Loss of focus

Best to draw a veil over the last few days.I have been very lethargic, due to having very little sleep, due to a little bundle sharing my bed who hasn't been too well;-)

Consequently my food choices have been less than ideal and I have overeaten at most evening meals.I knew these times would be the testing time and I don't feel I have gone off the rails but I do need to get my focus back again .I have been very bloated and can only put it down to PMT .I have stopped having the linseeds as I know in the past too much fibre has set of my IBS symptoms so I thought I would give it a rest and see if it helps.So far I still feel bloated so I don't think it has been that which has caused it.

So a new day tommorow and try again....

Still bloated....

8.30 hot water and lemon
9.00 linseeds in water
9.15 smoothie made with chocolate soya milk, 1 tbs peanut butter,1 banana.
11.45 chicken noodle soup, 2 dr karg crackers spread with an avocado and houmus.
1.15 tea with milk
2.00 banana
3.30 tea with milk
5.00 Cumberland sausage, egg,fish fingers, small portion of chips,wholemeal bread and butter,tea with milk to drink, ice cream for dessert.
8.00 detox tea.

I woke feeling bloated and have felt that way all day, I have hit mid-cycle and that could be the reason....

We had an afternoon out and tea was cooked for us by my sister,so no choice in what I ate.I managed to have small portions though.

I feel I have lapsed over the last week or so.I need food that is quick and easy to prepare and have fallen in to having the same things out of convenience.I have a new book called detox your life and it has info on super foods so I am looking forward to finding some more healthy choices that don't involve too much preperation.

over tired and over eating

7.45 hot water and lemon
8.15 linseeds in water
9.00 juice made with 1 pear, 2 apples, 2 satsumas,4 carrots, large handfuls of spinach,small piece of fresh ginger root.
10.00 potato waffle with an egg on baked in oven,tea with milk to drink.
11.00 green tea with eat natural bar.
1.15 pannini with tuna and mayonnaise with chopped onions, tea with milk to drink.
4.00 green tea.
7.00 oven baked potato wedges, quorn chicken burger,beans and water to drink.

Just need to gloss over today, I have not eaten well and have not drank enough water. My excuse is extreme tiredness as I got very little sleep last night and I have just craved hot comfort food ,that in itself would not have been too bad but I ate large portions at both lunch and tea time.So on to another day tomorrow and hope to do better.

A special meal for dad

9.30 Hot water with a slice of lemon

10.00 linseed's in water

10.30 fresh juice made with 3 large handfuls of spinach,2 apples, 1/4 fennel,3 large carrots,1/4 pineapple,1 lime.(makes enough for two drinks,I put a flask in the freezer to get cold then fill with excess juice and put into the fridge to have later in the day)

12.00 Dr Karg cracker with tomato and basil pate, 2 corn cakes with humus and ham on, salad leaves with cucumber and orange pepper,guacamole.Water to drink

1.30 nettle tea and a nut and seed bar

4.00 nettle tea

5.30egg mayonnaise with salad, spaghetti bolognese and 3 slices of garlic bread,ice cream with melted chocolate on.Water to drink.

The evening meal is far from usual, we rarely have three courses.It was a special meal my daughter and I cooked for my husband and the food was her choice.I could have had no bread and slightly less ice cream and chocolate though!!

I had a lie in this morning , I felt like I was coming down with something and have been sluggish all day

A change of address

http://www.cafemom.com/home/pixiemum
This is the address I will be writing my food diary on in future.It seems a friendly and supportive place and that can only be good.....

Saturday

7.15 hot water and lemon
7.45 linseeds in water
8.00 juice leftover from yesterday
8.30 smoothie made with strawberry's, banana,tablespoon peanut butter,1/2 pint milk.
Bowl of organic puffed wheat with small amount of milk.
11.00 peppermint tea and eat natural bar
1.15 2 eggs 1 sausage beans and small portion of chips.tea with milk to drink.
2.30 green tea
4.30 green tea
6.00 Pork schnitzel, oven roast potatoes,oven roast carrots and sweet potato,spinach and sweetcorn tablespoon mayonnaise,water to drink.

Tried to balance out fluid intake today and did better but find it hard to drink plain water and have had herbal tea instead. Not a very low fat day today but I will endeavour to balance things out tomorrow.

I have found as I have improved my diet I am not getting the same craving for things as I was. I am not denying myself anything and that is making any weight loss a lot slower than it could be but I hope more sustainable.I have arranged to go to yoga next week as I had forgotten I had a hair app on Friday.

Need more water...

6.15 hot water and lemon
6.45 linseeds in water
7.15 juice made with 2 apples, pear, 2large handfuls of kale,parsnip,3 carrots, 1/4 pineapple and a tablespoon of udo's oil.
8.30 bacon buttie with white bread and tea with milk to drink.
2.00 leftover roast veg and cous cous from tea last night.water to drink.
6.45 southern fried chicken and potato slices in batter , sweetcorn with butter on. tea with milk to drink.

Have felt less bloated today I think my hormones have settled down again.Was going to get a takeaway for tea as I was out getting my hair cut but decided to go to sainsbury and got something I just needed to chuck in the oven and wait, not particularly low fat but v enjoyable.....
Writing this I have just realised how little I am drinking during the day must make a point of drinking much more.

Another day

7.45 hot water and slice of lemon
8.15 linseeds in water
8.30 smoothie made with banana, oats, milk, peanut butter.
10.30 nettle tea and eat natural bar.
1.00 vegetable soup and dr karg cracker spread with you guessed it houmous!!!water to drink
3.30 corn cake with peanut butter and jam on
6.00 oven roast veg( courgette,onion,red and Orange pepper,aubergine,olives, garlic cherry toms,basil leaves all coated in olive oil and roasted for around 50 Min's) cous cous,and harrissa paste.A portion of broccoli with a little butter on.

Just not getting enough time to make this blog any more interesting I am afraid.It is still serving it's purpose for me though so I will persevere.