Day3-The how to
My how to on weight lose …. I lost 75lbs and
have kept it off for the last 3 years. People ask me how?
First, I am the CEO of my households kitchen
and I put myself in charge of my stomach
no matter where I am or what day of the week it is. I have to tell the truth.
As the main food shopper is
it my responsibility to know what I’m buying. If
I am overweight and I am buying
and creating the meals aren’t I the one responsible for the household being
overweight? I am responsible. I buy the
cookies and the pasta and I portion the
meals and the snacks and the sugary desserts. Ok, what the family buys for
themselves or eat when they are out of the house I can’t control.
I am the CEO of my households’
kitchen. As the CEO I had to figure out what I needed, so next, I began to read
up on nutrition and found articles for people who have food allergies, limited
the sodas, and tighten my portion
control. I spoke to a nutirtionist.
I
made a plan. We limited fast foods chains to include Red lobster and Olive
Garden and when I say stopped doing hamburgers
and fries. I just made the hamburgers from scratch and stopped using the
premade patties.
So I am going to
stop here just for a moment, just to say
a lot of people say they don’t have time to make your own burgers. It
takes me 15 minutes to make patties 12 to 15 burger patties and that includes
chopping the onions and peppers and shaping the burgers. Again,
the key is not to lie to yourself. If it is truly important to your household to change how you eat. I recommend reviewing your diet, and
make small changes. The words” I don’t
have time,” are cop out words, the is truth is your saying” I don’t want to
have to make the effort make the burger. Instead, you just gave yourself permission to go to what ever fast food restaurant and get a burger with too many calories and over priced.”
My family loves it when I make the burgers hot and spicy. I know what is in it and how long it has been
frozen.
I use a peanut oil to fry chicken in or I oven fry it. And I limit how often we have fried chicken.
When we started taking lunches, which saved us a lot of $$$$. I added fruit cups
more fresh vegetables and greek yogurt for snacks. When the chips are gone we
don’t replace them. I made trail mixes
for snack time and I found I went to the health food stores I saved
money and got better quality dried fruits. I also limited my dried fruits to no
more than 2 kinds for the trail mixes. Dried fruit has a lot of sugar
My mother lost 50 lbs +. and is still losing. I adjust our diet every
so often.
As CEO of this household I balanced the
gluten, added more veggie options and
have limited the the use of prefabricated processed foods. Processed foods have
higher contents of salt and sugar and less ingredients are real and
nutritionally good for you.
This year I added a small garden. I bought
more fresh produce and learned to can.
I have to read labels everytime I go to the
store. Even on the brands I buy on a
regular basis. I know food manufactures change their recipes for their products at will. I also know labels
have more fiction than a fiction novel. So why do I read the labels if I know there is
misinformation? I have educated myself on the
words that mean; sugar, salt, food color, and meat. I am the CEO of my
households kitchen. I research food like some people hunt for coupons.
I put myself in charge of my stomach no matter at work and everywhere I was. It means just because everyone was having birthday cake at work I don’t
have birthday cake every time it was offered. No. means no. It means I don’t
eat 6 donuts cause it’s Sunday. I try to
balance what I eat with my activities. Example, If I am going to have a really long day and I want a snack, I
eat it , if I am going to be on my feet walking and talking all evening, I am
less worried than if I just ate something heavy, or if I was just going home to
sit in front of the TV.
Notice, I never said I cut anything out of my diet. If I want it I might try a smaller portion. I limit process items in our diet and not cut out anything. If I want a piece of
pie I eat it. I just don’t eat pie everyday. I make small changes to our diet and I keep
changing it because I keep learning new
information. Smaller changes are also easier on the budget and on the family. I
am the CEO of the household and I want my family to be healthy. If you are the
CEO of your home. Make a plan, decide what you can limit or
modify( cook a new way), read the labels and understand what is and is not in
the food before you buy.
Portion control, more fresh fruit, and limiting sweets in the house all help to
decrease the waist line. We have been doing this over the last 3 years. The key in the end is telling the truth. Trusting myself to decide what
is going into the bodies of the members
of my household. I’m the CEO.
T Portlock
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