Day 8 – Feed Day

I am ready for food. That is all.

Breakfast – 9:00am

Muesli with Greek fat free yoghurt, half a banana and honey – 200cals

After the success of yesterday’s breakfast, I’m bringing it back today, only on a larger scale. I’ve added banana this morning just to add a little something extra. Very good idea even if I do say so myself. I strongly encourage you to try this one for yourselves.

Dinner Time – 12.30pm

Ham salad (rocket, tomato, boiled egg, edam cheese) Sandwich on brown bread with salad cream – 310cals

Just like breakfast this morning this is pretty much a repeat of last night’s tea, only this time it’s a sandwich. No dressing today though, only salad cream on a sandwich like this. Salad cream is for winners.

Snack Time – 14:00pm

Thai style chili rice cracks – 190cals
Nakd cola infused raisins – 68

I’m feeling in a very nibbly sort of mood, like I could just graze on stuff all day. I’m on a feed day so it’s fine if i want to have a few snacks. Chili rice crackers are my all time favorite snack aswell. And raisins of all flavors are definitely in my top 5.

Tea Time – 18:45pm

Marinated beef tacos with salad and salsa – 550cals

Today has been a good food day, oh yes it has. I had 2 hard tacos to start off with and then decided to try soft tacos (i had 2 just to make sure). The best thing about being on this diet is that I still get to enjoy good food. And I do love food.

The recipe for the tacos are on my lady’s food blog. Go see

http://heartofcake.wordpress.com

Day 5 – Fast Day

Today is my second fast day. I woke up at 7am (so much for my weekend sleep in) and by 9am I’m already hungry.

I can already tell that trying to have my fast day on a day away from work is a bad idea. I have no distractions today so that could be a big issue.

I’ve decided to skip my breakfast meal this morning and instead have a more substantial dinner and tea.

Dinner Time – 12.30pm

Heinz Tomato soup – 236cals

Haven’t had soup in a while and it’s low in calories so I figured it’s worth a try. Usually when I have soup it’s with about 3/4 slices of bread so it’s not as filling as I would have liked. Still, better than nothing. Only just though.

Brew Time – 15:30pm

Tea, semi skimmed milk, 2 sweeteners – 12cals

This is a bit of a cheat. On fast days I should only really have black tea or coffee but that’s not something I’m used to yet. I’m sure after a few more weeks of Fasting and cutting out my sugar intake, this will become more easier.

Tea Time – 18:30pm

2 slices of medium brown wholemeal toast (no butter), half a tin of Branston beans and 1 slice of Dutch edam cheese – 400cals

If you imagine really hard for one moment, you will probably understand how depressing this meal looks. I mean, really depressing looking. Don’t get me wrong, I love a bit of beans on toast, but this is on a whole other level.

Calling this a low moment would be an exaggeration but this is probably the hardest I’ve found it so far. I hope this is more to do with bad meal/day planning than anything else but I guess I won’t know until my next fast day which is Tuesday.

Day 4 – Feed Day

Another day another diet. Another feed day today. I’m hopefully going to enjoy my food more today as it’s a fast day tomorrow.

Breakfast – 8:00am

Raisin brunch bar – 150cal

Nothing new to report here. I enjoyed it a bit more this morning but I’m definitely getting bored of brunch bars. Need more variety.

Brew Time – 11:00am

Tea, semi skimmed milk – 12cals

Today I have decided to swap out the sugar for sweetener. In the long run this will help me save calories on on fast days and lower my sugar intake in general. It’s win win baby

Dinner Time – 12.30pm

Hot smoked salmon, potato salad and watercress with lemon vinaigrette – 240cals

Oooh yes this was a very good choice, I must thank my lady for this as she bought me it! And it couldn’t have come any sooner as my appetite is back with a vengeance. Very filling lunch, the potato salad more than helped fill out my stomach.

Break Time – 16:00pm

Even though work is a welcome distraction I am very hungry. I mean REALLY hungry. Just saying

Tea Time – 19:00pm

Steak, onions & mushrooms in oyster sauce with fried rice and beansprouts – 500cals

Sooooooo good. I was more than ready for this, I even went back for seconds (whoops!). I’m definitely hungrier than yesterday and it’s nice to have my appetite back but I imagine this is just going to make tomorrow harder. I guess we will see tomorrow.

On an a slightly related note, you should go and check out my girlfriends food blog. Most of the evening meals I write about on here (and more) are on her blog.

http://heartofcake.wordpress.com

Day 3 – Feed Day

Back to a regular today. Even though I can go back to eating as normal today, I still want to make sure I’m not going overboard on calories.

Breakfast – 8:00am

Raisin brunch bar – 150cal

Back on the brunch bar breakfast. I’m not sure it’s because of the fast day yesterday, but even the small brunch bar has filled me up this morning.

Brew Time – 11:00am

Tea, semi skimmed milk, 2 sugars – 50cals

Like breakfast this morning, my brew has filled me, to the point where it’s made me feel a little sick. Around this time on Tuesday I was already starting to feeling hungry. This is definitely not the case today.

Dinner Time – 12.30pm

Tuna Salad Sandwich, brown bread, snack-a-jacks (sour cream and chive) – 349cals

Dinner time has rolled around and I’m surprisingly still not hungry. This is new, even for me. Unfortunately there isn’t going to be a better time to eat at work so I’ll have to make do. Even though I enjoyed my sandwich, my choice of snack was unwise. To put it lightly, I’ve had better tasting cardboard. If your reading this Walkers, you have ALOT of explaining to do.

Tea Time – 19:00pm

Brown pasta & king prawns with tomato, parmesan and basil sauce – 560cals

My appetite has more or less returned just in time for this meal. Brown pasta is new to me and definitely tastes stronger than regular pasta but it’s a welcome change. And you can’t go wrong with prawns. Ever.

Today has been kinda strange. Unlike normal days my appetite has been practically non existent. Not that I mind, to be honest it’s easier this way. If I’m not thinking about hunger, I’m not thinking about food, and that makes it a lot easier to cut back.

On an unrelated note, while getting my dinner today I noticed that a lot of flavoured water is filled with sugar. That’s something I’m going to have to steer clear of, the last thing I want to bending is loading up on sugar