4h sleep, 24000 steps.
I’d done ok at keeping off the sugar until there was a bit of a disaster in the late afternoon. All plans were scuppered and I was emotional eating. I ate 3 full bowls of cereal. I felt uncomfortably full, but I kept going. I wasn’t hungry and I knew it. I couldn’t stop myself.
I seem to be alternating good days with bad days at the moment. By that measure tomorrow should be a good day. Let’s hope so.
Well… today was a bit better. I’ve successfully kept off the sugar. No biccies for me!
I had a green smoothie for breakfast and (believe it or not from the picture) the remnants of the same green smoothie in the evening. Does spinach go darker green as it ages? I had a sandwich and (spinach!) soup for lunch and a chicken salad for tea.
My fruit/veg count today is: spinach, mango, strawberry, apple, grapes and lettuce
(Basically) no sleep and only 14000 steps.
But I’m inspired to keep on. Smoothies seem like a good way to pack in plenty of veg. People seem to suggest that it’s better to eat the fruit and veg whole. That’s ok, but I haven’t ever done it and I won’t ever do it – not without a stepping stone. Hopefully this is that stone.
Well. Where to start with day 2?
The cautious optimism of day 1 was certainly misplaced.
I can start by saying the picture above doesn’t even capture the half of it. A latte for breakfast, six custard cream biscuits at work, a chocolate chip shortbread, a WHOLE 300g PACKET of Roses chocolates, southern fried chicken wrap and salt and vinegar crisps, antipasti platter, glass of merlot, lasagne and dressed salad, lemon cheesecake.
It’s important to pick over the bad days to try and work out how to stop these things happening again. I think my first mistake was not having breakfast. I felt sick and dizzy and clammy at work – so I reached for the first thing to hand (which happened to be biscuits). Well, by then I’d strapped myself firmly into the sugar high/low rollercoaster and I was fully committed to the ride.
All I can do is try to pick myself up and start again.
Breakfast: tropical morning smoothie
Lunch: pomegranate chia smoothie
Snack: celery, red pepper and hummus
Drinks: green tea, black tea, black coffee, water
Steps: 17000
Sleep: 6h
Fruit and veg list: mango, pineapple, banana, strawberry, raspberry, pomegranate, red pepper, celery
I think it’s important to point out that the quantities in the cups shown were not the quantities consumed – the recipes (which served 1) filled each glass 3 times. I also added a lot of water to my smoothies because I wanted to drink (rather than spoon) them.
I substituted my evening smoothie for a snack because, well, a girl’s got to chew! It’s been an unusual day timings-wise, but that’s often the case.
Many times today I didn’t want a sweet smoothie but persevered. I was glad I did as they weren’t too sweet and filled me up.
While I’m planning to keep my diet as close to this plan as possible, I’m not going to turn down invitations to see friends or family to stick to it. I have to live! So tomorrow is likely to be two smoothies and a meal. I think as long as I am honest and keep to the general principles, that should be enough to achieve the outcomes I’m hoping for.
Today was also my baseline weigh in and measure day. I’m going to repeat these every three weeks and will share my progress.
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