Beans to the rescue.
I didn't think I would be tempted so quickly, but today was the first time I had a hard time being a vegetarian.
I let my daughter cook dinner. (One of the few perks about your children getting older.) She made ham steaks, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and pineapple chunks. As I was helping her get out the serving dishes, I realized how little food there was for me to eat. I looked around fro some more vegetarian friendly fare. What I found was a lot of canned beans. Navy beans, baked beans, red beans. Why did I have so many beans in my cabinet?
I grabbed a can of butter beans and requested that she add some beans to the menu. She did.
While the meat was cooking, I didn't mind, but when I saw everyone else carving their steaks I had to remind myself that I was being a vegetarian for a month. Wow, I didn't think I would crave meat so soon.
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Lose 10 pounds
May's challenge: Lose 10 Pounds
This month's challenge is to lose 10 pounds.
The Plan
To lose weight you have to burn more calories than you eat. Simple math. So why are diets so complicated?
I decided to take everything I had ever read or tried and combine them in a simple formula: KIF.
Kinetic Focus: Exercise everyday.
Inner Focus: Ask yourself, "Will I feel guilty if I eat this?"
Food Focus: Be a vegetarian.
If you are following along with my little experiment, here is the official "warning": Before you begin any exercie or diet program, consult your doctor.
Okay, so there you go.
Three simple ways to stear myself to eat less and move more.
The Plan
To lose weight you have to burn more calories than you eat. Simple math. So why are diets so complicated?
I decided to take everything I had ever read or tried and combine them in a simple formula: KIF.
Kinetic Focus: Exercise everyday.
Inner Focus: Ask yourself, "Will I feel guilty if I eat this?"
Food Focus: Be a vegetarian.
If you are following along with my little experiment, here is the official "warning": Before you begin any exercie or diet program, consult your doctor.
Okay, so there you go.
Three simple ways to stear myself to eat less and move more.
Every month a new challenge. I'm not A.J. Jacobs nor am I Julie Powell. I can't live out the Bible in a year or cook all the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook. But I can do something for 30 days. A commitment to do something for 30 days is reasonable and I am a reasonable person. I just want a challenge to shake things up, mostly for the better. I just might find something interesting along the way. Besides, if you don't like what you've tried, it wasn't habit forming.
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