As anybody who has ever watched "Survivor" knows, there are two kinds of hungry people: the ones who love to think and talk about food when they are hungry, and the ones who are driven nuts by people talking about food that they can't have. This thread is for the first type.
The one thing I like about dieting is that being hungry makes food taste SO GOOD. I spend a lot of time putting together my diet lunches and looking forward to whatever healthy food my husband has cooked up for us to eat for dinner. If I'm going on a diet I no longer feel guilty for splurging on gourmet groceries as long as they're in the healthy category: $12/pound wild caught salmon instead of $6 farmed salmon. Or at a lower level of splurge, Starkist albacore canned tuna instead of cheap store-brand tuna. Fancy olives and peppadew peppers for my salads. That kind of thing.
I also love experimenting with new foods and new recipes. It seems like dieters spend so much time talking about what we CAN'T eat that we sometimes forget to enjoy what we can.
Here's some wonderful things I've eaten today, and enjoyed every bite of:
Breakfast: 1 slice of whole wheat toast with a Tbsp of chunky peanut butter and slices of fresh peach on top, eaten with a big mug of fresh brewed coffee. Mmm. (That's one of my favorite low-cal breakfasts, using whatever fruit is in season)
Lunch: (here's the new discovery). 5 ounces of Mori-nu silken/firm tofu, cubed and marinated in spicy/sweet eggplant relish (chutney) and eaten cold. Even though tofu is Japanese and chutneys are Indian, it's an inspired combination. The chutney is pretty intense, almost too spicy for my taste. But combined with the cool custardy tofu, it's just right. Silken tofu is made through a different process than regular tofu, and the texture is incredible. I don't think I've tried it before, but I'm definitely buy more of this stuff!
So... what's the best healthy food you've eaten today? Or this week? Or this month? Do you have favorite diet menus you go back to over and over again? Tell me about them!
The one thing I like about dieting is that being hungry makes food taste SO GOOD. I spend a lot of time putting together my diet lunches and looking forward to whatever healthy food my husband has cooked up for us to eat for dinner. If I'm going on a diet I no longer feel guilty for splurging on gourmet groceries as long as they're in the healthy category: $12/pound wild caught salmon instead of $6 farmed salmon. Or at a lower level of splurge, Starkist albacore canned tuna instead of cheap store-brand tuna. Fancy olives and peppadew peppers for my salads. That kind of thing.
I also love experimenting with new foods and new recipes. It seems like dieters spend so much time talking about what we CAN'T eat that we sometimes forget to enjoy what we can.
Here's some wonderful things I've eaten today, and enjoyed every bite of:
Breakfast: 1 slice of whole wheat toast with a Tbsp of chunky peanut butter and slices of fresh peach on top, eaten with a big mug of fresh brewed coffee. Mmm. (That's one of my favorite low-cal breakfasts, using whatever fruit is in season)
Lunch: (here's the new discovery). 5 ounces of Mori-nu silken/firm tofu, cubed and marinated in spicy/sweet eggplant relish (chutney) and eaten cold. Even though tofu is Japanese and chutneys are Indian, it's an inspired combination. The chutney is pretty intense, almost too spicy for my taste. But combined with the cool custardy tofu, it's just right. Silken tofu is made through a different process than regular tofu, and the texture is incredible. I don't think I've tried it before, but I'm definitely buy more of this stuff!
So... what's the best healthy food you've eaten today? Or this week? Or this month? Do you have favorite diet menus you go back to over and over again? Tell me about them!
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