Day 38
Okay, here it is! This is for all of you who don’t know what to do, or know what to do and haven’t quite “done it” yet!!
Food? Is this a problem for you? Is it a conundrum that would rival the crystal maze, the krypton factor, the worst kind of puzzle imaginable?
Okay, maybe it is to some of you but it needn’t be I can assure you!
Imagine we are going shopping in a supermarket, because it all starts here, and ends here if you get it wrong! Let’s clear the uncertainties out the way right now.
We are walking into the supermarket and the first thing I come to is the fruit. This is an excellent energy source, and the type of food that can protect you from illness and tiredness, this is where it’s at!! Also, full of nutrients that do us no end of food and a natural way of looking after everything in the body.
I always like strawberries, blueberries, apples, oranges, tangerines, mangos, pears, bananas, plums, kiwis, just about any fruit so take your pick! I mean straight fruit now and no “VERSIONS” of fruit, that’s no good! Are you with me and do you understand me, are we staying simple here? Good!
Same with vegetables too, eat a variety of these, keep them colourful and keep it a good selection, these are vital for your internal workings, keeping your cells and vital organs healthy, and generally creating a better you over the next few months. Make the change right now and aim to include as many veggies as possible, then try another selection next week, and change it again the week after! Endless possibilities when you have your health and wellbeing as your number one concern!!
Next I move on to nuts, and none of that salted rubbish, I like PLAIN almonds, brazils, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts etc. No salt rubbish I repeat or “versions” of nuts, keep it simple and plain!! Is that clear?
Okay next I go to white meats and I always like chicken, turkey now and again, a little lean beef also (red meat) and lean mince now and again, is that simple? Okay I thought so and no “versions” of chicken again or turkey, keep it simple and the plain stuff please!
Next I go to fish and I love tuna, salmon, mackerel, trout now and again, cod now and again, and will try haddock sometimes, again I keep it simple and don’t go for fish in the high fat/high sugar sauce, I care what goes into my body and so should you!
Next I hit the pasta and rice section, I go for wholewheat and wholegrain pasta, no versions again, its plain and simple pasta, the same with brown rice if possible.
You can make the sauce yourself out of tomatoes etc, so no need to put foreign chemicals in your body and loads of sugar, YOU DON’T NEED TO DO IT!
Next up is cereals for me, most cereal boxes belong in the rubbish bin, but porridge, oats of any brand as long there are NO ADDED SUGARS or rubbish like apple sauce flavor etc, it doesn’t wash with me and will get your day off to a REALLY bad start! Are you still with me so far? So straight porridge it is!
Some good stuff sometimes to go with your porridge is dried fruit, and in any supermarket, you have a good selection so take your pick, these are really your flavourings for usually plain food so use them wisely. I don’t eat them so much anymore as my food tastes are probably more bland than most people on here. It did take a long time though to get to that stage!
Where else do we need to go? Orange juice, if I am using apple of orange juice, I always dilute it like I would squash, it keeps my simple sugars under control as well as my calories, you will get used to it and you don’t need all that simple sugar.
I think that’s it off the top of my head! If you are hitting every aisle in the supermarket, chances are that you are bumping into lots of temptation and are likely to fill your trolley up with needless snacks that eventually you are going to consume, don’t kid yourself on that one!
The one main message about shopping, keep it simple and stick to the main food groups, but the natural versions of those food groups. These suggestions will do wonders for the way you look and feel trust me!
well cycled for an hr today after me and me and Mia cycled to school 1st.Still bloody windy though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and skidding everywhere cos there’s still icy snow in parts!!!!!!!!!!
breakfast Ready Brek and strawberries Watered down OJ
snack plums
dinner Wholemeal bag 1/2 of one with Turkey and Lettuce pint of water
snack nothing
dinner cod and parsley sauce with carrots,french beans,minted peas and florets of coli and pint of Squash
supper muesli (sugar free stuff) i’m tending not to snack so much?should i? and the veg i use is fresh most of the time but i do like tonight use frozen is that ok?
frozen veg is absolutely fine cyril so no worries at all, its been proven to be very good for you too. Snacks still need to go in there and then you wont need your supper time bowl of muesli, maybe put the muesli as one of your PM snacks?
You are getting there though cyril, nearly there now. Hows your waist looking?
no leaner i dont think.had that blip last week but i’ll try some stuff on Friday to see how its going.Giving up the ghost on the scales cos the more stuff i seem to be doing i stay around the same.Mind you i did have a go on them on Sunday and was 18st dead?after all the crappy days i had of eating/not eating??????when i was ill……
see my post on the supermarket thing, if you concentrate on all good foods, cut down or eliminate all the additives and preservatives, YOU WILL be successful cyril, and you will get better again. Sometimes, when you have had a cold, your metabolism and body in general takes a while to get going again, so shouldnt be long before it says 17 something?
As jean has learned, the scale isnt the best guide, there are and have been lots of positives happening for you and we are soon to come out of the coldest and ice and snow ridden winter for years and years, so opportunities will grow greatly for you.
I get excited just thinking about better weather, today was glorious, when I think how I struggled to get home on my bike yesterday, really it was awful, and today was brill. started back in my old routine of getting up early and goin for a run, its all over by 8.45. Com on Cyril you have to stick at it, your our LITTLE MAN. Jeanxx
hi,the wheels are barely attached to my wagon now.started new job,out the house 15hours for 6 days and i’m zonked when i get home.only my eating is ok,training out the window for last week or so.any advice ker.. you die hards are doing really well,fair play to you.
Ker your a GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when you wrote”Hows your waist looking” just had to go and try on stuff that i have been no where near getting into.I got 6 xxl shorts that i cant wear now cos the even when the cord’s are pulled in tight the only just stay up and look crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so i tried the others i got XL&Large 12 pairs all told and they fit i can sit down and walk around tidy in them,still got to shift the Belly though cos you can see it plain,but,but i got them on where i was going to throw them out.Only 2 i could get on and the were Large but they look small on my son??????
thing is i was chuffed cos i could get into them.Still a shed full of work to do yet but its a an incentive to keep me going to my goal.The Hoff Speedo’s 🙂 🙂 :-)……..
Hey Cyril, funny you should say that yesterday, you know, about trying on stuff. Well I thought I would give it a go also even tho I have stayed the same, have got a running flouresent jacket that I have been wanting to get into, been wearing my hubbys XL, well I tried it 10 days ago and I could not get the two sides to meet, so I could’nt zip it up, guess what, I tried it this morning and it fits, zips up and all, well chuffed. So we have both achieved a goal, so lets KEEP IT GOIN and achieve a few more goals, but SERIOUSLY Cyril I would’nt go there, I mean THE HOFF SPEEDO’S, just a bit ambitious mate. Ha Ha. Jeanx
i’ll have to do a slow mo vid down Horton Gower, where we always go in the summer and put it on Youtube 🙂 🙂 🙂
all fantastic news that have cheered me hugely, and i have had a great day already!! thank you everyone for your amazing progress annd YOU CAN DO IT after all! never had a doubt!
chris
your question is worthy of an answer and is day 39’s post!
You are really wicked but I’ll look forward to it Cyril. Well Ke, done my run this a.m, 30mins, and just now I did the hill by the Shoreline, the steepest part x6 4.20secs walked 25mins. Eating good,
b/fast same old
snack none
dinner 2 slices Granery bread with a sardine in between
snack apple
e/meal pile of fresh veg, pork steak grilled, mash 2 ozs gravy, egg cup full
960cals SO FAR will have fruit and yogurt later if I want. I have to say Keri, how my training is getting easier, am getting the hills in twice a week because I think that is where my progress is largely coming from, really expanding my lungs, even Bud is looking stupid at me, he sat at the bottom and waited for me. Not writing Wales off 2mo, cos they stunned me last time, com on WALES. Enjoy
WOW!!!!!!!
You two are really motoring!!!
Well done, well done!!
It’s the best feeling to fit into something that was beyond you before.
Just one problem. Cyril. . . . . . . .Hoff Pants. . . . .WOOO, but they don’t go with Baby Porridge!!
You’ll have to consider moving up to the adult stuff now!!