BREAKFAST
Organic Sweet Potato Chia Crumble with Strained Greek Yoghurt and an Organic Green Tea ....
Green Tea is a wonderdrink in terms of weightloss. It speeds up your metabolism and gives you more energy to work out without the jittery effects of coffee. It also has a wealth of health benefits advocated with gusto by Dr. Jonny Bowden, including anti-cancer activity. How good is that?
I used to drink decaf black tea, but I needed to douse it with milk. I'd pour in about 1/4 cup of milk with every tea and it would start to add up the calories and lactose (sugar) very quickly. Green tea is the perfect antidote. Sugar-free of course.
Green Tea is a wonderdrink in terms of weightloss. It speeds up your metabolism and gives you more energy to work out without the jittery effects of coffee. It also has a wealth of health benefits advocated with gusto by Dr. Jonny Bowden, including anti-cancer activity. How good is that?
I used to drink decaf black tea, but I needed to douse it with milk. I'd pour in about 1/4 cup of milk with every tea and it would start to add up the calories and lactose (sugar) very quickly. Green tea is the perfect antidote. Sugar-free of course.
.... and I added a piece of sugar-free Chocolate Fudge. I take no responsibility for this choice. It was the PMS-Rat.
My breakfast went over calorie and carb budget, but I'll deal with that at morning snack time.
For now I have to psyche myself up to to a hefty HIIT session.
My breakfast went over calorie and carb budget, but I'll deal with that at morning snack time.
For now I have to psyche myself up to to a hefty HIIT session.
I got through that gruelling HIIT workout - just. It was infused with an intense hatred for the whole damn experience. It is so insanely hardcore that my whole body screams out for it to stop. I don't care that it's only 29 minutes long. I really don't know how I can possibly keep this up for the long term. I don't enjoy it a single bit, (other than the 1 minute rest periods between each round).
To be honest, I would much prefer to walk for 2 hours every single day than to put myself through this physical and mental hell for 29 minutes 2-3 times a week.
My overreaction this morning is possibly a PMS issue though, so I'll give HIIT another go next week. But to calm my jangled nerves I ate another piece of Chocolate Fudge (and swallowed an Evening Primrose Oil capsule).
To be honest, I would much prefer to walk for 2 hours every single day than to put myself through this physical and mental hell for 29 minutes 2-3 times a week.
My overreaction this morning is possibly a PMS issue though, so I'll give HIIT another go next week. But to calm my jangled nerves I ate another piece of Chocolate Fudge (and swallowed an Evening Primrose Oil capsule).
MORNING SNACK
A cup of Wild Sweet Orange Tea ....
.... a Hard Boiled Organic Egg + 1 Egg White ....
.... and a sugar-free gluten free Sesame Pumpkin Cookie.
LUNCH
Beef and Raw Beet Salad.
Skinny Bride Mission Recipe: Fill a large bowl with all sorts of organic chopped greens. (I used baby spinach, kale, basil, parsley, green beans). Add some chopped baby carrots, purple cabbage and grate 1 raw small beet. Dress with 1/2 a lemon juiced, 1/2 Tbs balsamic vinegar and 1/2 Tbs red wine vinegar. Cook an organic grass-fed 4oz beef burger and slice over top of salad.
Skinny Bride Mission Recipe: Fill a large bowl with all sorts of organic chopped greens. (I used baby spinach, kale, basil, parsley, green beans). Add some chopped baby carrots, purple cabbage and grate 1 raw small beet. Dress with 1/2 a lemon juiced, 1/2 Tbs balsamic vinegar and 1/2 Tbs red wine vinegar. Cook an organic grass-fed 4oz beef burger and slice over top of salad.
I added half a Grapefruit to my salad too.
AFTERNOON SNACK
Are you ready? It's a big one. In fact, I may as well call it an 'afternoon meal' rather than a snack.
The Rat is killing me. My appetite is through the roof and I'm in the worst mood ever. So stressed.
I ate an Organic Hard Boiled Egg ....
The Rat is killing me. My appetite is through the roof and I'm in the worst mood ever. So stressed.
I ate an Organic Hard Boiled Egg ....
.... and then another one ....
.... 1/4 Tbs All Natural Almond Butter ....
.... 12 Red Grapes ....
.... 2 Vegan Choc Coconut Cookies ....
(the last of the batch). Oh no! I love these things. But it's a good thing they're gone now. One important fact in the quest for weight loss is this:
You Must Vary Your Food Intake.
Otherwise your body adapts, just as it does with the same exercises day after day, and you end up stalling your weight loss efforts.
(the last of the batch). Oh no! I love these things. But it's a good thing they're gone now. One important fact in the quest for weight loss is this:
You Must Vary Your Food Intake.
Otherwise your body adapts, just as it does with the same exercises day after day, and you end up stalling your weight loss efforts.
.... and I had 1/4 cup of Blueberries to finish off.
Now I am full, but no less stressed. I have a headache and I want to go home.
As it stands, I won't make my 625 deficit today. I've eaten too much and it's raining so I can't walk home. I'm also not in the mood to exercise anymore today. I'm hating today. Everything about it. (This is not like me). Uuugggghh. But I know I shouldn't put pressure on myself to be bubbly and happy and positive all the time. Nobody is. It sure would fell a lot better to be stress-free right now though.
Now I am full, but no less stressed. I have a headache and I want to go home.
As it stands, I won't make my 625 deficit today. I've eaten too much and it's raining so I can't walk home. I'm also not in the mood to exercise anymore today. I'm hating today. Everything about it. (This is not like me). Uuugggghh. But I know I shouldn't put pressure on myself to be bubbly and happy and positive all the time. Nobody is. It sure would fell a lot better to be stress-free right now though.
At 4:30pm I had a Decaf Tea with Half and Half.
And I have made a decision. Tonight will be my Treat Meal night. Instead of stressing about getting more exercise in and fighting a losing battle against my hunger to simply put off my Treat Meal until tomorrow night, I'm going with the flow and listening to my body. I have the day off work tomorrow too, so I'll be able to eat clean and green and exercise freely.
Hmmmm, what to have?
And I have made a decision. Tonight will be my Treat Meal night. Instead of stressing about getting more exercise in and fighting a losing battle against my hunger to simply put off my Treat Meal until tomorrow night, I'm going with the flow and listening to my body. I have the day off work tomorrow too, so I'll be able to eat clean and green and exercise freely.
Hmmmm, what to have?
TREAT MEAL
I was a bit naughty tonight. I headed to WholeFoods at 5pm to stock up on treats. I swear PMS-mode is the wrong time to shop for sugar. But at the same time, it's almost impossible not to. I become so miserable in my attempts to fight the sugar urge and be 'good'.
I grabbed 2 types of cookies, a cake and some chocolate. I also picked up some Applegate Farms Roast Turkey Breast for protein. And a couple of Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Sticks.
Here's where I was bad. I knew I should take all this stuff home, delay gratification and spread it out on a plate before diving in.
But I just couldn't.
Shamelessly, before I'd even made it back to the office from WholeFoods, I was out in the rain ripping open my turkey package. I ate a snack-sized 2oz serve, then tackled the 2 types of cookies. Both were pretty sweet to my sugar-free tastebuds, but just what the PMS-Rat ordered. I then broke off 2 squares of that sweet sweet chocolate and melted into oblivion. The crazed chaos of New York rush hour dissolved into insignificance around me. Sugar is like a drug in my body. When I imbibe, nothing else matters.
I grabbed 2 types of cookies, a cake and some chocolate. I also picked up some Applegate Farms Roast Turkey Breast for protein. And a couple of Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Sticks.
Here's where I was bad. I knew I should take all this stuff home, delay gratification and spread it out on a plate before diving in.
But I just couldn't.
Shamelessly, before I'd even made it back to the office from WholeFoods, I was out in the rain ripping open my turkey package. I ate a snack-sized 2oz serve, then tackled the 2 types of cookies. Both were pretty sweet to my sugar-free tastebuds, but just what the PMS-Rat ordered. I then broke off 2 squares of that sweet sweet chocolate and melted into oblivion. The crazed chaos of New York rush hour dissolved into insignificance around me. Sugar is like a drug in my body. When I imbibe, nothing else matters.
Here's my Treat Stash.
Now, from a gluten-free product aficionado, let me tell you these products are the best. So many gluten-free cookies on the market are crumbly and floury-tasting whilst being overly sugared. But not these.
'Enjoy Life' make a range of gluten-free cookies, all of them spongey and chewy and fruit-sweetened.
'Pamela's Products' also stock some serious shelf space with a multitude of gluten-free cookie flavors. This was my first taste and I wasn't disappointed. The shortbread was pretty much identical in taste and texture to the real wheat laden thing. Buttery, crumbly, good.
'WholeFoods Gluten Free Bakehouse' make a freezer-full of goodies. I've only ever tasted this Carrot Cake and it's so good I recommend it to every Celiac I come across. It's plain and ugly but the most delicious thing you could eat. I fed a buttered slice to Dave tonight and he agreed. There'd be no telling it's gluten free, (and he is the toughest critic to please).
'Vosges Haut-Chocolat' is one of the best brands of Chocolate in the world. I grabbed a Red Fire Bar. This stuff is d-i-v-i-n-e. Mexican ancho y chipotle chillies + Ceylon cinnamon dark chocolate. Too good. Vosges was founded by a Le Cordon Bleu chef, Katrina, who worked alongside the great Adria brothers of El Bulli (the World's #1restaurant for many years). She travelled the world to study foreign cuisines, thus fueling her concept to 'Travel the World through Chocolate'. She seeks to draw awareness to indigenous cultures through a 'sustainable luxury chocolate experience', and boy, does she succeed. The layers of flavors from obscure herbs, spices, fruits, roots, nuts and flowers feeds a chocolate line like reads (and tastes) like a fairytale. She even makes a Chocolate Bacon Bar to die for.
Now, from a gluten-free product aficionado, let me tell you these products are the best. So many gluten-free cookies on the market are crumbly and floury-tasting whilst being overly sugared. But not these.
'Enjoy Life' make a range of gluten-free cookies, all of them spongey and chewy and fruit-sweetened.
'Pamela's Products' also stock some serious shelf space with a multitude of gluten-free cookie flavors. This was my first taste and I wasn't disappointed. The shortbread was pretty much identical in taste and texture to the real wheat laden thing. Buttery, crumbly, good.
'WholeFoods Gluten Free Bakehouse' make a freezer-full of goodies. I've only ever tasted this Carrot Cake and it's so good I recommend it to every Celiac I come across. It's plain and ugly but the most delicious thing you could eat. I fed a buttered slice to Dave tonight and he agreed. There'd be no telling it's gluten free, (and he is the toughest critic to please).
'Vosges Haut-Chocolat' is one of the best brands of Chocolate in the world. I grabbed a Red Fire Bar. This stuff is d-i-v-i-n-e. Mexican ancho y chipotle chillies + Ceylon cinnamon dark chocolate. Too good. Vosges was founded by a Le Cordon Bleu chef, Katrina, who worked alongside the great Adria brothers of El Bulli (the World's #1restaurant for many years). She travelled the world to study foreign cuisines, thus fueling her concept to 'Travel the World through Chocolate'. She seeks to draw awareness to indigenous cultures through a 'sustainable luxury chocolate experience', and boy, does she succeed. The layers of flavors from obscure herbs, spices, fruits, roots, nuts and flowers feeds a chocolate line like reads (and tastes) like a fairytale. She even makes a Chocolate Bacon Bar to die for.
I ate some more Turkey and my 2 String Cheese Sticks on the way home from work, before continuing my feast.
When I got home I mocked up my feast for this photo and added 2 thick slices of that ugly gluten-free Carrot Cake.
(Yep, I remembered to use the small plate this time!)
When I got home I mocked up my feast for this photo and added 2 thick slices of that ugly gluten-free Carrot Cake.
(Yep, I remembered to use the small plate this time!)
I had 2 cups of Decaf Tea with 2% Milk ....
.... a Coconut Lime Chia Slice ....
.... and this was my plate at the end of it all. Once again my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Thankfully my hubby-to-be is a garbage disposal unit on legs.
I am now over full and feeling disgusting. I much prefer to eat healthy.
Stupid Treat Meals. Such an enticing concept but so regretful once I'm done.
I never want to eat sugar again.
I had a negative deficit today. I know I'm not supposed to look at the numbers on a Treat Day, (or ever if you believe the new ways of the health and fitness industry), but it still hurts. I feel like I've failed myself today and I can't wait to get back on the wagon tomorrow.
I am now over full and feeling disgusting. I much prefer to eat healthy.
Stupid Treat Meals. Such an enticing concept but so regretful once I'm done.
I never want to eat sugar again.
I had a negative deficit today. I know I'm not supposed to look at the numbers on a Treat Day, (or ever if you believe the new ways of the health and fitness industry), but it still hurts. I feel like I've failed myself today and I can't wait to get back on the wagon tomorrow.
STATS
TOTAL CALORIES: 2880
CALORIE DEFICIT: -668
EXERCISE: HIIT 30 mins + Brisk Walk 40 mins + Elliptical Trainer 20 mins + Stairmaster 20 mins
CALORIE DEFICIT: -668
EXERCISE: HIIT 30 mins + Brisk Walk 40 mins + Elliptical Trainer 20 mins + Stairmaster 20 mins