Freedom within boundaries...

Another one of my super quick posts. Ahh... another perfect breakfast - TOTALLY PCP COMPLIANT. For those of you in week 1 who had concerns about there not being enough food - fret not! I had similar concerns when I began especially since I'm a big eater! Hopefully this visual example will help put your concerns at ease.

Apart from the above, I'm still also missing my 250mL of milk - part of my breakfast, which I will perhaps have in coffee later or something.

So this is  my ciabatta bread - one white with garlic and one wholemeal which I both baked this morning. Both turned out awesome with great open crumb (see below). On top of that some steamed egg plant, sweet potatoes, baby corn and brussel sprouts, as well as some grilled salmon steak. I love grilling the salmon such that it's crunchy on the outside (keep the skin too!), whilst still pink on the inside - like sashimi!

Anyways, reason which prompted me to blog is that this breakfast (apart from being sizeable) reminded me of one of the more memorable mottos at my ex-company. They had many mottos, but one which stuck in mind more was "freedom within boundaries". I.e. they let us do whatever we want (within limits... and as long as we  made money for them. :p). PCP diet reminds me of this motto, as we are allowed to eat pretty much anything we want! (within boundaries of preparation and balanced proportions).

Whenever I tell people about PCP, and there being a diet component, the first reaction is usually a negative one. When people think diets and scales, they think of restricted eating as well as mandatory cutting of random foods from the diet. I don't blame them. There seems to be so many fad diets out there these days. One friend of mine was doing another one the other day which only allowed her to have some type of maple syrup water - and NO FOOD - for a number of days... doesn't sound very healthy does it? Neither sustainable. Weighing food is often associated with negative connotations of food restriction rather than of control - whether that be from eating too much OR too little.

Anyways, I'm starting to ramble a bit but for people just starting out, take comfort that you may feel hungry sometime over the first 1-2 weeks, but as your body adjusts, and more importantly as food intake ramps up over the coming weeks, you'll get fed plenty, of food, and be open to plenty of variety.

Bon appetit!