-change
Adapt what you normally eat; and what the family eat where possible. The good thing is I can eat mostly what they do, apart from the rice, pasta and potato. I never ate much fruit anyway. The big change is eggs for breakfast, but I really like it.
- easy
If it's easy it's no problem. Bean salad is a couple of tins of beans, a tin of sweetcorn and some seasoning. It's done in 5 minutes (and enough for the next day too). Serve with some tinned tuna: 1 minute. And maybe some frozen vegetables: 10 minutes. Keep the bean salad in a tub in the fridge and there's no excuse for eating something else.
- habit
Get in a routine. Even after my short time trying this diet, I like the routine: breakfast (up - eggs - coffee - water); lunch (bean salad - veg - tuna- water); dinner (whatever everyone else is having replacing rice with beans). Once again it's easy if you don't have to choose.
- beans
Beans are good. I actually like beans. There are loads of different types, so try some different ones. Some are not right, such as the Portuguese lupin beans I had mid-week. Still, it was worth a try.
- water
Drink loads. After beans, a few glasses of water make you full for ages. Also, loads of beans seems to make you thirsty.
- taste
Green Tabasco is my friend. Pepper sauce or chili sauce livens even the blandest bean salad up. Olive oil, wine vinegar, salt and pepper: all essentials. If it's too bland it's going to be difficult.
- hunger
Eat enough. Eat plenty of beans and follow it with water. Drink lots of tea. It's excellent without milk; and some infusions are really nice. Drink coffee.
- snack
Pickled onions and sun-dried tomatoes really take the edge of any hunger pangs. They taste lovely too.
- record
Just keeping track helps a lot. This blog is for me. If anyone else gets something else out of it, all the better. - fruit
No fruit? Who'd have thought?!
