Sorry, no blog today as I am away on holiday but will catch up with you again on Monday.
Pear....
BREAKFAST: Greek Yoghurt with blueberries and seeds
LUNCH: 3 Rice Cakes – 1 with mashed avocado and tuna
DINNER: Nicoise Salad – salad leaves, pepper, tomatoes, green beans, anchovies and a tuna steak
SNACKS: Banana and half a vegetable juice bar
EXERCISE: 30 mins cardiovascular training session with Sue and Apple
I’ve had a really good day today (despite the lack of sleep). We had an early session with Sue this morning, which was great to get the day started. We only had time for half an hours exercise today, but that didn’t stop Sue from working us hard. We only used the step and rowing machines and did 20 second spurts of as fast as we could go with a 10 second rest. Repeated this 4 times, rotated machines and did the same we then repeated the circuit 4 times. It was hard work but felt like I had really worked hard. It just goes to show even if you only have ½ hour free in your day, you can still fit in a good work out!
I must say I did have loads of energy for the rest of the day, but by 8pm I was ready for my bed. That didn’t happen though as was picking up my son at 11pm. I’m just hoping now that because I’m so tired and going to bed later than normal, I WILL sleep well!
Me….
BREAKFAST: porridge, yoghurt, berries, seeds
LUNCH: cottage cheese and pineapple, rice cakes, orange
DINNER: Thai green curry with fish, sugar snaps, bean sprouts, green beans, rice
SNACKS: banana, walnuts, oats with milk and sultanas, pistachio nuts
EXERCISE: 60 mins dog walk
I woke up feeling ravenous, must have been all the exercise yesterday and the fact that I hadn’t had any starchy carbohydrates with my dinner. I know that following a low carb diet would leave me feeling very tired and hungry but I do now believe that wheat is not a great source of carbohydrates for me. So, I tucked into my breakfast at 7am….then my snack of fruit and nuts at 11am..my lunch at 2pm…another snack at 3pm…another snack at 4pm and dinner at 5.30pm…at which point I felt as if I had filled myself up again!! This brings me to another good point about weight loss….
It is important that food is eaten regularly so that the metabolism is kept burning and the body doesn’t go into starvation mode. You need to show your body that it can use your stored body fat as a fuel rather than use valuable muscle. Through exercising and eating regularly you will be burning body fat and feeding your muscles.
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Pear, just looking at your food choices here and noticed that you hardly had any starchy carbohydrates e.g. potato, rice, oats. You may find that tomorrow you have low energy levels because of this, or you may feel more hungry than usual as your body may tell you it needs this energy source. Perhaps next time you have a salad you could think about adding some potato or even some beans, like kidney beans.
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