I am not one to diet. It’s a combination of multiple reasons. For one, I really enjoy eating savory dishes as well as making deserts to share.
Do I have the will power to just make them and not eat them? Yes, but I want to be able to eat a piece of my delicious chocolate torte.
If I truly believed in the necessity of my diet, then I think I could do it, but I don’t. I don’t believe in limiting myself or not eating certain things at this moment.
Another reason is that, healthwise, I don’t need to. I don’t have diabetes, or high blood sugar, etc. I am relatively healthy and as long as that is the case, I don’t see a reason to change. While I can live diet free, I would like to do so.
I want to be able to have my cake and eat it too.
I have eaten an egg custard bun I made myself almost every evening.
Some might argue that’s excessive or too much. But I spent hours making them, I know exactly what is in them. I don’t go out and buy them and get instant gratification and eating ability. I need to make them, and steam them, and freeze them. It’s a whole process that I take the time out of my week to do for myself.
Someone once told me that, in moderation, you could eat anything you wanted as long as you made it yourself. I could do that. I mostly do that. I don’t eat hamburgers and fries everyday, because I wouldn’t want to make that everyday. I like salads, and steaks, and peppers. I like a healthy variety, I love chick peas and curries. I like salads and vegetables. I like trying to find every color for my salads. I like making my own things, my own face lotions, my own salad dressing, my own dumplings.
It naturally sorts itself out in moderation because I don’t have the time to make custard bungs everyday, I need to ration them out before the next moment I can make them. It’s like a control on how much I eat by how much I’m willing to make. And so far, it’s working.