Clean & Green Day 15

Breakfast: leftovers of bran flakes, 1% milk, Berocca and a pear.

Snack: 10 almonds

Lunch: pizza crumpet with pesto, rocket, cucumber, tomato and a few wotsits.

Snack: chocolate brownie

Dinner: pea con carne (beef didnt look worth the risk) w/salad

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: pear, cucumber, tomato, avocado, lettuce 5/5

Exercise: full body weights.

Clean & Green Day 14

Breakfast: protein shake, Choco porridge

Snack: banana, 6 cashew nuts

Lunch: 3 mini homemade crustless quiche (w/spinach, ham, spring onion & mushroom), iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, 4 slices of ham and a babybel light. Followed by a freddo caramel.

Snack: pear & 6 almonds

Dinner: ham & rocket sandwich thin with a scraping of light mayo & chilli jam. Served with half a bag of wotsits and a slice if Brie. I now remember why I cook large meals on a Tuesday to reheat on a Wednesday.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: banana, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, pear. 5/5

Exercise: rest day.

Measurements Update

After trying on my dress this morning for pics, I thought I'd do some other pictures to hopefully spur me on.

This is what I look like today.

Measurements are as follows:
Weight: 9st 6lbs
Waist: 27"
Waist (over belly button): 31"
Hips (widest): 38"
Hips (over bone): 36"
Thighs (widest): 23"
Thighs (thumbs down): 21.5"
Calf: 13"
Wrist: 5.5"
Bust: 34"
Underbust: 28.5"
Bicep: 11"

I'm heavier than I have been for a while. I suspect this is down to eating habits I acquired whilst I was still breastfeeding and have failed to drop since I stopped 4 weeks ago.

To be honest, it could ALOT worse. I'm fairly happy with how my shoulders look from the front, even my stomach isn't that bad, but there is way more I'm unhappy with.

I'd like to reduce waist, hips, thigh, bicep. I'm not massively fussed with my weight to be honest, but I would like to reduce body fat. I can't find my old spreadsheet at the moment, but using an online calculator it reckons I'm 26% fat. Thats over a 1/4. I'd like to get this down and my lean body mass up.

House of Pox

An outbreak of Chicken Pox at our house has put blogging on hold for the last few days.

I've probably not made the best food choices, but I'm not going to dwell on it. Back on it today.

This week is going to be about damage limitation, potentially have a wedding reception on Friday night and it's my birthday on Saturday and I've asked hubs to take me out somewhere nice. All pox dependant of course!

I ordered a dress for a wedding In August last week. It arrived and it fits fine. But I could look better in it.

Anyhoo, onto today's food:

Breakfast: berocca, banana, 6 almonds & 100ml full fat milk.

Snack: After weights protein shake.

Lunch: homemade crustless quiche, chicken, spinach/rocket & a spoonful of baked beans, pear, babybel

Snack: scone w/cream & jam

Dinner: bolognese & salad, square of Lindt sea salt dark choc, alpen bar.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: banana, spinach/rocket, pear, lettuce, cucumber, tomato 6/5

Exercise: 30 minutes weights AM, 3 mile run PM (547 Cals total)

Clean & Green Day 10

Yesterday was a bad day. But I'm not going to dwell on it. At least the major sweet cravings of the last few days have a reason (time of the month). I'm a bit later than usual (not that I have a usual really) and I was starting to freak!

Breakfast: protein shake

Snack: 5 macadamia nuts & alpen bar

Lunch: salmon with spinach, rocket and a poached egg.

Snack: 4 rich teas & a spoonful of chocolate spread. (damn you sweet tooth!), apple & 6 almonds.

Dinner: lamb steak with sweet potato, green beans.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & veg: 3/5 must go food shopping!!

Exercise: nada.

Clean & Green Day 9

Today won't be a good day.

It's going to be hectic. I've been up since 6, got washed/fed/dressed, got Martha up/fed/dressed. Packed both our bags, dropped her at nursery, got myself to the train station. Now I'm somewhere between Winchester and London Waterloo. Got a meeting near Borough Market at 10.30pm, then I'm
Off to the office in Southwark. I've hit to leave around 3pm to walk back to Waterloo to get the train home in time so I can pick Martha up again. Then it's home, bath, bed, walk dogs, make dinner (which I failed to remove from the freezer), exercise & bed.

I'm tired just reading that.

Breakfast: bran flakes, 1% milk & Berocca.

Snack: k&c brownie

Lunch: smoked salmon & cream cheese bagel and another brownie.

Snack: 6 almonds, another brownie.

Dinner: ham salad.

Water: 1.5 litres.

Fruit & Veg: 3/5

Exercise: 3 mile walk across London with my laptop.


As an after though of my brownie indulgence today, do you know what? I'm not even sure I enjoyed them much. I think I enjoyed my almonds more.

Clean & Green Day 9

Back at work today, up since 5am, didn't sleep great. Ergh.

Breakfast: protein shake, Choco porridge.

Snack: rock sweet, apple, 4 macadamia nuts.

Lunch: Lunch date with the husband! We went bowling and i ate dirty bowling alley hot dog & fries

Snack: homemade cupcake (took them into work to get rid and share the cakey happiness)

Dinner: leftover morrocan lamb w/seeded wrap, 30g cheddar and salad.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: apple, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, stew veg 5/5

Exercise: just a dog walk, thought about more but it's been a long day.

Tomorrow I've got a meeting in London, so lots of walking!

Clean & Green Day 8

Breakfast: protein shake, rice cake & peanut butter, banana, Berocca.

Snack: 4 macadamia nuts, cocoa orange nakd bar.

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, 2 rashers bacon, 1 slice biona pumpkin rye bread.

Dinner: Moroccan lamb w/ falafel, salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato) pitta & houmous.

Snack: homemade vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: banana, courgette, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, peppers. 6/5

Exercise: dog walking (100 Cals), 3 mile run (394 Cals)

Clean & Green Day 7

One thing I have noticed this week is that food is an emotional crutch. I was in a funk about my friends at one point, then at Mr H leaving for the weekend and today because I'm mind boggling-ly shattered after having no downtime all weekend - all 3 occasions I've either thought about or acted upon a impulse to put food in my mouth. Today for example I shared Martha's lunch instead of making my own because I couldn't be bothered and then because I felt crappy I had a crap biscuit. This in turn made me feel crap so I had some almonds to compensate. Sure, it could have been worse, but fact is - it was unnecessary.

Today's food hasn't been great, but Martha has been running a temperature of 39, do I've had other priorities.

Breakfast: 100g smoked salmon, poached egg, asparagus spears. Berocca.

Snack: protein shake & banana

Lunch: half a puff pastry spinach/pesto/cheddar tart, 30g cheddar, boiled egg, half a bag of wotsits, grapes.

Snack: malted milk biscuit, 6 almonds.

Dinner: tuna pasta bake w/pea shoots, tomato & rocket. Square Lindt dark choc with sea salt.

Water: 2 litres.

Fruit & Veg: asparagus, banana, grapes, tomato, mixed leaves 5/5

Exercise: Dog walking (116 Cals), bike ride (180 Cals).

Clean & Green Day 6

Breakfast: protein shake

Snack: 4 macadamia nuts

Lunch: roast beef, yorkshire pud (just 1), broccoli, runner beans, carrots, roast potatoes (2) & a flat apple bake thing (like a tray bake version of an apple pie) with a dollop of double cream.

Dinner: chilli con carne with 1/4 avocado, spinach and pea shoots.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: broccoli, runner beams, carrots, spinach, avocado. 5/5

Exercise: just dog walking/trike pushing today - 30 minutes.

Tomorrow I'll have my support crew (well hubs) back, so hope to get some exercise in.

Clean & Green Day 5

I think I'm starting to feel a difference. Not in my weight, but in how I feel. Last night I went to bed at 10.20pm. Usually I'd have fallen asleep on the sofa by that point but I felt pretty clear headed. Then this morning, I woke up at 6.05am and felt like I'd actually slept.

Breakfast: protein shake w/banana and Berocca.

Snack: 6 almonds

Lunch: turkey and egg salad (iceberg, cucumber, tomato) & a drizzle of walnut oil.

Snack: homemade dulce de leche cupcake.

Dinner: bolognese with baby spinach leaves.

Water: 2 litres.

Fruit & Veg: banana, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, bolognese veg, spinach. 6/5.

Exercise: 30 minutes dog walk/baby in trike push and a whopping 2.5 hours of housework - phew!

Clean & Green Day 4

I finished off yesterday with a square of Dark lindt chocolate with sea salt. It was right out of the fridge so lasted ages. I guess on reflection you could say that the last two days weren't great, but at least I've been accountable.

Today should be an ok day - except for lunch. Hubs bought a pizza & dough balls, and he's away all weekend so it has to be eaten today. I guess this is the downside to not having a freezer. But I'll be as good as I can either side!

Breakfast: Protein Shake, banana, Berocca.

Snack: alpen bar

Lunch: half a Pizza Express Sloppy Guiseppe, 4 dough balls with dip, rocket and a homemade garlic/herb mayo dip for the pizza.

Snack: 2 Choco buttermilk pancakes and a sliced banana.

Dinner: just me for dinner tonight, I had grand plans of chicken - but it looked & smelt a bit funky. So had a ham/cheese/chilli jam seeded wrap with tomato, cucumber & beetroot salad. And a cheeky slice of Brie too.

Fruit & Veg: Banana x 2, mixed leaves, rocket, cucumber, tomato. 5/5

Water: 2 litres.

Exercise: walked the dogs for an hour, I love how a 3 minute walk from my house takes me here.

Clean and Green Day 3...and a cupcake.

Yesterday evening I was provided with a cupcake. It was just what I needed after my day at work. But it did remind me that I should probably tell hubby to not buy me treats! He got me two, so I'll eat the second one today then they are gone.

Food for today...

Breakfast: Protein shake & Berocca

Snack: banana, 6 macadamia nuts & the other cupcake.

Lunch: beetroot salad w/rocket, cucumber and tomato with mackerel & hard boiled egg.

Snack: Cocoa Orange Nakd bar

Dinner: 100g fillet steak with ratatouille, sweet potato wedges and rocket.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: banana, mixed salad leaves, cucumber, tomato, strawberries, ratatouille, sweet potato 7/5.

Exercise: 3 mile run followed by weights. Burnt a nice 575 calories. This is the actual colour my face was afterwards. You can tell its been a while since I went running!

Clean & Green Day 2

Have you ever made a protein shake and left it for about 20 minutes before drinking it? Thats what I did this morning and it set like cement. I was actually a little gutted on my drive to work after I discovered it solid in the bottle.

Anyways, here's what today's food looks like...

Breakfast: Choco porridge (same specification I used to eat) & berocca

Snack: banana & 6 macadamia nuts

Lunch: spinach & rocket salad with han & egg and a drizzle of walnut oil. And a raw chocolate 'lovebite ball' (~150 calories & yummy).

Snack: apple & 6 almonds

Dinner: tuna pasta bake (jar sauce) and iceberg lettuce.

Water: 2 litres.

Fruit & Veg: banana, spinach, rocket, apple, iceberg lettuce = 5/5

Exercise: none. A long day at the office has left me shattered.

Am working from home tomorrow so will hopefully get in some lunchtime exercise sessions!

Clean & Green Day 1

After 4 false starts on this (I did the food shop on Friday), today has been a good day.

Breakfast: 100g smoked salmon & a 3" piece of chopped cucumber. Berocca.

Snack: Protein Shake & 6 almonds

Lunch: Spinach & rocket salad with ham, Feta and walnut oil.

Snack: Banana

Dinner: Beef hoisin stirfry (done in coconut oil) followed by a Protein Shake post-exercise.

Water: 2 litres

Fruit & Veg: cucumber, spinach, rocket, banana, stirfry veg = 5/5

Exercise: 3 mile bike ride (first time out on my new bike!) followed by 30 minutes of squats, pushups, calf raises, situps, etc.