Recipes for Attack Phase & Cruise Phase Protein Only Days
Recipes for Cruise Phase PV Days
Lemon Zest Pancakes
Chicken Curry (with Curry Sauce) with Cauliflower "Rice"
Saturday, 6 October 2012
My Diet - Day 20
I had to get in an early walk today as I was working from mid-day, so took advantage of the beautiful weather and left my house at 8.45am. I was surprised when my RunKeeper app, on my phone, told me I had walked a mile in 15 minutes, its usually around 17 mins. As it turns out today's walk was my fastest pace yet, once the app had told me how fast I was walking, for the 1st mile, I was determined to keep up the same pace as best I could for the rest of my walk.
I managed 2.04 miles in 32.22 minutes burning 170 calories.
Saturday 6th October 2012
Today's "P" Menu
Breakfast: Fat-free yoghurt with Oat Bran
Lunch: Grilled Mackerel (Mmmmm tasty)
Dinner: Kebab Meatballs
Snack: Low Cal, no added sugar, Fiery Ginger Beer, Chocolate Milkshake
I am looking forward to a Chicken Roast dinner tomorrow ...
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I managed 2.04 miles in 32.22 minutes burning 170 calories.
Saturday 6th October 2012
Today's "P" Menu
Breakfast: Fat-free yoghurt with Oat Bran
Lunch: Grilled Mackerel (Mmmmm tasty)
Dinner: Kebab Meatballs
Snack: Low Cal, no added sugar, Fiery Ginger Beer, Chocolate Milkshake
I am looking forward to a Chicken Roast dinner tomorrow ...
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Friday, 5 October 2012
My Diet - Day 19
I needed a bit of self inspiration today to do my walk, I couldn't get out this morning as I was working, that brought me to my lunch time and then I had to wait a while to let my food go down, finally I went for my walk. After doing so much more yesterday it would have been so easy to say to myself "you've done enough for the week" but I didn't and I went out. My walk was 2.02 miles, burnt 155 calories and took me 35mins.
I weighed myself this morning but there was no change in my weight, however my OH lost another 0.25lb so nothing to stress over.
Today is another PV day & this is what I've eaten
Breakfast: Herb Omelette, Cup of tea
Lunch: Left over Shepherds Pie from Wednesday
Dinner: Chicken Curry, onion & red pepper (with Curry Sauce) & Cauliflower "Rice"
Snack: Oat Bran Cookies
I am amazed at how good I feel most of the time, I've only had one day of tiredness, which I don't relate to the diet, I've not suffered any headaches, constipation or any other potential side effects of this diet. I still make sure I get through 1.5 litres of fluid a day, which is mostly water but sometimes its a cup of tea or a diet coke or something similar.
So have any of you readers of my diet blog considered trying this diet yourselves? Feel free to leave a comment and let me know how you're getting on.
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I weighed myself this morning but there was no change in my weight, however my OH lost another 0.25lb so nothing to stress over.
Today is another PV day & this is what I've eaten
Breakfast: Herb Omelette, Cup of tea
Lunch: Left over Shepherds Pie from Wednesday
Dinner: Chicken Curry, onion & red pepper (with Curry Sauce) & Cauliflower "Rice"
Snack: Oat Bran Cookies
I am amazed at how good I feel most of the time, I've only had one day of tiredness, which I don't relate to the diet, I've not suffered any headaches, constipation or any other potential side effects of this diet. I still make sure I get through 1.5 litres of fluid a day, which is mostly water but sometimes its a cup of tea or a diet coke or something similar.
So have any of you readers of my diet blog considered trying this diet yourselves? Feel free to leave a comment and let me know how you're getting on.
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
My Diet - Day 18
I've had 3 walks today. The first walk was 30mins on my own
plus 5mins walking with my friend and her puppy. The 2nd walk (much slower) was again with my friend and her puppy.
And the 3rd walk was with just my friend. Think I have done enough for one day. Altogether I have walked for 1 hr 9 mins & 61 seconds, a total distance of 3.22 miles burning 250 calories.
Thursday 4th October 2012
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Vanilla Oat Bran Porridge, Cup of tea
Lunch: Crispy Ham & Egg
Dinner: Oat Bran Chicken Nuggets plus hard boiled egg
Snack: Glace Dukan Allegee (Ice cream) plus left over brownie from yesterday.
Well, the ice cream came out much better than I thought it would, a softer ice cream compared to what I've made before. I will certainly be making that again, maybe with cocoa powder rather than vanilla flavouring next time. The chicken nuggets do not take long to make at all and are well worth trying, I've tried them hot & cold and like them either way.
Although I don't find protein only days hard at all, it does make me look forward to the protein & vegetables days.
Roll on tomorrow ...
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plus 5mins walking with my friend and her puppy. The 2nd walk (much slower) was again with my friend and her puppy.
And the 3rd walk was with just my friend. Think I have done enough for one day. Altogether I have walked for 1 hr 9 mins & 61 seconds, a total distance of 3.22 miles burning 250 calories.
Thursday 4th October 2012
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Vanilla Oat Bran Porridge, Cup of tea
Lunch: Crispy Ham & Egg
Dinner: Oat Bran Chicken Nuggets plus hard boiled egg
Snack: Glace Dukan Allegee (Ice cream) plus left over brownie from yesterday.
Well, the ice cream came out much better than I thought it would, a softer ice cream compared to what I've made before. I will certainly be making that again, maybe with cocoa powder rather than vanilla flavouring next time. The chicken nuggets do not take long to make at all and are well worth trying, I've tried them hot & cold and like them either way.
Although I don't find protein only days hard at all, it does make me look forward to the protein & vegetables days.
Roll on tomorrow ...
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
My Diet - Day 17
As much as it was disappointing not to see a weight loss on Monday morning, I have still decided to weigh myself after every protein only day, so this morning I got on the scales and was delighted to see I have lost another 2.25lbs. Hopefully this trend will continue and by the end of the week I will have lost my 1st stone, wishful thinking? Maybe, but we have to have our goals :)
Weight: 9st 11.25
Weight Loss: 2.25lbs
Total Weight lost: 10.75lbs
Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Breakfast: Scrambled Egg with Low-Fat Cream Cheese
Lunch: Creamy Tomato Soup
Dinner: Shepherds Pie (with Butternut Squash Mash)
Snack: Chocolate Brownies served with fat-free vanilla yoghurt
The Brownies were delicious.
I took an early walk again today, which was really pleasant, yet again it was raining about 8am this morning but by 8.30am it had stopped, the sun was shining and there was a lovely autumnal gusty breeze, my favourite sort of weather. I walked for 38.16 mins & at my fastest pace yet. I covered 2.32 miles and burnt 181 calories. I have to say, the uphill towards the end was tiring and I knew I'd done my 35mins and almost slowed my pace but I urged myself on to keep it up ... and I did, so am very pleased.
Have felt good today, full of energy, the soup and the shepherds pie were cooked by 12 noon & the brownies not long after that. I worked this afternoon so it was lovely to have dinner all cooked when I finished work for the day.
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Weight: 9st 11.25
Weight Loss: 2.25lbs
Total Weight lost: 10.75lbs
Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Breakfast: Scrambled Egg with Low-Fat Cream Cheese
Lunch: Creamy Tomato Soup
Dinner: Shepherds Pie (with Butternut Squash Mash)
Snack: Chocolate Brownies served with fat-free vanilla yoghurt
The Brownies were delicious.
I took an early walk again today, which was really pleasant, yet again it was raining about 8am this morning but by 8.30am it had stopped, the sun was shining and there was a lovely autumnal gusty breeze, my favourite sort of weather. I walked for 38.16 mins & at my fastest pace yet. I covered 2.32 miles and burnt 181 calories. I have to say, the uphill towards the end was tiring and I knew I'd done my 35mins and almost slowed my pace but I urged myself on to keep it up ... and I did, so am very pleased.
Have felt good today, full of energy, the soup and the shepherds pie were cooked by 12 noon & the brownies not long after that. I worked this afternoon so it was lovely to have dinner all cooked when I finished work for the day.
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012
My Diet - Day 16
No weigh-in this morning.
For the 1st time since I've been on this diet, yesterday, I felt tired, I was desperately trying not to fall asleep at 9.30pm and ended up going to bed at 10pm. I slept solid til 6am (which is really good for me, I usually sleep around 6 - 7 hrs a night) then went back to sleep til 7am, when my alarm went off, and then I still went back to sleep, finally getting up at 7.30am. Now whether this tiredness is anything to do with the diet, I don't know (and probably not I think) but whatever caused it I definitely needed the rest.
Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Breakfast: Breakfast Scramble & Cup of tea
Lunch: Crispy Ham
Dinner: Roast Chicken
Snack: Cinnamon Oat Bran Pancakes & Low fat Yoghurt
I'm still drinking my litre & a half of water a day and what with cups of tea or the odd diet coke I probably have nearer 2 litres of fluid a day.
I went for my walk today with my son, which usually is a faster walk but for some reason it wasn't today, maybe we were talking too much. We walked 1.84 miles & I burnt off 144 calories.
Haven't felt tired at all today, so I really don't think it was the diet that caused my tiredness yesterday.
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For the 1st time since I've been on this diet, yesterday, I felt tired, I was desperately trying not to fall asleep at 9.30pm and ended up going to bed at 10pm. I slept solid til 6am (which is really good for me, I usually sleep around 6 - 7 hrs a night) then went back to sleep til 7am, when my alarm went off, and then I still went back to sleep, finally getting up at 7.30am. Now whether this tiredness is anything to do with the diet, I don't know (and probably not I think) but whatever caused it I definitely needed the rest.
Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Breakfast: Breakfast Scramble & Cup of tea
Lunch: Crispy Ham
Dinner: Roast Chicken
Snack: Cinnamon Oat Bran Pancakes & Low fat Yoghurt
I'm still drinking my litre & a half of water a day and what with cups of tea or the odd diet coke I probably have nearer 2 litres of fluid a day.
I went for my walk today with my son, which usually is a faster walk but for some reason it wasn't today, maybe we were talking too much. We walked 1.84 miles & I burnt off 144 calories.
Haven't felt tired at all today, so I really don't think it was the diet that caused my tiredness yesterday.
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Read Day 15
Read Day 16
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Monday, 1 October 2012
My Diet - Week 3 Day 15
Ok it's the start of week 3 & this week there are no "party" type distractions, not that I went off the rails but its nice to know there probably won't be any temptations.
I weighed myself this morning and there was no change from Saturday, I'm not complaining because I know I should only be weighing myself once a week and if I'd done what I was supposed to I would have seen a 2.5lb loss.
The weather looked a bit grim this morning, but I was determined to get out and get a walk in, thought I might need my umbrella though.
As it turned out I managed to get my Walk in at 9.30am, when the rain had stopped, so no umbrella after all. I was out for 35 minutes and burnt 164 calories over 2.03 miles.
Monday 1st October 2012
Weight: 9st 13.5lbs
Weight loss for week: 2.5lbs
Total weight Lost: 8.5lbs
Goal Weight: 8st 13lbs
My menu for today is:
Breakfast: Turkey ham Omelette, Cup of Earl Grey Tea
Lunch: Salmon Fishcakes
Dinner: Egg & Tuna Salad
Snack: Vanilla Oat Bran Porridge, Cup of Tea
Today seems to have gone so quick and yet I don't feel like I've done a awful lot. Oh well, until tomorrow.
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Read Week 2
Read Day 15
Read Day 16
Read Day 17
Read Day 18
Read Day 19
Read Day 20
I weighed myself this morning and there was no change from Saturday, I'm not complaining because I know I should only be weighing myself once a week and if I'd done what I was supposed to I would have seen a 2.5lb loss.
The weather looked a bit grim this morning, but I was determined to get out and get a walk in, thought I might need my umbrella though.
As it turned out I managed to get my Walk in at 9.30am, when the rain had stopped, so no umbrella after all. I was out for 35 minutes and burnt 164 calories over 2.03 miles.
Monday 1st October 2012
Weight: 9st 13.5lbs
Weight loss for week: 2.5lbs
Total weight Lost: 8.5lbs
Goal Weight: 8st 13lbs
My menu for today is:
Breakfast: Turkey ham Omelette, Cup of Earl Grey Tea
Lunch: Salmon Fishcakes
Dinner: Egg & Tuna Salad
Snack: Vanilla Oat Bran Porridge, Cup of Tea
Today seems to have gone so quick and yet I don't feel like I've done a awful lot. Oh well, until tomorrow.
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Read Day 15
Read Day 16
Read Day 17
Read Day 18
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