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Day 79 Your amazing shopping list!

Your amazing food shopping list!

All of these foods will serve you well, and leave no shortage of ingredients for you to cook healthy meals. As long as you eat well 80% of the time, then you will be in great shape, and keep your sanity! A treat here and there is no problem when you use this philosophy.

Meat and fish

Anchovy fillets

Chicken breast

Haddock

Mackerel

Prawns

Salmon, fresh fillets and cans

Smoked salmon

Scallops

Squid

Swordfish

Tuna, fresh and canned

White fish fillets

Dairy

Free range eggs

Goat’s cheese (soft and hard)

Milk

Parmesan cheese

Tofu

Live natural yoghurt

Vegetables

Aubergines

Avocados

Beansprouts

Baby beetroot

Broccoli

Green cabbage, green red and white

Carrots

Celeriac

Celery

Chinese leaves

Corn, baby cobs

Courgettes

Cucumbers

Fennel

Garlic

Green beans

Leeks

Lettuce

Mangetout

Mixed salad leaves

Mushrooms

Red and yellow onions

Parsnips

Frozen peas

 Red yellow and green peppers

Red chillies

Rocket

Shallots

Spinach

Sprint onions

Sprouted seeds

Butternut squash

Swedes

Sweet potatoes

Tomatoes

Watercress

Fruit

Apples

Apricots

Blackberries

Blueberries

Grapefruit

Kiwi fruit

Lemons

Limes

Oranges

Pears

Raspberries

Nuts and seeds

Cashew nuts

Hazelnuts

Linseeds

Pine nuts

Pumpkin seeds

Sesame seeds

Sunflower seeds

Walnuts

Pulses

All canned

Butter beans

Cannellini beans

Chick peas

 Flageolet beans

Lentils

Mixed beans

Mung beans (dried)

Red kidney beans

Spilt yellow lentils (dried)

Split yellow peas (dried)

Grains and wheat

Brown rice

Buckwheat flour

Buckwheat noodles

Couscous

Millet flakes

Oats

Quinoa

Rye/wholegrain, wholemeal bread

Herbs

Basil

Bay leaves

Chives

Coriander

Dill

Fennel

Lemon grass

Marjoram

Mint

Mixed herbs, dried

Oregano, dried

Parsely

Rosemary

Sage

Thyme

Spices

Black pepper

Caraway seeds

Cardamom pads

Cayenne

Chilli paste

Chilli powder

Cinnamon, ground

Cloves

Coriander seeds

Cumin seeds

Curry leaves

Curry paste

Curry powder

Fennel seeds

Fresh ginger

Ginger powder

Mango powder

Mustard seed

Nutmeg

Onion powder

Paprika

Poppu seeds

Star anise

Turmeric

Oils

Avocado oil

Olive oil

Sesame oil

Walnut oil

 

As previously discussed, handy and essentials for your storecupboard

Anchovy essence

Black olives

Carrot juice

Coconut, creamed

Coconut, milk

Honey

Horseradish sauce

Mixed vegetable juice

Mustard, Dijon

Mustard, wholegrain

Peppers in olive oil

Ratatouille, canned

Soy sauce

Stock, fish

Stock, vegetable

Stock powder

Sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil

Hopefully, you will find all of this useful!

Twitt
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Day 77 80% is enough for me!!

Another great sunday morning run done today, and the sun was out loud and proud this morning again!

This great harbour scene was overshadowed a bit by the presence of church goer’s in cloaks at burry port lighthouse having a sermon, or chanting or something really weird, they could have been devil worshippers?!! Who knows, but what i do know is half those people pretending to be christians are usually the biggest sinners in our community, you know them so i say no more!

Anyway, how’s your sunday morning going? Has there been a workout in already before you get on with easter sunday? Have you had a great breakfast packed with vitality, or is it your weekly great british breakfast? Is this a day of rest for you or is it a day when you hit several beers, as easter sunday has come to mean this for a large part of the community.

Whatever your choice, i’m cool with it as long as you keep hitting your 80% target.

80% in school used to mean you were really intelligent, were very at good exams and likely to go on to college and have a very good career.

80% as a goal kicker in rugby is phenomenal in terms of coverting penalty kicks. Johnny Wilkinson and Neil Jenkins are the best of all time, and i would doubt even these great kickers ever achieved this success record!

If you were successful in something, it could be assumed that you were doing things right most of the time, not all of the time as that is impossible, but 80% or more would be classed as being a master in your chosen field.

This 80% i keep going on about is your target with your eating and training. If you can do this, you can see by comparison with everything else, you will be highly successful without a shadow of a doubt!!

I think the problem sometimes is that people often have to go 100% or nothing! You will see some on this site at either remarkable highs, or depressing lows (for a short time only i hasten to add!!). You can see that being perfect is not only impossible, its stupid to beat yourself up for not achieving it or even close to it!

EVEN the so-called masters are not perfect, and don’t achieve perfection, or anything close to it. Their magical number is closer to 80% rather than 100%.

Johnny Wilkinson often said that his pursuit of perfection nearly destroyed him mentally. He has since become a buddhist and now has a different view on life, which he says, has helped his rugby as now he doesn’t put so much pressure on himself. He still has hugely high standards, but doing his best and what comes from that is now enough for him.

Being yourself is often frowned upon but shouldn’t it be encouraged? Your best should and always be enough in my book, and whatever the result, then so be it. You willl be happy, i will be happy and when everyone’s happy, results nearly always go up and up!

Twitt
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Day 75 Good Friday?

Good friday is great news for most of those employed, as you get a day off and for many others of course, you’re not due back until tuesday because of the bank holiday monday.

Easter is always a great holiday to have, but doesn’t exactly get you motivated when it comes to exercise, and certainly when it comes to eating healthily.

Easter eggs are always a feature, going out for food is always popular, and exercising over this period is sometimes frowned upon by certain people (perhaps they should look at how out of condition they are before making comments?).

Making the efforts to exercise over this period is highly commendable, and also vital to most of you who are trying to get to 84 days on a high. Four or five days eating rich food and not working out can throw your train right off course, and possibly destroy your motivation to get back onboard.

Having two small children, the only time i get now is 6am and i mean that’s the latest, to get out there and fit a run in at the weekend. If i don’t do anything until tuesday, i put as much weight on as the next person, so a workout is not only going to make me feel better (as i always say), but will keep needless weight coming on exactly when i don’t need it!

When i eat badly, i always get some adverse effects on the way i feel. I tend to wheeze pretty badly when i’ve had some junk, and generally i am likely to feel lousy all week long after a few days going to town on my food and one night having a few drinks.

In thep past, i used to think it was the “done thing” to get blasted and eat lots of junk, times have changed for me now of course and i no longer see it as some kind of “reward”! I do like ot have a few drinks now and then, i have made no secret of that, but its all about moderation. If you have a  couple of drinks, then you can still exercise the next day and actually feel okay! If you get blasted, the next day is totally gone and those 24 hours can be a very painful existance!!

My plan the weekend, workout at 6am tomorrow and sunday at 6am, some weights on sunday and back to work tuesday.

I will eat a bit of what i fancy the weekend but that’s what keeps you human and sane. I will have a couple of drinks tomorrow night, and it does chill you out sometimes after a tough week. If i didn’t train i would put the weight on as i keep telling you! I’m not some freak who can keep the weight off without trying, its tough for me too and thats why i feel i can help you.

This is my full time career and i have suffer the same highs and lows that you all do, i have just developed better coping strategies than some of you which i always try to share!

Have a great weekend!

Keri

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Day 18

Day 18

Can you really believe we are in day 18 already? And I can tell you what’s got me really fired up today. Chris L contacted me today and was pleased to tell me that he last lost one stone and one pound already! 18 stone 2 pounds down to 17 stone 1 pound, quite an achievement and he’s still not happy! He has lots more to go he said but he’s very pleased he’s on the right track!

The good news is after checking my list of unique visitors to this site, we now have 89 individuals following our daily progress. This started off around 3 ten weeks ago, so has built up well without any advertising and thank you for that. Same people posting all the time though so a few more you posting would make sense now and help everyone else in their efforts to be in great shape.

My first week back working this week after taking last week off for the baby last week, and for the first time today, I was tired! Getting up daily at 4.15am doesn’t help maybe but I am used to that now, baby getting up in the middle of the night sometimes happens to, but everyone goes through that!

My solution? The natural reaction was to have 3 cups of coffee straight away, I didn’t, I have some water to clean my system out after sleep and to get my performance system ready. I had my porridge and protein shake and getting in the car I was starting to feel up for the day.

I get offered tea and coffee all day and I could take them, its an easy way to feel “up” for the day. I have found in the past though that it is a temporary high, and makes me irritable and leaves my energy levels often on the floor at the end of the day! Also, I can get sick of all that caffeine in my body, and I really believe my diet can sort me out for the day in a natural and better way. If I didn’t believe that was possible, I wouldn’t be posting here today. After a couple of workouts today, my energy levels have actually gone up, there have been no crashes and I don’t come home like an irritable pig!!

This eating thing is sometimes intimidating but here’s a challenge to you. TRY eating this way for 24 hours, then another 24 hours, then another one and will you please how much better you feel? Will you please do that? This will help others and most importantly, YOU WILL BE HELPING YOURSELF!!

All of us want to feel better, all of us want to look our best, all of us like compliments when we look good and have made significant progress, its human nature and you don’t need rubbish diet pills, magic beans or magic portions to do it.

Sometimes you have to give complete faith to something and I’m telling you right now that this is the day to do it. If you weren’t looking for amazing progress, you wouldn’t be on this blog and I’m offering you just that, amazing progress and it all depends on how much you’re prepared to put into this.

If you put a little bit in, you will get a little bit out. If you give your heart and soul to this, by mid-april, you will absolutely astound yourself with your unbelievable transformation. It can be done and give yourself over to this effort, you can do it.

Chris is setting the early example along with many others on this site, and we have all of February, march and most of april to go. The results could be staggering so let’s re-commit to this and be your best always!

Keri

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setting some goals/planning your future

Personal record and goal setting

Name…………………………………………………………age…………………………….

What i want out of this programme…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

What do i know that i can improve on in health and fitness terms?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

What’s stopped me reaching my goals before and how can i overcome these challenges?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

How would it improve my life, and what would it mean if i was at my healthiest, both physically and mentally? First of all in the short term?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In 5 years?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………for the rest of my life?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

 

What if i don’t challenge myself and don’t try, how would it affect my life in the short term?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In 5 years?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

For the rest of my life?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

What are 2 things i can do immediately that will show i am committed to this programme, and i really want the best for myself?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

This is a contract with myself showing that i am committed to making major changes in my life and demonstrates i can see things through once i put my mind to it

Signed………………………………………………………date…………………………………

 

 

 

 

Twitt