Apple....
BREAKFAST: a banana and 3 dried apricots
LUNCH: Oatcakes a couple with tomato puree and a couple with houmous and slice of cucumber on each. Bag of salt and vinegar snack a jacks. Two satsumas.
DINNER: An avocado with wild rice salad – made with wild and basmati rice, dried apricots, toasted flaked almonds, raisins and natural yoghurt. 3 sesame rice cakes.
SNACKS: An Innocent smoothie and a ‘Nakd’ Cocoa Loco bar
EXERCISE: An hour of yoga.
Felt fabulous today! Emotionally feeling really strong which is something I rarely feel on a diet. I’ve listened to what Sue told us about changing our attitude towards what we eat...choosing the right foods in a positive way rather than focusing on what we can’t have. That’s really working for me at the moment.
That said I had a bit of a nightmare with my food today! Breakfast was rushed and wasn’t nutritionally balanced at all! This was partly my fault as I got up later than usual which in turn threw out my whole morning routine. Then my eldest son decided that he would choose today to try and make scrambled eggs for the first time. Bit of a disaster...we only had one egg which he managed to crack all over the table, floor and his clothes, everywhere in fact but into the bowl it was heading for!! All in all I ran out of time sorting it all out and as usual I put myself and my breakfast at the bottom of the list and ended up grabbing something whilst heading out of the door.
Then I had two clients back to back this morning, the second of which ran into the afternoon so I didn’t sit down to lunch until 2pm. Amazingly I didn’t feel as hungry as I usually would be and I wasn’t tempted to stray off the plan but..I did eat my snack a jacks whilst I was preparing my oatcakes!
I had a bit of disappointment in Tesco..I set my heart on some falafel and couscous with salad for dinner only to discover that couscous is made from wheat (I never realised that!!) and the ready- made falafel had some wheat and sugar in the list of ingredients. What a shame! I bought some ready-made mushroom burgers instead, checking they didn’t contain anything not on the plan but didn’t fancy them when I got home. Did make a great discovery in the ‘free from’ section though...Nakd bars!! They are gorgeous and best of all made with completely natural ingredients, no wheat, no dairy and no added sugar!! Check out the website www.eatnakd.com and I love their description - ’Natural never tasty so naughty...’
I ran out of time in the late afternoon/evening to eat before I went to my class so I ended up eating when I got home at 9.15pm. I know I lacked some vegetable portions today which I’m cross with myself about.
So, I guess I’m sad I didn’t organise myself better today but pleased I stuck to the diet and have promised myself I will do better tomorrow. Interestingly I had a diet coke this evening and feel really uncomfortably bloated now. I don’t drink fizzy drinks that often but I don’t like the way it’s made me feel so I think I’ll mainly avoid them in future.
I’m looking forward to this weather improving so I can get out for a walk in the fresh air next week. I find it energising and really helps me to re-focus. I’ve enjoyed my exercise this week but it’s mostly been inside.
Am looking forward to my course tomorrow and it will be a temptation challenge!! There are always lots of lovely biscuits to tuck into at coffee time. I’ve decided to take another Nakd bar – Apple Pie this time! Made with dates, oats, raisins, apples, peanuts, almonds and walnuts...sounds delicious! I’m going to have half in the morning and half in the afternoon and take a healthy packed salad with me so I won’t (hopefully!) be tempted to stray towards those cookies!
Pear....
BREAKFAST:Bowl of porridge made with soya milk with strawberries and blueberries
LUNCH:2 egg omelette with chopped tomatoes, courgette and mushrooms
DINNER:Tuna Nicoise Salad with new potatoes, lettuce leaves, pepper, French beans and spring onion dressed with a mix of olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar and salt and pepper
SNACKS:Banana with handful of nuts and 2 oatcakes spread with humous
EXERCISE: Walk dog for 60 mins
Oh no another bad nights sleep, I would have thought after the day I had yesterday, I would have slept like a baby, its always the way isn’t it, when you really need a good nights sleep you cant get one! Fingers crossed for tonight!
So, haven’t really got that much to say about today, it was a bit of a non event, just the usual work, walking the dog, housework, cooking supper. I did today though feel really hungry (the hungriest I’ve felt all week) do you think its because I did so much yesterday? I even opened the snack cupboard….TWICE!!! But closed it again quickly and made a drink instead!
I think I should’ve gone and done some exercise as well, but I didn’t have the energy. Isnt it funny how yesterday, I had loads of energy and today I’m wiped out!
Well I’m off to make a herbal tea, as even though I had a large salad, I’ve got that empty feeling and don’t want to ruin my last 5 days by picking at something ‘naughty’!
Me....
BREAKFAST: Porridge, natural yoghurt, berrries, seeds
LUNCH: Quick chilli, satsuma
DINNER: salad leaves, olives, beetroot, humus, cherry tomatoes, rice cakes
SNACKS: apple
EXERCISE: 60 mins dog walk, 30 mins dog walk.
Suddenly realised it was 1.30, I was hungry and fancied something warming but I had nothing prepared so through together a make shift chilli using a tin of tomatoes, some chilli flakes, onion powder and garlic flakes, adding some tinned mixed beans, a green pepper and some left over cooked brown rice, which turned out to be very satisfying and tasty..who says you can't cook healthy fast food?!!
Day 7
2 comments:
Apple, Well done for managing to eat something for breakfast..and making it a healthy choice!I am surprised that you weren't feeling hungry by lunch time though!! Great find on the Nakd bars, they sound delicious, and similar to the ones I make by taking all those ingredients amd mixing them together in a food processor.
Interesting comment re diet coke..there is a lot of debate out there as to whether diet drinks are a better choice. There is a good article about why artificial sweeteners can be detrimental to your waistline here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/14/Artificial-Sweeteners-Dont-Fool-Your-Brain.aspx
Great to hear that you have planned ahead for the hurdle of the Course temptations tomorrow, and that you are going to have half the Nakd bar as each snack..this will give you 100 calorie snack rather than 200!
Pear, sorry to hear you are still not sleeping well. Sleep plays an important role in fat loss and this is something we need to address. Natasha Selby is a reflexologist (see recommmended websites for details) and has very kindly offered you a reflexology treatment to help with this.
Your energy levels could well be low from all the exercise you did yesterday, and that would also account for your hunger levels today..so its good to listen to your body and respond accordingly. Rest is as important as sleep, as it is when your body repairs itself, and eating is important to refuel energy stores. It is also important to remember that you are not "on a diet"... you are making healthier choices!!
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