Le riz

Hello beautiful people, how is everyone doing?  I hope the week has been great. Well, I am preparing for exams and still handing in coursework..I can't wait to be done. The weather has been gorge here as well and its annoying that I have to study and not get to enjoy the weather but oh well..I finish soon and lets hope the sun will stay out just for me till then :). Everyone has been walking around almost naked and I can't really blame them because the sun does not come out too often here. Half the year we are wound up in jackets and thermals so any opportunity to get some sun...they will jump at it. 

Anyway unto today's topic, I wanted to talk about rice...yes rice! hehehe. I remember when I started my weight loss journey, rice was one of the things I had to cut down on. This was bitter-sweet because rice has been my best food for the longest time and you can't go wrong with it. I went online and started doing my research and found out that I could have brown rice or basmati rice which was less starchy than the normal parboiled rice we eat. I got sadder because in the past I have come in contact with basmati rice and I hated it with a passion. Infact, if I went somewhere and it was basmati rice that was been served, I would rather not eat at all than eat basmati rice, thats how bad my passion for it was. Anyway, I decided that if I wanted to get on this journey, I had to put away my hatred for basmati rice and get on with the program. You want to know the story now, I LOVE BASMATI RICE! I use it to make any type of rice from the traditional rice and stew/sauce, jollof rice, fried rice, coconut rice, chinese rice anything I can incorporate rice in and it tastes yummmayyy!!! When I go out and I see regular parboiled rice, I almost feel weird and don't want to eat because I am so used to eating basmati rice. Apart from the fact that basmati rice has less starch than regular parboiled rice, it also has a low glycemic index of 58 which is not far off from brown rice which is 55. The glycemic index is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale of  0 - 100 according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after eating. Foods with low glycemic index have benefits for weight control because they control the appetite and delay hunger. It is also shown to improve glucose and lipid levels in people with diabetes. 

My philosophy about weight loss, eat in moderation and learn to cook your own food. Yes you have to give up on eating burgers, pizzas, and the likes from fast foods but you can still incorporate it in your diet when YOU make it at home, that way you know what goes in and out of the food. For instance, you can use brown flour to make your pizza and use low fat cheese for the topping, you can use lean ground beef or chicken to make the patty for your burger and use whole wheat bread in place of the regular white bread. There are ways for you to eat healthy and still enjoy the savoury taste of food while watching your waist line. It is all about determination and drive and trust me, you will get there. If I can do it, you can too. You can start by getting rid of all the white stuff e.g white bread, white rice, white pasta and replace with brown bread, brown pasta and brown rice or basmati if you can't do brown rice. I hope someone somewhere sees this and gets on that journey they have been dreading on getting on their whole life. Thank you guys for reading..until next time...au revoir.

P.S here is the link to where I got the information for the low glycemic index for those who want to read more on it http://www.glycemicindex.com/about.php

Miss Bee....xxx