Day 8
Thank you everyone!
Have had a super busy day today, but am now sat chilled with a black coffee, and have lots to write about!
Had a day off work today so decided to make the most of it, had a bit of a lie in (for me anyways) so didn't wake up till 9am, then went to the gym as have been dying to go. It felt really good to be exercising again, stayed for an hour and the time flew by! Was knackered by the end but really happy I went. Did a mixture of things and burned around 390 cals. Have discovered this AMAZING website, My Plate So inputed all the exercise I did into that. I've also been using it to monitor how many calories i'm eating, as was making myself panic that I was eating too much.
So last night I went on a shopping spree in Tesco's after my meeting (love 24 hour tescos!)
So in Week 2 you are allowed:
Virtually fat free dips. Sugar free jelly and low calorie/diet soft drinks.
New veg includes: Broccoli, cauliflower, courgette, cucumber, fennel, mangetout, mushroom, peppers, radish and spring onion. (still has to be eaten raw.
Dairy products: Curd cheese e.g. quark, fromage frais, skimmed milk and yoghurt and the dairy free alternatives e.g. soya milk.
I decided to be brave and bought some celery as i'd never tried it! I'm not a huge fan though. Bought some quark to give a go, it's an interesting flavour...but it came in handy in tonights dinner recipe! Also bought some spring onion, mushrooms and a red pepper to add to my salads. Stocked up on sugar free jelly and muller light yoghurts.
My shelf of the fridge isn't looking as sorry for itself anymore!
And bought lots of new spices, and found a really good RTM recipe on another forum that I really wanted to try.
You can't go wrong with spices as they go with everything!
So today after the gym i'd booked myself in to finally get my hair done, now have some lovely blonde highlights and a side fringe! Am so impressed with the hairdresser as had never been there before but it's the first time i've got exactly what I wanted. Was dead chuffed!
Then popped to the Trafford Centre and bought a new top as was meant to be going out tonight but seems like that plan isn't going to happen.
Didn't get home till way past 7, dinner time! Luckily i'd prepared the chicken earlier.
For dinner I had:
Spicy Chicken
Ingredients:
- One chicken breast
- Quark
- Chilli powder/ paprika half tsp (more or less to taste)
- Ground cumin half tsp
- Ground corriander half tsp
- Garam masala powder qauter tsp (optional)
- Ginger 1tsp crushed or finely chopped
Method:
Mix all the marinade (except the quark) into a bowl
add yougurt one teaspoon at a time and mix well until you have a paste that will cover the chicken breast but is thick enough to stick to it
Take the chicken breast and score with a knife so that the cuts do not go more than a 1/3 of the way through.
using a spoon or your fingers, spread and rub the marinade on both sides, making sure you cover the whole breast
Cover and set aside for as much time as you can up to 12 hours. If more than 30 minutes, put it in the fridge, but take it out 30 minutes before cooking
When ready to cook, wrap the breast in tin foil and pop in the oven at 180 degrees until fully cooked.
(Recipe from the
Lighter Life Community)
It was yummy and had a nice kick to it!
Had it with a spinach and mushroom salad with balsamic vinegar.
So today i've had
Breakfast-Vanilla Shake
Lunch-Vegetable Soup
Afternoon Snack-Vanilla Muller Light
Dinner-Chicken on spinach and mushroom salad.
Have a sugar free jelly to eat, then a toffee bar.
Feel like I have a lot to eat each day now. Don't think i'll be eating veg and dips as the only veg I like to dip is carrots and am not allowed them until week 5. So think i'll stick to just yoghurt and jelly. But am looking forward to next week when you go from three LL packs a day, to 2. Think that'll be easier to manage.
According to My Plate, i've consumed 685 calories today, but burned 390 so for today my total is 295 calories.
Am hoping this is ok, it just feels funny eating so much!
xxxx
