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I've noticed that little mental preparation helps to keep up my motivation with this WOE.
1. Breakfast.
Breakfast is so important on this diet! I keep a small non-stick frying pan on my stove so the meal is already partially started in my mind. I don't know why opening the cupboard and getting the pan out requires monumental energy, it just does. I can eat eggs everyday but I tend to skip out if that pan isn't on the stove. It took some getting used to, as we are so inclined to have non-practical kitchens where everything is put away! I also picked up a Nordic Ware bacon cooker with cover and keep bacon in the fridge ready to go. I can make eggs and bacon, or eggs and a M-I-M in less than six minutes. That's less time than one slam of the snooze button!
2. Mr. Foreman
I put a single-serving size George Foreman grill on my countertop on a semi-permanent basis. Being right out in the open it's so easy to open up the freezer and grab a burger patty or a piece of thin-sliced chicken to throw on it. I use it several times per week. I cook with informercial speed, slicing up or nuking my veggies as my meat cooks. I am five minutes away from a hot, satisfying and nutritious meal. I am considering putting frozen veggies I love in individual rubbermaid containers in the freezer so that it's literally a grab and heat process. (I know I can't be the only one who opens the freezer door, sees the bag of frozen green beans and thinks that it's just too much work.)
3. Recipes
When I find a recipe that I would like to make, I put a copy of it on my counter. This way, I don't forget that there was something I'd wanted to make or try.
What little things do you do to keep this WOE simple?
1. Breakfast.
Breakfast is so important on this diet! I keep a small non-stick frying pan on my stove so the meal is already partially started in my mind. I don't know why opening the cupboard and getting the pan out requires monumental energy, it just does. I can eat eggs everyday but I tend to skip out if that pan isn't on the stove. It took some getting used to, as we are so inclined to have non-practical kitchens where everything is put away! I also picked up a Nordic Ware bacon cooker with cover and keep bacon in the fridge ready to go. I can make eggs and bacon, or eggs and a M-I-M in less than six minutes. That's less time than one slam of the snooze button!
2. Mr. Foreman
I put a single-serving size George Foreman grill on my countertop on a semi-permanent basis. Being right out in the open it's so easy to open up the freezer and grab a burger patty or a piece of thin-sliced chicken to throw on it. I use it several times per week. I cook with informercial speed, slicing up or nuking my veggies as my meat cooks. I am five minutes away from a hot, satisfying and nutritious meal. I am considering putting frozen veggies I love in individual rubbermaid containers in the freezer so that it's literally a grab and heat process. (I know I can't be the only one who opens the freezer door, sees the bag of frozen green beans and thinks that it's just too much work.)
3. Recipes
When I find a recipe that I would like to make, I put a copy of it on my counter. This way, I don't forget that there was something I'd wanted to make or try.
What little things do you do to keep this WOE simple?
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