Healthy weight loss menu, never run out of inspiration again! Tip of the week 5
Healthy weight loss but no inspiration for a menu. Now what? For me personally, it works really well if I put together my daily menu per day in advance.
A day in advance, I write down for myself:
- What I want to eat in the morning, afternoon and evening.
- Which snacks I allow myself that day.
Everything you write down is in your memory. So is everything you see, but when you write it down just that little bit better. This is because you pay more attention to it and in the process often reread it one or more times unnoticed.
It works really well if you put a placemat down in the morning with your three snacks for the day on it. Think for example of an apple, a pointed pepper and a tin of fish.
If you want to have a bowl of yoghurt as a snack in the afternoon, you obviously can't put a bowl of yoghurt on the counter or table in the morning. In that case, put a bowl with a spoon down first thing in the morning. This will still help remind you every time you see it on the table that you are going to eat yoghurt in the afternoon.
This will subconsciously keep you from consuming another chocolate bar (or two...) instead of the yoghurt anyway. We often snack out of convenience. It is easier to pull open a biscuit tin than peel a tangerine, while it is often just as tasty and much healthier.
When you lay out your healthy snacks in advance, it also makes it easier to grab them.
A nice side effect is that when you see the healthy snacks, your brain will already set itself up for this and think less about other snacks.
From inspirationless to choice stress: imagine >HERE put together your healthy weight-loss menu every day, the choice is vast!
This week you may also weigh yourself! Click >HERE for handy weighing and measuring tips.
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