Apple....
BREAKFAST: porridge with soya milk and mixed berries
LUNCH: Oatcakes with hummus and cucumber, salt and vinegar snack a jacks, Satsuma
DINNER: Mixed vegetable stir-fry – with green beans, mushrooms, red pepper, spring onion, spinach, cashews and left over rice mixed in, soy sauce
SNACKS: Handful of walnuts and brazils, Nakd bar – mixed berries (eaten half in morning and half in afternoon)
EXERCISE: Urghh!!! None!
I was on a course all day which meant and early start and late finish hence no time for any exercise, which I hate!! Really couldn’t have fitted any in today, nor will I be able to tomorrow so I’m just going to accept that and do more next week to make up for it. Sometimes in life you just have to go with the flow I think and I have to focus on my course this weekend and my family when I get home. I’m not going to feel beat myself up about that!
I was really chuffed with my food choices. I stuck to the plan even with all the temptations that came my way....first the biscuits..There were jaffa cakes, bourbons, chocolate digestives, ginger nuts, hobnobs and fig rolls and guess what?? I didn’t have any of them. What’s more I didn’t really want any of them either. Well, ok, maybe I did but I chose not to have them. I took a Nakd bar with me so I had something to snack on and didn’t feel left out. Second challenge...I walked to the shop at lunchtime for some fresh air and one of my course mates bought some chips!!! I have to say that I’m not a huge fan of chip shop chips so maybe it wasn’t such a challenge but I was pleased nevertheless that I didn’t mind at all eating my healthy lunch alongside her. So day one over...still got the same temptations to face tomorrow but I am confident I can handle them!
I was absolutely amazed that I could concentrate all day long on my course. I always have an afternoon slump in the ‘graveyard shift’ after lunch but not today!! I felt great all day, was listening more and felt I learnt much more than usual. I’m convinced this is down to avoiding wheat at lunchtime and I’m definitely going to continue with this, even when we can introduce it back into our diets.
I am looking forward to having some milk in my coffee and tea tomorrow, hooray!!! I’m going to choose skimmed milk though instead of the semi skimmed I’ve had in the past.
I’m not planning to introduce much more dairy into my diet. I always tended to reach for the easy option in the past of a chunk of full fat cheddar cheese for lunch but I’ve discovered much more exciting, nutritious and filling things to eat now that I don’t want that boring cheese any more!!
Pear....
BREAKFAST: Porridge with chopped Pear
LUNCH: 5 pieces of Sushi
DINNER: Rice Pasta, onions, garlic, chilli, baby tomatoes, chopped mushrooms and fresh prawns
SNACKS: 2 Rice Cakes with mackerel pate, handful of nuts
EXERCISE: None
I’ve had a really good day today, haven’t felt like any temptations whatsoever.
Started the day cleaning the house and resisted the ‘greasy spoon’ that my husband and the kids went off to for their breakfast as I had already eaten my healthy one. At lunch time I tried some sushi from the Sushi Bar in town which was so much tastier than the ones you get in the Supermarket.
When I was shopping I found it so easy to buy this weeks groceries. I bought lots of prawns, salmon, mackerel and tuna (looks like it’s going to be a ‘fishy’ week for me), of course loads of fruit and vegetables and a very large bag of porridge oats!!!
Tonight started as a bit of a disaster, which then turned out fun. After deciding to go for a meal and to the cinema and then finding every restaurant we tried was either full or had a long queue, we headed home! I cooked a delicious meal, and actually was pleased with myself that I didn’t choose to nibble whilst preparing it, and then popped to a neighbour where they were all drinking. I stuck to my statutory glass or 2 of tonic water! I must say even though they were all getting slightly merry, I could still join in and the bonus is in the morning I won’t be the one waking up with a fuzzy head!!!
Me….
BREAKFAST: porridge, berries, yoghurt, seeds
LUNCH: mackerel pate, tomatoes, rice cakes, Satsuma
DINNER: avocado dip, hummus, red pepper and feta cheese dip, olives veggie sticks and tortilla crisps, vegetable juice
SNACKS: banana, walnuts, ½ veggie juice bar
EXERCISE: 90 mins dog walk
I was stuck with a choice today..do I reintroduce some dairy back into my food choices or carry on omitting it as I am feeling so well and don’t want to “upset the apple cart”? In the end I decided to reintroduce feta cheese as it is made from goats’ milk rather than cows’ milk and is less likely to aggravate my symptoms. Also, this is the whole point of the exercise, to notice if adding a food back into our food choices has any positive or negative effects. So, I thoroughly enjoyed tucking into a feta cheese based dip. Also, I love goats’ cheese so I am crossing my fingers that this won’t change how I am feeling.
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When it comes to milk, if you can choose the organic milk as all dairy cows raised for organic milk production can not be given antibiotics and synthetic growth hormones. Plus, organic dairy cows must be raised on 100%-certified organic feed. That includes grazing on certified organic pasture grown without herbicides, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. Organic feed may not come from genetically modified sources, either.
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