Going our separate food ways…

My boyfriend and I have shared our food for quite some time by both equally investing the same amount of money in it each month. However this month we are not and my half of our usual budget is all for me!

Recently with my new routine of going to the gym every evening I have started to realise that my eating patterns need to change. My diet changed 18 months back to adapt to the low gi way of eating and it now needs to shift again if I am to truly change my lifestyle to permanently accommodate exercise. My feeling is that I need to eat more during the day and less in the evening, which suits me just fine! Less time cooking in the evening equals more time to myself.

So this month I am experimenting, I will see week on week what I lose, if I lose anything at all! I'm going to keep a record of what I eat and what exercise I do (and how much time), I guess I'm hoping to see a pattern. This week's result I already know will be a load of b*****ks because the monthly evil is due and it always causes bizarre weight gains or losses. Anyway with all this experimentation the last thing I need to be worried about is someone else eating. Boyfriend and I have agreed that for this month we will feed ourselves, our larder full of tins, dried pulses and herbs/spices can be eaten by us both, but when its gone, well its in our bellies…

With this change I am feeling drawn to soups once again for dinner, but of the speedy variety, which involve no diary and will keep well in the fridge for a couple of days. Lately for lunch I've been having salad, new potatoes and a bean burger (taste just as good cold) for lunch, it is very tasty and easy but I think I need to vary my diet if lunch is to be my new main meal of the day. I shall consult my low gi cook books for ideas.

I shall keep here updated with my findings.