151 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

Ho, Ho, Ho and a bottle of rum!

I'm wearing a black eye patch and it aint pretty especially with my glasses over the top.

I can't think how many times we've been into our local pharmacy and forgotten to ask if they have eye patches. Today I was in enough distress to remember. I bought a hard plastic cover on an elastic band and it's working. I can even see well enough to read and type. We're having cool frosty weather and while I'm generally comfortable my eye is not.

It was a beautiful morning and we had forgotten a couple of things off the shopping list John did yesterday. Some weeks ago John took the first step toward getting the old purple bus, (our motorhome), on the road again. One of the break lines had a leak and he'd taken it to a local mechanic but he didn't have the right tools. We decided it would have to go to Thames. Two excuses to just go out for our own pleasure. There was a third reason too. We only had 2 days to use the 2nd voucher Jackie gave us for Colenso Orchard Cafe.

We had  lunch at Colenso after a leisurely start to our trip. We both had the Vegetable Frittata, the only wheat free option. John is being so good about this. I think the Wheat Belly book made quite as impression. I'm glad to say I seem to have given up cappuccinos. I am preferring black unsweetened coffee. It was a pleasant drive to Thames to drop of the part that needed to be rebuilt. We'll be able to pick it up on  our way home from our long weekend on June 11th. Our old bus is nearly 45 years old so repairs and modifications take a bit of thinking through and working out.

I stopped eating wheat and most other grains 150 days ago. John joined in with me a week ago. Only two nights and I will have a new official weight. My weight loss for May has been disappointing but I have managed to lose a little.

HOW DID I DO?

We enjoyed our day and wheat free is becoming normal. I am struggling with exercise so need to get my focus right there again.

Breakfast:- Plain Greek yoghurt, chopped walnuts, almonds and dried apricot.

Lunch:- Salad and vegetable Frittata at Colenso

Tea/Dinner:- Veggie soup, slice each of cheese and flaxseed bread.

Snacks:- 

Drinks:- Water x 0

Flavoured teas x 3
black coffee x 2

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *no*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *no*

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

59.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

150 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

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Not spending computer time.

Reporting Back ..............

A crazy kind of day. My eye is very sore

HOW DID I DO?

I did well

Breakfast:- flax seed bread with cream cheese, camembert, pepperdew

Lunch:- Nuts, canenbert, chocolate, hard boiled eggs

Tea/Dinner:- Vegetable soup and cheese

Snacks:- almonds

Drinks:- Water x 0

Flavoured teas x 0

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes/no*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *yes/no*

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

59.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

28/5 149 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

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First acupuncture session.

Reporting Back ..............

Another

HOW DID I DO?

I did well

Breakfast:- None

Lunch:- meat pattie, lettuce, gherkin, flax bread,cream cheese, camembert.

Tea/Dinner:- 2 slices flax bread, pepperdew, camembert

Snacks:- almonds

Drinks:- Water x 0

Flavoured teas x 0

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes/no*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *yes/no*

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

59.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

148 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

I might take a couple of days break from here. I'll just quickly fill in my records and leave it at that. 

I did OK 

Breakfast:- Smoothie

Lunch:- Chicken Salad

Tea/Dinner:- 2 hamburger patties with a lettuce leaf

Snacks:- almonds

Drinks:- Water x 0

Flavoured teas x 5

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *no*

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

59.5/160 km for May

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

147 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

VINTAGE CAR RALLY IN CENTRAL OTAGO

This Saturday is a quiet day. I thought it would be a good opportunity to try for 60 minutes on the cross-trainer. (edit I only managed 45 minutes).

I meed to do something for lunch. John and I have been looking after our own lunches and breakfasts individually for years, particularly since I first went low-carb because he wouldn't give up bread. I've become quite lazy as the only meal I have to be concerned about for both of us is our main meal at the end of the day. Now that John is trying out going wheat free our schedule could change. I'm in favour of having our main meal in the middle of the day but that's not a change that will happen soon.

John needs something to replace bread and I found a suitable recipe over at Maria's Nutricious and Delicious Blog. I also want to make my own meat patties for tea and I've got a bacon hock to make soup with. I dreamed about getting out in the garden but I think I've got enough going on. Maybe I can just tidy up the pots on the deck then I'll feel as though I've done something.

Reporting Back ..............

I fiddled away the morning and ran out of time to make the bread for lunch so I made an oopsie roll pizza. It was far too yummy. Using bought salsa was not the best idea because it was a little on the sweet side although each serving was supposedly a modest 9 grams of carbs. There was another problem. It was so yummy we ate 3 out of the 4 servings between us. Less greedy people might have made it serve 6 which would be very satisfying if I'd made a salad. I don't care for cauliflower so I haven't bothered with learning how to make a cauliflower base.

I eventually made the flaxseed  loaf but it didn't rise as expected. Either something to do with the ancient baking powder I've been using or I mixed the air out of the egg whites. I had a bit of an oopsie when I was separating the eggs for the loaf. I kept breaking the egg yolks until finally I ended up with yolk in my egg whites. I was relieved to be able to dig out all the yolk with a teaspoon. But it didn't end there. I had all my ingredients ready to start beating the eggs when I tipped the melted butter into the egg whites instead of the yolks. There was no way this recipe was going to work because it depended on beating the wgg whites until the made still peaks. That meant I had to keep then fat free. I looked at all this food for a few minutes before deciding to beat the messed up eggs and butter and put the in the freezer to make a future frittata. I began the loaf again being a lot more careful.

 The bacon hock is simmering away in the slow cooker and I am amazed that somehow I managed to to make the bunless hamburgers for tea as well but I didn't sort out the pot plants. 

HOW DID I DO?

I did well. I managed to drink plenty, do my exercise and do some cooking.

Breakfast:- Smoothie

Lunch:- Pizza based on Oopsie Roll recipe

Tea/Dinner:- Hamburger pattie with salad.

Snacks:- almonds

Drinks:- Water x 0

Flavoured teas x 5

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *yes*

I managed 45 minutes this afternoon. I had thought to go for my first 60 minute session but it's just too much as yet.

45 minutes C/T = 10 km

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

69.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

25/5 146 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 11 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

NEW DAY

Today I'm making an effort to get my ducks lined up a little straighter than I've been doing lately.

Reporting Back ..............

This morning went well. I even had time to have a soak in the bath before a quick lunch of half a normal serving of frittata. We went into town so John could go to the library and take some papers into the bank. I caught up with my hairdresser and made an appointment for two weeks time and had my fringe trimmed. I also made an appointment for my first acupuncture treatment. We bought groceries including steak for tonight.

Right now I'm watching the Food Channel. For some reason it never triggers cravings and sometimes it's very interesting. Just now I've been appalled by a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. The cake was dense with flour. The frosting just made me feel sick as I watched all the ingredients going in. Honestly there was as much frosting as cake on the complete cake. I suspect it was intended to be 10 or maybe 12 servings. I doubt if I could have handled that even at my worst.

HOW DID I DO?

Ii's been a good day. One thing I am having a little trouble with is wanting to snack especially at night. This hasn't been a problem for so long I'm not on guard. Hopefully another day keeping my focus on my healthy plan with put an end to it.

Breakfast:- Smoothie

Lunch:- Frittata

Tea/Dinner:- Steak and salad, lettuce, onion, red capsicum. grated carrot, balsamic dressing 

Snacks:- almonds, frittata, 1 ginger chocolate, dried apricot

Drinks:- Water x 2

Flavoured teas x 3

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *yes*

I'm still a long way from being able to sustain 60 minutes on the cross-trainer but I did manage to go over 40 minutes by a little bit.

42.5 minutes = 10 km

That's quite an improvement on the last good session back toward the beginning of May when I achieved 8.5 km in 40 minutes. May has been a very messy month for me. Erratic progress in all areas. June should be more straight forward. The only challenge I'm aware of is a long weekend coming up 9th -10th, with a day in Matamata, 2 nights in Rotorua and tests at Waikato hospital for John.

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

59.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st

24/5 145 DAYS MAINLY WHEAT FREE - 10 DAYS OUT OF 31, EXERCISE

IA REMINDER OF WHAT OUR MATARANGI BEACH LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S A WHILE SINCE I WALKED ON IT.

Very weird. For some unknown reason I feel out of sorts today. I swapped my breakfast and lunch around. I also felt quite nauseous after taking the calcium/magnesium and vitamin C supplements. That was unexpected so I'll have to try them one at a time to see which one is affecting me. Nothing much happening here. I have a few veggie plants, silverbeet, green cauliflower and cos lettuce. There are a few others I will consider during the winter such as broccoli, spinach, kale and khol rabi. I don't like white cauliflower but there is a yellow one I'm thinking of trying too.

I haven't done the cross-trainer thing yet, 1.30pm so perhaps that's what is missing.

Done. Not as long as yesterday but I was moving faster. Will see if I can add in another session later. Right now that's enough.

Reporting Back ..............

I forgot this morning that I didn't sleep well last night. That's probably why I wasn't on top of things. Some weeks ago, or is it months now, I cut back on coffee. This was a huge sacrifice. Then I decided to only have coffee when we are at a cafe or restaurant. I had a cappuccino about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. That wasn't a good idea. I couldn't sleep until well after midnight and even then I kept waking up. I guess I've become super sensitive to caffeine. There's no way I'm going to never drink coffee. I'd rather live with the consequences but I'll have to learn to have a bit more common sense.

HOW DID I DO?

I'll be glad to go to bed tonight.

Breakfast:- Frittata

Lunch:- Smoothie

Tea/Dinner:-  Chicken, roasted onion and cabbage.

Snacks:- almonds, dark chocolate.

Drinks:- Water x 2

Flavoured teas x 4

Daily Goal:- 1.5 lt or 5-6 large cups *yes*

Exercise:- Walk or Cross-trainer *yes*

25 minutes C/T = 6 km

I aim to walk or cross-train 5 km or more each day this month plus....

1 x 60 min. cross-trainer or walk 6 km

2 x

3 x

49.5/160 km for May

I am going to do the stretching exercises in my Jenny Craig book. I did them many years ago and found them easily do-able for me. My goal is to eventually stretch every day.

Stretching 2 x week.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

I am getting fitter, stronger, improving my stamina and flexibility.

Has to be good. Right!

BP 11th May, 2012 147/75

BP 23rd May 2012 135/75

1ST MAY 7.30 am:-  94 kg/ 206.5 lbs

Start weight check:- 114.5 kg/251 lb

Weight loss 

January:- 10.5kg/23 lbs 

February:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

March:- 3.5 kg/7.5 lbs

April:- 3 kg/ 6.5 lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2012:- 20.5 kg/ 45 lbs 

Next Official Weigh-in June 1st