Apple....
BREAKFAST: porridge with soya milk and handful of mixed berrieS
LUNCH: Hoummus and crudités (cucumber, carrots, celery, red pepper) and two rice cakes
DINNER:Vegetable thai red curry with green beans, red pepper, mushrooms, spinach, carrots, cashews, coconut milk and thai red curry paste with small portion of wild & basmati rice. Natural yoghurt with mixed berries.
SNACKS: Handful of walnuts and brazils, banana
EXERCISE: 2 ½ hours yoga
Lovely day today....well it is a Thursday and they are my favourite days of the week!! I get to spend all day immersed in yoga which I just love! So not much of a cardio workout today but felt very centred, calm, flexible and strong after my two classes. Thrilled that my legs felt fine after yesterday’s circuit training, my muscles are definitely responding positively to the extra work I’m asking them to do!
My food choices were ok today. I felt very organised as when I chopped my vegetables for lunch I also prepared what I needed for teatime. So, when it came to cook my curry everything was to hand! Very unlike me to be that organised....must be the yoga calming and focusing my mind!!!
Tea was a bit of a disaster though.....I didn’t know how much curry paste to add in so I put a bit too much. The taste was ok while I was eating it but really burnt my mouth afterwards!! I drank lots of water but it didn’t make any difference so I resorted to yoghurt with berries to put out the fire.. I felt much better after that! I would use the paste again but only a little next time!
Weigh in tomorrow....and another circuit training session to follow. I do hope I have lost a couple more pounds. I know its not all about what the scales say and who knows..maybe as I build muscle that will distort any weight loss as they say muscle weighs more than fat. I’m trying to focus more on dropping a dress size and I definitely feel a bit slimmer already! Funny though how much we all hang on what the scales say and how it can be such a huge motivation. Hope they are kind to me this week!!
Pear....
Breakfast: 2 slices of wheat free bread with 2 poached eggs and half a pink grapefruit
Lunch: 3 rice cakes with hummus and slick of chicken
Supper: Left over mince, potatoes and vegetables from previous day
Snacks: Handful of nuts
Exercise: 60 min dog walk
Oh did I have a rubbish nights sleep!!! Went off ok but woke about 1am, I think when I was trying to turn over but my legs ached so much from the exercise that I couldn’t get back to sleep, so I kept stretching my legs until eventually I did. Surprisingly when I woke in the morning and got up, my legs actually felt fine….how weird! I really thought I would be hobbling around as I did after the first session with Sue! Obviously her comment about it not hurting so much after a weeks exercising is definitely true. Still ,made myself a lovely breakfast and set off to work for the day.
I had a few moments during the day when I did feel hungry, but busied myself in paperwork, plus I only brought a few nuts, so had nothing to kep picking at, which was good. In the evening I had a meeting at my daughter’s school and a pile of ironing when I got back, so I didn’t even have time to think about food again. I would point out that both my husband and daughter did comment that I was in a bad mood and short with them. I didn’t notice myself, I thought I was just being a bit quiet or maybe tired, and then I thought maybe its PMT, which I know I will be due on shortly. Still we can’t be the life and soul every day now can we!
I was reading Apple’s Blog today and could relate quite a bit to her feelings towards food, and I would like to say that I think I over ate when I was cold, bored and stressed and would reach for a bar of chocolate or a glass of wine! I was surprised that even Sue had cravings and would grab a biscuit or cake and am a little worried that when this programme is finished and we are introducing all food types back into our diet that those temptations will be there again!
On a last note, my husband has just commented that tomorrow is ‘Fat Friday’, where everyone quits their diets!!....I can assure you I won’t be one of them!!
Me….
BREAKFAST: Porridge, berries, yoghurt, seeds
LUNCH: avocado rice cakes, banana, almonds
DINNER: salad leaves, tomatoes, olives, mixed beans
SNACKS: Apple, walnuts
EXERCISE: 45 mins ball class, 30 mins dog walk, 45 mins yoga
I had lots of energy today and had a lovely balance of time for me, time for work and time for friends and family.
I started back at yoga today which felt wonderful for my body and mind. I go to the Equilibrium Centre (see link on left under “my recommended websites” based local to Basingstoke which gives a warm and relaxing environment for yoga practice and the alternative therapies it offers. Mark, my yoga instructor (see link) seemed to know just what I needed today and the exercises and the meditation we performed were perfect!
The FAT-SCRAP TRIALS Day 13
1 comment:
It's fantastic to know that you have come this far and feel so much better than when you first started!
There are still a number of worries you are having..e.g your weight on the scales, what is going to happen when you "come off" the diet..and these are typical concerns of someone "on a diet". This is the problem with diets, people go off and on them, yo yo-ing from perceived restrictive eating to perceived out of control eating. I believe that "diets" control you, they tell you what to do and how you are going to do it. They do not offer you choice. They allow people to blame the diet if they do not achieve results. I am hoping that FAT-SCRAP will be different . It will help you to feel confident about the choices you are making with both your food and exercise and you will soon be confident to let go of your "diet" mentalities. Yes, we have made some restrictions to your food choices over these two weeks, mainly to see how these foods have been affecting your body and to encourage you to make alternative, healthier choices but you have not actually been restricted on how much you eat. You have not had to count calories or points, weigh food, combine only certain foods with others, feel hungry (accept when it has been an emotional hunger)and, from what you have told me, you have not really felt deprived! As you have already noticed, the changes you have been making to your food choices have had a positive affect, so hopefully you can feel more confident knowing that you can make healthier choices and that your body can run efficiantly and effectively on these foods. After the two weeks, the plan is for you to start making choices about which foods you are going to reintroduce into your choices, and when. This will allow you to feel more in control, give you the responsibility for your choices and the confidence that you can eat healthily and be happy!
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