BREAKFAST: porridge with skimmed milk and blueberries
LUNCH: Pizza Express Nicoise Salad with 4 small dough sticks
DINNER: 4 oatcakes with mackerel pate and cucumber, carrot sticks
SNACKS: Handful of dried apricots
EXERCISE: None today – day off!
How interesting....today was the first day I had eaten wheat at lunchtime for over three weeks and I felt terrible all afternoon and evening!
I was definitely fine before and during a lovely lunch with friends but I first noticed a change about an hour after I ate lunch. I was yawning a lot, really tired and lethargic. Just how I used to feel every afternoon before I started this eating plan. I felt I needed something to eat and normally in the past would have reached for a biscuit, chocolate or cake to make me feel better. I was really conscious of this today though and instead chose a few dried apricots instead.
I drove to school feeling very sleepy and started to feel quite headachy. I had enough to drink all day so knew I wasn’t dehydrated but made sure I had a large glass of water when I got home anyway. I went out in the evening with another couple of friends for a drink (just soft ones for me!) but I found it really hard to drive as the headache was right behind my eyes. During the evening I found it harder and harder to concentrate and although I’ve loved seeing my friends I feel really depleted of energy now and quite exhausted. Where has all my bounce gone?!!
As I’m typing this my headache is just getting worse so I’m off to bed. I’m hopeful I will feel much better in the morning after a good sleep – sure I will – but I am truly amazed with how I am feeling. Could it be the wheat in the dough sticks? If so, I am glad I had them and I feel like this because it’s a sign that maybe I should definitely avoid them and wheat in general at lunchtime especially in the future. This is all such a learning curve for me and with that I know I must have bad experiences as well as good ones to show me how my body reacts to what I put into it.
No exercise today! I decided to have a rest day which I have enjoyed though looking forward to our circuit training session and some yoga tomorrow!
Pear....
BREAKFAST: Porridge with Blueberries
LUNCH: 3 Rice Cakes with Avocado, prawns and grated carrot
DINNER: Homemade spicy bean burgers (made with kidney beans, cannelloni beans, diced carrot, onion, garlic, turmeric, ground cumin, chilli powder, tomato puree), large salad and jacked potato
SNACKS: handful of nuts and a banana
EXERCISE: 20 min dog walk, 2mile run/walk on treadmill
Well 3 nights full sleep was good while it lasted!! But again didn’t feel like I’d slept at all last night!! So got up really sluggish this morning, and was in the office for most of the day! I was surprised though after the workout session with Sue the previous day, my body wasn’t aching to the extreme it was after the very first session. Oh yes I’m conquering this exercise lark!
During the morning I had a little box of nuts which I worked my way through (I find that really satisfying and filling) and the day flew by. When I got home I wasn’t really sure what I fancied for tea. I’d been thinking about making some bean burgers so bunged some ingredients together and let them rest in the fridge.
After my preparation in the kitchen, it was still too early to cook, so got my gym gear on (well it was that or ironing!!) and went on the treadmill for half an hour. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and did 100m run/100m walk…phew I could certainly feel that in my legs. I was going to stop after 15 mins but carried on for the same again!!
Back to the bean burgers….they were delicious if I do say so myself. I even made extra…so I know what I’ll be having tomorrow night!!
Me….
BREAKFAST: porridge, yoghurt, berries, seeds
LUNCH: Rice cakes, avocado, houmous
DINNER: smoked haddock risotto, green beans, broccoli
SNACKS: banana, walnuts, Satsuma, ½ juice bar
EXERCISE: 60 mins dog walk
Well, my stomach was much better again today, thank goodness so more reason to believe that the dairy/wheat did affect it. I have also noticed that I am back to higher energy levels again.
One thing I am aware of is that I got through my period last week with none of the usual first day pain but this may just be coincidence. Having said that we know that eating foods containing lots of valuable nutrients, having adequate amounts of water and exercising regularly play a big part in wellness and I think all three of us can say that over the last three weeks, on the whole, we have felt very well and considering the time of year, when it is so easy to get run down and low, this has been a bonus.
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