I Am Not On A Diet Anymore

Almost always when I join friends and family for an eat-out they tell me to skip my diet and eat to my heart's content. This was the same thing I heard when I was with my clan during our most recent get-together.

I realized "hey I am not anymore on a diet'.

Truth is I cannot consume a cup of rice in one sitting anymore. I cannot eat more than two slices of bread, even if it's wheat. My stomach, and my mind, have adjusted to my regulated food intake which I started last year.

This is already my lifestyle.

Sure I still have cravings. As a matter of fact I let myself eat chips and cakes the past months. The more I deprive myself, the stronger my craving. So I started taking small dips of chips and cake until the cravings naturally faded away. I don't think of chips anymore. Cakes, not as much.

We need additional 3,500 calories to add a pound so I am safe even if I often consumed a lot of cakes the past weeks. But for health reasons, aside from keeping fit, I am into fruits again. I burn what I eat.

What is the lifestyle I am talking about now when it comes to food? Let me share what I eat 90% of the week - vegetables, fruits, oats, baked cookies, wheat bread, pasta (wheat noodles except when it's eat out), egg, and the like.


Papaya (or whatever fruit I fancy for the day), this pack goes for one day, as filler for my "eat-less-more-often" habit.

Chopsuey, as lunch. No rice. If there is, at least half a cup will do.

Chayote with carrots, less than half a cup of brown rice.

My comfort food, chicken macaroni salad on light mayonnaise. I used wheat pasta. No mayo yet when I took a picture of it.
One thing holds true, work on a diet you can sustain so you won't feel deprived but will all the more motivate you to achieve your health and fitness goals.

***More food sharing at Picture Clusters and Food Trip Friday.