Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned
if we are going to show. Mignon
McLaughlin
Managed a run yesterday
after my meeting on the morning, I have to say I didn’t want to run and had to
force myself out of the door, I wasn’t in the mood at all and even when I
started I was thinking I’ll only manage ten minutes if I’m lucky, but I ended
up going for 45 minutes and covered 4.12miles which ain’t very quick at all
just under 11 minute miles but it’s faster and further than I thought I’d ever
manage so I always feel better when I finish and that’s the reason I do it.
My diet
wasn’t the best yesterday, I had the leftover KFC from Sunday but at least I
didn’t have anything with it! 27pp on 5
pieces of chicken, 1 of which I ate for breakfast and 4 that I had for
lunch! Then my tea consisted of – wait for
it, this is just so wrong, a bowl of grey peas (10pp) and broccoli which I
cooked because it would have gone off!
The broccoli should’ve had a cheese sauce on it but I was just not in
the mood yesterday at all, I was faffing about all afternoon, at least I earned
8pp with my run and a couple from the dog walking, so it could’ve been a lot
worse.
I think
we all have days like this don’t we, when you can’t be bothered or you’re too
busy and making the time is too much effort.
The important thing is not to let those days turn into weeks. So today I’m having a yogurt and banana for
my breakfast, I shall eat the rest of the broccoli for lunch with cheese sauce and
I’ll think about tea (mmm just looked on esource, there’s some nice cheese
sauce recipes on there, there’s also a simple white sauce recipe in the
complete kitchen that I’ll probably use and add cheese), might take chicken
portions out of freezer and make a bit of a chicken chasseur, yep going to do
that now. That’s my day sorted, not so
difficult when you bother is it – my body needs veggies today, I need my energy
levels back up, especially as I’ve got another weekend away planned this
Friday.
This
week in meetings we’re looking at the important of the food choices you make
and I have to say when I see some trackers they aren’t good! I know you can eat anything as long as it’s
within your allowance and lose weight but if your choices aren’t so great then
you’re not going to feel too good whilst you’re losing. It’s all about healthy balance, if you’re not
sure what that is read thought your programme material again, there’s a section
on healthy guidelines - worth going back to look.
Different
foods do different things to your body, some have healing properties too if you
believe what they say in articles, for example oats can lower cholestoral, and
a book I have open in front of me now says berries can beat the blues, just a
handful a day can help you jump-start your way to feeling better. So porridge for breakfast covered in
blueberries, strawberries, cranberries and/or raspberries. Or maybe a smoothie,
(serves
1)
1
apple, quartered with the core removed1 pear, quartered with the core removed
Handful of berries (fresh or frozen)
A splash of fruit juice (or sugar free squash)
Fruit yogurt to taste (PP vary
Blend until
smooth and drink straight away.
Or add
them to a sugar free jelly for a delicious dessert later on.
Brocolli
is another mood boosting food and is good for lots of things, there’s 5 pages
of the things it can do in this book – we shan’t share all that, just remember
it’s a very good veggie choice ;-)
On that
note, I better get dressed and walk Alfie, mornings are most certainly getting
lighter, just not quick enough!
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