Well, as the title suggests I've managed to make my birthday last all week (and it aint over yet!).
Not done anything at all proper this week. Been drinking coffee, eating cheese, chocolate, almond croissants (why are they so damn nice?) apple cream doughnuts (but Vida bought that it was NOTHING to do with me), Chinese takeaway, birthday cake and wine...a lot of wine. Ah well you are only 40 once. However I won't get to 41 at this rate!
Party tomorrow night, finish off the bad foods on Sunday, back on track for 2 whole weeks from Monday so I can go to Phil Richards nutrition course with a clean conscience.
In terms of how I feel eating off track --- crap. Mouth has a bad taste in it, more tired (and that isn't just the Early Risers Camp taking its toll), sluggish and heavy eyes. I definitely felt better getting rid of that stuff from my diet, but by gawd its addictive once you get back on it!
Had a lovely week birthday wise, the sun even came out. Made me realise I'd like more time off though, am working on that!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, Wednesday update
It's very interesting this...I've found this transition much harder to make than the original Elimination Diet. Tuesday I woke up and thought 'I can't face another salad, or vegetable'. Whilst I didn't go completely off the rails on Tuesday I did eat a LOT of dried fruit...bad news if you then drink a load of water. It just swells inside you! A lot of rice cakes too and the odd coffee. I did quite a few classes on Tuesday and had a late night with a massage client so didn't get home until 10.30pm. It was a weird day and thinking about food was a step too far.
Woke up Wednesday and felt ready to tackle the avocado salad for breakfast again. Had a good day all around. Did all my water and supplements and ate off the sheet pretty well. Whilst I had cold roast chicken with my salad for dinner its been a pretty vegetarian diet this one and it will be interesting to see how my body fat, weight and measurements have been affected by if after two weeks. Will have a weights and measures session on Sunday.
Vida and I offered to the Fit Camp ether the possibility of running an Early Risers Camp every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 0615-0700. We were really amazed at how many were really keen to join in, as a result the new camp starts next week. Well done you! Get up, get busy, burn fat all day. Job done! Can't wait to see what results they turn out.
Woke up Wednesday and felt ready to tackle the avocado salad for breakfast again. Had a good day all around. Did all my water and supplements and ate off the sheet pretty well. Whilst I had cold roast chicken with my salad for dinner its been a pretty vegetarian diet this one and it will be interesting to see how my body fat, weight and measurements have been affected by if after two weeks. Will have a weights and measures session on Sunday.
Vida and I offered to the Fit Camp ether the possibility of running an Early Risers Camp every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 0615-0700. We were really amazed at how many were really keen to join in, as a result the new camp starts next week. Well done you! Get up, get busy, burn fat all day. Job done! Can't wait to see what results they turn out.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Manic Monday
Right then, it would appear I am in a growth spurt. I haven't stopped eating! That's what mums say isn't it when their kids are hungry all the time?
Breakfast - avocado salad.
Went to teach Balance and Pump came home and had veggie curry on coconut rice and raw spinach.
Went to teach Balance.
Came home and just grazed all afternoon, apple,cashews (lots of cashews) nut butter on rice cakes, olives, it went on and on....
Went to teach Pump and Balance and got in at 21.30.
Dinner was veggie curry on rice and spinach again (it was late, I was tired)
Yoghurt, raspberries and nut butter. Then more nuts, I went nut mad yesterday.
Chatted on line with Vida, went to bed tired and crabby.
Breakfast - avocado salad.
Went to teach Balance and Pump came home and had veggie curry on coconut rice and raw spinach.
Went to teach Balance.
Came home and just grazed all afternoon, apple,cashews (lots of cashews) nut butter on rice cakes, olives, it went on and on....
Went to teach Pump and Balance and got in at 21.30.
Dinner was veggie curry on rice and spinach again (it was late, I was tired)
Yoghurt, raspberries and nut butter. Then more nuts, I went nut mad yesterday.
Chatted on line with Vida, went to bed tired and crabby.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Snacky Sunday
It would appear that being at home all day isn't very good for me. I just seem to eat all the time...
Breakfast: Feta salad and hemp oil.
Snack: Whole bag of dried mango, pineapple and coconut with added cashews.
Lunch: Olives, stir fry veg with quinoa.
Snack: coffee (allowed in moderation) more olives, handful of cashews.
Dinner: veggie and chickpea curry, coconut rice. Greek yoghurt, seeds and raspberries.
And in addition throughout the day 3 litres of water with bits dropped, poured or sprinkled in, all as per the protocol from Phil.
Been an admin day today, trying to catch my tail on Fit Camp bits, domestic chores and a to do list that still has more things uncrossed than crossed.
OOH! and for those of you who may have been following for a while, you will be relieved to hear that I passed my course that I was cramming for a few weeks ago. The project was marked and although I don't have the mark yet I do know I don't need to resubmit. That really is such a relief!
Staying on the wagon tomorrow. It will be a good test as I have 5 classes tomorrow, lets see how my strength holds up on all these leaves!
Breakfast: Feta salad and hemp oil.
Snack: Whole bag of dried mango, pineapple and coconut with added cashews.
Lunch: Olives, stir fry veg with quinoa.
Snack: coffee (allowed in moderation) more olives, handful of cashews.
Dinner: veggie and chickpea curry, coconut rice. Greek yoghurt, seeds and raspberries.
And in addition throughout the day 3 litres of water with bits dropped, poured or sprinkled in, all as per the protocol from Phil.
Been an admin day today, trying to catch my tail on Fit Camp bits, domestic chores and a to do list that still has more things uncrossed than crossed.
OOH! and for those of you who may have been following for a while, you will be relieved to hear that I passed my course that I was cramming for a few weeks ago. The project was marked and although I don't have the mark yet I do know I don't need to resubmit. That really is such a relief!
Staying on the wagon tomorrow. It will be a good test as I have 5 classes tomorrow, lets see how my strength holds up on all these leaves!
Friday / Saturday catch up
It's been a shaky start to Phil Richards plan. Perhaps it is because I went straight from the Elimination diet to this one, or perhaps because the change is quite dramatic compared to before. Anyhoo, Friday was pretty much a good Phil Richards day.
Avocado salad, soup and unyeasted spelt bread for lunch, goats cheese and spinach omelette and salad for dinner.
Woke up Saturday morning and had to have toast. It was lovely. Spelt bread toast, goats butter and sugar free marmalade, two coffees (going straight back to old habits there!)
Went and taught Pump, came home and had another coffee and then after running Laura to work went to teach Balance.
I think we can safely say it all went downhill from there! The rest of the day became a day off. Culminating in 2 glasses of red wine and a banoffee muffin Dale bought home from his day out!
I have three weeks before I go on Phil's course, so back on the wagon properly tomorrow to see how his regime changes me!
Avocado salad, soup and unyeasted spelt bread for lunch, goats cheese and spinach omelette and salad for dinner.
Woke up Saturday morning and had to have toast. It was lovely. Spelt bread toast, goats butter and sugar free marmalade, two coffees (going straight back to old habits there!)
Went and taught Pump, came home and had another coffee and then after running Laura to work went to teach Balance.
I think we can safely say it all went downhill from there! The rest of the day became a day off. Culminating in 2 glasses of red wine and a banoffee muffin Dale bought home from his day out!
I have three weeks before I go on Phil's course, so back on the wagon properly tomorrow to see how his regime changes me!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Feeling good - Thursday
Am all bouyed up and keen to get on with the actions from the Social Media course from yesterday, but before I can do that I have the small matter of earning a living.
Get up at 5.50 for early Pump class. Decide to change how I manage some of the water I need to drink on this new regime. Have the first water of the day with alkalising salts and then take next pint of water with me (with extra bits) to Pump.
Come home and have avocado salad for breakfast. Feel happier with that.
Do some admin then off to teach Vive for 11.30. Go and visit my friend Angela on the way home and ignore the plain chocolate digestives she plops in front of me!
Lunch -- ohh can't remember, think it involved rice cakes.
Massage late afternoon and then dinner was homemade burgers, spicy chickpeas in tomato sauce and salad. Its not completely on the prescribed plan, but I need to take it easy as I was a bit weak and feeble today after yesterdays lack of food.
Yoghurt and raisins later in evening.
Felt better today, just weak in Pump.
Watched Election stuff, got depressed with it all and went to bed!
Get up at 5.50 for early Pump class. Decide to change how I manage some of the water I need to drink on this new regime. Have the first water of the day with alkalising salts and then take next pint of water with me (with extra bits) to Pump.
Come home and have avocado salad for breakfast. Feel happier with that.
Do some admin then off to teach Vive for 11.30. Go and visit my friend Angela on the way home and ignore the plain chocolate digestives she plops in front of me!
Lunch -- ohh can't remember, think it involved rice cakes.
Massage late afternoon and then dinner was homemade burgers, spicy chickpeas in tomato sauce and salad. Its not completely on the prescribed plan, but I need to take it easy as I was a bit weak and feeble today after yesterdays lack of food.
Yoghurt and raisins later in evening.
Felt better today, just weak in Pump.
Watched Election stuff, got depressed with it all and went to bed!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Weak and wobbly Wednesday
Hmm, not good at all yesterday. Partly because part of the regime is quite a lot of water first thing in the morning before breakfast and I felt very sloshy whilst I was making my breakfast and also the thought of having to drink litres of salty water again made me feel queasy.
Had carrot and coconut soup for breakfast.
Was on a great course all day at Heathrow. All about Social Media Marketing and how to get a piece of the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn action. However I was lacking in enough food and felt quite rough through the morning. Lunch was provided, it was sarnies and fruit and so I ate a whole bunch of fruit, which was better than nothing but not enough. By about 3 I was eating myself from the inside so had a coffee and a flapjack. I don't care...it was enough to get me through the rest of the course and the drive home.
Had grilled lamb steak and roasted veg for dinner. Went to do a massage.
Came home went out for our second Race For Life Run and then needed to eat again so had yoghurt and raisins and coconut.
Bed at 11, but buzzing with all the info from the day.
Had carrot and coconut soup for breakfast.
Was on a great course all day at Heathrow. All about Social Media Marketing and how to get a piece of the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn action. However I was lacking in enough food and felt quite rough through the morning. Lunch was provided, it was sarnies and fruit and so I ate a whole bunch of fruit, which was better than nothing but not enough. By about 3 I was eating myself from the inside so had a coffee and a flapjack. I don't care...it was enough to get me through the rest of the course and the drive home.
Had grilled lamb steak and roasted veg for dinner. Went to do a massage.
Came home went out for our second Race For Life Run and then needed to eat again so had yoghurt and raisins and coconut.
Bed at 11, but buzzing with all the info from the day.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Day 1 - Next regime for a healthier me
So I am now following Phil Richards nutritional guidelines for the next four weeks. Why four weeks? Well I am off on one of his courses at the beginning of June so can let him know how it worked out for me. Its quite a lot different to the Elimination Diet and I won't bore you with the supplements I am taking each day, I'll just tell you how I feel.
The big ones to avoid still are sugar, alcohol, most dairy, wheat, and caffeine although in very small amounts most of these are still allowed.
Covered early Pump for Vida so had an early start and a concoction of water and various powders.
Breakfast was stir fry veg with cashews and seeds. Banana. (supplements)
Went to a massage client. Went to teach 2 classes.
Lunch: salad with quinoa and nuts and seeds. (supplements)
Went to a massage client, walked away with 2 mini-chocolate rolls and a bag of fudge. Pop those in the bag for another life. Went to next client and walked away with a bottle of white wine...put that somewhere safe for a months time!
Snack: I was ravenous, so had 5 rice cakes and a skim of butter.
Went to teach Vive.
Dinner: Grilled fish, salad and broccoli. Pineapple and raisins. (supplements)
Have drunk 3 litres of water today each one with carefully measured additions. Its early days, the first week of the elimination diet was tough, its just transition time!
Off on a course tomorrow, lunch is provided...might be tricky.
The big ones to avoid still are sugar, alcohol, most dairy, wheat, and caffeine although in very small amounts most of these are still allowed.
Covered early Pump for Vida so had an early start and a concoction of water and various powders.
Breakfast was stir fry veg with cashews and seeds. Banana. (supplements)
Went to a massage client. Went to teach 2 classes.
Lunch: salad with quinoa and nuts and seeds. (supplements)
Went to a massage client, walked away with 2 mini-chocolate rolls and a bag of fudge. Pop those in the bag for another life. Went to next client and walked away with a bottle of white wine...put that somewhere safe for a months time!
Snack: I was ravenous, so had 5 rice cakes and a skim of butter.
Went to teach Vive.
Dinner: Grilled fish, salad and broccoli. Pineapple and raisins. (supplements)
Have drunk 3 litres of water today each one with carefully measured additions. Its early days, the first week of the elimination diet was tough, its just transition time!
Off on a course tomorrow, lunch is provided...might be tricky.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Cheat Day - Monday
Well, I've had a whale of a time today! Coffee, wine, sugar...cheese! Although I do have to say that coffee gives me the jitters. I was extremely edgy this afternoon and I reckon it was the caffeine kicking in. Didn't like that very much. I've enjoyed my little break from the regime, but back on to a new track tomorrow.
Laura declared today she wanted to do the Race For Life. Not one to miss an opportunity to get her active and motivated I signed all three of us up to do the Reading race in July. You can sponsor us here we will run it all, no stopping! We went for our first run this afternoon, Laura already deciding it was a bad idea, but glad she made it once we'd finished!
Meals today:
Breakfast: 2 slices spelt flour toast, and no sugar jam. Coffee.
Lunch: choosing meal, bread, olives, sunblush tomatoes, stilton, ham, salad. Coffee!
Snack: olives
Dinner: soy sauce marinated duck breasts (bloody lovely - if you want the recipe let me know), ginger potatoes and broccoli. Apple crumble and dairy free ice cream...oh yeah and red wine!
Its been nice not to worry but I am looking forward to the next 4 weeks. Should be interesting!
Laura declared today she wanted to do the Race For Life. Not one to miss an opportunity to get her active and motivated I signed all three of us up to do the Reading race in July. You can sponsor us here we will run it all, no stopping! We went for our first run this afternoon, Laura already deciding it was a bad idea, but glad she made it once we'd finished!
Meals today:
Breakfast: 2 slices spelt flour toast, and no sugar jam. Coffee.
Lunch: choosing meal, bread, olives, sunblush tomatoes, stilton, ham, salad. Coffee!
Snack: olives
Dinner: soy sauce marinated duck breasts (bloody lovely - if you want the recipe let me know), ginger potatoes and broccoli. Apple crumble and dairy free ice cream...oh yeah and red wine!
Its been nice not to worry but I am looking forward to the next 4 weeks. Should be interesting!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Success! It's Sunday
So, here we are a day short of the 4 weeks. I am finishing the official Elimination Diet today and having what's known in the trade as a 'cheat meal' tomorrow. I don't like the phrase, it sounds devious. There is nothing devious about this I am declaring it here and now. Tomorrow I eat what I want!
There are two reasons for this. 1. I do think that if you allow yourself to stray from the plan for a meal a week you are much more likely to stay on track and in the long term be healthy and 2. From Tuesday I start my next phase into improved health and well being, I am starting Phil Richards' plan. This will be a more radical approach than the past 4 weeks and I know I want to stick to that as well as I can until June when I am going to Swansea on his nutritional course. One day off won't hurt! I shall be doing a more detailed analysis of progress on that one, as I think there will be some more changes!
Work today 1 x Balance for Auntie Vida who was on a train heading to Amsterdam.
Meals:
Breakfast: Avocado salad, seeds, hemp oil. 2 x slices rye bread with no sugar jam. Hot water with lime.
Lunch: Carrot and coconut soup (homemade, used coconut milk to make it creamier) not too bad at all. 3 x slices rye bread, snacked on olives whilst I was making it and a slice of ham. Greek yoghurt and something can't remember what.
Snack: Dried cranberries, strawberries and cashew nuts.
Dinner: snacked on a few olives whilst making, we had roast chicken, quick stir-fried potatoes, broccoli, red onions, chilli, peas and tomatoes. Greek yoghurt with mango and raisins. Hot water.
There are two reasons for this. 1. I do think that if you allow yourself to stray from the plan for a meal a week you are much more likely to stay on track and in the long term be healthy and 2. From Tuesday I start my next phase into improved health and well being, I am starting Phil Richards' plan. This will be a more radical approach than the past 4 weeks and I know I want to stick to that as well as I can until June when I am going to Swansea on his nutritional course. One day off won't hurt! I shall be doing a more detailed analysis of progress on that one, as I think there will be some more changes!
Work today 1 x Balance for Auntie Vida who was on a train heading to Amsterdam.
Meals:
Breakfast: Avocado salad, seeds, hemp oil. 2 x slices rye bread with no sugar jam. Hot water with lime.
Lunch: Carrot and coconut soup (homemade, used coconut milk to make it creamier) not too bad at all. 3 x slices rye bread, snacked on olives whilst I was making it and a slice of ham. Greek yoghurt and something can't remember what.
Snack: Dried cranberries, strawberries and cashew nuts.
Dinner: snacked on a few olives whilst making, we had roast chicken, quick stir-fried potatoes, broccoli, red onions, chilli, peas and tomatoes. Greek yoghurt with mango and raisins. Hot water.
May 1st - Saturday
I had a bit of a lie in today as there was no Pump this morning due to another event at the club, so got up and had my avocado salad, seeds and hemp oil. My husband accused me of being a rabbit, I did suggest that perhaps muesli everyday was bird food. I think we're even.
Did some household chores and admin before going to Balance for 11.30, had a banana on the way.
Lunch was a Spanish omelette with salad. Hot water and lemon.
More admin until it was time to go to our last Fit Camp of the session. Did the particularly nasty Accumaladder with them and they all survived it despite them thinking originally they weren't going to be able to. Well done to everyone, especially our trial people who came along to see what we did.
Once home snacked on olives and some rather tasty crisp alternatives from Tesco, the brand is Humdinger and we had pea snacks. They were a bit like chip sticks, rather nice. But ooh how I could have had a coffee right then. Just when I think all my cravings are gone I get one like that. Ah well they are definitely less than they were.
Dinner was tuna and veggie sauce with (brown rice) pasta. Yoghurt and banana.
Shared another packef of Humdinger snacks later in the evening, they were black bean crackers. Lovely, go try them!
Did some household chores and admin before going to Balance for 11.30, had a banana on the way.
Lunch was a Spanish omelette with salad. Hot water and lemon.
More admin until it was time to go to our last Fit Camp of the session. Did the particularly nasty Accumaladder with them and they all survived it despite them thinking originally they weren't going to be able to. Well done to everyone, especially our trial people who came along to see what we did.
Once home snacked on olives and some rather tasty crisp alternatives from Tesco, the brand is Humdinger and we had pea snacks. They were a bit like chip sticks, rather nice. But ooh how I could have had a coffee right then. Just when I think all my cravings are gone I get one like that. Ah well they are definitely less than they were.
Dinner was tuna and veggie sauce with (brown rice) pasta. Yoghurt and banana.
Shared another packef of Humdinger snacks later in the evening, they were black bean crackers. Lovely, go try them!
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