Nearly forgot my food post today! better late than not.....
Breakfast was smoked salmon on pitta with scrambled eggs - comfort food.
Realised today I was not taking pix or blogging! this is not good, as this means I am so far OUT of being aware of what Im eating.
Lots of work, life and general stress going on at the moment, and my goto comfort has always been food.
But each meal, day, week is a new one and chance to pull it back and get back to where I want to be.
Breakfast was only an Alpen bar and coffee - not great but was over tired from staying up all night watching the USA election!
Lunch was very basic; prawns, low cal dressing and lettuce!
Dinner was an old fav of comfort food; prawn & cabbage "melt" with salmon.
I’m so pleased I was able to stick to plan today; first of many!
So, I seem to have lost my way a little this month.
Been Yo-Yo-ing on the scales - down 2lbs up 2lbs etc - infuriating and exhausting.
So today is the 1st of the week, 1st of the month and the start of the next 6 months in my journey.
I have basically had a month off; although it was reluctantly, angry at times, sulking at others and frustrated most of it!!
Week 26 starts a new, clean sheet.
I will go back to basics with the every day blog, weekly round up, food prep and meal photos!
I will go back to planning each day/week, each meal and each snack to get a balance and also some order.
I will go back to the intermittent fasting so my tummy knows who is Boss!
I will go back to the 20/20 walking (post and for how long) instead of the random times for the last month.
Gone are the long summer days/evening, easy to walk in - but I have lots of wet weather gear! and now I have the long dark evenings of hiding in my conservatory dancing my little socks off!
I have achieved SO much in the last 6months but now I need to finalise my journey, cement my new choices and add a few more good practices into the mix!
onwards and downwards!
So you can see by my stats that this week has not been good.
Not sure where my mind went but it wasn't a good place, so I just went with it in the end.
Yes my Cals and Fat are waaaaaay off! but I'm pleased that I logged everything and stayed in some sort of control.
Did I put on weight - yes, but thats ok too. I am now mid way to my final planned goal, Im also happy with how I am now, I feel comfy and able to do things.
Its a little blip! I have taken this week as a little "holiday" and just enjoyed my meals, to a degree, with no guilt.
What did I learn???
That I don't actually like bread, or my body doesn't anymore.
I don't actually want to eat rice, spuds or pasta - even with it in front of me I chose not to eat it!
That I am disappointed with chocolate! it's not how I remember it, so the odd bit here and there is ok but I can't cope with the quantity that I used too.
That I do miss crunchy things - biscuits, toast, chips, crisps, crackers etc (basically empty carbs!) Now I did over indulge in toast and had a few shortcake biscuits and the odd plate of chips, but I avoided crisps and felt bored by the chips after a few of them..... again, like the chocolate they aren't as my head remembers them, so why bother!
I think I got all my cravings out of the way, and realised that I actually DO enjoy my new way of healthy eating. I don't like the bloated, sick feeling of over indulgence but the odd blow out snack or meal is ok.... this bodes well for the future.
So I'm back on track, starting this am..... my meals are planned for the week, I have juggled and changed a few things, I just need to enjoy prepping again! I think I got tired of that too.... but batch cooking/prepping is my next goal.
I also got rid of some work stress in the last week, things that were hanging over me are now settled.
Life is good and getting better......
So thoughts on the week.....
A very random week, all over the place at work with covering sickness kind of threw my plans for food and exercise out of the window!
A nice weekend with Skippy but it always revolves around eating, so good and bad, I felt much more in control this weekend but we also went out for lunch AND dinner on the same day, followed by a hotel breakfast - but tbh it wasnt all that and I didnt over indulge.....
Hopefully work is less needy of me this week, not that I really feel up to much with the weather changing to dramatically, the plan to walk to work tonight was cancelled when it started to chuck it down as I left the house!
Still at least my food can be on track, tomo' is a day of batch cooking, so looking forward to that.
Onwards and downwards :)
