03/21/2009 12:57
AWOL
Eeep! i've been AWOL for 6 weeks. *awaits a slap*
i guess i kinda crashed and burned after my 30th, have had a lot to deal with between work and relationships and argh my head has been all over the place
and now i'm back here. again.
I've decided to start "the flexitarian diet" (sorry to all you americans, but really, it could only be an american thing). I love meat. buti've decided to cut down on the amount of it i eat. I realised that all my meals were the same. cereal, sandwich, meat potatoes and 2 veg. Dull, boring, and really not condusive to weightloss. So after a bit of research i have decided to do this diet.
It's a 5 week diet where you eat mainly vegetarian meals with the option of having a little meat. And it's aim is to change how you eat for life. I find i need the structure of such a diet. I do not yet have the ability to make healthy tasty choices on my own so the fact i have been given a meal plan to follow helps a lot. And most meals take no more than 20mins to prep and cook. yay!!!
I weighed myself today for the first time in god knows how long and to my suprise, i had lost 6lbs from my last official weigh in. God knows how. i dont feel like i've lost it i feel like i've gained it. especially around my stomach. But then i havent been doing any form of excercise at all. Well that's about to change!!!
My meal plan for today is
Breakfast
oatmeal, flaxseed and chopped figs (which i've just eaten and turned out to be amazingly yummy)
Snack 1
soynuts & raisins
Lunch
Herbed cheese and tomato pittabread
Snack 2
Grilled banana and walnuts
Dinner
Tomato soup and vegetable flatbreads
I'm really looking forward to this because it will introduce me to a whole stack of new foods i would never dream of trying otherwise.
On the exercise front i plan to do a 3mile hike with the dog. A friend and I are planning on doing the 5km race for life in Belfast on 31st May i think. So it's time to get serious
Oh and on the PCOS front, my TOTM has started again. After 12 years!!!! and boy does it bloody hurt. Does anyone know any effect non painkiller ways to deal? Apart from eating chocolate and crushing a hotwater bottle to death?
Love
Angell