I'm pretty sure I eat more fibre in a day than most people eat in a month. Seriously. I think I average something like 50+ grams of fibre a day. That's got to be good, right? ...Right? People have been saying that I'm full of it for years, I guess they're right. Wow. That's a lot of fibre. this guy says you should have 14 grams/1000 calories you intake. Given that I'm averaging about 1300 calories a day on this diet and getting over 50 grams of fibre... we're talking one healthy colon here. Except we're not, because no one wants a talking colon. Although if mine could talk, it would probably have a fancy British accent and a monocle (and be screaming for mercy). You'e welcome for *that* picture, and I hope you sleep well tonight.
Speaking of which, I had an unbroken nights sleep last night! Yay! It was only 5 hours long! BOOO. I had one of those mornings when I was running late from the moment I woke up (on time) and I didn't have time for a breakfast smoothie. BIG MISTAKE. I grabbed a pear, mentally consoled myself that I had bananas, prunes and an apple at work and hit the road. So, before I got to eat anything, I'd walked 2+km and had been awake for 4 hours.
My energy level and mood during the day definitely suffered- even though I had a pear, a banana and a serving of prunes for breakfast as soon as I got to work, I was low energy, and I found it difficult to mentally focus. I should add that I was out of both coconut and fancy sparkly water, so I literally didn't have anything to drink until about 4 p.m. I don't know how I didn't die. Thankfully fruit has water in it. (Well, not so much the dehydrated plums...)
My midmorning snack was a banana and an apple...and prunes.
Sadly, my co-worker was super late to work (He warned me, I just didn't have time to do anything about it) so my lunch was also a banana...and prunes.
I dare you to do this. But don't because I was in a super bad mood by the time I was off work, and suffering backaches, leg aches and headaches; a brisk walk to the health food store for a coconut water and some flax crisps helped immeasurably though. It really felt like my muscle fibre was in need of
Getting home, after trying to pick up my bike tire...and having it not be done...was such a relief.
BUT! before I got home I had another great adventure in another Chinese greengrocer, this one in the east end. Two huge bags of produce for $17, including kale for $1.49! Treasure! My haul included 2 pints of blueberries, 5 oranges, 4 apples, a head of kale, a large bag of spinach, two tubs of fresh figs, a huge knob of ginger, and...something else I'm forgetting.
I was RAVENOUS when I got home and couldn't even focus properly to make a smoothie, so I had a properly portioned afternoon snack of guacamole with some flax crisps first which was super helpful. I didn't have my almonds this morning, and I really noticed the difference. My percentages were 97% carb 0% fat 3% protein until dinner time, and I'm still a little low, percentage wise, on protein even now. I'll have some nuts tomorrow; I will also skew my diet in the direction of these vegetables to get lots of protein without messing with my fat numbers.
I should note that my guacamole was amazing after sitting for 24 hours. And I was VERY good and only had 1/2 a cup, which is basically 1/2 of an avocado.
Dinner was my long lost love, a smoothie.
2 cups spinach
1 cup parsley
1 cup almond milk
1 banana
1 cup watermelon
3/4 cup strawberries
I literally had to talk myself down from more putting things into the blender.
After getting home and having a snack, my backache was 90% gone, but my legs still feel a little rubbery, as I talked about yesterday. I meant to work out tonight, but we accidentally had a nap instead. For 3 hours. Whoops.
I'm sure that my sleepiness is due to not eating enough during the day- I'll be super sure to have a good morning smoothie tomorrow and bring tons of fruit and vegetables for snacks. Lesson learned!
I didn't get a chance to do any exciting raw cooking or anything, but I think I'll try doing a raw zucchini pasta with vegan basil pesto (home made and hopefully low fat!) tomorrow.
Here's what I ate today: FIBRE!!!
My percentage for today was almost perfect: 82/12/6.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Day 06: An Avocado Shaped Incident.
I had a very, very broken sleep last night. My dog goes through phases of sleeping all night, followed by phases of 'lets wake mum up every two hours so I can go outside and maybe pee but probably just sniff raccoon tracks'. Last night was the latter. Frankly, every night for several weeks has been that.
There's a reason I'm a caffeine junky.
I meant to work out this morning and get a great start on the week, but hey! I was to tired! Ah, well. Tomorrow.
I'm not sure why, but the muscles in my right leg and glute were really achy all day- almost like my sciatic nerve had been aggravated or something. Despite having not done any leg workout except some hiking, and no distance unusual, my legs felt like I had done some serious gym work. It made doing stairs really hard.
I do a lot of running around at work, which wasn't too bad but going to and from work (still via TTC this month) the stairs felt like a lot of effort, as if my coat and bag and sweaters were extra heavy. I'm not sure if this is diet-related or sleep related or what, but it's unusual for me. I'll keep you posted.
onwards to food!
I was determined to stick as closely to 80/10/10 as possible today so I had an insanely good smoothie for breakfast (banana, spinach. parsley, strawberry, orange, ginger, almond milk) which, once again, gave me an insane body buzz for several minutes after drinking it. This is something that I will very likely incorporate into my diet once this experiment is over- way,way more smoothies. They are the greatest.
instead of 20 almonds for a snack a while later, I had 10 which was more than enough to fill the hunger gap- and a banana! Always a banana. OOK.
Lunch, I feel like I cheated a wee bit and had a Subway veggie delite salad instead of a pile of fruit, but I wanted pickles, dammit. It was good- and that with a coconut water was surprisingly filling!
....I also had a banana. There may be a theme here.
I nipped over to the green grocery and picked myself up some healthy snacks for the afternoon- an apple, a small tub of dehydrated plums and surprise!! Another bunch of bananas! I could have swung to the green grocer through the hydro wires by my tail.
Yes, dehydrated plums...also known as prunes. Famed as a snack for constipated old ladies, I find them delicious and 5, the recommended serving, has 0 fat, 100 calories and tons of vitamins! I regret nothing.
So midafternoon snacking was prunes, banana and the dregs of my coconut water. I wasn't hungry enough to commit to a full apple- at work it's really hard find the time to sit and chew one of those bad boys. Last time I tried, it took me an hour of taking a bite, putting it down, helping a customer...etc.
So, sure enough, but the time I got home I was hovering at a fully respectable 8% fat for the day and feeling good...and then, I made guacamole.
Which would have been ok, if I'd just eaten an avocado; OK, probably 1/2 an avocado on this diet. But still. See, you have to taste it while making it to see if it's right, right? whoops. Boy, was it goooood.
So for dinner I had guacamole with yellow pepper and broccoli for dippings. But my end of day ratio was 71/22/7 so I totally messed myself up. Damned guacamole. Why are you SO GOOD?
I think it's fair to say that I'm having trouble, after a week, hitting the 10% fat mark. If it's not a rogue cookie, it's too many nuts or oil or an avocado. I'm used to eating quite a bit of healthy fats (nuts etc, very little oil) but it's hard, especially in the evenings, to not accidentally 'treat' myself and go over my limit.
Dear Self: I know it's hard to adjust to, but you can do it! Portion control and pre planning!
Rah Rah Rah!
I think I will save basically all my fats for the evening today and see if it makes it easier for me to stick to the magic ratio. Here's what I ate today. guacamole SHAME!!
Regardless, and even including the Planned Cheating of yesterday, I weighed in this morning at 170.6, a further loss. Johnny is worried I'll get too skinny, but it's all in the name of experimenting on this amazing flesh machine we call a body.
And, if I do, there's always more guacamole. Mmmm.
There's a reason I'm a caffeine junky.
I meant to work out this morning and get a great start on the week, but hey! I was to tired! Ah, well. Tomorrow.
I'm not sure why, but the muscles in my right leg and glute were really achy all day- almost like my sciatic nerve had been aggravated or something. Despite having not done any leg workout except some hiking, and no distance unusual, my legs felt like I had done some serious gym work. It made doing stairs really hard.
I do a lot of running around at work, which wasn't too bad but going to and from work (still via TTC this month) the stairs felt like a lot of effort, as if my coat and bag and sweaters were extra heavy. I'm not sure if this is diet-related or sleep related or what, but it's unusual for me. I'll keep you posted.
onwards to food!
I was determined to stick as closely to 80/10/10 as possible today so I had an insanely good smoothie for breakfast (banana, spinach. parsley, strawberry, orange, ginger, almond milk) which, once again, gave me an insane body buzz for several minutes after drinking it. This is something that I will very likely incorporate into my diet once this experiment is over- way,way more smoothies. They are the greatest.
instead of 20 almonds for a snack a while later, I had 10 which was more than enough to fill the hunger gap- and a banana! Always a banana. OOK.
Lunch, I feel like I cheated a wee bit and had a Subway veggie delite salad instead of a pile of fruit, but I wanted pickles, dammit. It was good- and that with a coconut water was surprisingly filling!
....I also had a banana. There may be a theme here.
I nipped over to the green grocery and picked myself up some healthy snacks for the afternoon- an apple, a small tub of dehydrated plums and surprise!! Another bunch of bananas! I could have swung to the green grocer through the hydro wires by my tail.
Yes, dehydrated plums...also known as prunes. Famed as a snack for constipated old ladies, I find them delicious and 5, the recommended serving, has 0 fat, 100 calories and tons of vitamins! I regret nothing.
So midafternoon snacking was prunes, banana and the dregs of my coconut water. I wasn't hungry enough to commit to a full apple- at work it's really hard find the time to sit and chew one of those bad boys. Last time I tried, it took me an hour of taking a bite, putting it down, helping a customer...etc.
So, sure enough, but the time I got home I was hovering at a fully respectable 8% fat for the day and feeling good...and then, I made guacamole.
Which would have been ok, if I'd just eaten an avocado; OK, probably 1/2 an avocado on this diet. But still. See, you have to taste it while making it to see if it's right, right? whoops. Boy, was it goooood.
So for dinner I had guacamole with yellow pepper and broccoli for dippings. But my end of day ratio was 71/22/7 so I totally messed myself up. Damned guacamole. Why are you SO GOOD?
I think it's fair to say that I'm having trouble, after a week, hitting the 10% fat mark. If it's not a rogue cookie, it's too many nuts or oil or an avocado. I'm used to eating quite a bit of healthy fats (nuts etc, very little oil) but it's hard, especially in the evenings, to not accidentally 'treat' myself and go over my limit.
Dear Self: I know it's hard to adjust to, but you can do it! Portion control and pre planning!
Rah Rah Rah!
I think I will save basically all my fats for the evening today and see if it makes it easier for me to stick to the magic ratio. Here's what I ate today. guacamole SHAME!!
Regardless, and even including the Planned Cheating of yesterday, I weighed in this morning at 170.6, a further loss. Johnny is worried I'll get too skinny, but it's all in the name of experimenting on this amazing flesh machine we call a body.
And, if I do, there's always more guacamole. Mmmm.
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