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Food for thought: Part 1

I decided that since this is partly about mindset, it should be about celebrating healthy foods.  I am not going to let foods depress me, they will not restrict me, instead I will share the delicious things I eat and make.  I will share the small changes that I am making each day, that hopefully will lead to a healthier and happier me!  Food plays a large part in the flair-ups of Gout, and the build-up of Uric Acid in my body... as previously mentioned, in yesterday’s post, I need to be careful what I eat.  I always joke that it is easier to list what I can eat rather than what I can’t.  It is hard.  Besides being allergic to aspartame, there are other healthy foods that actually make me ill - onions for example, or red meat.  Fatty foods, like duck, cause my gallbladder to give me grief and so I avoid those as well.  The only dairy products that I seem to be able to tolerate are yoghurt and cheese, but many yoghurts contain aspartame.  

I very much enjoy having a yoghurt at breakfast, and have discovered that I especially enjoy this toffee flavoured one (pictured with blueberries above), with vanilla or banana flavoured following close behind.  I have always enjoyed sweet things, have never been a big fan of salty or sour.  The same goes for things I drink.  I can easily drink all of my daily calories and more in a single sitting, and will not lie, as I love fruit juices (tropical, apple, cranberry, pineapple, etc) but I also love my cola - a can or bottle of Pepsi or Coke easily disappears.  This has always been a problem area for me and I know it.  On the plus side, these are my poisons of choice, I have never been fond of the taste or smell of alcohol or coffee.  I am a happy teetotaller, but prefer sweet drinks to sour or bitter.  When I drink regular tea, I take it black and full of sugar... to help combat that I switch to teas that are not as strong in flavour as black tea.  Pictured here is a white vanilla tea that I enjoy, and just leave the bag in and top up with more hot water.  (I do the same with plain green tea)


The other killer for me is carbs and home cooked meals.  I love to savour a good home cooked meal.  Portion sizes can get beyond crazy when I am enjoying something, so need to watch what I eat and how much.  I have found in the past that switching to a smaller plate can help with portion control.  This was tonight’s dinner - mushroom and veg stuffed turkey fillet with carrot and swede/turnip mash and peas.  



I love to eat and I love to cook.  It can be hard when trying to lose weight to keep things interesting, but this turkey recipe is one that I found in an old weight watchers recipe book.  The only carbs is a small amount of weight watchers bread that went into the stuffing - 2 slices for approximately 20 of those wheels.  I quite enjoyed the turkey prepared this way.  The mushroom and veg stuffing is quite nice.  It was a lovely meal.
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