ShadowMeTeresa

Yeah, yeah :) One would hope that at some point one could learn to eat in a healthy enough way that diets would no longer be necessary. And what planet would that be on, you ask? Actually, I do eat pretty healthily, focusing on whole grains, veggies, fruits, and nonfat dairy, with very little meat or fat. But desserts are my downfall, and for the last several years, I’ve been working really long hours to get established in my new field and basically giving myself a pass on exercising either my body or my will-power.

I do seem to have a built-in instinct for when it’s time to do something about it, and I never let it get really bad. I’ve got between 10-15 pounds to lose, depending on whether I want to be a good healthy weight or really look good in everything I wear. So, it’s time. But somehow I just don’t feel like doing all the counting, which is absolutely necessary if you really want to do it yourself, unless you’re an exercise fiend (not!). And oddly, though I love cooking, I don’t feel like doing it for a diet. It’s complicated and requires a lot of planning to make it work and not overeat.

Which is a long way around to say that I’m handing my diet over to someone else – a food company that delivers freshly-made meals, calibrated for a specific caloric intake, made from reasonably local ingredients. This has a lot of advantages over everything else out there that I’ve looked at – I won’t bore most of you with the details, but if you’re interested in a really detailed blog on my experiences with this, you can read about it on the Diet to Go page. Not to mention that I will probably get a much more varied diet and a fair bit more protein than I would on my own – not a bad thing for a change.

I have been eating these meals for several days now, and I am really impressed with the flavors, freshness, and texture of the food – way better than I expected, and for the cost of what I spend on groceries anyway. And they sent me macaroni & cheese the first week, which means this must be the plan for me :)