| Okay Mary, I know I'm putting on weight with all my bad eating habits. |
| That's right. Chocolate bars, pizzas, and all washed down with litres of soft drink. |
| And with all the sugar in soft drink, |
| I think we can say you're definitely overindulging, don't you think? |
| I know, I know. |
| I intend to definitely stop drinking that from now on. |
| And that's part of the sensible eating plan that we have agreed we need to formulate - |
| one that we can both follow. |
| That's right, sensible, and practical - |
| allowing us to indulge in some sweet foods on occasions. |
| On rare occasions, |
| and we're going to cut out all the pizzas and hamburgers. |
| Well, not totally. |
| I thought you said pizzas could be eaten once a week. |
| You know how I like pizzas. |
| No. I said once every two months. |
| Once a week was ice cream, not pizza. |
| Yeah, that's because you like ice cream. |
| I prefer pizza. |
| Peter, if you want to lose weight, you need to be disciplined, |
| in both what you eat, and what you do, |
| which brings us to the issue of exercise. |
| That's right. |
| So, jogging twice a week, and hiking on Saturdays, right? |
| No, hiking is Sundays, |
| allowing Saturdays for the light walking exercise. |
| I've investigated, and discovered there are a lot of walking trails around this suburb, |
| with many beautiful places if you just look around. |
| So what's happening this Saturday? |
| A walk around the city? |
| That's later in the month. |
| This Saturday we'll visit Pine Park. |
| Hill Park is nicer, with great views, too. |
| Yes, but we have to travel too far to reach Hill Park, |
| so I ruled that out, and I love the smell of pines. |
| And what about the weekday meals? |
| Salads every night, I suppose? |
| No, it's important to vary the meals so that the food remains interesting and fun. |
| The only common factor is the fruit juice, |
| but otherwise we'll have a variety of healthy fare, |
| from salads, to fish, to lean meat. |
| I'd rather have meat every night, but you're the boss. |
| If you want to lose weight, you'll have to accept this program, okay? |
| Okay. |
| Now Mary, you said we could have a little treat in our diet plan three times a week: |
| specifically, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. |
| Yes. A very small treat, but something to reward us for all the discipline shown. |
| Such rewards will motivate us to continue the diet. |
| So, on Tuesdays, what can I choose? |
| You have a choice between a small serving of chocolate, ice cream, or biscuits. |
| Okay, well, I'll go for the biscuits. |
| I love those crunchy little things with my cup of tea. |
| So do you, right? |
| I do indeed, so I'll have them, too, saving the ice cream for later. |
| But I know how much you like ice cream, |
| so why don't you save it for the end of the week? |
| That will give you the motivation to keep going, |
| and you can have chocolate midweek? |
| That's a good idea, |
| but I think the most important thing is for you and I to eat different things on those other two days. |
| Well, if you think that way, |
| I'll eat the ice cream on Thursdays, not the chocolate. Okay? |
| Well, if you're having that, then I can't have ice cream. |
| In order to be different, I'll have the chocolate. |
| So, we can compare our different snacks, |
| and maybe even share a little with each other. |
| Exactly! And the variety and fun involved will take our minds of wanting more. |
| Eating for fun! A good idea! |
| And then you can have the chocolate on Sunday, right? |
| But I like biscuits? |
| Actually, I want biscuits again - to have with my cup of tea. |
| But you have the biscuits on Monday, remember, and we can't repeat. |
| Ah come on! This isn't fixed in concrete. |
| I can have them again instead of chocolate. |
| You might like variety, but I don't. |
| I'm a creature of habit. |
| Well, the whole point of this was to taste different snacks, |
| but if you want the same thing, okay. |
| I, for one, am sticking to the original plan, |
| with ice cream to finish the week, and not another dose of chocolate. |