Leanne/nutrition

So far with the nutrition challenge have given up all grains(i.e oats and rice, was really the only lingering grains in my diet,ohh and corn?)will mostly eat starchy veg after tuff w/o's, but this competes with the smoothie:-) dont do alcohol so this part was ok, dont do alot of dairy either, have however given up lattes for long blacks....sooooo glad dont have to give up caffeine, am eating more eggs, quite like feta and a bit of greek yoghurt in smoothies also if im ravenous will conquer GY as a dessert with lots of berries, speaking of fruit have cut right back on this too, am now eating meat maybe 2x p/w, as well as biltong, this has been the shock horror to my family. I find on days when my schedule is hectic i have better portion control but damn seems to come undone heading into the weekends,with bigger portion sizes, (i like to feel full) and/or just lots of choc...Im loving trying out new recipes in the weekend, i.e picked up coconut flour this week to play around with some muffins or pancakes? Really enjoying the primal bars as a treat too, the bars are great as i can go nuts on bags of nuts! the biggest challenge for me has been to resist in the evenings as i get home late most nights and eat too much if i havent taken care of my nutriton during the day. Oh and sooo glad i dont have to give up caffeine! Has helped to put the family on a cooking roster too...I guess in the end it comes down to preperation, and keeping the interest, much the mindset of success! WOW, there have been a lot of little changes made without feeling like its been too pedantic or better still without feeling deprived or starved, what a difference, thanks! p.s am regular and hydrating, i remember training with paul chek many years ago, who got me wheat free and he had a gold standard way to measure health, yes through elimination, apparantley there is a gold standard, and its 12 inches every day of the golden brown colouration, im not shitting you!

Tuesday
B-smoothie (as below)
Long black w soy
L-2 poached eggs, 2 pieces of bacon and salad (no dressing)
S-caught on the hop...trim latte, biltong
D-

Week 5 - Monday

B-smoothie (cold green tea, 2 s whey, 1/2c bluberries, flax oil)
Long black w soy
S-grazed all day on punnet of grape tomatoes, biltong,spinach and small tin tuna in olive oil
Long Black w soy
D-smoothie as above

Thursday -
long black w soy
S-sundried tomatoes,olives and turkey
L-3xhomemade chicken meat balls (w sage,onion,salt,chopped toms,courgette and red pepper)with mashed brocli and carrot
S-dark ghana
half banana
D-same as lunch added balsamic, so good!
Been feeling really lethargic the last couple of days....feels like body adapting to using a different energy/fuel?

Wednesday
S-long black
B-protein smoothie w blueberries
L-2xpoached eggs with pork and spinach
S-long black w soy
D-tuna in olive oil/baby spinach/tomatoes
and homemade flaxseed loaf w butter (flaxseed, eggs, salt,bakingpowder,coconut milk)
S-flaxseed bread w butter (yum yum)

Tuesday
long black
B-scrambled eggs(x2)with spinach and pinenuts
S-almonds, lots of...acidipilous yoghurt w blue berries
L-stir fry veg with tuna
S-more almonds
S-more nuts
D-pork and veges
hungry today, eating alot!

Monday week 4
long black w soy
B-scrambled eggs(x3) w mushrooms/tomatoes and pinenuts
S-primal bar + long black w soy
S-mixed fresh fruit salad
L-tuna in olive oil(can)w green salad + cucumber
soy chai latte
D-2 scoops of protein + water

Saturday week 3
B-Smoothie (water/blueberries/flaxoil/whey/greek yoghurt)
S-Primal bar and Long Black w soy
S-biltong
L-2xpoached eggs on Salad(thru everything in it/every assortment of lettuce/grated beet/sundried toms/feta/redonion/redpepper/mint/coriander/oliveoil+lemon/cucumber)+ left over piece of chicken.
S-
D-

Friday
B-smoothie (coconut milk, bluberries,2s whey, dollop greek yogurt)
long black w soy
L-scrambled eggs (x3)cooked in butter, tomato and pinenuts cooked w tamari soysauce
S-primal bar
D-chicken breast w pureed cauli and salad
soy chai

Wednesday 11/11

B-primal bar + long black
longblack wt soy
L-2xpoached eggs on baby spinach wt 2rashers bacon +half grilled tomato
S-billtong, tryed some concoction of a juice with tapioca....damn conscious kicked in.....poured it out!
D-@ wagamamas ~ a consciously pleasing primal advenutre had here, carrot&ginger juice, coconut based soup with lots of veg and spices(i.e spicy enough to cause slooow eating, requested to have with no noodles), edame beans for nibbles,
seemed simple enough to eat out when sure of what you dont want, 'prescribed eating' made to order!

Thursday 12/11
B-smoothie w coconut milk
S-Billtong+handful of cashews
longblack w soy
L-roasted veg(redcapsicum/courgette/mushrooms/redonion/beetrot)
pureed cauli and baked salmon
S-7 pieces of 'rescue remedy' dark ghana choc
D-watercress and salmon + t almond butter

Saturday
typically a hard or long training day

s-smoothie as below
s-handuful of nuts(almonds/cashews/brazil) and 1/4 banana
L-made a batch of mini frittatas, had 2 with green salad for lunch
d-mince(w peppers,celery,onion,garlic,tomatos)cauli puree on top(w slosh of cream,nutmeg,lemon)served with large green salad
s-paleo pancakesx6(3/4c almond meal,2eggs,scoop protein,t cinnamon,flaxseed)served w greek yoghurt...yes ate all six!
s-lots of dark ghana chocolate
2xlong blacks today...
saturdays and sundays i typically go off track......however not the usual train wreck today! After the fri night nutrition chat by Daz, will look at making sunday a 'control' day.

Thanks Daz! The powerful info provided for this challenge totally aligned everything for me nutritionally! Able to weed out the 'food ravages', without any complaints from body or mind?!

Wednesday

plunger coffee
B-(post wo)smoothie
L-mushroom and brocli frittata with raw power salad+dressing
S-small tin tuna with chunky slice of gouda cheese
Long Black
D-Paleo BBQ, 2xsausages/1xsteak, lotsa salad + a couple of strawberries
S-chai tea with coconut milk

Thursday
intermittent fasting till 1pm (late dinner was still full this morning)
long black
L-Chicken Breast(baked)with olive pesto, and veg(brocli,peas,asparagus, pinenuts)+1/4 avocado

Monday
B - Smoothie w 1/2cbluberries, 1/2c water,2s van protein, t cinnamon, flxoil, ice cube
S- delish F/N/S bar
S- Biltong (im slowly weaning myslf into eating red meat, this was tasty)+ tomato/cucumber
S-1/2 orange, 5 x almonds / Long black with splash of soy
Lunch - chicken with large salad of rocket/spinach, feta, tomato and olive oil
D-Salmon w Salad(as above)
S-Greek yoghurt and berries

Tuesday
B-smoothie as above
s-biltong tomato/cucumber
L-3 egg omlette w peas/beans and brocoli, + salad (as above)/chai tea with splash of cocounut milk(a lou tip! hu knew this could get 1 excited)
S-handful of F/N/S
smoothie as above w choc protein
D-gollop of fish oil
Baked chicken (1piece)w asparagus/brocoli/pinenuts+tamari(cooked in olive oil)+peas

4 days nutrition ~ from tuesday to friday
FRIDAY
pre w/o ~ smoothie (1/2 sm banana, 2 scoops protein, 1/2 c water, t flaxoil + l.s.a)
post w/o ~ 1/2 orange handful of almonds and brazil nuts(organic)
S ~ small slice of smoked raw salmon
L~ chicken, rocket salad with raw gratedbeet, feta cheese, 1 sundried tomato, drizzle balsmic vinegar, 3x fish oils
long black
S~(post workout)small handful of F, N & S mix with bite of banana
D~ flounder with roasted veg (beetrot, garlic, onion, tomato, asparagus) and peas, beans brocoli
S~ yoghurt with blberries

THURSDAY
Plunger coffee
B ~ (post w/o) small fresh fruit salad with nat yoghurt and nuts/seeds
S ~ small spinach frittata
L ~ Chicken, wt 2 x small courgette fritters(homemade with courgette, pumpkin, onion, 2 eggs, ground almonds, cooked in cocnut oil and sage) served with lots of cos lettuce, sundried tomato, squeeze of lemon
S ~ Long black
D ~ rocket pesto (homemade with pinenuts, garlic, olive oil bit of parmesan and rocket)served on top of fresh cooked salmon and 1 grilled tomatoe
S ~ yoghurt mixd with scoop of protein

WEDNESDAY
Plunger coffee (black)
S ~ post w/o ~ 1/2 banana
L ~ 2 x courgette fritters (homemade) with lots of cos lettuce
S ~ fresh juice (apple, beet and ginger)
D ~ St Pieres seaweed with tin tuna and fresh asparagus
S ~ 2 scoops of protein with water

TUESDAY
B ~ Smoothie (bluberries, yogurt, protein and water)
S ~ long black
L ~ 3 hard boiled eggs
S ~ plate of stir fry veg (cooked in coconut oil)
D ~ chicken with stirfry

drinking water each day