BREAKFAST: porridge with soya milk and handful of mixed berries
LUNCH: Oatcakes with hummus and avocado, orange, banana
DINNER: Vegetable stir fry with green beans, red pepper, mushrooms, spinach, cabbage, water chestnuts, cashews, rice noodles and soy sauce
SNACKS: Handful of grapes, handful of edamame beans, mixed berry trek bar
EXERCISE: 30 minutes early morning yoga stretch, 45 minutes circuit training.
I got up half an hour earlier today and did some gentle yoga. It’s so energising to feel my spine gradually stretching out and after my session I felt really calm and focused, ready to start the day!
Well the snow came and ...went! I was disappointed to see the flurries this morning as I was hoping to fit in a short power walk but as it happened I was too busy anyway.
I managed to eat a much better lunch today and felt so much better for it. No slump of energy mid afternoon, in fact I was buzzing by early evening and really looking forward to our circuit training. I had a trek bar before the session and I felt very energised and raring to go!! Very hard lower body workout tonight with lots of repetitions but I’m enjoying the way my body feels after it. My muscles have worked hard and it will be interesting to know how my legs feel tomorrow after all the squats and lunges!! I’m going to treat myself to a long warm bath now before having an early night. I’ve got a ton of things I should be catching up on but I know I will be more productive and brighter tomorrow after a good night’s sleep.
I felt I made better food choices today though too much fruit again...sorry Sue, I do listen to you really!! But I could eat a mountain of it!! I did ensure I had more protein today at least. Tomorrow I am going to chop up some carrots, celery and cucumber to snack on instead of fruit; maybe I could have it with some of the low fat lemon and coriander hummus I have in the fridge....mmm, delicious!!
I’ve been putting some thought to the emotional attachment I have to food and I’ve realised that this probably began when I was about 7 years old. I can clearly remember sitting in front of the TV after school eating my way through a whole family bag of Marks and Spencer crisps to ‘make myself feel better’. I think it is interesting that somehow I learnt early in life to equate being happy with being full. When I think about it now I guess that I’ve never liked feeling hungry – that horrible empty feeling you get in your tummy. And to me that empty hungry feeling is the same feeling I get when I feel sad, lonely, frightened... So I suppose I have always used food to squash down any of these feelings, and to stop any ‘emptiness’ creeping in. Understanding this relationship I have had with food in the past will hopefully help me to change it to a much more positive one in the future.
Hmm.... I do feel this is the start of a long journey for me, after all you can’t hope to repair 35 years worth of damage overnight, but at least now I feel I’m clearer about where I’ve been, where I’m headed and.. I’m finally on the right track.
Pear....
BREAKFAST: Bowl of porridge with soya milk and chopped pear
LUNCH: Bowl of Chicken and Vegetable Soup
DINNER: Mince with onions and turnips, potatoes, peas and carrots
EXERCISE: 45 min dog walk, 45 min Gym Session with Sue and Apple
Phew!! That’s all I can say!! From the moment I awoke to just now I haven’t stopped. Been so busy today with work and then dropping kids off at clubs and off to Sue’s for a Gym Session that I haven’t even thought about food as you can see from the above, its all been easy. Which was great, as when I’ve normally been so busy I wouldn’t be so organised and would therefore reach for the ‘naughty…but nice!’ treats in the cupboard whilst trying to decide what to have for tea!!
It helped so much making a big pot of chicken soup from Sunday’s Roast which I’m still ploughing through, and then this morning before going off to work for the day, I had some mince in the fridge which I cooked with chopped onion and garlic, and then threw in chopped turnips and potatoes….a meal in itself!
The session with Sue and Apple was HARD WORK!! Sue had a great big smile on her face whilst telling us our circuit; I think she’s enjoying this far too much!! But we went for it, wasn’t that impressed with all the lunges and squats she had us doing, but boy do my legs feel good tonight….shame I’m probably going to pay for it tomorrow though!
Now normally after a hectic day like this, I would now settle in front of the TV with a glass of wine to relax me, but as that’s out of the question, I’m giving myself and nice bath and an herbal tea!
Me….
BREAKFAST: porridge, berries, yogurt, seeds
LUNCH: left over prawn and rice, sweet potato soup with spinach, Satsuma
DINNER: Spaghetti bolognaise with corn pasta, beetroot salad
SNACKS: grapes, yogurt, banana, almonds
EXERCISE: 60 mins dog walk, 45 mins workout
I found myself waking very early today, but not ready to get up. Due to this I became quite tired in the afternoon and noticed that, for the first time, I wanted a quick sugar fix. This confirmed to me that tiredness=sugar cravings for me.
Normally, this would be the time that I would give in to my “healthy eating” routine and go for a biscuit or cake..and then probably, because I still feel tired, would then start on raiding the cupboards trying to find something to satisfy my tiredness. Today, I busied myself doing something I enjoy to take my mind off the feeling, which worked fantastically. I completely forgot about food and feeling tired!
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Apple, thank you for sharing with us how you have recognised that you use food to "squash down" your feelings. I am sure there are a lot of readers who will be able to identify with this.
If you recognise that you might be someone who is eating when you are not hungry, you might like to think about these questions.."What might it be that you are really hungry for?" "What might it be that you are feeling starved of?" "What feelings are you trying to smoother, push down, squash or stuff?"
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