Apple....
BREAKFAST: porridge with soya milk and spoonful of raspberries
LUNCH:Salad made with mixed lettuce leaves, plum tomatoes and left over rice salad from yesterday, satsuma, Innocent smoothie.
DINNERThai hot & sour soup with prawns, thai mixed vegetables and jasmine rice.
SNACKS ‘Nakd’ Apple Pie bar (half in morn and half in afternoon), packet of salt and vinegar snack a jacks.
EXERCISE: An hour and a half of yoga.
What a fun day! But full of challenges.... First I was on a course which always involves lots of lovely biscuits! Today was no different; there were chocolate fingers, dark chocolate gingers (one of my favourites) milk chocolate cookies...all there gazing longingly at me. I can honestly say though that I wasn’t tempted and I’d brought a snack bar with me which I had instead.
The biggest surprise for me today was my improved concentration levels. The first part of the morning is always quite hard going, a lot to take in and very complicated stuff. For some reason today I seemed to be able to listen more attentively and took all the information in so much better than usual. I wonder if this has anything to do with my diet?? I certainly hadn’t had a great night’s sleep as I only went to bed at 1.45am after staying up talking to a pal who’s staying with us this weekend! Whatever the reason I was thrilled and felt I got so much more out of the course than usual.
When I got home from my course I felt very tired. Partly all the learning but also the late night catching up with me. Normally I’d reach for a sugary snack at this point as my body was giving me all the signs it was hungry. So, instead I had a packet of rice cakes and then rather than eating something else or slumping in front of the TV...another place I’m guilty of eating mindlessly...I thought about what I really needed and went to bed for an hour! I felt so much better when I woke up and much more ready for a night out with my friends.
Dinner was at a Thai restaurant. I love Thai food! I did find the occasion slightly hard. I went with five friends and they all decided it would be really good to share the set menus. I found it impossible to say no and didn’t want to be the odd one out so I went along with it. I worried a bit about what I was going to get but I realised that just because it was there didn’t mean I HAD to eat it. So I chose carefully. I avoided all the crackers and the deep fried starters. I had the soup which Sue had told me would be a good choice, and tucked into the vegetable dishes with a little jasmine rice for my main course. I did have some vegetable red curry which may not have been as healthy as the green curry but I made sure I drained as much of the sauce as possible.
I was pleased with my choices but am a little worried eating out will affect my weigh in tomorrow. I’ve been trying so hard that I don’t want anything to spoil it!
The nicest thing that happened to me today was that one of my friends said I looked really well and radiant!! I’m sure that it was just a good choice of make-up but it made me feel great and what’s more that’s exactly how I FEEL at the moment...really well and radiant!
Pear....
BREAKFAST: Bowl of porridge made with water, spoon of Greek yoghurt and seeds
LUNCH: Fry Up! – 2 slices bacon, 1 egg, tomatoes and mushrooms
DINNER: Prawn/salmon sticks, chicken chasseur with veg and rice, homemade orange jelly
EXERCISE: NONE!
Yippee!!! Woke up this morning after having my best nights sleep of the week, thank goodness. I was beginning to feel so tired and lacked energy. Had a very lazy morning of doing really nothing, which I now think probably made me feel worse, because after visiting a new client and 2 hours of ironing, I needed to have a sleep, so had a 20 minute nap on the sofa!! Felt so much better for it, but did feel like I’d failed, as when I woke this morning I said to myself that I would get on the treadmill for at least an hour….gosh I must’ve felt brilliant!!! But that hasn’t happened, and I haven’t even walked the dog today!
I had a challenge in the evening; we’d been invited to our next-door neighbour’s for a meal. When I saw her in the week I did mention I was on a detox and wasn’t able to eat Sugar, Dairy, Wheat or Alcohol but I didn’t want her to go to any trouble (I thought to myself I would just try and make the right choices…and if it was only a plate of vegetables then so be it). What a wonderful lady she is, she had made a perfect meal for me, which we could all eat and enjoy, and again the only one drinking water! Its funny because I really thought Alcohol at meal times, especially when socializing, would be a real struggle to say no to, but this week I have breezed through it and am really proud of myself….I am however not sure if I could do this long term!
But then, who knows, maybe I can!
Me….
BREAKFAST: Porridge, natural yoghurt, berries, seeds
LUNCH: Ricecakes, humus, avocado, bacon, vegetable juice, Satsuma, grapes
DINNER: Steak, handful homemade chips, spinach, green beans, mushrooms, onion, tomato
SNACKS: banana, almonds, apple, corn crisps
EXERCISE: 30 mins dog walk (easy), 30 mins workout (medium)
At lunch time I was cold and had only prepared a cold lunch so decided to warm up the carton of organic vegetable juice that I had…it was delicious! Why have I never thought of that before? Instant healthy soup!! I have added it to a bolognaise when I ran out of tinned tomatoes, and that worked well too! I did find that through the afternoon, I still felt empty (possibly due to the workout yesterday!) and so grazed on fruit and nuts but didn’t want to eat anything heavier as I knew we were having a calorie packed meal later…and as you will have seen..Yes, I did have a few chips and a few tortilla crisps while we were cooking!!! …and yes, I had a piece of bacon at lunch time!! Ok, so these are high fat foods, and I wouldn’t recommend that you were to eat them all of the time, but just occasionally it is fine to eat them. We live in such a “fat phobic” society..always being told that “low fat” is the healthy option but “low fat” usually means “high sugar” and whereas fat does have some nutritional value, sugar (and alcohol) has none! Also, fat helps us to feel fuller for longer so at the end of the day, although it is high in calories, it may be possible that by having some fat in our diet, we might eat less! Of course the best source of healthy fats is from oily fish (such as salmon, mackerel and herring), nuts and seeds, avocado, Olive oil, peanut oil, canola oil, Vegetable oils (such as safflower, corn, sunflower, soy and cottonseed oils), flaxseeds and flax oil. These contain essential nutrients that our bodies need, and are thought to be beneficial in helping to prevent some diseases, especially heart disease and stroke, so are recommended as part of a healthy diet…..So, I am aware that yesterdays food choices were higher in calories than I would normally choose, and that’s is fine – fine because a) I am not on a diet..If I were to eat a low calorie diet everyday my body would just adapt to surviving on that many calories by lowering my metabolism (the rate at which I burn calories), and this is the last thing I want. I want to keep my metabolic rate high so that I burn lots of calories even when I am asleep!... And b) I will make sure that I have a lower calorie diet tomorrow to compensate..And C) I enjoyed what I chose today, I didn’t feel guilty about my choices and I am confident that 95% of the time I am eating very healthily, feel fantastic and will continue to do so!!
The FAT-SCRAP TRIALS Day 8
1 comment:
It's good to hear that you both responded to your tiredness with sleep rather than food and that you both had an evening out with friends and were able to still stick to the plan..so fantastic achievements!! Its interesting that you are both still in "diet mode" as you are still worrying about your choices and feeling guilty that you are either not doing enough or eating too much! I hope that after your weigh in, you will feel more confident that the choices you have made have been beneficial and have been worth the cost and worth the effort :)
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