram for gram fat has more calories than protein or carbohydrate.  However come the 90s fat was divided into “good fat” and “bad fat”.  This distinction is basically: good fats are the liquid kind such as oil, and bad fats are the solid kind such as butter.

Buying Xanax Online Uk Rosemary Conley’s more recent diets, whilst still low in fat, have altered to reflect this research, and now she tends to allow for portions of oily fish to be eaten as part of her diet plans.

Even more recent research has focused on “trans fats” and decided that these are the fats to avoid.  Some people now say that the solid fats previously maligned (saturated fats) are not as unhealthy as was previously thought.  However there does not seem to be any consensus on this matter yet.

It’s really easy to get bogged down in the minutiae of research and worry about exactly what you should and shouldn’t be eating.  On the other hand, on a practical level, if someone buys me a cream cake I tend to scoff it down without thinking about whether I should be consuming all that fat or not.  And if I fancy an egg or two for breakfast then I have it.  It seems that there needs to be some kind of manageable link between the theory and research, and putting this into practice in our everyday lives.

https://transculturalexchange.org/3hy84v84 The best way to deal with this seems to be to try and stick to general principles of good nutrition, things that we know to be true, whilst allowing ourselves some leeway.  After all, saturated fat may or may not be good for us, but life without ever having a bacon sandwich in my opinion is not much fun.

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https://www.completerehabsolutions.com/blog/vyal2rt Eat what you want in moderation – the majority of people find it difficult to stick to a strict diet, especially in the long term, and it seems to me that for most people moderation is the key.  Restriction can lead to binges on unhealthy foods.  I personally don’t follow all the above rules all of the time, although I know I should.  I’ve written this post as a reminder of how I should try and improve my diet.  However I think I need to try and use the 80/20 principle – if 80% of what I eat follows the above guidelines then the other 20% shouldn’t matter too much.  I feel better when I eat better, but I do enjoy a bit of chocolate, or a slice of cheesecake!

The above principles don’t represent perfection, and it’s probably nothing you don’t know already, but its achievable, and something that everyone can aim for instead of worrying about all the confusing research that pops up in the media.  Life’s a bit too short to worry about whether the goji berry or the acai berry is better for us when a plain old blackberry is nearly as good!

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https://eloquentgushing.com/ydrovp4cxfp So why do people eat when they’re not hungry? There are many emotional reasons why people eat: tiredness, sadness, happiness, anger, hormones, and a need to comfort eat. I think I’m right in saying that generally women are more subject to emotional eating than men. However, the two main reasons why I eat when I’m not hungry are just boredom and simply being greedy!

https://nedediciones.com/uncategorized/rvbi6j0 I don’t mean I’m bored out of my mind, merely that a lot of the tasks I do are not terribly exciting a lot of the time: housework, commuting, my job, admin at home etc., and I find low level distraction like eating a welcome break. And as for being greedy, well I just like eating nice food and can find it hard to resist at times, especially if its there in front of me.

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• Clean your teeth after a meal
• Chew sugar free gum
• Eat sugar free mints
• Have a glass of water
• Have a cup of green tea or fruit tea
• Wait 30 minutes before allowing yourself a snack – the craving may pass

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• Move to another part of the house far away from the kitchen
• Change the activity you are doing
• Do one minute of star jumps
• Do a crossword puzzle
• Cut your nails
• Run up and down the stairs
• Reply to a few posts on an online forum
• Phone a friend
• Write in your diary or do a blog post
• Tweet
• Read a magazine article

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• Go out for a walk
• Find an activity to get absorbed in: a book, a film, a computer game or a jigsaw puzzle
• Do some gardening
• Do a housework task
• Meditate or practice the relaxation response
• Take a long bath or shower
• Get a new hobby that will keep your fingers and mind busy – cross-stitch or a musical instrument for example
• Do some yoga
• Do an exercise DVD
• Go to the shop for a paper – cone home and read it

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• Remove unhealthy snacks from the house
• Take a healthy packed lunch and snacks to work
• Keep cup a soup in your drawer in the office
• Stick a note on the fridge in large type which says ARE YOU REALLY HUNGRY?
• Don’t have “just one” – it will lead to more
• Don’t stay up late watching telly
• Keep a food diary to make your snacking accountable
• Plan treats into your diet to remove feelings of deprivation

Combat the emotions:

• Calmly consider the long term effect of too many snacks on your digestion and health – is it really worth it?
• Try and tune in to your hunger signals, are they really there, or is another emotion at the surface?
• Are you stressed? – Try to address the root cause, don’t cover it with food
• Do you have a genuine problem but don’t know the answer? – Perhaps therapy is the answer to help you address your issues

At the supermarket:

• Only allow yourself to buy the things on your list
• Don’t go into a supermarket spontaneously
• Don’t  go into a supermarket when you’re hungry
• Don’t buy unhealthy foods just because they are on offer
• Try not to browse in a supermarket
• Purposely purchase some healthy snacks if you have a tendency to snack

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• Have a cup a soup
• Eat some vegetable sticks: carrot, celery, cucumber
• Eat some pickled onions or beetroot
• Choose a snack that involves effort to eat – nuts with shells in, satsumas, lychees
• Lay the snack on a plate, don’t eat from the bag
• Eat mindfully, slowly, and consciously

Next time I get the urge to snack when I’m not hungry I’m going to try referring to my own list – hopefully just having made the list will make my head think that I should practice what I preach!

I always keep an eye open for new apple recipes.  I get apples in my vegetable box almost every week, but I’m not really that keen on them raw.  I tend to do a lot of stewed apple, and also some apple crumbles, to use them up.  I came across the following recipe for apple flapjack crumble on the BBC Good Food site and thought I would give it a go.

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1.1 kg eating apples, such as Coxes
3-4 tbsp apricot jam
juice 1 large orange
For the crumble
140g porridge oats
100g plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
100g butter
100g light muscovado sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup

As always I made a change or two.  I used strawberry jam instead of apricot which worked well, and I had a squishy pear hanging around so I put that in too.

The pudding was tasty – it really did taste like apple with flapjack on top.  It was maybe a little stodgy which some people may not like, although it didn’t bother me particularly.

Its a nice change from the traditional crumble topping, but tastes better than just adding oats to a standard topping.

I think this one will go into my repertoire, it would be a nice pud to do when family are visiting, and I have to confess I’ve been eating it for breakfast with yoghurt.  Apple, oats, sugar, hey its almost cereal anyway!

Do you want to know how many calories you’re eating? It can be a complicated game to play. When I first started counting calories it often involved pencil, paper, calculator and weighing scales, and it would take me a few minutes and some sums to calculate exactly how many calories I was eating.

These days I can estimate the calories of any meal just by looking at it – although I revert back to calculations if I want to be more accurate. But if sums aren’t your thing, calorie counting can be a lot easier if you remember a few shortcuts. You will still need the scales and calculator but its not necessary to measure every single item and you will need them less and less as you begin to recognise portion sizes.

If you are planning to count your daily calorie intake always have a pen and piece of paper handy, or your phone if it has note taking capabilities. Write down what you eat and how many calories it is, or your estimate. If you have no idea just write the food down anyway and you can estimate later.

I’m going to start by looking at fruit and vegetables and will do future posts on the other food groups.

Always round up calories to the nearest 10. There is no point dealing with lower values than that. It just makes the sums harder.

The calorie ranges below allow you to estimate for smaller or larger fruits or vegetables within the category.

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• Don’t bother weighing fruit
• Count a portion of berries, or a citrus fruit as 20-40
• Count an apple, pear, peach, handful of grapes or large slice of melon as 50-80
• Count a banana as 70-100

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• Don’t bother weighing salad
• Count a portion of salad next to, or in your sandwich as 20 – this would include say a few lettuce leaves, some cucumber slices, celery sticks and half a tomato.
• Count a whole salad meal which is mainly lettuce based, with say cucumber, bell pepper, tomato, celery, bean sprouts and similar as 40-80
• If you have sweetcorn or onion in the salad add another 30-60
• Other ingredients in the salad such as dressing or proteins need to counted separately

Vegetables – dinner (ie normally cooked and hot)

• If you have a plain vegetable accompaniment to your dinner, for example, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower, and cabbage take these to be 50 in total
• If you have parsnip, or other similar root vegetables like turnip or celariac (but not carrot), peas, or sweetcorn, add 50-100
• Add 20 for mushrooms and 20 for bean sprouts
• Add 40 for each whole bell pepper, and 40 for each large onion
• A large corn on the cob is about 130
• A whole avocado is 200-300 calories because of the high fat content

Remember, the above are rough figures and not 100% accurate. Because fruit and vegetables are relatively low in calories (apart from the avocado) its a waste of time calculating these foods to the nearest calorie. Near enough is good enough in this case.

Keep an eye out for the next post in this series!