Do you often find yourself stuck in food ruts? (or fat traps as I like to call them). When I began my clean eating journey around 4/5 weeks ago, I did what most people do and dove head first into a completely new lifestyle without reading up on it first. I was unprepared and this has resulted in my eating pretty much the same food, day in, day out. Foods which I had originally regarded as 'occasional' such as corn tortillas, cheese, popcorn and honey have somehow snuck themselves into my everyday diet!
I know that I'm doing it but I ignore it and after 2 weeks get annoyed that I'm not making any progress. It's such a stupid cycle. I know where my downfalls are but it is hard to give up the things you love, and now I know what you're thinking... No one said it was going to be easy.
On top of that it makes me think hard about why I am sabotaging myself - when I started to eat tortillas I said to myself 'I won't eat these every day' and then when I'm eating them 2,3,4 days in a row I just stop telling myself! One saying always sticks in my head when I think about this.
"What you eat in private, you wear in public"
Let that sink in...
I could be blogging my journey and making out like I am the healthiest person and then sneaking off and eating tonnes of junk food but what would be the point in that? I want to be honest with my documentation and i want to practice what I preach here and I want you guys to see the results so I'm nipping this in the bud now!
When I compare this to my last blog there is one clear difference - I was prepared to go vegan for 30 days. I had a surplus of fun recipes that I couldn't wait to try out...I also had a hell of a lot more time on my hands so preparation is going to be key for me here! I've decided that in order to stay motivated and not repeatedly fall into fat traps, I'm going to try 1 new recipe a week. And if I love that recipe, it can hopefully make its way into my repertoire of dinners.
Or breakfast in this case! In light of pancake day here in the UK I have decided to try out a clean pancake recipe which I of course will blog on shrove Tuesday :-)
So this was just a short post to keep you guys updated, check in and let you know that it's totally normal to find yourself going to wrong way and not instantly change it because that would be too easy now wouldn't it! I wouldn't class this as a lack of motivation because I still want this as much as I did on January 1st and I have still been eating good quality, unprocessed real food everyday and loving it. This is nothing but a food rut which I'm about the jump the hell out of!
Minnie
Xxx
