Today as I was driving through the Hungry Jacks Drive-Thru (woops! so not part of the plan...) getting 6 nuggets and a small chips for $3 I had a thought. What if food cost how many calories it was?
What if fruit and veg was cheaper per 100g than say chocolate or chips or fast food? Would I still make the choices I make? Would it influence the way I eat at all?
I read about all the advances in technology where in the future we could be implanted with a chip connected to our bank account so there would be no physical money. What if it went a step further and food was only available via scanning your chip? What if you got turned away from a restaurant because you'd already eaten your allotment for the day? What if restaurants and supermarkets didn't exist and we went to a central place to get our food for the day?
On the one hand I would be flabbergasted and embarrassed and enraged. On the other hand maybe it would make my life so much easier. I freakin LOVE food. I spend way too much of my time thinking about what I'm going to eat next, how things taste, what I can make...
What if?
Sunday 28 June 2015
Sunday 14 June 2015
Learning to change my thinking
These last couple of weeks I have been learning to change my thinking around food. WW is good because there are no restrictions on what I can eat - but sometimes that can be a bad thing! It gives you a certain amount to eat each day, and then some extra to use over the week to allow for splurges and extra indulgences. The first week I didn't use any of the extra ProPoints but the next two weeks I used them all plus more.
This week I have vowed to end the week with Propoints to spare and with one day to go it's looking promising. The interesting thing is that I have still indulged in the foods that tipped me over the edge in those two weeks, but I have been able to 'ration' the portions a bit better by keeping mindful of what I am eating and trying not to eat mindlessly.
If there is one thing I have learned over the last few years, it's that I am no good with withdrawal. I am a binge-eater and absolutely love eating sweet foods. The more I think I can't have something, the more I want it, and the more I will eat when I eventually cave in.
This isn't gonna be easy... or quick... but it will happen!
This week I have vowed to end the week with Propoints to spare and with one day to go it's looking promising. The interesting thing is that I have still indulged in the foods that tipped me over the edge in those two weeks, but I have been able to 'ration' the portions a bit better by keeping mindful of what I am eating and trying not to eat mindlessly.
If there is one thing I have learned over the last few years, it's that I am no good with withdrawal. I am a binge-eater and absolutely love eating sweet foods. The more I think I can't have something, the more I want it, and the more I will eat when I eventually cave in.
This isn't gonna be easy... or quick... but it will happen!
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