I've decided it's time to address my diet - but not by going on a 'diet'.
I am a healthy weight, exercise loads, in pretty good shape, have a metabolic age ten years younger than I am etc so weight is NOT a factor.
However I eat way too much crap. I have a seriously sweet tooth and aside from a healthy breakfast and occasionally healthy lunch I eat pretty badly. I snack all the time and everything is sugar based pretty much. I know it's hampering my exercise and I could be in much better all round condition if I changed my habits.
However I've come to the conclusion that unless i am somehow accountable for what I eat each day I will never break these habits. So I wondered if there's anyone here in the same boat that fancies joining me in shaming themselves each day but without the calorie count or weigh in?
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Anyone want to join me on a diet overhaul?
Skala123 · 07/04/2016 17:59
Another one here. Generally described as 'skinny' so not a weight issue but I too have a terrible sweet tooth 
My usual daily diet is something like this... Breakfast - 3 slices of toast with way too much butter and marmite and however much I resist I always end up having tea and about 4 biscuits as a sort of 'breakfast pudding' 
Mid morning - more biscuits or chocolate and a banana Lunch - mostly not bad but not great, cheese or hummus and oatcakes, or quorn ham sandwich and always crisps and a yoghurt. Mid afternoon - generally more chocolate or cake. I think I'll leave it there, you get the picture. I also do no exercise as such but do have a physical job and am always on the go.
I really want to change but have no willpower, never have done
I cut waaaaaay back on sugar for about 8 weeks last summer and felt AMAZING. Just to encourage you 
I don't snack on chocolate etc during the day, but I was drinking far too much sweet tea and coffee. I dumped them completely and switched to green tea. That was the biggest change for me.
No biscuits or cake. I would have a few squares of dark chocolate in the evening, if and only if I really wanted them.
Honestly, the results were brilliant. My skin was glowy and firm. I slept like a log and woke up refreshed. I lost a few pounds (wasn't really overweight but had a few spare). My head felt so clear.
And then I went on holiday and fell off the wagon. Have yet to haul myself back on. But I will! I have ditched my morning coffee for the last week and had matcha instead. Green tea in the day instead of sweet tea. I still have a coffee after dinner but that's it. Small steps...
Two chocolate hobnobs whilst watching Antiques Road Show here Cardiff! Rock and indeed roll .
I get what polly means, but it's one thing knowing I should just cut out the biscuits etc, and an entirely different thing actually doing it.
I don't have sugar in drinks and never drink fizzy stuff, but I LOVE to bake for my DCs and their friends, and I love to eat it too. It's just a thing like with skala's neighbour...it's a way of showing live and appreciation.
The odd piece of cake or biscuit can happily sit within an 80-20 balanced, healthy diet.
I'd rather eat some nice, unprocessed, homemade things (healthy, 'unhealthy', whatever), then enjoy exercising, walking in the sunshine and delight in the feeling of being alive than picturing my arteries furring up .
The odd piece of cake or biscuit can happily sit within an 80-20 balanced, healthy diet.
I'm so pleased Potter that you've understood the point I was making - that's exactly what 80-20 means.
Sounds like we are singing from the same hymn book.
Skala you must be very wealthy or very fortunate through your employment to be able to fund a private MRI scan of your internal organs. Not everyone has that option. Most people have to make judgements based on family medical history and latest science.
The point I was making is that baking sugar-laden goodies for children or friends as an 'act of love' is the equivalent to handing over a cigarette. Sugar is the new tobacco. It's as simple and as deadly as that.
Yes, we all have and need treats as you said Potter and home made can be better, but the real issue is we continue to use sugar and fatty foods to make us feel better instead of tackling the underlying emotional need for comfort food- for ourselves or the people we feed them to.
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I have found my people!
Plenty of exercise but eat too many treats? Check!
Wine is essential for life? Check!
I'm fine weight wise, don't really want to lose more than a couple of pounds and cba with weighing/calories etc.
My vices are wine (obviously) raiding the kids snack box and eating a load of random crap instead of real breakfast and lunch. I usually eat a proper healthy dinner in the evening with DH but during the day I am terrible!
I started being 'good' today after yesterday which involved incidents with two mini milky bars, two oat and raisin cookies, quarter of a camembert and a large bag of unsalted nuts
Today I am a paragon of snack-free virtue 
(so far!)
fauxfox love your incidents involving mini milky bars .
Started well with porridge this a.m. then descended into a cupcake from well-meaning friend whose DS I had over to play. Avocado and roasted chick for lunch and a salad for dinner...ooh need to drink water.
Hello fauxfox! We do sound like your people! Today I have been utterly angelic! Smoothie and half a bagel for breakfast, handful of almonds and a banana for a boost before an 11 mile run, homemade sin free flapjack and an apple plus glass of milk post run. And that's it!! Still time to go off the rails but darn pleased with myself. Glass of wine tonight. 
I am snack-free today did an 8k run and level 3 shred DVD thing and have had no naughty snacks at all! Just having a camomile tea before bed (I even drank quite a bit of actual water today instead of just coffee and wine - wonders will never cease!)
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You must share your wonderous flapjack recipe too skala - most 'healthy' cake tastes awful imo 
Good grief - not even 10am and I have the raging munchies...i'm not hungry, I have loads of work to do and am procrastinating and delaying by thinking about eating stuff 
I am going to get on with it and maybe have some yoghurt with honey and nuts once i've ticked a few things off my 'to do' list
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