If you track what you eat for a week or two you'll probably find that the times when you splurged on something 'off-plan' was when you a) ran out of nice food b) ate something you shouldn't have eaten elsewhere or c) used food for emotional reasons.
Now I like cooking and making fancy meals... about once a month! I'm busy. I want healthy, tasty food that takes about the same time (or less) to cook and prepare as it does for me to eat it.
So what's the solution?
Design a core menu of 10 simple, tasty staple dishes that you can make really quickly and rotate them round as the basis of your eating plan. You only really need a couple of options for breakfast, a couple of snacks, and a week's worth of evening meals.
Here's some very simple and tasty ideas to play with.
Breakfasts:
One) My favourite staple is scrambled eggs with sauted veg. A little garlic, bell pepper and mushroom in a hot pan for a few minutes, then scramble several eggs through it.
Two) Leftovers. Can't get any simpler than that - just make extra food at dinner time and have with some fruit.
Three) Meat rolls. Get thin sliced deli meat, stuff it full of salad and roll - voila, instant caveman sandwich! Much better than bread. Try spreading the meat with mustard, hummus or garlic mayo.
Snacks:
Four) Find somewhere you can buy large kilo bags of nuts and seeds and make your own trail mix. I like cashews, walnuts and pumpkin seeds with goji berries and cacao chips.
Five) Boil a whole box of eggs at the start of the week and they'll keep in fridge for a few days. Instant snack.
Six) Keep ample fruit and veg to hand, going for lower sugar fruits and berries.
Dinners:
Seven) Get a crock pot and figure out 3 really easy recipes. Throw in meat, veggies and stock. Simple.
Eight) Any time you cook, just treble the amount you make. Bake a whole tray of chicken breasts each time and use for lunch salads and easy recipes.
Desert:
Nine) Ice cream has ruined many a healthy eating program! Gulping down a 1000 calories of sugar and fat is probably not a good idea.
The easy solution? Grab some ripe bananas, peel them and wrap in clingfilm. I usually have a few lying around that I haven't got around to eating. Bung them in the freezer.
When you fancy something very similar in flavour and texture to ice cream, just grab a couple of frozen bananas and put them through a juicer. (Note: you need the kind that has a revolving screw (auger) mechanism for this.)
Voila - a delicious desert! Try mixing a few frozen berries in or serve with fresh strawberries and a dusting of cinnamon.
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