Hi! Get into the ☀️ as often as is possible. Brisk walking 10 mins a day helps keep bones strength and eating well maintains healthy jaw bones by chewing.
Be honest with yourself and make a note of everything you eat/drink for 3 days.
Decide which food stuffs you really enjoy.
Then decide how much of those food choices are processed rather than fresh.
I allow myself pizza and occasionally cheese ..... I have fads
'marmite' on toast a few times a week.
The idea is not to deny what we enjoy but to eat less, i.e. I have a small piece of chocolate for pudding at lunch and tea time. It's the crunch of biting the twirl that I feel is addictive
I have irritable bowel problems - unless I keep to non-processed foods my bowel slows up and I get really really ill
. Over the last 5 years DH has added a lot more colourful veg to our evening meal: either stir fried with grilled meat/fish fingers or roasted in the oven .......... I love roasted veg and any left over goes into his soup pot.
Soup bloats me so I avoid that! White bread can cause problems for some, DH makes his own mix of white/brown flour which is lovely warm with fresh butter. As a treat. [that's what I tell myself].
Ultra processed foods can be addictive in that they are manufactured to encourage a certain taste = shoppers buy more. However, many of these UPF don't 'fill' the gut enough so we may feel hungry = more UPF because they are quick to cook.
