Wednesday 19 Oct.
Breakfast: muesli & milk, half a banana, cup of coffee (1 sugar)
Snack: -
Lunch: chicken & veg stir-fry in sauce, with lemongrass chicken *no rice or noodles* (at food court) & a can of Coke Zero
Snack: 1 glass of milkshake made with soy milk, 1 banana, 1/2 punnet of strawberries
Dinner: 1 corn cob, & large salad with cold meats (as per Tuesday night [without cheese], with 2 tablespoons of dressing - made from whole egg mayo, dijon mustard, olive oil & dill pickle)
Snack: 1/2 glass of milkshake (from earlier), cup of tea
Water: 1800ml water
Exercise: -
Pretty hot day today! Same expected tomorrow, and humid. Gotta keep up the water consumption! ;)
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
JFDI-
Okay, so a line I read on a friend's blog has really stuck in my mind recently.... JFDI - which means Just F*cking Do It !!! So for the past 2 days I've actually been giving thought to what I put in my mouth. There is still room for improvement, but it's a start!
Monday 17 October 2011 *weight: 115.2kg*
Breakfast: Fruit salad (1/4 grapefruit, 1/2 orange, 1 kiwi fruit) with 1/4 cup cereal & approx 1/2 cup milk
Morning Snack: Medium skim latte (1 sugar)
Lunch: 1 banana, 95g tuna in oil (drained)
Afternoon Snack: cup of coffee (1 sugar)
Dinner: Large serve chicken & veg stir-fry with rice noodles
Evening Snack: 2 cups of tea, 2 chocolate wagon-wheel biscuits, 1 plain spice biscuit
Water: 1200ml + 2 glasses of sparkling mineral water
Exercise: 20 min morning walk with Peter
Tuesday 18 Oct.
Breakfast: 1 banana
Morning Snack: pack of 4 sesame snacks
Lunch: 1 orange
Afternoon Snack: handful of chips & half a Boags beer
Dinner: Large serve of salad (leafy greens, fresh herbs, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, bean sprouts, snow peas, avocado) - no dressing. With cheese, kabana, ham & turkey.
Evening Snack: 1 cup of tea, 1 cup of coffee (1 sugar), 1 chocolate coated biscuit, 2 plain spice biscuits, 1 mango (yum!)
Water: 1500ml water
Exercise: 20 ab crunches
On looking back at this (written down), I feel that I need to have more food in the first half of the day, and cut down on sweets at the end of the day - One step at a time though! I have been making an effort to have less carbs - such as potato, pasta, rice, bread, etc - not cutting them completely, just reducing the amounts & replacing them with more fresh fruit & vegetables which I'd previously been not eating enough of. At one stage in the past (when I was following the Sure Slim program) I cut right back on carbs & ate protein with every meal - and after a few weeks received several comments about how much my mood had improved, and that my general disposition was much more positive (without me even noticing!) These days I'm so irritable and moody, anything to help me feel better would be great!
Anyway, I'm occasionally re-discovering what "hunger" feels like, as it's generally just so easy to eat because it's comforting, or habitual, or crunchy / cool / soft / warm / salty / sweet / tasty..... etc. As I said, there's plenty of room for improvement, but YAY! I'VE MADE A START!
Monday 17 October 2011 *weight: 115.2kg*
Breakfast: Fruit salad (1/4 grapefruit, 1/2 orange, 1 kiwi fruit) with 1/4 cup cereal & approx 1/2 cup milk
Morning Snack: Medium skim latte (1 sugar)
Lunch: 1 banana, 95g tuna in oil (drained)
Afternoon Snack: cup of coffee (1 sugar)
Dinner: Large serve chicken & veg stir-fry with rice noodles
Evening Snack: 2 cups of tea, 2 chocolate wagon-wheel biscuits, 1 plain spice biscuit
Water: 1200ml + 2 glasses of sparkling mineral water
Exercise: 20 min morning walk with Peter
Tuesday 18 Oct.
Breakfast: 1 banana
Morning Snack: pack of 4 sesame snacks
Lunch: 1 orange
Afternoon Snack: handful of chips & half a Boags beer
Dinner: Large serve of salad (leafy greens, fresh herbs, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, bean sprouts, snow peas, avocado) - no dressing. With cheese, kabana, ham & turkey.
Evening Snack: 1 cup of tea, 1 cup of coffee (1 sugar), 1 chocolate coated biscuit, 2 plain spice biscuits, 1 mango (yum!)
Water: 1500ml water
Exercise: 20 ab crunches
On looking back at this (written down), I feel that I need to have more food in the first half of the day, and cut down on sweets at the end of the day - One step at a time though! I have been making an effort to have less carbs - such as potato, pasta, rice, bread, etc - not cutting them completely, just reducing the amounts & replacing them with more fresh fruit & vegetables which I'd previously been not eating enough of. At one stage in the past (when I was following the Sure Slim program) I cut right back on carbs & ate protein with every meal - and after a few weeks received several comments about how much my mood had improved, and that my general disposition was much more positive (without me even noticing!) These days I'm so irritable and moody, anything to help me feel better would be great!
Anyway, I'm occasionally re-discovering what "hunger" feels like, as it's generally just so easy to eat because it's comforting, or habitual, or crunchy / cool / soft / warm / salty / sweet / tasty..... etc. As I said, there's plenty of room for improvement, but YAY! I'VE MADE A START!
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Okay,
Well this whole weight-loss lifestyle change issue has certainly been on my mind a lot lately!
It's good though, because if I'm not totally ignoring the issue, I'm more likely to make positive choices...
Meanwhile, I've been feeling somewhat unsettled (and consequently quite moody!) lately. In the past 3 years, my fiancé and I have moved house 5 times due to work changes, lease terms, and circumstances beyond our control. I'm kind of attached to the current house we're renting, and have made my biggest gardening effort to date - as a way of saying to the universe "I want to stay put for a while!" But alas! We've just been informed that the owner is putting the house on the market. I wish we were in a position to buy it - it's quite charming with it's sun-filled rooms, creaky wooden floor boards and lightly cracked walls... But with one income between us, and existing debts - sadly, it just isn't possible. There is of course a chance that someone will buy the house as an investment property and we can stay - but we have no control over that, and no way of knowing if our lease can or will be cut short either! Very unsettling... Moving is so costly, hard work, and our furniture is looking a bit worse for wear these days too!
Ah, the old saying "Everything happens for a reason" springs to mind. We will just have to wait and see.
Anyway, this weekend I spent a good ten hours gardening! Pruning trees, weeding, re-potting plants, moving a few large garden rocks around... Then decided to clear the rear carport of storage clutter so that I could finally set up the outdoor table and chairs and enjoy my little tranquil garden. A big task! In amongst that, my fiancé took me for a "half hour walk" which lasted 50 minutes! He introduced me to a walking/bike track I didn't know about, with some great scenery and heaps of trees. Some really inspiring places for stopping to picnic, sketch, photograph, or just think quietly. I really should start walking regularly...
So I feel a bit proud of myself for having such a physically active weekend, but my muscles are quite sore! I hope that I haven't overdone it, and that fibromyalgia symptoms won't be aggravated. I have just 2 more days to clean and tidy the entire house as we have a rental inspection coming up, AND another agent coming through to photograph all the rooms in preparation of sale listing! Eek! I'm also studying full time at the moment, but I feel a day off looming near.... Heheh.
Wish me luck!
It's good though, because if I'm not totally ignoring the issue, I'm more likely to make positive choices...
Meanwhile, I've been feeling somewhat unsettled (and consequently quite moody!) lately. In the past 3 years, my fiancé and I have moved house 5 times due to work changes, lease terms, and circumstances beyond our control. I'm kind of attached to the current house we're renting, and have made my biggest gardening effort to date - as a way of saying to the universe "I want to stay put for a while!" But alas! We've just been informed that the owner is putting the house on the market. I wish we were in a position to buy it - it's quite charming with it's sun-filled rooms, creaky wooden floor boards and lightly cracked walls... But with one income between us, and existing debts - sadly, it just isn't possible. There is of course a chance that someone will buy the house as an investment property and we can stay - but we have no control over that, and no way of knowing if our lease can or will be cut short either! Very unsettling... Moving is so costly, hard work, and our furniture is looking a bit worse for wear these days too!
Ah, the old saying "Everything happens for a reason" springs to mind. We will just have to wait and see.
Anyway, this weekend I spent a good ten hours gardening! Pruning trees, weeding, re-potting plants, moving a few large garden rocks around... Then decided to clear the rear carport of storage clutter so that I could finally set up the outdoor table and chairs and enjoy my little tranquil garden. A big task! In amongst that, my fiancé took me for a "half hour walk" which lasted 50 minutes! He introduced me to a walking/bike track I didn't know about, with some great scenery and heaps of trees. Some really inspiring places for stopping to picnic, sketch, photograph, or just think quietly. I really should start walking regularly...
So I feel a bit proud of myself for having such a physically active weekend, but my muscles are quite sore! I hope that I haven't overdone it, and that fibromyalgia symptoms won't be aggravated. I have just 2 more days to clean and tidy the entire house as we have a rental inspection coming up, AND another agent coming through to photograph all the rooms in preparation of sale listing! Eek! I'm also studying full time at the moment, but I feel a day off looming near.... Heheh.
Wish me luck!
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