Day 4 started with a late breakfast. I find the late breakfast makes sticking to the #slim fast challenge easier. Yesterday, when I had an early breakfast, I really struggled in between breakfast and lunch. Top it with some exercise and the calories just don't seem enough to sustain you.
Day 4 done!!! Feel like a super tired star! I am happy that I haven't been distracted by any of the food I have been feeding my toddler or my husband. I can feel the focus and it has a lot to do with visualisations and short terms goals I am setting myself. My first is meeting a friend over the weekend and the second is a big dinner with lot of friends the week after. Shorter targets are easier to stick to and if results follow we are onto a winning combination! Fingers crossed though! I do feel after this week if do lose weight will be writing on a weekly basis rather than every day -as this has been inspiring but has required a lot more discipline than I have recently shown or known I had. Should I continue? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated and will know that am not just rambling to myself all the time😜
Aims for tomorrow include a proper weight reading from the scale at the gym and getting my eyebrows threaded at Tesco 😛 My eye brows are in a dire need and I have been delaying it so can get it done just before the weekend in preparation for a lunch at a friends.
I have been watching some youtube videos of what other bloggers eat in a day. Oh my god! It does seem as though the whole world is on a low carb diet of only eggs, salad and chicken. How do they do it?
Breakfast : I had a vanilla shake for the first time today. I repeated the process from yesterday and added enough water to bring it up to a pint and then for a twist added a spoon of nescafe coffee and a small stick of cinnamon. This was all blitzed in a blender to create some yumminess. I don't think I could have managed this vanilla shake on its own. If I am at home I tend to stretch drinking my morning shake out over an hour. I find I cannot finish it in one go as a pint of milkshake is plenty for me (did I just say that?!). Does this mean my stomach is shrinking or am I just being sensible with the little food we get on this meal plan 😛 I am tempted to start looking for 200 calorie breakfast recipes though and maybe after two weeks to start introducing them in for variety instead of a milkshake or bar every morning and lunch.
Snack 1: Chose a savoury snack today. It was the sour cream and chive pretzels and again quite enjoyed these though the quantity felt less.
Lunch : This was another yoghurt fruit crunch bar with a big cup of whole milk tea. I find eating these bars pretty dull. Perhaps should substitute it with two savoury snacks or two chocolate bars? Good idea perhaps? What do you think?
Snack 2: I had the chocolate caramel snack bar while juggling toddler bath time, clean up and reading!
Dinner : Dinner was a 600 calorie meal with some meat, 1 slice of bread and salad. Again, trying to control quantity and stay within the calorie limit. Coupled with the shakes, I do look forward to this meal the most. This feels normal, easy and keeps me full for longer.
Snack 3: Will be having the nutty nougat bar below with or without a cup of tea. This entirely depends on if I can be bothered to drag myself of this sofa. Its been a long and extremely hectic day keeping a toddler busy.How do so many mums do it? I used to find going to work as a project manager much easier than this job. Parenting is the hardest job ever!
update: I had a banana in the end instead of the bar!
update: I had a banana in the end instead of the bar!
Exercise : Activity wise a few random bursts of crazy dancing with my daughter have continued.
In summary I am exhausted today! I was able to stick to the plan without any distractions and believe the structure is working for me. I don't find the food very exciting and really hope slimfast brings out some variety in their 200 calories meals. I really hope to see some results at the end of this week or will be extremely disappointed!
In summary I am exhausted today! I was able to stick to the plan without any distractions and believe the structure is working for me. I don't find the food very exciting and really hope slimfast brings out some variety in their 200 calories meals. I really hope to see some results at the end of this week or will be extremely disappointed!
Day 4 done!!! Feel like a super tired star! I am happy that I haven't been distracted by any of the food I have been feeding my toddler or my husband. I can feel the focus and it has a lot to do with visualisations and short terms goals I am setting myself. My first is meeting a friend over the weekend and the second is a big dinner with lot of friends the week after. Shorter targets are easier to stick to and if results follow we are onto a winning combination! Fingers crossed though! I do feel after this week if do lose weight will be writing on a weekly basis rather than every day -as this has been inspiring but has required a lot more discipline than I have recently shown or known I had. Should I continue? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated and will know that am not just rambling to myself all the time😜
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O
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