This is Step Four of my Makeover Plan. I need to sort out the types of food I am going to eat.
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| A salad to enjoy |
There is a lot of “advice” around on what makes a nutritional diet, but so much of it is contradictory that it gets very confusing to sort out. Even the standard “low-fat” advice is now being questioned, at the same time as we seem to be tipping headfirst into a “sugar is evil” trend. Will that advice change in ten years, back to what it used to be decades ago (that we should have some sugar in our diet)?
I have been giving this subject some deep thought (my brain hurts!) and these are some of my conclusions:
o We are all different and different things suit different people, so what is it that suits me?
o I don’t believe in cutting out whole food groups. There are good fats, good sugars, even good salts, that we should be eating. It is the “bad” ones we need to avoid.
o I love food! Food adds immensely to my enjoyment of living so I do not want to become paranoid about what I eat.
o The one thing nutritionists appear to agree upon is that overly refined and processed foods are not good for us.
o I am inclined to lean towards the “a little bit of what you love is good for you” – as long as it is only a little bit and not too often!
o Eat a wide variety of different foodstuffs, cooking from scratch whenever possible.
o Always be thankful for the food you eat.
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| Summer fruit |
I’ve made pages of notes about my thoughts on this subject, slept on it several times, looked again through several of the books I own, carefully considered how I react to certain foods, and I seem to have come to an answer:
o Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably seasonal
o Eat meat 3-5 times a week
o Eat seafood 1-2 times a week, including oily fish once a week
o Eat eggs, but minimize my intake of dairy (milk, cheese)
o Have a controlled portion of carbohydrates with every meal
o Include good fats in my diet, but limit the amount used
o Drink plenty of pure water
o Only drink alcohol when eating food, and then limit the amount
o Avoid artificial sweeteners, colourings, flavourings and preservatives
o Limit intake of refined foods like sugar and white flour
o Allow self to “cheat” on special occasions
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| Roast beef |
My next step is Portion Control, and then I should have a good set of guidelines I can follow.
For nearly a week now I have had no ice-cream for dessert in the evening and I am sleeping much better – who would think that there could be a connection between those two?
Margaret.
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