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.  

Thursday February 2nd

Hi Jas,

I felt good throughout the day, though was quite hungry in the lead-up to lunch. The smell of a roasting chicken probably didn't help that!

I found at training last night (the 7:30pm 'C' session w/ Lani) that I felt really 'light' and more mobile. I am doing the 6:45am 'B' session tomorrow, and will be interested to see how I go after today's eating.

Breakfast

Smoothie 'A' (divide the below in half ; Pat has the other)

Recipe: 1.5 cups raspberries, 1.5 cups blueberries, 2 teaspoons bee pollen, 1 tablespoon chia seeds, 2 tablespoons sheep's milk yoghurt, 40gm protein powder, 200ml water, ice

Lunch

Roast chicken (roasted with olive oil, thyme, garlic & lemon), I didn't have the skin, even though its in the picture. I don't like it . . . the dogs got it instead! On the side is roasted baby carrots (3), red onion (one half), 1 brussel sprout, and a home made 2 cabbage slaw. All were roasted (except the slaw, obviously) w/ a bit of olive oil, salt & pepper.

This is the slaw recipe. FYI - I made mine with sheep's milk yoghurt & a dash of honey (maybe half a teaspoon, instead of the sugar).

http://www.marthastewart.com/1049807/double-cabbage-slaw

Drink w/ Lunch

200ml of 'Glowing Green Smoothie' from Kimberly Snyder's 'Beauty Detox'.

The full recipe is 2 cups spinach, 1 cup cos lettuce, 1/2 cup celery, 1 apple, 1/2 banana, 1 cup water (which usually yields 500ml - 600ml).

Dinner

I was really full from lunch so didn't have much of a dinner: a nectarine & a small handful of almonds. This is unusual for me, but lunch was a bit bigger than normal. This is my first day of having a bigger lunch & a lighter 'supper' style dinner, and I think I overshot it at lunchtime. The slaw was particularly filling.

Water
I had approximately 1.2 litres of water today. Unfortunately most of it was at the end of the day. Will aim to change that pattern tomorrow.

Snacks
None.