10. Accountability Day 1

So what did I have today if I’m honest?

Breakfast
Porridge, with half a teaspoonful of honey and a dessert spnfl of raisins

Mug of Green Tea

Lunch
3 dessert spn Cottage cheese, 2 dessert spn flax oil, dash of garlic granuals, dash of onion powder, chopped chives, and chopped fresh red peppr (heaped dessert spn full) with three slices of Ryvita, dark multigrain.

A smoothie with a banana, summer fruits, and organic cloudy apple juice.

Actually, this is going to be very time consuming if I state the amount all the time, so from now on, lets say, “a dollop” of everything. And a dollop of course, is whatever I think is needed!

How do people carry on when they have to weigh and measure out everything…? There’s none of that here!

Mid afternoon, another smoothie as earlier.

So tonight, I made my glorious fish pie. I’ll state the ingredients only – not all the amounts:

4 frozen cod steaks
prawns
mixed frozen vegetables
mashed potato still with skins on

sauce:
soya spread
cornflour
goat’s milk
soya powdered cheese
goat’s cheese
mayonnaise
ketchup (prawn marie rose sauce)
onion powder

And I made enough for the next four days, so this blog is gonna be quite monotonous!

Also made porridge to put in the fridge so I’m not tempted to buy cake or chocolate, and soaked some soup mix ready for tomorrow, consisting of lentils, chickpeas, barley and other good stuff. That’s my base for all my soups.

I also drank 1 litre of Evian – not enough I know.

But so far, I haven’t been tempted to snack all day, and I’ve worked solidly all evening – that’s progress!

9. Diet Intake Accountability

Ok, I’ve decided to blog about everything I eat!

Yes, it’s going to make riveting reading, but it’s so I can see for myself how good or naughty I’ve been.

Obviously there is no point in telling fibs. If I fall off the wagon, I have to report it. This blog will be my accountability.

Recently on TV there were several couples who had been eating healthily with the help of a nutritionalist. They were overweight to begin with, but the benefits were not just weight loss.

They were all asked to make charts of particular health issues, such as sleep levels, energy levels, skin condition, iritability, digestion, sexual function, and headaches.

Within only two weeks, there were dramatic improvements for all couples on EVERY health issue. One woman said the improvement in her energy levels alone would ensure she would never go back to her old eating habits.

And one guy after five weeks said he no longer has the slightest heartburn, and he was previously told he would have to have an operation for his severe acid reflux.

Well, my problem at the moment is poor sleep, headaches and low energy levels – oh and irritability!

I’ve already made a start on improving my blood sugar levels by eating porridge every morning and lots of fruit, and cutting out all sweets and chocolate (although I had a moment of weakness the other night and put drinking chocolate in my porridge – a brilliant compromise!)

Let’s see if I can become the picture of health!