Day 22 UK CD
Excellent FD yesterday bc I didn’t really feel like eating! This cold that isn’t covid has left me with a rattly bronchitic cough, headache and snuffly so I decided to stay home again. And basically i’m tired, which I should know if I stopped and listened to my body, and if I looked back at my diary to see what I’ve squished in the last 4 weeks!
It was not a balanced eating day! Lots of fizzy water and black coffee, then quorn chicken with a tsp vegan garlic butter and a tomato, then left over soya chunks with a bit more garlic butter and some sweet chilli sauce- very satisfyingly chewy – followed by the remainder of nectarine/mango/plum compote with a dollop of soya yogurt. Total calories just over 600 which will do me.
I’m trying to wean myself away from quorn pieces to soya chunks to reduce processed food, but I also prefer the texture of the rubbery/chewy chunks as they are more satisfying to eat and don’t take up space in the freezer:) Also much cheaper!
This morning I remembered to weigh – and found myself down even further than Sunday, to 80.4 kg or 177lb. I realised I’ll be away on my usual Friday weigh-day, so measured too – 0.5″ off my fat suit so far. The combo of changing treats, losing cheese, eating to goal weight TDEE on NFDs and putting every bite into MFP seems to be paying off after a mere 4.5 weeks – woo hoo. (Note to self: I started back in late July at 185lb, started August at 182lbs…. longterm trend is excellent progress, and staying away from the unhealthier ‘treats’ helps!)
That’s my mojo motivated to continue healthy eating – tho one look in the fridge would do that too! On the ‘eat up before I go’ list are still a big cos lettuce and a bag of leaves, courgettes, half a bag of kale, mushrooms, aubergine and nectarines, plus at least one portion of green sauce. On the ‘could last if well stored’ list are carrots, beetroot, sweet potato, lemons and A Lot of cooking apples from a friend-of-a-friend’s allotment tree which are supposed to be en route to chutney – post-camping! There’s not much space in the freezer for batch cooking as I shopped to last to mid/late September and haven’t been eating as much 🙂
@merryapple hope the long drive goes well and you have a lovely time. I’m so glad you like my menus – I feel as tho that’s all I say here, on a fasting forum and talk about food! But I also like reading other people’s meal ideas so…. Funnily enough I often take pictures of my food – partly to remind me what I’ve eaten and partly because I usually make it look lovely, which apparently people who live solo don’t often do – who knew?!
@metatauta good to hear from you. Happy birthday wishes and sorry you have been ill again. Well done in staying in the zone x
Snap @lilymartin! It sounds as tho we are in a really similar place, both with weight/goals and coming out of a super-busy period feeling keen to get healthier again with mojo on the rise 🙂 Let’s buddy up on the way down and keep each other going 🙂
@funshipfreddie hope you get to the bottom of your backache – and have a lovely time away. Thanks so much for your daily quotes and links 🙂
@daffodil2010 happy anniversary!
@lilymartin thanks for the encouragement. Your long drive sounds an exhausting start to the week – hope it gets easier x
@northgeorgia weight loss isn’t linear as you know, and sometimes a FD’s effects will only show a few days later. You are brilliant at diving into the data and spotting longterm trends – you’ve got this! Have a very happy birthday week x
@stitchincarol thanks for excellent hosting this month. I look forward to your daily posts and chat, and am enjoying your direct encouragement. Yesterday I read a Buddhist saying, ‘to try is to lie’ ie ‘Ill try to do that’ often means I won’t do it. THanks to your Audacious lead, the 5:2 WOL feels more Achievable this August 🙂
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