Friday 31 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 9.45am) - 200g yogurt, a pear and seed mixture. Oil/vinegar.

Lunch (finish 4.15pm) - 130g chicken in rye wrap with 135g grated zucchini and a few pieces of cos. A cup of stevia-sweetened peppermint tea.

Dinner (finish 10.40pm) - 140g garlic prawns and 145g broccoli and zucchini.

It's too late in the day to have an apple, I'll be up all night. Not sure what to do about this as it's one of the rules. I guess better planning and not doing it again is my only option.

Thursday 30 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 10.30am) - two hardboiled eggs, 110g zucchini and an apple. Oil/vinegar.

Lunch (finish 4pm) - 130g cajun chicken with 135g grated zucchini, cos in a rye wrap and a pair. This was the best wrap I've ever had!! And a pear.

Dinner (finish 11pm) - seed mixture, 110g smoked salmon, 145g zucchini and brocolli and mum's tonic.

Felt good up until about 5pm and then a splitting headache set in. I don't usually get headaches so they always catch me off guard. I tried to wait it out but it was throbbing by 6pm and I was still at work. At 6.20pm I had a black cup of tea hoping the caffeine would throw it off but it didn't work. Had plenty of water too.

At dinner I had mum's "tonic" which is usually lemon, honey, garlic and ginger. I had it without the honey and added stevia instead but it worked like a charm! I feel fantastic!!

I don't know if that drink is on or off plan but really, my waist is going to have to come second to a splitting headache. Especially since I was considering taking panadol or something else pharmaceutical for it. I'm happy that I don't have to, natural all the way :)

Harry, it's TOM at the moment and I always fluctuate in mood during this time. I'm still at a bit of a loss about the council rejecting my application to build a house but I'll eventually get there. Just need to keep plugging away. Thanks for your best wishes.

Wednesday 29 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 8.55am) - 200g yogurt, 100g kiwi, seed mixture.

Lunch (finish 3pm) - 130g smoked salmon in rye wrap with cos and cucumber, and a cup of stevia-sweetened tea.

Dinner (finish 8.45pm) - 145g cauliflower, 140g cajun chicken and an apple.

Feeling good today. Sooooo much energy, not hungry, I feel like the Engergizer Bunny lol

Having said that I feel in despair about the house situation. Amendments are a hurdle I can attack, starting from scratch isn't so much.

Tuesday 28 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 8.40am) - 200g yogurt with 100g kiwi fruit and most of today's seed mixture.

Lunch (finish 2.15pm) - 130g turkey in a rye wrap with cos and celery, and the rest of today's seed mixture. And a nice cup of stevia-sweetened tea.

Dinner (finish 8.30pm) - two hardboiled eggs, an apple and 145g cauliflower, oil/vinegar.

Yesterday I had a bit of a "feel sorry for myself" period when I realised (again) that when I was much younger and thought I was fat, that I wasn't. And now that I'm fooling myself into thinking I'm just heavier than normal, that I actually am. You know the old "I can't believe I am at this stage" and then "but I have no-one to blame but myself".

TOM has just arrived so that would explain that, but it doesn't make the emotions feel any less real. You know?

It's size distortion. I have to truly work on that.

Monday 27 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 8.40am) - 200g yogurt with a pear.

Snack - black, unsweetened tea (about a 5th of a cup)

Lunch (finish 2.45pm) - rye wrap with 130g chicken, lettuce, half a medium tomato and cucumber. And an apple and a cup of black coffee.

Dinner (finish 8.25pm) - 140g smoked salmon, seed mixture and veggies including half a medium tomato.

Really flagging today. I must have worn out my mental reserves because I was so bogged in the head that I would do something then wonder if I did it or just thought about it, and would have to go check. Then do the exact same thing a second later. I had to have some tea in between meals or my job, which relies on accuracy, wouldn't survive the day. I also had two confrontational conversations later in the day which I needed to be awake and alert during. They went surprisingly well. Not perfect, like they would have a few days ago, but well.

Sunday 26 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 1pm) - 75g edam, seed mixture and a big stalk of celery. This is amazingly filling and I really had to put work into finishing it!

Lunch (finish 6.50pm) - Salad of lettuce, celery, zucchini, spring onion, snow peas and smoked salmon (135g), an apple and oil/vinegar mix.

Went plant shopping today and got a bunch of plants that are natives from a specialty nursery. I love natives, they just have a nicer look I think compared to the imports.

Also bought a mallet. Watch out concrete, here I come!!

Oh and something else I've noticed on top of the mental clarity, I think my hair is actually getting thicker! I am now having problems fitting it through my hair ties to put it up! And I haven't changed ties. If anything they should be a little stretched from me using them so often. Strange!

Saturday 25 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 11.10pm) - two hardboiled eggs and salad of lettuce, cucumber and celery with oil/vinegar dressing.

Lunch (finish 5.35pm) - 130g turkey in rye wrap with cucumber and half a medium tomato, an apple and a cup of tea.

Dinner (finish 11.45pm) - 140g smoked salmon, the other half of the tomato and cucumber, a pear and the seed mixture.

Weighed in today - down another 1.85kg! Yay!

The bad news is I took in my food log and she pointed out the rules state you can only have the eggs up to three times a week (due to the cholesterol). I didn't know that, thought the only limit with them was once a day. Oops! Anyway, as you know cholesterol doesn't really worry me. I don't believe it's a good indicator of heart health in the slightest. I'll follow these rules because I'm following the plan. But I'm not buying into the cholesterol theory.

Has everyone here read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes?

Friday 24 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 10am) - 200g yogurt and a pear. Yesterday I thought I had 200g but forgot to take my scales to work so I had to eye-ball it. Not much left in my 500g tub now after these two servings - oops!

Lunch (finish 3.30pm) - rye wrap with lettuce, cucumber and 130g chicken and an apple.

Dinner (finish 9pm) - two hard boiled eggs, 145g cauliflower, oil/vinegar mix and seed mixture.

Went to the gym today for the first time in about three weeks (wow! Longest gap in a few years for me!!) and I had NO energy for it. I didn't have good co-ordination like I usually do, urgh.

Thursday 23 July 2009

Breakfast (finish 9.10am) - 200g plain yogurt with a pair.

Lunch (finish 2.30pm) - rye wrap with lettuce, red capsicum and 140g chicken.

Dinner - 145g cauliflower (I love cauliflower!) and 140g tuna with oil, an apple and seed mixture.

Had a great day, still mentally clear like yesterday. I'm loving this. I may have found my way of eating - my mental clarity is all the evidence I need :)

Thanks Harry! I'm trying. Still feeling cold. Actually I probably shouldn't have told the acupunturist because he'll probably have attended to that and I'm start overheating again hehe. Can't have it all!