Quick Update

Soooo.... I am still doing the Whole 30 diet. I came off it slightly,when we ate out last Thursday night...and OMG... I was unwell for 3 days. It seems I have a problem with dairy now. I felt dreadful for days. This evening I have come off it again as we have been to see Lala's mum, Doff, as it is her  87th Birthday 

and we had some cake with her.... and now I feel dreadful :( Just shows that what you put in your body is so important. As the Whole 30 resets your body, it highlights the effect of such foods when you try to reintroduce them. I think before I did the Whole 30, my body was just used to the crap I put in it. .... In this case dairy and sugar. Least I know now the effect it has on me.

At the moment I love Medjool Dates as a snack

These organic ones from Sainsbury's are Yummie

I have been busy revising for the Yoga Philosophy exam which is 19 days time.... 

The course has flown by.... I often wonder where time actually goes. I have really enjoyed it.... And don't want it to end..... 

I just love all the learning.... Especially in a group. I am going to miss that. I wish I could find somewhere local where I could study more and more of the Philosophy cos that is the aspect of Yoga I love the most.

I was browsing online last night and came across a this website Dot Com Gift Shop - they sell such cute things. I will leave you with some of the products which I particularly love.

Whole 30 - Days 24 & 25

I was flipping through "It Starts With Food" when I woke up this morning... Reading bits which caught my eye.... It is such a fantastic, informative and motivating book. It is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again. It definitely led me onto the the right track. Took this quote from it

I have been eating like I always tend to eat .... Hahahaha.... fish, salads, veg., fruit, Lots of water.

I feel my relationship,with food is so much healthier now. I don't seem to feel the need to emotional eat. In fact, when something or someone upstea me, it lasts a few minutes... I either have a cry and then I am ok or I sit a breathe and then I am fine. I don't seem to hold onto it for long at all.

I started my period today ... And for the first time ever... NO PMT symptoms. How awesome is that - no mood swings, no chocolate cravings, no boob tenderness, no cramps, I LOVE eating like this.

I will leave you with a photo of the cutest jars I have just bought.... They arrived today.... I adore them.

Whole 30 Day 23

Just a quick update - So yesterday was Day 23. 

Only a week left til Day 30.

I am enjoying eating like this.

I feel so much better in myself for sure. 

So for lunch I had a salmon salad.

I have noticed though that some brands of smoked salmon contain sugar.  So ALWAYS read the label.  The one I get at Morrison's doesn't but I have noticed when label reading that the Sainsbury's one does.  Not sure about Tesco, Waitrose or Asda. 

I also grabbed an Americano from Starbucks and added some coconut milk to it when I got home

In the evening I had salmon (again) - I do eat a lot of salmon.  I roasted some veg to serve with it.

Right I best get back to my Yoga assignment.  I am enjoying doing it as I feel I am learning a lot.  I can see why they say you learn a lot when you are teaching.

Will leave you with a photo of one of our babies.

Whole 30 - Day 22

I have been such a bad bad blogger and not updated since day 15!!!!! I have been busy doing stuff for my Yoga Teacher Training course.... I can't believe that there is less than 2 months left until the end of it..... Time sure does fly.....

I am still enjoying the Whole 30 / Paleo way of eating and have stuck to it. Yay.

We ate out on Friday night. We went to an Indian Cafe down Normanton Road which is known for its good curries and cheap Indian supermarkets :) 

its more like a cafe than a restaurant... we love it

I ordered a couple of curries. A mushroom one and a prawn one. The guy looked at me a little "gone out" when I said no rice or Chappatis... Just curry. It was so so Yummie... And I didn't miss the rice/Chappatis . I must admit tho - I did miss be able to order a Dahl.

I am still considering reintroducing grains and legumes my diet at the end of the 30 days. With me being a pescetarian, I used to eat lentils and rice quite a bit. I have no desire to reintroduce wheat/gluten tho. I am so much better off without it.

Last night we ate at friends, and they cooked me a special Whole 30 meal... Salmon with asparagus and baby courgettes.... Was Yummie... Then raspberries for dessert. I admit, I did keep,looking at the cheesecake they were all having longingly .... Hahahahaha.... But I was good.

I have been bad at taking photos of my food too.... But these are some I did take....

So 8 more days to go.....

Whole 30 Day 15

Yay today is day 15 which means I am half way through The Whole 30.

Time is flying by...

I wasn't hungry first thing and so didn't have any breakfast.

I went to Sainsbury's to do our weekly shop.

I bought more veg this time and less fruit.  The fruit I did buy was mainly berries.  I have some fruit to eat up and then I am reducing the amount and increasing the amount of veg. 

I made this salad for my lunch

then for dinner tonight I decided to cook some carrot subji to have with my salmon

from this book

it has garlic, chilli, ginger, coriander, coconut, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ghee and carrot in it 

So this is what I had for dinner

Salmon, carrot subji and mushrooms

I also made these today

from PaleOMG's recipe

I struggled to get them to set in the fridge and so I popped them in the freezer.  They are a bit icy at the moment but should have thawed to the right consistency by tomorrow.  They are in the fridge now. 

Looking forward to another week of Whole 30/Paleo 

Day Four - Whole 30

Already day 4??? 

Another good good day :) 

I stayed awake til about 10pm and was wide awake at 5am which is much better.  I get up at 5.30am anyways. Body clock is getting back on track... yay.

This morning I decided to oven bake a frittata ... it turned out ok.  I wanted to put garlic in it, but the garlic we had, seemed to have gone off and so couldn't add it.  This frittata was definitely screaming out for garlic.  I am going to have tweak and perfect the recipe before I post it on my blog.

So this was my breakfast :

In the frittata I put onions, tomatoes, green, red, orange bell peppers, broccoli, eggs, coconut milk, salt, pepper and tuna. served with macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pineapple, strawberries and blueberries

I went off to the gym this morning planning to do some weights... but guess what? I ended up doing Yoga on the gym floor before then going to a Yoga class :) So am TOTALLY Yoga Upped today :))  Personal practice and a class in the same day :)))) 

I ended up eating my lunch quite late, for some reason, I wasn't feeling hungry.  This is what I had

smoked salmon, mackerel, blueberries, pineapple, strawberries, carrots and cucumber

I was buzzin all afternoon... TOTALLY.... in fact all day I have felt so alive, so happy, so smiley :) It is great but feels quite surreal.... it's bizarre.  Has this happened to anyone else? During my happy happy day, I decided I need to start getting more crafty and so I bought this magazine when I was at Sainsbury's. It looks so cute.

We had our joiner popping over so I had a handful of hazelnuts to keep me going til dinner time... knowing we would be eating later than usual.  But when he went, I wasn't really hungry... so my dinner was quite minimal

mussels, raspberries, blueberries, baby figs, physalis

I think maybe I have eaten too much fruit today and should have eaten more veg in its place. That is my plan for tomorrow.... more veg. 

NO CHOCOLATE CARVINGS TODAY.... YAY!! 

Think my hormones are balancing.

More tomorrow.... Day 5 :)

Whole 30 - Day Three

Today has gone really well.  I wasn't too hungry first thing which was good cos I think I have been eating breakfast too early.  Today I ate just after 8am (though I got out of bed at 5.30am) I decided to have a coffee to see if that would help me keep awake longer.  Everyone keeps saying how fab coconut milk tastes in coffee... I used to use the Kara milk coconut milk but in the book "It Starts With Food" - it says not to use that sort but instead use the canned.  I used this 

I do love the Biona range and buy quite a lot of their products. When I opened the can, I had to pour it in a jug and then whisk it.  I then poured it into one of these gorgeous jars ( I have a bit of an obsession for glass storage jars) I bought from Next Home. It's perfect for my coconut milk and fits nicely in the fridge.

You can buy this here

I am glad I had the coffee as it has stopped me being constipated and so far its 7.25pm and I am not feeling as tired as I did this time yesterday.

So this is what I made for my breakie 

- One egg (omletted), smoked salmon, avocado, mushrooms, strawberries, apple & pineapple

I had to go downtown this morning.  My car was booked in to be valeted and it meant hanging around town for a few hours.... so I went prepared 

Water & Hazelnuts.  I didn't want to get thirsty and mistake it for hunger and if it was hunger, I didn't want to risk not being able to buy something healthy or opting for something unhealthy.  As it was, I didn't feel hungry the whole time I was in town.  

When I got back I made some lunch

- mackerel, the last of the left over sweet potato mash, broccoli, hazelnuts (the ones i took into town) and blueberries

I felt full after eating this.

I didn't feel hungry all afternoon until it was time for dinner which was this

- salad leaves, grated red cabbage, grated carrot, cucumber, celery, tomatoes, prawns, olives and an olive oil and balsamic dressing. Banana, strawberries, blueberries & pineapple.

When I was walking the dogs this afternoon, I kept getting big bursts of energy... it was marvelous. 

Looking forward to Day Four :)

Whole 30 - Day Two

So yesterday was day two... it went well..... tho at times I did crave sweet things... especially when I was out doing some chores and saw chocolate and candy in some of the stores I had to pop in. I just get telling myself to stay strong. 

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Arghhhh just looking at the picture above makes me crave chocolate. I need to get out of this sort of behaviour!!!

My body clock is still not right... not really sure what time it is on right now... it is no longer on Arizona time but not really on UK time... I am falling asleep by 8pm and wide awake at 4ish. I am wondering if I should start having a coffee with breakfast (I have been drinking herbal teas and water and the usual mug of warm water and lemon when I wake up) as I could do to stay away til at least 9pm.  At the moment I am starting to flag before 7pm. Jet Lag.... please go away!!

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I enjoyed my eats throughout the day.

Breakfast - smoked salmon, avocado, roasted mushrooms & bell peppers, strawberries & pineapple

Lunch - salmon, left over sweet potato mash, spinach, strawberries, olives, macadamia nuts & hazelnuts 

By 4 pm I was feeling a little peckish and so I grabbed a handful mixed with hazelnuts and macadamia

I do love these Kilner jars I store them in... sad I know... hahahaha 

Dinner - mussels, salad leaves, olives, cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, celery, raw cabbage

I feel pleased with how Day Two went

I am looking forward to Day Three :)