Friday's Food Diary

I've been posting these food diary videos at night, when I'm tired and lazy to do a write up.

Oh I BURNT my lunch, it still tasted good (I made it, ha!) and I more than made up for my lunch with my scrumptious dinner:

Almond Pancakes with Sausages... YUMMM

Recipe for the pancakes (Ground almonds instead of flour): www.adura-o.com/2011/06/pancakes.html

This was a Monday - Friday series so I'm happy to say I'm done, woohoo!!!

I hope you found it useful, have a nice weekend!

Thursday's Food Diary

Let me warn you before you watch this video, I was home all day - ILL! I spent the entire morning/early afternoon in bed and rest of the day on the sofa.

When I'm ill, I crave sweet things and I'm glad I didn't have too much temptation at home. The worst thing I had today was a pack of plantain chips! Now if I'd had a pack of biscuits, I'd have inhaled them using my state as an excuse.

I also drank a lot of water (+ 4 big mugs of lemon & ginger tea), I was thirsty all day. I had a pint of water almost every hour I was awake!

This week has made me realise how much time daily vloggers dedicate to recording, editing and uploading videos! And some of them record ten times more than I do, WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK!

Wednesday's Food Diary

Here's today's Food Diary:

I had a cup of Innocent smoothie as seen in the video. That was my sugar fix ;) If I had a pack of biscuits at home, I'd have been tempted to have 2 or 4 or even 10. Seriously!

Looking back at this video, I now realise I was falling ill, why?
Because I didn't have much of an appetite in the afternoon and evening. I know myself so well, I love my food and I eat more on the days I exercise. For me to have had 2 pieces of chicken and some spinach in the afternoon, then forced myself to eat dinner (sweet potatoes and salmon) - not normal (for me!),

Although I started this series to provide an insight into my eating habits, it's also helped me get back into my routine. The routine I've been struggling to get back into since I got back from America in July!

It's easy - plan, prepare and cook in advance. Always have healthy food available and keep unhealthy (and usually unnecessary) food out of reach.

Fluid intake: about 2 litres.

Tuesday's Food Diary

Read THIS POST (I will be posting my food diary Monday to Friday this week).

Here's Tuesday's video:



As you can see from the video, I was up early. My Monday started at 10am, Tuesday at 5.50 am.

On Tuesday, I work out at 7am (Fitter London Kettlebells) and also teach a spin class (another workout as I teach on the bike) at 1.15pm. This usually means I have a larger appetite, also as it's still early in the week, I find that I stick to my healthy eating goals 100%.

I had dinner very early and this is a new thing I'm trying on days I get home after 8pm. After 8pm, I usually get home tired AND lazy so I do one of two things:

• Eat dinner very late, after 8.30pm --> Going to bed on a full stomach and just feeling uncomfortable
  or
• I don't eat at all --> Next morning I wake up ravenous and eat anything I can get my hands on. Even before a workout, which is not ideal.

My nutritionist friend, Keris of Fitter London, suggested I start eating dinner early on these days so I don't have to worry about eating so late. It's working!!! :)

As NaturalNigerian rightly brought up - what was my water intake for the day? I'd say about 2.5 litres. I drink a lot of water most days, especially when I work out. I also had 2 mugs of tea.

Feel free to ask questions :)

This Week - My Food Diary!

For some of my readers, this has come months (a year!) too late but better late than never, right? ;) As you can see in the above picture, I've prepared some food for the week to make life so much easier - no need to worry about what to eat.

Every evening, I will post a video of my food diary on my YouTube Channel --> www.youtube.com/HealthyDury so it's best if you --> SUBSCRIBE <-- to stay updated.

See ya!

First video:

On Mondays I'm home most of the day, I have a late start and I don't really exert myself physically like I do Tuesday to Saturday. My friend mentioned this was "too little" but wait till you see Tuesday's food diary ;)



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