Thursday February 27th

74.9kg! Woot! Woot! Woot! Finally broken through the 75kg barrier!!!

Usually I weight myself right after waking up. However I was running late for the 7:10am 'B' session at DK, and so I weighed myself after, which may have had an 'artificial' impact?

Breakfast
9am

This week I wanted to get back on track with the big breakfast -> small dinner scenario. So I went large at breakky today.

2 soft boiled free range eggs, 1 rasher of free range pork & 2 slices of gluten free bread (Helgas, same as yesterday. We bought a loaf, obviously). Salt & pepper. Yum!

Lunch
1pm

Oldie but a goodie : grilled steak & chicken from Boca with my 'Glowing Green Smoothie'. I know I have it alot, but its easy & yummy. Before & after pics (the Grill'd burger bag was Pat's lunch):

 


Dinner

I had about half of my normal serve of the 'A' smoothie for dinner.

Snacks

I had a big handful of plain roasted almonds, as well as the remainder of the meat from lunch. Was very hungry around the 4pm mark.

Water

I had around 1.5 litres of water.

Wednesday February 26th

75.1 kg! I am stuck at 75kg, and seemingly can't break through into the 74kg's! Grrrr!

Breakfast

Today it was 2 slices of gluten free soy & linseed bread (from Helgas! It was really good, though the slices are pre-cut so on the small side, unlike the loaf from the bakery, but thats probably not a bad thing!) with 2 boiled eggs. Yum!

Lunch

I had an impromptu business meeting at a nearby restaurant. I had a mixed plate (rather than gnocchi, it was quite a limited menu) which was made up of a few slices of prosciutto, some buffalo mozzarella (the proper good stuff), some grilled brocollini & 3 small potato croquettes (they were each about the size of a cherry). I also had a glass of white wine.


Dinner

I had some of the leftover curry. I lightly sautéed a whole bundle of kale, then added the curry to it, so we got a good serving of greens. I had it with a small amount of the brown rice.

I wasn't particularly hungry, but I am going to the gym early tomorrow morning, and if I skip dinner the night before it never works out very well. As you can see from the picture my serve was 70% kale!

Water

I had around 1.5 litres of water.


Snacks

None.

Tuesday February 25th

75.1kg! So after a weekend of fab eating & relaxing I lose weight! Must have been all the relaxing, and maybe the long country walks.


Breakfast

None today. I did the 6:45am 'A' session at DK, came home, took the dogs for a walk, and then went to lie down for a couple of minutes and woke up at 1:30pm! Must have really needed the rest!


Lunch
2pm

I actually wasn't that hungry when I woke up, but knew I should eat something.  And of course once it was in front of me I was starving!

I had some grilled chicken, and grilled beef, with a 'Glowing Green' smoothie. The exact recipe for this tends to vary, but for me I mix the below up in the blender (so you still get all the pulp). It yields around 650ml worth of green goodness:

2 cups spinach
1 cup cos lettuce
1/2 cup celery
1 small apple
1/2 banana
1 cup water

The photo on the left is before I ate, the photo on the right was when I was full & stopped.

 


Dinner
6:45pm

We had the left over roast beef from the weekend, as well as some leftover steak from lunch, so I made a beef curry, and had it with brown rice for our dinner. I also had half a glass of red wine. I used 'Herbie's Madras Curry Powder' & followed their recipe suggestion on the back of the pack (or you can read it here)

Water

I had around 1.5 litres of water today.

Snacks

I had 1 small handful of plain roasted almonds around 5pm.

Weekend of Saturday 22 - Monday 24th

We headed out of town for the weekend to a friend's place in the country. So this is a bit of a hybrid, and I don't have alot of photos! I also didn't weight myself . . . more just focussed on relaxing and enjoying myself. It was fab. And there's very little guilt!

:-)


Saturday

Breakfast : I had my 'A' Smoothie after our weekend gym session at DK, at around 9:30am.

Lunch : by the time we got to our friends place it was nearly 2pm, and we were starving. The local pub was the only food option, and they did pizzas and thats it! We shared 2 pizzas: a Moroccan lamb & a chorizo. I had 3 slices all up.

Dinner : a delicious roast beef with roasted sprouts, kumara, onions & garlic. I also had 2 generous glasses of red wine. Yum!

Snacks : we had some mixed berries & tea when we arrived. And 1 Tim Tam.

  

Sunday

Breakfast : at around 10:30am . . .we went to the General Store that also does cooked breakfasts I had scrambled eggs & 1.5 piklets. . . it came with 3, I left one, and Pat had the other half . . .  this is the remains! I also had a skinny cappuccino. 

Lunch : so this was a bit random.  . . we didn't really have any lunch. We visited some other friends who had some delicious scones with cream and home made raspberry jam (so good!). I had 1.5 (bit of a theme this weekend). We also had many cups of tea. Tis the country!

By the time we got back to the cottage it was nearly 5pm. We had some cheese & crackers (a fab cheddar & water crackers), and a glass of red wine. We also had 1 Tim Tam each.

Our friends then made bangers & mash for dinner, with mixed veg (carrots, broccoli & snow peas). The sausages were beef, from a wonderful local butcher.  I only ate around 1/3rd of the mash. And had another glass of red wine (total 2 for the day).

Dessert - 2 scoops of Gelato Messina.

Monday

Breakfast - We went out (again) for breakfast, to the general store again, but sadly their weekday menu is much more limited : no protein! Muffins, croissants, friands etc. We ordered one plain & one ham & cheese croissant which we split between us.

Morning Tea - more tea & another Tim Tam (total 3 for the weekend . . . . no guilt lol!)!

Lunch - we were about to hit the road so I had a couple of the left over sausages . . . yeah, that was all!

Friday February 21st

75.7kg . . . . grrrrrrr!

Breakfast

I had 2 soft boiled eggs, a quarter of a small avocado, and a combination of sautéed
kale, spring onion & a little bit of quinoa.

Lunch

For lunch I had a heap of lettuce (combination of cos & baby spinach) mixed through with the leftovers from the chicken & chickpea salad from Wednesday. There wasn't much left, but it gave a lovely flavour to all the greens.

Dinner

We ordered in from Miss Chu : quinoa, wild rice, greens & chicken, and some steamed prawn dumplings:

 


Water:

I had around 3 litres of water today, but I did a bikram class so drank a bit after. But I felt really well hydrated throughout the class, and didn't have to gulp down any water (unlike many others!). Just a few sips got me through.

Snacks: 

I had one small handful of plain roasted almonds.

Thursday February 20th

75.7kg . . . . . up again! After yesterday's blow out I was pretty determined to keep today on a tight ship.

Breakfast

I made my own smoothie this morning!

1 cup of mixed raspberry & blueberries
3 tablespoons protein powder
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 teaspoon bea pollen
1 cup almond milk


Lunch

I made a frittata for lunch : 4 eggs, mushrooms, brussel sprouts, garlic, asparagus, zucchini, and 1 rasher of bacon that I was keen to use up. Pat & I had half each with some baby spinach, though I couldn't finish all of mine.

Dinner

For dinner I met up with a very newly engaged girlfriend. We shared an entree (duck salad), a main (grilled blue eye), and a dessert (a grilled ice-cream sandwich).

I only drank water.

Amazing that we shared 3 dishes, and alot of people would have just had 3 dishes to themselves!

Water

I was very dehydrated after the gym this morning : my fingers were all wrinkly like when you've been in the bath too long.

I had around 1.8 litres of water today.

Snacks

I had a small handful of plain roasted almonds in the afternoon.

Wednesday February 19th

75.1kg! I'm pretty happy with that : I feel like its the first 'normal' weight I've had since the gastro unpleasantness began.

Am still pretty sore from Monday's workout, but went to the 'C' (cardio) session at the gym today. I think it helped get some of the kinks out.


Breakfast

Around 9:30am.

Breakfast was 2 boiled eggs, bacon, and a slice of gluten free toast.

I find this kind of breakfast really satisfies, and keeps me going much longer than I might if I had a 'lighter' breakfast. Duh, right?

Lunch

Lunch was late today : 3:15pm. Because we are going out to dinner tonight I wanted to keep it light, but I was also starving after the gym session & didn't think a protein shake would cut the mustard.

I had made some pesto from my crazy basil plant earlier in the week. Seriously, its 1 metre tall and shows no signs of slowing down. (And yes I'm a nerd who makes her own pesto). 

I had seen this recipe for a Chicken, Chickpea & Pesto salad before, and thought it would be perfect. The ingredients are the same except I only used 1 chicken breast (kept everything else the same), and it was divided by 3 people, with leftovers. 

Dinner

As expected, diner was massive. We were at a wonderful French restaurant with friends.

I had a slice of bread with a bit of butter, garlic prawns, and then snapper. 

Between the 4 of us we shared a couple of the desserts at the end.

I also had a gin martini, and a glass of white wine. 

It was a fabulous evening! 

Tuesday February 18th

75.5kg! Up 200gm! Maybe things are balancing out post gastro? My stomach is still a bit hit and miss, even today.

Breakfast

We had some beautiful fresh berries in the house that I was really keen to have for breakfast.

So I dry toasted 1/2 cup quinoa flakes in a frying pan, and when they were smelling lovely and nutty I tipped them into a bowl, and added the berries:

Then 1 tablespoon of the coconut flavoured protein powder:

I added 1/4 cup of almond milk. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't fantastic. But it did satisfy by berry cravings.

Lunch

For lunch I had leftovers : grilled steak & chicken with the slaw. I didn't finish all the steak, maybe half of it:

Dinner

My appetite has been all over the place today. I was ravenous earlier in the day, first time since the detox began. 

So I had a snack, and now that it is dinner time I just don't have an appetite. So no dinner tonight. 

Random.

Water

Around 1.8 litres. 

Snack

I had 1 slice of gluten free bread with 1/4 teaspoon of honey. I also had 2 small dark chocolate squares. 

Monday February 17th

75.3kg . . . gone back up again!


Breakfast:

Forgot to take a photo, it was 2 boiled egg with kale, garlic & spring onions that had been sautéed in some olive oil.

Lunch

Bad photo day for me! After the 12:30 DK session I wasn't that hungry, so had one of the protein shakes for lunch.

I also wanted a light lunch since we have friends coming for dinner, so I knew a bigger evening meal than normal was ahead.

Dinner

At home, I made some polenta 'chips', and had them with a gorgeous steak & this really yummy slaw.

For the polenta chips I made a firm polenta (1 cup polenta, 4 cups water) and stirred it for 40 minutes, basically non-stop. This is food you have to work for! When its cooked you put it into a baking tray & let it cool & set.

When its set you slice it into 'chips', then pop them under the grill for 10 minutes each side.

I wasn't good with the photos last night, here is one of the meat at the butcher, the slaw, and the type of polenta I used:

Our friends brought a bottle of French Champagne, and a Spanish Red. I had one sip (yes, sip) of each.

The boys all went to Messina after dinner to get some ice-cream. I walked with them, but didn't get anything for myself. I did have 1 spoonful of Pat's ice-cream, but this is a 'Messina spoon' that they give you in the store, like the kind you got in a sherbert packet as a kid. Maybe measures out at half a metric teaspoon.

Water

Around 1.6 litres.

Snacks

I had 1 slice of a french stick with a dab of duck rillet on it (brought by our friends).

Sunday February 16th

75.0kg . . . . . a day of eating almost nothing, and bad gastro to boot, and my weight is exactly the same! Got to love the irony.

Breakfast

2 eggs, scrambled, and a rasher of bacon.

Lunch

We were out with friends at an Italian restaurant, very limited choices light carb wise. I had pasta with seafood that had been cooked with garlic & chilli in olive oil. I ate the seafood (some very small prawns, a couple of cubes of fish fillet, and a diced scallop), and around 1/5th of the pasta. The serving wasn't huge, a dessert bowl full. So was actually very little pasta. 

I also had 1/2 glass of white wine. 

Dinner

Even though I had very little of the pasta at lunch, I still wanted something light for dinner. I had made stock a few days ago from the remains of the roast chicken. 

I found this recipe online, and decided to adapt it a little.

I went through alot of the veg I had in my fridge & used 1/2 red onion, one spring onion, most of a bunch of baby carrots, several kale leaves, a handful of snow peas & 3 asparagus spears. Also half a teaspoon of turmeric (per the recipe).

Added to the pot was maybe 5 cups of home made chicken stock and a cup of water. 

It was really yummy! 

 

Snack

None.

Water

Around 1.2 litres 

Saturday February 15th

75.00kg!

If only it could have been accomplished less painfully!

So today hasn't been much fun. On the plus side the detox has never been easier: I still have an epic case of gastro, and can't really stomach anything.

After thinking things were looking up yesterday evening, I was up alot of last night, and any time I have even water, it is very, very unpleasant.

But I did try to eat a bit:

Breakfast

I had some of my 'A' smoothie. Was embracing the bathroom floor 20 minutes later.


Lunch

I thought something slightly stodgy / binding might be a good idea, so had 3 bites of Pat's burger (which was a gluten free bun, 100% grass-fed beef pattie, and lettuce. Thats it. No sauce etc).

It didn't work either. More bathroom time.

Dinner

I just couldn't stomach anything else, but I did have (very slowly) 200ml of pure 100% natural young coconut juice.

It wasn't sunshine & roses, but it didn't have any terrible effects apart from the initial (horrible) stomach pains after I first consumed it.

Water

Very little: honestly it was so painful with the cramps etc. Maybe 600ml.

Snacks

None.

Friday February 14th

Happy Valentine's Day! Or Anti-Valentine's Day, depending on where you stand (I'm somewhere in the middle).

75.2kg . . . yes, 700gm (or 1.5lb) down on yesterday!

Turns out a hideous stomach bug can do wonders for your weight.

Breakfast

I didn't eat breakfast as was still feeling a bit queasy, though massively better than yesterday.

Lunch

I had around 100gm of diced grilled beef for lunch.

Dinner

We had dinner plans with friends. We went to a local French Bistro that we love.

One of our friends was running very late, and I was starving having not eaten a proper meal for over 24 hours, so I caved & ate the bread roll. No butter, just a little bit of olive oil.

I had a salmon tartare for my starter, that had a teaspoon of caviar, no dairy etc.

For my main I had a grilled kingfish dish, in a bug 'bisque'.

I ate 2/3 of the kingfish fillet, a little of the bug meat, and very little of the bisque. I was getting pretty full. And the bisque particularly was very rich & I couldn't really stomach too much of it.

I also had one spoonful of Pat's creme brûlée, and one mouthful of champagne.

Snacks

None

Water

Around 1.5 litres.

Thursday February 13th

75.9kg. Yes, the same as yesterday. Totally bummed. I worked so hard yesterday! Cardio session at DK and then a Pilates mat class in the evening! Meh!

Breakfast

Today I had 2 eggs (scrambled with a dash of milk) on a slice of gluten free toast with a side of kale sautéed in olive oil w some garlic.

I put 1/2 teaspoon of organic honey on a 2nd slice of toast (not pictured, same bread etc). I was pretty hungry this morning.

After breakfast everything went pear-shaped. I came down with a nasty stomach problem (of the dashing to the bathroom kind), and a really high fever: topped off at 40.5'c.

So Lunch was me lying on the sofa in a world of unhappiness.

Dinner - we ordered Thai so I could get some soup. I had clear broth with veg & noodles, of which I ate about 1/3rd. Not that it did me much good, as I was soon racing to the bathroom again.

Snacks

None

Water

Around 1.5 litres, I couldn't stomach much more.

Wednesday February 12th

75.9kg! 200gm less than yesterday, and I'm into the 75 bracket! Yay!

That is 4kg (9 pounds) in 17 days, I'm pretty stoked about that.


Breakfast

Am I boring you? Yes its my 'A' smoothie! But I have big plans for lunch, I'm excited about it!

Lunch

I made meatballs for lunch! I adapted this recipe. Instead of breadcrumbs I used 2 tablespoons of quinoa flakes (love these : they are so handy in the kitchen), instead of ouzo I used 1 tablespoon of vodka, and the recipe was halved (so just one egg, not 2 + a yolk). 

I pan friend them in a little bit of olive oil before finishing them off in the oven, then grating lemon zest over them, and serving them with some sautéed kale. They were so yummy! 

     

 

Dinner

Same as last night : protein shake. 

Snacks

I small dark chocolate squares (picture below), and 2 raw dutch (baby) carrots. 

Water

Slightly over 2 litres of water, not including the 600ml.

I gulped down in my 'C' workout today. 

Tuesday February 11th

Woot! 76.1kg! That is 500gm down on yesterday! New Personal Best!

Though I had another night of not great sleep, not sure what the cause is. Keep waking up. No sugar & no caffeine, so must all be in my mind!

Today marks the starts of week 3 on my 6 week detox! This means a change in the herbal/vitamin supplements.

Breakfast

9:30am

When I was at the bakery yesterday I bought a loaf of their gluten free bread. I used it this morning : it was surprisingly good, especially toasted. Don't think I'd be in a rush to make a sandwich with it though, its pretty dense.

So breakfast was one slice of the special bread, toasted, with some sautéed kale & garlic, and 2 boiled eggs.

Accompanied by a less than scrumptious glass of week 3's herbal concoction.

 

Lunch

2:45pm

I made another recipe from the Gwyneth Paltrow cookbook 'Its All Good'. I really like this book : the recipes are so good, they are easy to follow, and they always work.

Today I made the 'Chicken Burgers, Thai Style'.  They were so tasty, I will definitely make them again.

For the greens I steamed one bok choy 'bundle' (I don't know what its called : a bunch?) for each of us, and also added half a sweet potato (so one quarter each), that I doused in olive oil, some salt & then roasted @225'c for 25 mins.

 


Dinner

Again this evening I had a protein shake, same as yesterday.

Snacks

I had 1 protein ball at 4:45pm. It was actually really filling! Loved it! I bought it yesterday at the bakery (yes, along w/ yesterday's lunch & protein ball, and the bread for this morning's toast) but thats it, I'm done now! But I will go back and ask them what was in it because it was fab!


Water

I had around 1.8 litres of water today. Plus that herbal supplement drink, the morning one I made with water, the evening one with 100% pure coconut water (green coconuts, no sugar etc).

Monday February 10th

76.6kg today, up 200gm, but I deserve it after a slightly decadent weekend :-(

Had a rotten nights sleep : wonder if the sugar & the caffein in the swig of coke I had contributed.

Breakfast

9am

My 'A' smoothie

Lunch

Bad planning on my part meant there wasn't anything in the fridge for lunch today. Even worse planning : our local supermarket has shut for a week for renovations! Our usual back-up option (a place that does awesome grilled meats) isn't open on Mondays!

So I got a take-away sandwich from infinity bakery. Pat got the beef & mushroom pie. I wasn't jealous. much.

I immediately tossed one of the slices of bread (though it was a very high quality sourdough), and just ate the pulled pork & slaw inside with the remaining bottom slice.

It was the best choice : the chicken option was mixed through with a lot of mayonnaise, and the salmon one had buckets of sour cream.

I ate the filling and 2/3rds of the remaining slice of sourdough.

Dinner

I did the 'A' workout tonight at DK and it was hard, but really good. I am getting faster, and I did half blue (middle level) and half black (top level). 

I'm never that hungry after exercising of an evening, so dinner was just a protein shake. It was really all I felt like.

I made mine with almond milk, instead of water. I didn't add any fruit etc, just had it straight up. 

 

Water

I had around 2 litres of water today, not including what I consumed during the workout. 

Snacks

I was really hungry today, for the first time since I started the detox. 

I had 2 snacks : a protein ball that I bought with my sandwich. I didn't have my phone with me so couldn't get a picture of the ingredients, but it had dates, cocoa, coconut, cashews etc. It was 100% gluten & sugar free. 

I also had a handful of plain roasted almonds. 

Sunday February 9th

I woke up feeling surprisingly good this morning : thought with the food & booze I'd feel much worse, though I could do with some more sleep.

Weight is 76.4kg, which is the same as yesterday! Minor Miracle!

Breakfast

10am

I had my 'A' Smoothie.

Lunch

1pm

Not good : a Grill'd burger. Grass fed beef, lettuce, tomato & raw spanish onion. No sauce or dressing. 'Traditional' bun (white bun). Plus a handful of thick cut chips.


Dinner

7:30pm

Redeemed myself! I made a frittata filled with greens : 1 cove of garlic, 1/2 brown onion, 1 head of broccoli, a handful of snow peas, 3 asparagus spears, a handful of baby spinach, and one stem of very leafy kale:

Sautéed the garlic & onion in a little olive oil, then added the kale, then the spinach. I blanched the other veg, and then added it to the pan, along with 5 eggs mixed with a teaspoon of sumac. Before popping it under the grill with some parmesan on top.

My dinner serve was half : 

Water

I had around 2 litres of water. I also had around 100ml of coke (a swig from a friend's bottle).

Snacks

None.

Saturday February 8th

76.4kg . . . 200gm less than yesterday!

Despite an early night I didn't have a great sleep, and also woke up feeling quite thirsty this morning.

Day off from exercise. After yesterday I just wanted a day to relax & adjust to the new eating order.

Breakfast

10am

We had a massive breakfast, knowing that lunch would be a long time off, and we weren't at home all day. I didn't want to get hungry whilst out & be stuck eating crap.

2 eggs, scrambled; 1/4 of an avocado, 2 rindless rashers of bacon, a heap of kale & lightly sautéed in about half a teaspoon of olive oil w garlic.

I didn't quite finish it all (a little of the avocado & egg left over).

Lunch

3:30pm

For lunch I picked up a fillet of grilled snapper with some (not all) of the left over salad from last night to the plate. I left a lot of the beet & egg in the tupperware, tried to mainly fish out the lettuce & some chickpeas:

Dinner

We had a friend's 40th birthday party last night, it was catered, with Mexican style food by Barrio Chino. Over the course of the evening I had 3 canapé size sliders (2x prawn, 1x beef), a canapé sized grilled fish taco (soft taco), and a pulled pork one too. I also had around 4 glasses of champagne. 

Snacks

A small handful of blueberries, 1 potato chip, half a corn chip (I know, but I want to be accurate!). All was consumed pre-lunch when helping a friend at their home, and I was getting pretty hungry. 

Water

Around 1.8 litres.

Friday February 7th

76.6kg . . . 400gm less than yesterday!

Training this morning was the 6:45am 'B' session. We were meant to do 4 rounds. I did 2 very quick rounds (even Pete was commenting that I was doing really well), but at the end of the 2nd round I was very dizzy, and had a very, very slow third round as a result. 

Going forward I'm aiming to have a slightly smaller lunch so I have appetite for a more substantial dinner than yesterday. 

Breakfast

Around 8:45am 

Breakfast this morning was 1 clove of garlic, sautéed in a little but of olive oil. Throw in some kale leaves (probably about 8 leaves, thinly sliced), and sauté for a couple of minutes, and then added around 100gm (think it was a bit less) of cooked quinoa. 

This was divided in two between Pat & I. 

On top went 2 eggs, a bit of parsley, and a small bit of smoked salmon. On the plate the salmon looks like more than it is because I flaked it. I added it because we had it in the fridge & I wanted to finish it off (my finger is for scale!): 

Lunch

Around 1:30pm 

Lunch was leftovers: the roast chicken & slaw from yesterday, and 3 baby carrots (raw). I didn't finish all the chicken in the picture (was feeling full, and I want to make sure I have at least a small appetite for dinner):

Dinner

Around 7:30pm

For dinner I made this recipe from 'Its All Good' by Gwyneth Paltrow. I halved the recipe, since it was just Pat & I (full recipe serves 4).

I didn't do the dressing that is meant to go with it (it needed veganaise, which I don't have). I tried it instead with Sheep's Milk Yoghurt, but it was disgusting, so instead I just squeezed some lemon juice over it. Also I didn't have tomatoes, so they are missing. 

This was my serve, I ate the lot. My portion was about 1/3 of the total salad I made. We have some leftover to go with lunch tomorrow. 

Snacks

None.

Water

I had around 1.5 litres of water today, not including what I had during the DK work out.