What is not to love about living on the Sunshine Coast!?! Well maybe the drivers, but everything else is perfect. Nothing much different to report this week with my foods. Much different energy wise to last week. This week I am sick – seems to be the thing after a big week – so it hasn’t been hard at all, I haven’t been hungry, haven’t been tempted and I actually feel I have crossed another bridge. This lifestyle sits comfortably with me and I find it easy. I just weighed in and there is another 1.5 kilos off the body so that is a bonus again – that 8.5 kilos in 5 weeks – which doesn’t compute but its right. As I have said, its not about the weight but it is – its a side benefit to the healthy options I’m choosing but it is sustainable as I am learning every day about myself and my food intake. Probably pretty boring to most who have this under control, but to me it really is a revelation and I am loving it.
And 2. I have started, there is no turning back and it is life changing – and that is great. I don’t have to constantly think about it any more – I have done it. How many bad habits do you pick up just because you are not educated any more – I do have a lot to thank Bridgette for – yes I have to do it myself – but she has given me the tools and the confidence to make it happen. I have tried everything in the past – green smoothies, soup, eggs, grapefruit- all totally ridiculous and I now actually look at weight loss ads for shakes and think – oh you are so full of crap.
The quality of the fresh ingredients I can source locally makes everything so much easier and more sustainable. The produce I buy nearly daily from my favourite shop is always exceptional. I always have fresh locally grown coriander, parsley and basil – all picked daily – plus shallots, ginger, garlic, avocado, eggs, tomatoes in the fridge, and then we go through a mountain of bananas each week. And you know, the boys love it – they absolutely love it.
Plus, I just whipped up another fruit salad – oh the pine was so sweet which it is not supposed to be in Winter but there you go, perfect strawberries, kiwifruit, a few passion fruit, red fleshed Cara navel oranges – truly worth a try – skipped the apples, and banana as I love them on their own for morning tea – and it was truly perfect in every way.
I still – boringly- have a banana daily at breakfast with oats and my treat is still a bliss ball from the batch I made 2 weeks ago – love this mixture of 1 cup of almond meal, 12 pitted dates, 1/2 cup shredded coconut, 1 tbs chia seeds, 1/3 cup cacao and 1/3 cup of coconut oil. Just soak the dates in some hot water for about an hour, drain then mix all together in my Nutri Bullet and done. You can roll in coconut or leave plain or have 1/2 and 1/2.
My other new favourite is freshly made falafels – how easy – just 2 tins of chick peas, a cup of chopped parsley, 2 cloves of fresh garlic, 1 brown onion, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 teaspoons ground coriander, 1 egg white, 1/3 cup flour – and mix it all up and fry it. I fried it with a little spray then baked for 10 minutes to finish it as it does fry better with loads of oil which I didn’t obviously want. They cost about $9 from the shops if they are already made up but this way the tins of chickpeas are only $1.90 each, then you have the extra’s which I have anyway. Yesterday I bought Tahini too as the hummus is something I am loving – the texture and flavour are beautiful on veges or the falafels – and I have never made it before – so another first coming up this week. (ok they don’t look very good but they were delicious.)
My liquid intake daily is about 2 litres of water, 2 cups of really good quality tea, 1 black pod coffee and that’s it. I don’t seems to need a brew now I’m just having it black – so another saving! (See a previous blog on how I cut my spending). I am evolving each week of course and it is really good fun, some people always live like this! My mother does and she is the best advertisement for healthy living ever – I however, inherited my fathers eating habits which is fine as I also inherited his brilliant sense of humour…
Mentally I’m very good. Physically everything is getting so much easier. I do have more energy when I’m not sick – atm I’m feel like death of course. Appearance wise – I don’t think anyone who didn’t know I was working on my health would notice any changes. Maybe my skin tone. Maybe a little around my face if you really looked. So shocking that people will only notice a change after 20 kilos – that’s pretty bad.
The biggest difference I feel is in my movements and it feels good – even just crossing my arms and legs – it’s easier! The thing I like most is my consciousness – I’m consciously living in the moment which I hadn’t expected – I’m making choices daily that affect the outcome of my life ….and they are positive ones – and that feel great. Till next week – have a great one. xx
