Weaknesses..and what's cooking good looking!

If you're wondering why I called this blog "My Little Pot Belly" it's because since my last year of high school (2000) I have always been self consicous of my stomach. Ok so it's not huge or round but I have little roll/pot belly. I make sure what clothes I wear to disguse this belly. I remember saying to my sister in law the other day, I would be completely happy with my body if I had a flat stomach. She said to me to get a flat stomach I would have to not eat, which is correct. And maybe because I do have a HUGE love for carbs and it doesn't really help. I have succeeded with two diets where I achieved my flat stomach but of course I go back to my old ways. One diet was only for health reasons and the other was from a 6 week challenge I did last year at my gym. It was fantastic and I did really well. I only lost 1.6kg but that's alot but enough for my body weight. My main goal is to maintain a healhty lifestyle and eating habit. Not DIET! I hate the word diet, I think it should be BANNED!

Here are my weaknesses:

Fizzy drinks

Bread

Potatos

Hot chips

Potato chips

All fast food restaruants

Chocolate

Ice-cream

You're thinking that's all of mine too? the problem is I ate all if this when I was younger and never put weight on. AS I am getting older I have to watch what I eat as I can't eat all of this all the time. My main battle is snacking, I need to slow down on them and watch what type of snack I eat. But with the dinner side everythings fine, I love cooking and I love trying new recipes. Tonight I tried a new recipe a vegetarian one. I got the recipe from this months issue of the Healthy Food Gudie Australia. I actually wasn't too keen on the taste but I still ate it anyway.

sweet potato curry with rice

It's filled with potato, sweet potato, peas and kidney beans. I was meant to put in baby spinach but I couldn't find any and yoghurt as I am lactose intolerant so I left that out just to be safe. The other half will eat this on nightshift tomorrow night. He's such a great sport I am always willing to try a new recipe and if I don't like it he always finishes his off.

This recipe is

LOW FAT'

HIGH PROTEIN

HIGH FIBRE

HIGH IRON

If you would like the recipe let me know and I will be happy to post it up for you all. Next week I will show you my weekly menu plan where I plan out my food for the week.

What did you eat for dinner?