+ DAY THIRTEEN + Cheat Day +

Definitely feeling the struggle today... 2 days of camping, crappy food and no shower...
HAD to stop in Healesville and get a serious brunch to fill the massive hole.

BRUNCH
Big Breakfast with the lot
2 poached eggs
1 slice sour dough toast
Bacon
Mushrooms
Spinach
Spoonful of baked beans

2 x soy lattes no sugar

SNACK
Taro bubble tea with pearls

DINNER
Ended going out to Alumbra (how I managed after bush doof who knows)
Too much alcohol , I don't even remember how much I drank but it was along the lines of too many shots of vodka, too many vodka sodas and a couple vodka cranberries...this resulted in a McDonalds Quarter Pounder in bed by 1am...
Useless.

+ DAY TWELVE +

Feeling a little worse for wear after the previous nights antics.. didn't get to bed until about 7am. Spent the entire day lying on a mat outside in the sun doing nothing at all..

BREAKFAST
Half an apple
Ice coffee up & go energize
Apricot muesli bar

LUNCH
7 BBQ'd chicken wings
half a hot cross bun no butter

DINNER
Apricot muesli bar
3 x Vodka & Tonics

EXERCISE
3 hours of dancing

+ DAY ELEVEN +

Today is the day I'm off to go camping for a massive 3 day bush doof, so this probably wont be posted until Monday night.
I'm going to struggle eating healthy. When you're camping, you have no access to cooking appliances or fridges.
I'm just going to buy a lot of cans of tuna and apples and try not to buy heaps of packaged easy crap.

BREAKFAST
2 poached eggs
1 slice Rye toast
Wilted spinach
Mushrooms

Large soy latte no sugar
Large skinny latte no sugar

LUNCH
Large McDonalds chips :(
I don't know what it is about road tripping that makes me want fast food. The way I figured, I wasn't going to eat much for the rest of the day and would get straight into drinking. But that's still a bad thought process, I should be eating healthier more regularly rather than unhealthy less often.

DINNER
5 x Vodka tonics

EXERCISE
8 hours of dancing :)

+ DAY TEN +

So last night was a massive fail and I hate that I ate so many Tim Tams on top of what I ate throughout the day.
I'm gonna kill it today and work hard at resisting crap. The box of chocolates I conveniently sit next to have expired so I've already been tempted with a free Toblerone Bar and Crunchie Bar.
Crunchies are easy to refuse because you really can taste all that sugar that makes up the 'crumble' part.
But Toblerone is staring at me. I will not eat it. I'm going to put it on the other end of the bench!

BREAKFAST
My mum and I shared this. I got a good 2 large cups out of it which I slowly drank/slurped at work.
Smoothie with:
2 Fresh Mangoes
2 Fresh Pomegranates (We have a pomegranate tree at home. They're the best form of antioxidants)
Fat free natural yoghurt
Psyllium husk (Great source of fibre)
Black chia seeds (Also amazing antioxidants)

Jumbo soy latte no sugar

WATER
3 x 600mL bottle

EXERCISE
Rode my bicycle halfway to work and it started raining so I took the train... 15 minutes
Walked up to get coffee.. 10 minutes
2 x reps 25 crunches
2 x reps 25 reverse crunches
2 x reps 25 leg raises
2 x reps 25 squats
60 second plank

LUNCH
Thought it would be nice idea to go to the pub for lunch with the girls from Marketing team. I ordered 2 entrees as a main and it took almost 1 hour to come out which at that time I had to get back to work.
I didn't even get to eat my meal but managed to get it take away, however being on reception I couldn't really eat it so Ive had next to nothing and I'm hungry!
Lightly pan fried salt & pepper calamari - Only managed to scoff a tiny bit
Fresh fish salad with coconut cream and onion - Only got a mouthful in

Small soy latte no sugar

SNACK
2 Rye crisps
Organic lentil dip

DINNER
Homemade lentil dahl (Nepalese dish good for... flushing)
Lentils
Onion & garlic
Raw ginger
Spices
Tomato
Delhi ki chaat
- Add fat free natural yoghurt

Glass of rice milk


Thinking about it, Ive hardly eaten any solids today.. Smoothie for breakfast, hardly anything for lunch and lentil slop for dinner.
I still feel like Ive eaten a tonne!

 

 

 

+ DAY NINE +

Now that Easter is literally just around the corner... it's getting harder and harder to refuse the hundreds of chocolate Easter eggs put in front of my face every single day by different staff...
I've been really good so far but it's getting more difficult!
Easter is the WEST (Worst/Best) time of year...

BREAKFAST
Ran out of all ingredients
2 and half weetbix
Rice milk
Black chia seeds
Psyllium husk

Large skinny latte no sugar

WATER
4.5 x 600mL bottle

EXERCISE
Rode my bicycle to work... 30 minutes
Rode bicycle home... 30 minutes
Walked to cafe to get coffee twice... 20 minutes
2 x reps 25 reverse crunches
2 x reps 25 crunches
2 x reps 25 leg raises
40 squats
60 second plank

SNACK
2 small chocolate Easter eggs... I majorly caved and for that I will force myself to do 100 sit ups/crunches tonight
Half gluten free low fat chocolate cake muffin type thing - We had a celebration at work and catered cakes... I figured if I eat this then I just make sure I workout extra hard tonight
Small slice of orange
1 Strawberry

LUNCH
3 x Chive & onion rice cakes
1 x can tuna
Cucumber
Snow pea sprouts
DINNER
Mum made yet another amazing Indian/Nepalese dish I HAD to have a small bowl
Biryani rice
Sultanas
Green beans chopped
Carrot
Chilli
Almonds
Peas
Spices
Psyllium husk
Black chia seeds

SNACK
ARGH!!!! I have the problem that when the scales tell me I've lost a couple, and when people have told me I've lost a little weight, AND when I've done a good workout, I think its OK to eat crap because Ive worked off enough.
ITS NOT OK! I was told by 2 people today that I'd lost a bit of weight AND I did more exercise than usual, so when Jono came over with Tim Tams.. I though fuck it... I've earned it.
But, all the crap I've eaten throughout the day builds up. I'm definitely regretting it now but I'll just be extra clean tomorrow.
4 Tim Tams

+ DAY EIGHT +

Even though it was my bros birthday yesterday and everyone deserves to eat a little shit on birthdays.... I still feel guilty for eating the cake and also the little bit of chocolate earlier that arvo.
I don't think my mindset is quite as strong yet to resist giving in to temptation. Maybe another week of healthy eating will kick me over the line. It takes a while, but after a couple weeks you don't even think about it. It turns into a natural habit to just say no.

BREAKFAST
2 eggs and 1 extra egg white
Chopped onion
Chopped mushroom
Black chia seeds
Psyllium husk
Fat free chive & onion cottage cheese
- Scrambled with tiniest bit of organic olive oil (I want to buy coconut oil in exchange for olive oil)

Jumbo soy latte no sugar

EXERCISE
Walked from home to the train station then to work... 25 minutes
Walked up to get coffee... 10 minutes
Rode my bicycle home from work... 30 minutes

These exercises arent that hard to do at all and dont very long. Its good to have a minimum 30 minute workout each day but if you're just starting out then do as much as you can and work your way up each day. 
Its especially easier if you play a little music and do it in your bedroom, even while watching TV. Maybe even hook up your laptop to your TV and put on Victorias Secret Show on youtube to get you a little motivated!

WATER 
2.5 x 600mL bottle

LUNCH

4 x Rye Vita cracker
50g fat free Turkey breast
1 x can Tuna
Fat free cream cheese (must swap this for cottage cheese)
Cucumber
Snow pea sprouts

Instant coffee with skim milk no sugar

SNACK

Small handful almonds
1 x sour cream chive rice cake
Small handful of felafel crisps

DINNER

3 x Vietnamese rice paper rolls
Hoi Sin sauce
Can of coke zero

+ M O T I V A T I O N +

+ DAY SEVEN +

After the weekend.. I feel disgusting. Just the thought of what I ate is making me feel ill.

After eating relatively healthy for 4 days, you can really tell the difference when you eat crap and the effect it has on your body.

Its like giving up smoking. When you don't smoke for ages, you feel so much fresher and have more energy. The same is when you eat healthy. You reboot and feed your self with nutrients and the moment you eat crap... it takes its toll.

Its only encouraged me to try harder and really focus on clean eating! And also I think after my 3 coffees Ive had this morning, I'm going to cut down my intake. I'm starting to feel a bit sick/wired.

BREAKFAST

4 egg whites with 1 yolk
Chopped Onion
Chopped mushroom
Spinach
Fat free chive & onion cottage cheese
Psyllium husk
Black chia seeds

Instant coffee with Rice milk and tiniest bit of raw sugar
Large soy latte no sugar
Strong skinny latte 3/4 full (it was a double order and no one was going to drink it. So of course I had to)

EXERCISE
Zilch... how effing horrible

WATER 
3 x 600mL bottle

SNACK 

Sugar free chewing gum

LUNCH

Rye Vita crackers x 4

Fat free cream cheese

Tinned tuna x 2

50g of fat free Turkey Breast

Cucumber

Snow Pea sprouts

SNACK
Small handful of almonds

1 small low sugar milk bottle lollie.. i needed the sugar hit for that time of month :(

Trying so hard not to buy a $1 from the huge box that sits next to me everyday!!!

The other receptionist bought a small block of plain dairy milk chocolate and handed me 6 squares because shes sick of hearing me complain about needing chocolate.
Ive had 2 squares so far and the other 4 are sitting in my little tub with the rest of the almonds :|
DINNER

2 Chicken skewers (in pieces)
Salad leaf mix with no dressing
Tiny bit of tasty cheese crumbled throughout salad
2 slices of beetroot
Cucumber

2 Gin & Tonics

SNACK
2 carrot sticks with eggplant dip
Slither of coconut and lime cake (its my brothers birthday I deserve a bit of cake)

I know I'm uploading pretty much the same picture each day. Once my ingredients for this lunch run out I'll purchase new ingredients for a different lunch... plus its so tasty I don't mind eating it everyday anyway!



+ DAY SIX + Cheat Day +

SUNDAY = My excuse for cheating

BRUNCH
I feel shit today after how little I ate yesterday.. and I probably didn't drink enough water either so my heads feeling really groggy. Or maybe its just that I'm getting effing old (25 years) and cant handle staying out til 1am? Oh gawd who am I?!

Jono took me up to Sky High Restaurant in the Dandenongs for brunch/late lunch. We haven't been there since our first date back in 2009. It was a bit cute :)
Sunday being my cheat day.. I couldn't resist the chicken parma. One went past on a plate and the smell pulled me in... however, the food was shocking so I only ended up eating half.

Small handful wedges
Small handful of chips
Soy latte no sugar
Half chicken parma
Small serving of garden salad with onion

WATER
4 glasses

EXERCISE
Zilch... It is Sunday after all...  Although I'm feeling pretty guilty for not having done anything :(

DINNER
We had a meeting with Jonos brother, his fiance, his mate and his wife.. the boys spent lots of time making music and organising the final touches to our massive Easter Bush Doof we're having this coming weekend however they had ordered 6 pizzas prior to us getting there.. so there was all this pizza just asking to be eaten.

1 and 1/2 slices of chicken pizza

SNACK
3 small tiny chocolate Easter eggs

Today has been THE worst for eating and I regret it so much :( I need to be stronger next time I have food in front of my face!

+ DAY FIVE +

BREAKFAST

Having a garage sale today and I didn't have any time what so ever to make myself a relatively substantial meal..
As soon as I woke up I was helping taking everything out onto the front lawn and didn't even think about food.
I had 2 instant coffees with half a raw sugar and skim milk..
Then mum made date muffins :( Her date muffins are way too delicious to say no to.. so I had about 4. They are only small ones and she doesn't put much sugar or butter in them but I probably shouldn't have had any..
Then Becky brought over her fat free, butter free, sugar free spelt banana muffins.. I had about 2 of them but they're guilt free

Large soy latte no sugar

EXERCISE

Does repetitive lifting boxes count?
Seeing as I went out for my brothers birthday, I danced up a bit of a sweat on the dance floor..
AND we went to Cookie Rooftop Bar.. have you ever had to walk up those 20 flights of stairs? I counted 139 steps.

WATER
7 glasses

SNACK 

LUNCH

Still busy on the garage sale, kept picking at the fat free banana muffins
SNACK

DINNER
Got to my dads and he had cooked a BBQ. I was too slow and missed out on the delicious prawn skewers :(
1 Chicken skewer
Quinoa Salad
Pumpkin and Beetroot salad

Gin and Tonic with fresh lime

At Cookie Rooftop bar I drank 1 cocktail because I couldn't resist! After all it was for my bros birthday.
Earl Grey and Quince infused Cicacha, Lemon, Fresh Mint and Soda.
Amazing

 

I think my eating habits overall today have been horrible. Its not good for your body to run on banana and date muffins, by the time I got to dinner I wasn't even hungry, because all the muffin mix was just sitting in my stomach and I felt bloated.
Definitely wish Id woken up a tad earlier and made egg white scrambles :(

+ DAY FOUR +

BREAKFAST

Got up bright and early and whipped up my scrambles!!
4 egg whites with 1 yolk

Spinach

Chopped mushroom

Chopped onion

Psyllium Husk

Fat free chive and onion cottage cheese

- Scrambled in a pan with a tiny bit of organic olive oil

Large soy latte no sugar

EXERCISE

Rode my bicycle to work with 10kg worth of eBay purchases I picked up from the post office on the way.. slightly vigorous effort! Definitely made me sweat!...30 minutes

Walked up the street to get coffee and back.. only 15 minutes
Walked up to Coles and back ... 20 minutes
Walked up 3 flights of stairs twice because i forgot my crackers :(

WATER 

2.5 x 600mL bottle

SNACK

Handful of green grapes

Small handful of almonds

LUNCH

SOOOOO hard to resist the free BBQ lunch at work today.. but I will NOT eat sausages or patties! If only they were serving chicken i would have been tempted. Many salads to choose from, I got a small bit of Coleslaw, but after one bite I could taste it had quite alot of Mayo or some type of sauce so I had a couple mouthfuls and that was it!

Rye Vita crackers x 4

Fat free cream cheese

Tinned tuna x 1

100g of fat free Turkey Breast

Cucumber

Snow Pea sprouts

SNACK
Choc Raspberry low carb mini Protein Bar

These are great when you have chocolate cravings, you can get all different flavours and they are low carb, high protein, low fat, almost no sugar and taste yummmmm

DINNER

Jono convinced me to order take-away.. I was trying to settle with Vietnamese but he was fighting back with Pizza... I totally caved and agreed (only thing that sucks about having a boyfie.. always tempting you with cold night foods). Luckily the pizza place were too busy to do home delivery.
So we both came to an agreement of Indian and I ordered Tandoori chicken drumsticks. No rice and no curry.
So hard trying not to eat garlic naan though and dipping it in Jonos butter chicken...

+ DAY THREE +

BREAKFAST

Slept in for over an hour today and no time to make my protein boost scrambles :(

2 Weetbix with Rice Milk

1 Tablespoon Psyllium Husk

I wolfed it down

Large Soy latte no sugar

EXERCISE

Walked from home to the train station, then from train to work. Not much ... 25 minutes

Everytime I walk up the 3 flights of stairs at work, I step up every second step. Good work on your glutes.
I was feeling a little unmotivated when I got home.. had the flu vaccine today so i felt like i was going to vomit with every movement.. is that a good enough excuse? probably not.

WATER 

3 x 600mL bottle

SNACK

Handful of green grapes

Small handful of almonds

LUNCH

Rye Vita crackers x 4

Fat free cream cheese

Tinned tuna x 2

Cucumber

Snow Pea sprouts

Large Latte no sugar

SNACK

2 Rice cakes

DINNER
Leftover steamed veges
Half sweet corn on cob
Carrot
Sweet potato
Onion
Buk choy
Spinach

Table spoon of fat free cottage cheese for taste 

 

Sleepytime tea

My idea of a healthy-ish week...

I made this weekly diet plan, from the top of my head.
Most of these meals are either made up or from memory.. A couple I stole from my health freak friend Becky such as the Green Juice. Delicious combo!

If you have the energy, time and money to create these meals every separate day of the week then its a great combination because you don't get bored of the same meal.
Or, if you're like me and 'think' you're always too busy to cook and prep, I like to pull different meals from different days and have that everyday until I get bored of it.

I'm open to criticism, suggestions or tips!
Enjoy!

+ DAY TWO +

BREAKFAST

I stayed at my boyfriends house last night. He doesn't really have many healthy breakfast options. I could have grabbed an apple but I'm picky when it comes to fruit. It has to be ridiculously fresh and crisp and the apples there always tend to be a bit powdery. Other than that, I steered clear of the cereal, its carby and packed with sugar and I also decided not to have toast. Because having toast requires putting butter on it and there was no Vegemite, and I couldn't have Jam, not to mention it wasn't dark rye bread and only wholegrain which is mostly white bread with added grains.. no no.
So, I had a skinny latte with 1 sugar (Jono ordered it for me otherwise it would have no sugar) at the train station, then I had a large soy latte with no sugar when I got to work.

Its not a good idea skipping breakfast because its the most important meal of the day. But I took the coffee path and will jump right back into the protein kick tomorrow morning.

EXERCISE
Rather than taking the escalators at Flagstaff station, I took all the stairs from the very bottom level. EVERY TINY BIT COUNTS then walked about 10 minutes to work.
Walked to and from Southern cross shopping centre to get lunch... 25 minutes
Rode my bike home from work.. 30 minutes

2 x reps 20 squats

2 x reps 25 crunches

2 x reps 25 reverse crunches

30 second plank (id slowly built up to 2 minute plank but have since lost core strength and back down to 30 seconds... baby steps)

10 push ups from the knees

WATER

4 x 600mL bottle

SNACK
No snacks due to staying at Jonos :( I'm feeling hungry now and cranky, and stinky breath from 2 coffees hahaha

Chewing Gum - Sugar free Extra

LUNCH - Luckily we have a Coles nearby otherwise I would have been doomed with Vending Machine meals!!!

Rye Vita crackers x 4

Fat free cream cheese

Tinned tuna x 2

Cucumber

Snow Pea sprouts

Large Soy latte (I couldn't resist)

SNACK

Chive & Onion flavoured Rice Cakes x 4

Most of the time Rice cakes are a good snack, but I have a feeling that the flavour on them wouldn't be healthy.

If you're after an even healthier snack, go with corn cakes as they have less carbs.

DINNER

After my sweaty bike ride home AGAINST wind slightly uphill.. (its hard) I was ravenous.

Picked at almost quarter of skinless chicken meat and

Then steamed up a whole bunch of veges.

Carrot

Sweet potato

Spinach

Onion

Sweet corn

Mushroom

and Buk Choy - my fave!

Squeezed a bit of lemon juice all over and yummm!

SNACK

2 Boiled eggs

Sleepytime herbal tea

LUNCH - Had 4 of these babies!

DINNER - Just chuck in a steamer until cooked

+ DAY ONE +

Today is day 1 of my new lifestyle. I wouldn't call it a diet, because its not a diet. Its simply a healthier, cleaner way of eating which many people just do naturally, so why cant I?

For a big girl like me (I am just under 6ft tall and think my body frame is huge), it seems hard when you eat chocolate and baked foods a lot of the time and one of my biggest problems is going out for dinners and lunches all the time.

I like nothing more than meeting my man or girlfriends for dinner during the week. I never order an unhealthy meal, but I never quite order the healthiest meal.

Overall I'm quite a healthy person, but I tend to snack at nighttime a lot when I'm bored, especially if I'm with boyfriend who is a bottomless pit, I want to cancel out the crap completely and focus on raw, clean, healthy, organic etc etc

Pretty much I want to focus on not buying anything from a packet or a can (tinned Tuna excluded)

Lets see how I go...

BREAKFAST
4 Egg whites with 1 yolk
Thinly sliced Onion
1 chopped Mushroom
Handul of raw Spinach
Dollop of fat free Chive & Onion Cottage Cheese
Psyllium Husk
- Scrambled in a pan with light natural organic homemade Olive Oil

Got to work and ordered a Large Soy Latte NO SUGAR!!!! (depending on the soy milk used you actually don't need sugar)
The other receptionist tried to entice me to share her 600 calorie giant cookie with her.. I proudly said no haha

EXERCISE
Rode my bicycle to work from East Brunswick to Spencer St Melbourne..  30 minutes
Walked from Mitcham station to Jonos house... 30 minutes

WATER

2 Bottles - approx 1200mL

SNACK
Handful of green grapes. Needed another coffee fix
Instant coffee with full cream milk (to make up for having no sugar... ill get there!)
Small handful of almonds

LUNCH

Spinach

Onion

Raw green bean

Diced Cucumber

Low fat cottage cheese

Skinless Chicken

- Mix into a salad

Instant coffee no sugar

SNACK

Pink Delicious Apple

OK so I just cheated and couldn't resist the lollies put in front of my face. I had 3 small little Milk bottles which have 6g sugar and 213kj per 5 lollies... that's NOT the worst...

DINNER

Considering I was staying at my boyfriends, and his mum always cooks really carby meals, I thought I would stick to the safe option of getting a Subway wrap for dinner. 

Skinless chicken

Salad

Jalapenos (new obsession)

Only 1 slice of Swiss cheese

Sweet Chilli sauce.

- Probably not the healthiest of options I could have chosen but at least it wasn't a pie and chips, or cheese cauliflower bake, or potato and pork. Jonos mum makes a good meal but I'm too focused too give in to carbs at night time!

SNACK
So.... I made the massive mistake of smoking a doob. Followed by 1 choc chip cookie, ham on a corn cake and then a handful of savoury Shapes.. FAIL WAHHHHH

All in all I think my first day went fine. Apart from all the snacks at the end of the day I think I was quite successfull.


LUNCH



Day 2 come at me!