Piglet to Gazelle - My weight loss journey

First_Trouble

purpleshoes wrote: »

The programme Im on is very similar to whole30.

What is whole30?

purpleshoes_2

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/42057515329/the-round-up-30-days-of-whole30-recipes

nlj1520

I am working towards eating the way purple shoes is suggesting. No processed foods at all, in theory no carbs (but that really does not suit me, so I have a little carb most days), no sugar and lots of protein and green vegetables. In theory no dairy, but again that doesn't suit me so have just cut down drastically. Oh and caffeine before a workout but not after. I don't count calories at all, just keep these guidelines in mind. I workout 3 times a week, 4 if time allows, doing weight and resistance training. Try to walk as much as possible, but this causes a lot of pain afterwards, so am not very diligent about it.
I have gone down a dress size, have lost my belly but most importantly for me, I feel so much better.
Yesterday's meals were, scrambled egg for breakfast (with a knob of butter), cold chicken, spinach, tomatoes and broad beans for lunch and chicken and leeks for dinner. Snacks were a banana, a nectarine, some grapes and home made ice cream. Not a great day as I left too long gaps between breakfast (8am) and lunch (2.30pm). Walked for 2 hours at a moderate pace.
Keep going OP, soon it just becomes habit.

purpleshoes_2

You'll get carbs from veg and fruit anyway, I wouldnt say Im eating no carbs either because I am.

The problem is so many people eat stuff they think is healthy, such as wholemeal toast for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, bowl of pasta for dinner. But if you make your meals very carb heavy, it can cause your insulin levels to rise and you can store fat.

I know some diets such as slimming world allow people to eat rice, pasta, other carbs and lower amounts of treats than they might have been eating before they went on the diet. Years ago the slimming world diet was red day green day and the red day diet was very similar I think to paleo with some wholemeal bread added in, but I think they've changed the structure of it now. I remember doing slimming world back in the day because a mate of mine needed to lose a lot of weight and I also needed to lose a stone or so, which I did lose, but at that time on the green diet, stuff like pasta in sauce, supernoodles, tins of macaroni and tins of ravioli were free food. Took me ages to get the stone off, as I said I do know the structure of the diet has changed and people can mix and match as it were the red day green day now but eating that amount of carbs really did not suit me. Theres nothing healthy about batchelors pasta in sauce, nor tinned macaroni, nor tinned ravioli. Its about getting as much positive nutrition into you as possible and Im really not convinced diets like slimming world and weightwatchers do that. Yes they encourage people to eat lots of fruit and veg, yes they encourage people to cook from scratch, but a plate of white pasta even with a low fat sauce, isnt good for us. It might be low in fat and in cals but for many people, even if you lose weight, your body might not like it very much.

But wheat in large quantities really isnt healthy, lots of people are wheat intolerant and really shouldnt eat it.

First_Trouble

I do have to get more organised with my meal plans especially with week day breakfasts. I may cook an omelette/scrambled egg the night before so I can just heat it up in the morning and eat on the train of need be.
I have another challenge coming up for the last two weeks of august am visiting my mum in Cumbria. Now I am being promised loads of exercise (walks around lakes etc) and we are taking our doggie too so that should help. I will still be keeping up with my running and other exercises also. Now the issue I have is that my mum & step father eat out a lot (3-4 times a week) and most days for lunch especially when they have guests.

I have already thought about taking a selection of nuts with me, making granola topper for yoghurt breakfasts and also doing a small shop of fruits and vegetables for snacks on the go. I am also going to suggest not eating out as much having more home cooked meals (even if I have to cook myself a few nights). Or as we plan on doing so much exercise that eating out as long as I eat well should be ok.
I will be on holiday technically but don't want to let my diet slip back into bad habits.
Does anyone have any suggestions/advice on this?

First_Trouble

I do enjoy carbs I have to admit, although one of my goals for further along the line is to switch from white to brown rice and pasta. I do have cereals (shredded wheat or bran flakes) and porridge on stand by for breakfasts.
Potatoes in any form are lovely. Now saying that I am trying to steer myself away from a carb heavy day as Purple shoes suggests I now try to limit it to one carb meal a day.

purpleshoes_2

First_Trouble wrote: »

I do enjoy carbs I have to admit, although one of my goals for further along the line is to switch from white to brown rice and pasta. I do have cereals (shredded wheat or bran flakes) and porridge on stand by for breakfasts.
Potatoes in any form are lovely. Now saying that I am trying to steer myself away from a carb heavy day as Purple shoes suggests I now try to limit it to one carb meal a day.

Try and make that switch if you can, even from white to brown rice and from white pasta to wholemeal. Carbs dont keep you full and you get very little nutrition from the white processed stuff.

If you can make the occasional swap from potatoes to sweet potatoes that would also be good. Its not just about cals, its about what you are putting into your body.

First_Trouble

Didn't have much time to log in over the weekend but here is what I had

Friday

B: Coffee + Smoked Salmon & cream cheese multi grain bagel
L: King Prawns, Poached Salmon, avocado & salad
Chicken and salad wrap & chips
S:small piece of cake, apple
E: 2 mile walk, took stairs, week 2 run

Saturday
B: scrambled egg & mushrooms
L: Tuna Crunch sandwich from greggs
Stilton & wild rocket tortellini in a creamy wild mushroom, spinach and rocket sauce with chicken breast and 1 piece garlic bread (this was an impromptu meal out and menu didn't state it was in any type of sauce) lesson learnt ask server before ordering.
S: roast chicken crisps, glass of wine, 1/3 can cider
E: 2mile walk

Sunday

Was not really any structure to this day. Made a huge batch of chilli packed full of veggies and pretty much kept on picking at it through the day.

2 portions chilli with rice
1 portion chilli nachos with cheese
E: walk through park with dog (30mins) took the dogs football too so ended up playing some kick around.

First_Trouble

Yesterdays food and Exercise

B: Bran flakes
L: Butternut squash & feta quiche with mixed salad
HM Enchiladas with corn on cob
S: apple, 5 almonds, tbsp dried cranberries, 3 spoonfuls of lemon meringue pie, Organic strawberry yoghurt 150g, coffee and ginger&lemon tea
E: 2 mile walk, took stairs

First_Trouble

I have figured out the healthy breakfast on the go issue. I hard boiled a few eggs and put in the fridge so I can have them as breakfast on the run or snack when I get in from work.