DazzlinDonna Submitted on February 1st, 2008
Hi, everyone! Today’s the big day! (bad pun intended) Today I have to give up all the foods I hold so dear to my heart, and eat…ugh…healthy stuff. Ok, ok, shake it off Donna. You can do this! Rah Rah!
So, what method did I choose and why? I decided to sign up with eDiets.com. I’ve done the Nutrisystem thing in the past, where my food was delivered to me, and that was great. I saw an ad like this one below somewhere and that fit into my needs at the time.
Try our delicious foods at NutriSystem & eat FREE for 2 weeks with the purchase of a 28-Day program on Auto-Delivery.
I liked it because there was no thinking involved. I Simply ate one of the pre-arranged meals sitting in the pantry. Easy and effective. I highly recommend it to anyone dieting just by themselves. This time, however, I knew I couldn’t use that method because that only works well when one person is on a diet. Since my entire household is going on a diet, it only makes sense (financially, I mean) to actually cook the meals so everyone can share. I chose eDiets specifically because they had so many plans. (By the way, eDiets also has a food delivery plan like Nutrisystem. Kinda curious how the food compares).
I felt like there was bound to be a plan on eDiets that had some food I could stand to eat. See, I’m a fast food kinda gal. Give me a fast food burger 3 times a day, 7 days a week, and I’m happy. Fat…but happy. Healthy food is generally not in my eating repetoire. I don’t DO healthy.
But now I have to…
Anyway, I figured with 21 plans available, there’d be one I could manage to stick to. Since someone else in the household was just informed of heart issues, and the sample meals sounded ok, I chose the Heart Smart Plan. The official description of that plan is: …follows the American Heart Association recommendations and is low in cholesterol, fat, saturated fat, and sodium and includes whole grains, nonfat and low fat dairy, and lean protein to provide a delicious and heart-healthy meal plan.
Hmph. Ok. We’ll see just how delicious it is. Here’s a quick glance at my meal plan for today:
Breakfast: Crunchy Cinnamon Oatmeal and deli chicken on toast
Lunch: Roast Turkey with Potatoes and Balsamic Green Beans
Snack: Pretzels with club soda
Dinner: Turkey Tostada with black bean-corn-tomato salad and mandarin orange
Hmmm…well, breakfast sounds a tad bit weird, what with me not used to eating lunchmeat for breakfast, but at least I don’t hate those things. Lunch sounds good. The snack is a little bit blah, but do-able. Dinner sounds interesting, perhaps even yummy. We’ll see.
Ok, so that’s it for now. I’ll talk about exercise tomorrow and go into details about what I’m eating, etc. I’m a little nervous about this, but if you’ll cheer me on, I might be able to wrap my brain around the thought of healthy food. Later, y’all!
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