I had a quiet night in on New Year's Eve, you can tell by the time stamp on my first post. I'm not eliminating alcohol from my life, but it's so many empty calories that I'll practically be a teetotaller this year. My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, I'll allow myself a drink then. Maybe even two.
I'm pleased to report that my discipline has yet to waver on this, the first day of the year. Lunch was the same as yesterday. I'm quite content to follow routine. I was invited to my parents' for dinner and although both retired, the still have it quite early. It was oven baked chips, chicken and coleslaw. I was careful with the portion sizes. I have just had my supper of two rice cakes with light cottage cheese, which were satisfactory.
Today I listened to a very interesting episode of BBC Radio 4's Food Programme. This one, called The Calorie, considered whether the calorie is an outdated way of monitoring our diet. The general consensus was that it is and people really should focus on the kinds of foods they eat. If they are highly processed, the body doesn't really know what to with what it consumes. Particularly when it comes to trans-fats. It's worth a listen. I'm not counting calories that closely myself. If I fail to see results I will revisit that. What I am doing is cutting out the rubbish and using portion control.
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