Definition of a diet by the dictionary:
Definition of a diet by Jennifer (yours truly):
The amount of food you put into yourself to gain enough energy to do all your daily activities.
I used to think 'to be on a diet' and 'to diet' or 'to go on a diet' were good phrases. However, as I've grown older, I've realised they have negative connotations, and I have decided that the word 'diet' by my definition, should not be called a diet. It should be called a Healthy Eating Plan.
That sounds more positive, eh?
Anyhow, I touched upon my plan in an earlier post when I said:
My plan is simple: have a bit of everything you want in moderate quantities, and vary the amount of what you have depending on the time of day.
This plan allows for chocolate and sweet stuff and all sorts of lovely things like FRIED CHICKEN, but only in the daytime, and in moderation.
Eating lots of veg and rice daily is the norm for me, and I've tried all sorts of diets where cutting out certain foodstuffs was the recommendation. It worked for a time, but I'd feel jaded and would then discontinue the diet because I missed such foodstuffs. I just really enjoy food!
And with my mindset and my very active job nowadays, I need those calories to burn! Using my Fitbit as a guide, I do on average 20000 to 25000 steps a day, with my top score being 41041 steps recently.
The only thing I need to be careful of is my off days, where my body just wants all those calories but doesn't burn off as much. It takes a certain discipline to modify my mindset to eat a bit less, and I am not always successful. But most of the time, I'm okay.
Let's see what I'm like when I retire, lol!
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