Friday 30 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	Yoghurt 1Tbs of ground linseed /sunflower /pumpkin mix 1/2 Banana Handful strawberries
Snack	2 oatcakes with peanut butter
Lunch	Quinoa Tabbouleh (see below)
Snack	Grated Apple with 8 almonds
Supper	Patrick Holford's 'sesame steamed vegetables' with brown rice Protein:Brown rice and sesame seeds Starch Veg: Baby Corn Veg:Broccoli, mangetout, spring onions
Drinks	7 Water 1 Red Wine

Thank you Patrick Holford for suggesting this delicious lunch:

Quinoa, tomato, cucumber, spring onions, fresh mint, flat-leaf parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.  Oh yum!

For dinner, I used one of Holford's recipes, but didn't steam the veggies, I stir fried them.  The sauce of tamari, sesame oil, lemon juice and sesame seeds was delicious.  Probably not enough protein in the meal.

Thursday 29 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	Leftover 'Fatburner' meusli: 2 Tbs yoghurt Handful strawberries
Snack	2 oatcakes with peanut butter
Lunch	Protein: Chunky cottage cheese, humus Starch Veg: N/A Veg: Salad
Snack	Pear with 9 almonds
Supper	Protein: Humus, feta Starch Veg: Brown rice Veg: Artichokes (with lemon butter), Spinach (with mushroom and feta), broccoli, tomatoes
Drinks	7 water

Bloated bloated BLOATED and WAY too much food for supper.  I'm going to limit the oats to once every 3 to 4 days.

Wednesday 28 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	Leftover 'Fatburner' meusli: 2 Tbs yoghurt Handful strawberries
Snack	Pear with 7 almonds
Lunch	Protein & Starch Veg: Leftover lentil cottage pie Veg: Salad
Snack	2 oatcakes and low fat chunky cottage cheese
Supper	Protein: Yoghurt &Tbs of ground linseed /sunflower /pumpkin mix Starch Veg: Small banana Veg: 15 baby tomatoes
Drinks	7 water

By supper time, I was bloated and not hungry so had something light.  I think the oats for breakfast is disagreeing with me.

Tuesday 27 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	Holford's 'Fatburner' meusli: 3/4 cup organic rolled oats (soaked overnight) 1Tbs ground linseed (1/2), pumpkin seeds (1/4) and sunflower seeds (1/4) also soaked overnight 2 Tbs yoghurt Handful strawberries
Snack	2 oatcakes and peanut butter
Lunch	Protein & Starch veg: Leftover lentil cottage pie Veg: Salad
Snack	2 oatcakes and homemade humus
Supper	Rocket salad with avo and buffalo mozzarella Melanzane Parmagiano Taste of sorbet
Drinks	7 water 2 glasses red wine

I have to drive to Cape Town on Tuesday mornings and get up and leave very early.  Normally, I get quite drowsy in the car and I have to have a little nap in the car when I arrive.  Today, I had breakfast before I left and felt alert and awake!

I tried to be as good as possible with dinner, but I ate out and it was difficult.  Firstly, I wasn't hungry and secondly, they had minestrone on the menu but didn't have any that day!  What a disappointment.

Monday 26 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	Holford's 'Fatburner' meusli: 3/4 cup organic rolled oats (soaked overnight) 2 Tbs yoghurt Splash of milk 7 frozen raspberries Handful strawberries 1Tbs pumpkin seeds (soaked with the oats) 1/4 apple grated
Snack	1 oatcake and peanut butter
Lunch	Protein: Lamb chop Starch Veg: 2 baby potatoes Veg: Broccoli, cucumber
Snack	3/4 apple grated with 5 almonds
Supper	Mum's best lentil cottage pie with sweet potato topping (mashed with olive oil instead of butter) Starch Veg: 2 Tbs brown rice (even though the sweet potato topping is also a starch veg) Veg: Sprouted mung beans, cucumber, tomato, red peppers
Drinks	7 water

Still feeling great.  Had to force myself to eat the morning snack - I really wasn't hungry.  Was certainly hungry by dinner though and it was YUMMY!

Sunday 25 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	75g rolled oats, goats milk yoghurt, sprinkling of sunflower seeds, strawberries
Snack	½ pear, 10 almonds
Lunch	2 boiled eggs, ½ mielie, brocolli, lettuce
Snack	N/A
Supper	4 Oatcakes, 120g low fat cottage cheese, cucumber, tomato
Drinks	7 water

This breakfast was AMAZING!  Really delicious and sustainable.  It's a repeat for sure!

The lunch surprised me.  I'd decided that my protein would be egg and that my starchy carbohydrate would be corn on the cob.  The the quantities were opposite to what I'd expected - I thought I'd eat 1 egg and a whole cob and it was the other way around.

3 hours later.... err... now that's a mistake!  I'm only supposed to eat 5 eggs a week.  Not entirely sure that I've got the egg story right!

OK - so I only ate breakfast at 10am and lunch after 2 and I really wasn't hungry for a snack and, as I've been thinking about and preparing food ALL day, I didn't want to prepare a complicated dinner - so a cold oat cakes was it.  And it was yummy.

I've felt great today.  Definitely no cravings and no headache.  I don't feel bloated.  I feel very satisfied!  So... a good day.

Saturday 24 Sept 2011

So now I've read a little bit about Glycemic Load and I need to plan my meals as 10, 5, 10, 5, 10. Will explain more later. But this meal plan was a bit more scientific:

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	2 toast, peanut butter, 75g pineapple. (eat protein first)
Snack	Strawberries
Lunch	Protein: 94g chickpeas Starch Veg: 50 g Brown Rice Veg: Lettuce, tomato
Snack	½ pear, 8 almonds, 2 strawberries, 2 cheese crackers, 2 grapes
Supper	Protein: 1 lamb chop Starch Veg: 2 baby potatoes (74g) Veg: Broccoli,tomato
Drinks	7 water

I only found out after breakfast that I can't eat 2 pieces of wholewheat toast!  Only 1 is allowed.  Or better still, eat rye toast.  Or even better... oat cakes!

Note the afternoon snack.  I went to a baby shower and felt obliged to eat something.  I actually was really not hungry and felt very satisfied by my lunch and the planned snack of a pear and almonds.

I got a headache in the afternoon that got worse and worse as the day progressed and I was just too happy to get into bed.

Friday 23 Sept 2011

Timing	What I ate
Breakfast	1 egg, 2 toast, honey, orange juice
Snack	Biltong, flapjack (no wheat or sugar)
Lunch	2 lamb chops, lettuce, dressing, brown rice, beans, tomatoes
Snack
Supper	Quinoa, avocado, salad, feta
Drinks	4 water, 1 wine, 1 orange juice

I went to bed with a headache.