Healthy Me!

[Leah]

Day One

 

1. Read up on Paleo Leap using cheat sheets for optimal health benefits creating healthy grocery list - check!
2. Go shopping with new grocery list - check!
3. Go for a 15min walk - check!
4. Go to be 1/2 hour earlier tonight

[Leah]

Day Two

Too ill, really didn't eat much today. Went for a morning walk 1/2hr up and back and took my 6yo out for morning tea - had a long black. Hubby made me eat a decent dinner though so had pan fried flathead fillets cooked in coconut oil, steamed asparagus, carrot and broccoli.

[Leah]

Day Three

Mornings are definitely not my friend at the moment. Guess my body is still adjusting to recent changes.....

B'fast - rooibos tea and white peach

Lunch - octopus salad with chilli, ginger and seaweed

Snack - black coffee and celery with coconut sweet spread

Dinner - lemon thyme chick skewers with steamed asparagus, baby spinach, broccoli and carrot

Excercise - May go to the gym..will repost if I go.

Aims - go to bed by 9.30 - no tears (write down what I am feeling)

[Leah]

Day 4

B'fast - salmon, veg and egg muffin & black coffee

Lunch - basic salad

Snack - carrot and celery with coconut spread & rooibos tea

Dinner - meat stuffed pepper

Snack - few cubes of chocolate

Excercise - 10 min treadmill, weighted squats and lunges

10 min bike, free weights session

Tummy exercises, plank, stretch

Other than the chocolate, feeling ok about choices today.

Aims - go for a 1/2hour walk at a decent pace

[Leah]

Day 5

 

Bfast - Left over 1/2  stuffed pepper & black coffee

Snack - Small handful macadamia nuts & rooibos tea

Lunch - slice f/r bacon, 1 salmon & veg muffin, wilted spinach & grilled mushrooms

Snack - Celery & carrot with coconut spread & black coffee

Dinner - Broccoli & ginger beef stirfry with coconut cauliflower rice

 

Excercise - 40min walk medium pace incline and decline

 

Aims - Choose 1 topic on the forum to interact with

       - Another 30/40 min walk

[Leah]

Day 6

B'fast - 2 x salmon & veg muffins & rooibos tea

Lunch - 3 x tandoori chick skewers and salad

Snack - almond and stewed apple cake with walnuts

Dinner - turkey "sloppy joe" with steamed broccolini, carrot & zucchini

Extras - black coffee and few cubes of chocolate

Started to look at a forum with other "Aussies". Hopefully I can find some people close to home to chat with! Made me think about whether I try the next challenge, but really want to get a good start with my whole self first before I start a challenge.

Didn't get a chance for a walk today so will head for the gym tomorrow arvo.

[Leah]

So bad.....forgot to post my day yesterday!

Day 7

B'fast - left over dinner & black coffee

Snack - handful of macadamia nuts and earl grey tea

Lunch - chorizo, egg & spinach bake & black coffee

Snack - green apple with coconut spread

Dinner - roast chicken with salad

Extra - chocolate

Excercise - gym program 15 min cardio bike and treadmill, free weights

Aim - no chocolate for 5 days.....yes I can do it! I plan to drink a glass of water for every time I think I want chocolate!

[pattycake118]

Good luck on the chocolate!

Word of warning - every time I quit it for a while, I eat so much after! So, pay attention to see if it's something that happens to you too. I find it helps to just get the expensive stuff and have a square or two when I want it (that said, I have just about demolished a party bag of peanut m&m's in two weeks).

[Leah]

Good luck on the chocolate!

Word of warning - every time I quit it for a while, I eat so much after! So, pay attention to see if it's something that happens to you too. I find it helps to just get the expensive stuff and have a square or two when I want it (that said, I have just about demolished a party bag of peanut m&m's in two weeks).

Thanks! Figure I need to try something so yeah the 75% cocoa chocolate is worth a try, but would like to go without it for a week first. I have found coconut spread is a nice sweet substitute.

[Leah]

Day 8

 

B'fast - Leftover beef broccoli and ginger stirfry

Snack - 2 x salmon and veg muffins & black coffee

Lunch - Free range bacon with grilled mushroom, 1/2 tomato, zucchini & spinach

Snack - small handful of macadamia nuts, small green apple with coconut spread & rooibos tea

Dinner - Marinated pork medallions with stirfry veg

 

Really happy with my choices today and have not felt like chocolate at all! Only day 1 with 4 days to go....but who's counting

Rest day today so no real exercise - plan for a gym session tomorrow

[Leah]

Day 9

B'fast - 2 x salmon &veg muffins

Snack - handful of macadamia nuts & black coffee

Lunch - 2 slices free range bacon, 1/2 tomato, mushroom and spinach

Snack - coke zero

Dinner - 1/2 steamed sweet potato stuffed with mince & lettuce tomato salad

No gym - something wrong with my neck....really bad headaches - off to physio tomorrow

Day 10

B'fast - 2 x eggs with spinach

Snack - macadamia nuts and rooibos tea

Lunch - same as last nights dinner

Dinner - chicken stuffed with Rosemary and garlic and rolled in bacon with steamed broccolini, zucchini, carrot and cauliflower

Physio appointment tonight.....whole right side a very tight ball of tension, headache has eased but heat packs a plenty at the moment to release tension. Anther physio session wed night - hopefully better before pt session on Thursday. Starting to feel a lot better in myself, a bit more energy and not really craving sugar which is definitely a good thing! I really hope I can stick to it this time round. Need some sort of stability and something measurable!

[Leah]

Day 11

B'fast - scrambled egg with bacon and spinach

Snack - mixed nuts & rooibos tea

Lunch - same as y'day

Dinner - sloppy joe turkey mince with steamed brussle sprouts, asparagus and squash

Not feeling hungry after dinner tonight which is good. Still unable to do any excercise with these horrid headaches though - physio did say though it would feel worse before getting better, hoping for improvement tomorrow with next physio session. No aims at this stage with excercise, but keeping meals to a minimum to try and stay on track