Goal: Healthier Diet
Hello!
Today I would like to address our diet plan. Up till now our diet has consisted of pretty much eating whatever we want whenever, as long as it fit in the budget for the month. However, since I have diabetes, am overweight, and feel like our immune systems have been a little sluggish lately I would like to adjust this to being healthier. I have not figured out quite yet what our diet should look like, so until we figure out what will work best for our lifestyle (or if we need to change our lifestyle more), we will start with a lower carbohydrate diet. I think my goal in the end will be Keto. I still want to do some research on the diet, but from what I've read so far it seems really beneficial to the natural state of how our bodies were made to work. At this point I don't think we will be able to stick to it though, so I'm going to work towards it as an idea. But until then, let's think low carb. Since this is more to benefit my personal goals and not necessarily the needs of the rest of my family, I want to plan meals that make this plausible for me and still give the rest of the family the carbs they love so much and are still healthy for them in moderation.
My plan is to make this a series of post's that show what we ate the past week and we plan to eat for the coming week. This will both be to share how we are doing and also to help me menu plan for the upcoming week. I might include a shopping list for you to eat along with us if you'd like. We do have quite a bit of food left from last month so the first few weeks probably won't be totally "healthy" but will definitely be much better than they would have otherwise been.
Here's what we are starting out with, hopefully through this we will be able to see where we fall short and what needs the most improvement.
What we ate last week:
As you can see, there are a lot of high carb/junk food meals in that list and not many vegetables. This is going to be my starting point. We will eat through the not so great food in the pantry and then not buy it again. I would like to have more vegetables and protein in our meals with much less carbohydrates.
I haven't listed and snacks on here since we pretty much just grab whatever is around. I need to work on having better options available...
My plan of foods to eat next week;
Breakfast's - Yogurt & granola, Quiches, Ham Avocado & Egg (with toast), maybe pancakes.
Lunch's - Tuna Salad, Garden salad, Caesar salad with chicken, Soup, Sandwiches, Veggie plate with meat and cheese,
Supper's - Beef & broccoli with rice, Egg roll in a bowl, Rice-a-roni, Taco casserole, Beef Roast, Garlic Parmasan shrimp.
We'll see how well next week goes, hopefully we will be able to keep on our loose schedule I came up with and eat the food on this list (or at least close to it). I really need to work on self-discipline/self-control to stick to a plan.
Well, that's all for now,
Have a Blessed Day!
Today I would like to address our diet plan. Up till now our diet has consisted of pretty much eating whatever we want whenever, as long as it fit in the budget for the month. However, since I have diabetes, am overweight, and feel like our immune systems have been a little sluggish lately I would like to adjust this to being healthier. I have not figured out quite yet what our diet should look like, so until we figure out what will work best for our lifestyle (or if we need to change our lifestyle more), we will start with a lower carbohydrate diet. I think my goal in the end will be Keto. I still want to do some research on the diet, but from what I've read so far it seems really beneficial to the natural state of how our bodies were made to work. At this point I don't think we will be able to stick to it though, so I'm going to work towards it as an idea. But until then, let's think low carb. Since this is more to benefit my personal goals and not necessarily the needs of the rest of my family, I want to plan meals that make this plausible for me and still give the rest of the family the carbs they love so much and are still healthy for them in moderation.
My plan is to make this a series of post's that show what we ate the past week and we plan to eat for the coming week. This will both be to share how we are doing and also to help me menu plan for the upcoming week. I might include a shopping list for you to eat along with us if you'd like. We do have quite a bit of food left from last month so the first few weeks probably won't be totally "healthy" but will definitely be much better than they would have otherwise been.
Here's what we are starting out with, hopefully through this we will be able to see where we fall short and what needs the most improvement.
What we ate last week:
- Day 1: Cereal, Sandwiches, Hamburger noodle hotdish.
- Day 2: Eggs & Toast, Hotdogs, Beans & Rice.
- Day 3: Muffins, snack food all day
- Day 4: Cereal, Pizza, Take out fried chicken
- Day 5: Egg burrito, Salad, Pita Dish
- Day 6: Yogurt & Granola, Hotdogs, Leftovers
- Day 7: Cereal, Ramen, Taco's
As you can see, there are a lot of high carb/junk food meals in that list and not many vegetables. This is going to be my starting point. We will eat through the not so great food in the pantry and then not buy it again. I would like to have more vegetables and protein in our meals with much less carbohydrates.
I haven't listed and snacks on here since we pretty much just grab whatever is around. I need to work on having better options available...
My plan of foods to eat next week;
Breakfast's - Yogurt & granola, Quiches, Ham Avocado & Egg (with toast), maybe pancakes.
Lunch's - Tuna Salad, Garden salad, Caesar salad with chicken, Soup, Sandwiches, Veggie plate with meat and cheese,
Supper's - Beef & broccoli with rice, Egg roll in a bowl, Rice-a-roni, Taco casserole, Beef Roast, Garlic Parmasan shrimp.
We'll see how well next week goes, hopefully we will be able to keep on our loose schedule I came up with and eat the food on this list (or at least close to it). I really need to work on self-discipline/self-control to stick to a plan.
Well, that's all for now,
Have a Blessed Day!
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