OK, biscotti are healthier than most biscuits. They're definitely lower in fat (should be zero fat, just the chocolate on the outside of the one you had) and have some good things in them from the nuts...
Small liverwurst sandwich - shouldn't be too much of a problem, if you had wholegrain bread, no butter (shouldn't need it with liverwurst) and maybe some lettuce and a thin sliver of onion on it as well. Two devilled eggs - OK, good protein. And nothing wrong with having two eggs, either. They aren't loaded with fat, the small amount of cholesterol is no big deal, these days most dieticians are ignoring the cholesterol in eggs. But how much fat was in the recipe?
Raspberry snapple - I don't know that one. But if it's small and you only had one - OK, tomorrow is another day. You probably didn't do as bad today as you think.
Do not try to cut back too far, too hard, too fast. You will be setting yourself up for failure.
And don't be down on yourself. You had half a day of really good eating. You probably cut back too far in the morning, so you just got too ravenous in the afternoon. You need to be prepared to handle moments like that, by having food prepared, planned for, already there. Make sure that food is tasty, strongly flavoured (with flavours you like) but also permissible on your diet.
And for that, you need to be sure what your diet is.
Check the fat content on your liverwurst. I suspect it is less than butter. If it is, and if it DOES have some fat, then use the liverwurst as a spread. Put other stuff on the sandwich too, especially salad greens, a bit of onion, maybe some cucumber? And get wholegrain bread. Find one you really like. Some of the multigrain ones have some really nutty flavours in the seeds they add. I like the ones with whole sesame and linseed.
Devilled eggs - find a recipe you like, that is lower in fat. It sounds to me like you really wanted flavour. And a diet doesn't have to mean you give up the flavour.
I have some recipes you might like, if you let me know what sort of food you crave.
Where possible, you do need to prepare your own food. There are multiple reasons for this:
1) Processed, pre-packaged food tends to have high-carb, high-fat shortcuts in it to cut costs and speed up production. And to also have you craving more, therefore buying more, therefore making THEM rich.
2) If you prepare the food yourself, you know exactly what is in it. You are entirely responsible for exactly what is in it.
3) Food you prepare yourself is likely to be fresher, healthier, and a lot cheaper. Chances are it's better quality and more gourmet than anything you could buy that is pre-prepared. NEVER BELIEVE THE ADVERTISING which is designed to make you feel guilty and inadequate, if you don't buy their product.
Example: my sister in law bought a packet Caesar Salad. She made a special meal of it with her mother, they really enjoyed it. Then I made mother in law a Caesar Salad of my own. I still used a shortcut - I bought a dressing - but I used real bacon, real anchovies, fresh croutons, fresh eggs - and mother in law loved it.
We saw a packet Greek salad. We looked at the list of ingredients - then went home and made a REAL Greek salad, from scratch. And knew we had just eaten something wonderful.
4) Food you prepare yourself is not only made to your liking,it's made to your specifications - and it slows you down. Food that is packaged is too readily available. Our bodies are designed to stock up on food while we have it, because we just don't know if the next day's hunter-gathering will turn up anything to eat. Our bodies are still in hunter-gatherer mode, but we now live within coo-ee of shops loaded with more food than we can ever eat.
No wonder we all have to worry about our weight!
Let me know if you want some recipes!
Marg
