Thursday 5 July 2012

A Weekend, Temptation, and Reality

Its been 4 weeks since I decided to bite the bullet, and start my journey to becoming a better, healthier G C Peters. After two weeks post cleanse, I have to say I am missing the convenience of a prescribed eating plan, but on the positive side of things, I feel that I have developed some really healthy eating habits on the way. 

Kau's Green Smoothie
Eating habit number 1: I have now put more fruit in my gob in one month, than I have in the last 5 years. I am not exaggerating. I never used to be fussed on fruit, but this little thing has made a big difference to my day. It has meant that by lunch time I have usually eaten about 4 or 5 pieces of fruit, and when ever I get a little nag for some junk (food) I tend to reach for the nuts and dried fruits rather than the chips and chocolate. 

Eating habit number 2: Breakfast sets me up for a great day. I have been enjoying a smoothie breakfast even during the post cleanse phase, and onwards. I had porridge this morning for the first time in ages and I really didn't feel that satisfied so tomorrow morning its back to the smoothie. My friend Kauia posted in her blog today the Green Smoothie recipe. Read her blog here 

She gives a good amount of nutritional information about the ingredients too. Read it and Eat IT!! 

Eating habit number 3: I have really limited my dairy intake. I have black coffee now when I have it. Seeing that I am not eating cereal in the morning, milk is a thing of the past and when ever I am eating cheese it is generally feta or cottage and a small amount rather than the cups of Edam and Tasty that used to adorn my toasties and nacho's and spag bols.

Eating habit number 4: Bread in general is not being eaten. Bread I have read is generally full of hidden sugars. When I have eaten bread I have felt instantly bloated. Not good. Feel a lot better with out it. 
I have developed a few more goodies over the last couple of weeks which I will share later. 

Another break through is the fact that we hav thrown away the scales and celebrating the fact that as a whanau we are eating so much more healthily than we were four weeks ago. Now to get on to the exercise to help the healthy buzz continue.

So the challenge begins. I have a week by myself. The family are heading away and I will be faced with some pretty big temptations. No kids to wake to so a hangover wont be too much to worry about. I can do what I like when ever I like for 6 days but the big question is Will I??? I have heaps of time to exercise. I have a plan in place and I plan to stick to it. I will let you know how I got on come Sunday.

In the mean time stay amazing.   

Sunday 1 July 2012

Weekends are champion

I have really enjoyed this weekend. I have indulged a little, had a few beers, cooked  and eaten a scrumptious roast chicken (hold the gravy, cheese sauce, gravy and potatoes) and even delighted in some brownie and ambrosia desert to finish it off. The beauty of this weekend has been that I have still eaten bucket loads of fruit, stuck to my smoothie breakfast regime and exercised vigorously on a couple of occasions, and eaten relatively healthily. Chicken broth served on Barley, Humus and Lamb mince with toasted pita bread, Pumpkin chili soup, but the best of all fruit!!!!

 healthy meat option as long as you don't drown it in Gravy!!
The week is unfolding before me and the choices to eat healthily are becoming easier and easier, and with the two week break I gave myself has really given me some clarity on the sort of food choices I need to make, for myself and the sake of my family. My boys are really fascinated by the idea of a smoothie for breakfast. If anyone out there has some great toddler smoothie breaky recipes I would be a grateful recipient. My kids eat really well but I am keen to see what limiting dairy will do to a little guys health.. especially in the throws of an unusually cold Dunedin winter.


The next challenge on the horizon is to knock off a half marathon with  view to completing a marathon with in 12 months after that. I have approximately 10 weeks to get my arse into gear. Currently I can run about 10km and so really the next bit of training that I do will be extending that range out a little and regularly running with my running peeps, get back into the gym and get stronger and take the challenge one day at a time.


I am sure that my new found eating habits will be helpful, and I will write about the ins and outs of how I get to the start line of 21kms and hopefully how I finish the bugger. Short one tonight. In closing I love drinking coffee, and beer, and I love the fact that I can choose to drink or eat anything I like. I especially like the fact and am enjoying immensely the choices of food I am making today. I hope your weekend was choice. Arohanui