And that's pushing it a little at present - salad (as for day 2), salmon, a Yakult light and a few strawberries and that was it. I'm so looking forward to doing something more interesting with my life than sleeping, haivng a shower, lying down to recover from the shower, then make myself eat despite disinterest in food, rest again, and force myself to drink a glass of water. O! the terrible first worldness of my problems. - Alex
Showing posts with label 17 Day Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 17 Day Diet. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
I've lost the ability to tolerate fat
I did lapse a little today - I managed the eggs from Saturday, a repeat of yesterday's chicken and steamed vegies, and a few strawberries, but was also swayed by a miniature Snickers bar. It was very nice, but about an hour later I was wracked with abdominal cramps and diarrhoea, which may be coincidence but I suspect now. Incidentally, an 18g Snickers has a whopping 4.5g of fat - not nearly as much as I got from the wodge of salmon I had, but a lot more saturated.
My preoccupation is still the crappiness of recovery rather than my diet, but I've only got another day of roxithromycin and I'm feeling quietly confident that my improvement to date will continue. - Alex
My preoccupation is still the crappiness of recovery rather than my diet, but I've only got another day of roxithromycin and I'm feeling quietly confident that my improvement to date will continue. - Alex
Sunday, October 9, 2011
I'm ready for my appetite now
So it's day 2 on the 17 Day Diet and I couldn't face anything until half way through the day, so my breakfast comprised a bottle of Yakult, which is a little light on. But I had a dish of steamed asparagus and caluiflower accompanied by a piece of chicken breast poached in lemon juice, which is my preferred no-fat method.
It's no doubt because of my recent loss of appetite but it was quite pleasant, and less bland than I'd usually find it. I followed it with homemade frozen yoghurt - frozen berries and no fat yoghurt in the blender with a little sweetner, which was soothing and quite pleasant. Which I see was my description of the meal, so my vocabulary's becoming as bland as my palate and my plate. - Alex
It's no doubt because of my recent loss of appetite but it was quite pleasant, and less bland than I'd usually find it. I followed it with homemade frozen yoghurt - frozen berries and no fat yoghurt in the blender with a little sweetner, which was soothing and quite pleasant. Which I see was my description of the meal, so my vocabulary's becoming as bland as my palate and my plate. - Alex
17 Day Diet
My Kick Start week fell apart a little thanks, for a change, not to my falling off the wagon but a moderate dose of pneumonia. So I've lost 5.5k in a week through an unsustainable combination of fatigue, nausea and anorexia instead of the ideal combination of healthy eating and physical exertion.
I'm now two days into a five day antibiotic course and starting to feel better but I think it's going to be a while before I'm able to do anything more exciting than z light walk without having to stop for a breath, and today's the first day I've even felt up to that.
I can, however, watch what I eat. I'm flying back to the UK in just over a month, and I want to get there thinner and fitter than when I left a fortnight ago, and maintain a healthier lifestyle while I'm there, despite a disrupted routine, new (and tempting) food and no kitchen. I decided while away that I'd spend this time between the Kick Start week and my flight doing the first two stages of the 17 Day Diet. See my review for details on the program, but essentially it's a low fat, low carb program that's high in animal protein, low GI fruit and vegetables, with an emphasis on probiotics.
The Kick Start diet's actually been quite a good introduction to a low carb program as, with the exception of yesterday's bowl of cereal, I've had nothing significant in the way of grains in the past week.
I'm not anticipating following this long term, but I think I need something to re-initiate the progress I was making until I got to the magical scary weight that triggered a frightened reversal. I've lost 18 kilos in twelve months, which is certainly a start, and sustainable, but I want to lose another twenty plus in the next year.
So, back to the Moreno program! I started with scrambled eggs mixed with a smidgen of mustard, followed by an orange, which slipped quite nicely down my sore throat. Lunch was a huge bowl of salad with iceberg and mixed leaves, celery, capsicum, raw cauliflower and tomato, topped with a can of drained tuna and drizzled with a tablespoon of olive oil with 2 of vinegar. It was crunchy, fresh, quite filling and surprisingly tasty.
I should have finished the day with steamed vegies and chicken, another piece of fruit and some yoghurt, but all I could manage was a Yakult, but it's a start and I feel quite content. - Alex
I'm now two days into a five day antibiotic course and starting to feel better but I think it's going to be a while before I'm able to do anything more exciting than z light walk without having to stop for a breath, and today's the first day I've even felt up to that.
I can, however, watch what I eat. I'm flying back to the UK in just over a month, and I want to get there thinner and fitter than when I left a fortnight ago, and maintain a healthier lifestyle while I'm there, despite a disrupted routine, new (and tempting) food and no kitchen. I decided while away that I'd spend this time between the Kick Start week and my flight doing the first two stages of the 17 Day Diet. See my review for details on the program, but essentially it's a low fat, low carb program that's high in animal protein, low GI fruit and vegetables, with an emphasis on probiotics.
The Kick Start diet's actually been quite a good introduction to a low carb program as, with the exception of yesterday's bowl of cereal, I've had nothing significant in the way of grains in the past week.
I'm not anticipating following this long term, but I think I need something to re-initiate the progress I was making until I got to the magical scary weight that triggered a frightened reversal. I've lost 18 kilos in twelve months, which is certainly a start, and sustainable, but I want to lose another twenty plus in the next year.
So, back to the Moreno program! I started with scrambled eggs mixed with a smidgen of mustard, followed by an orange, which slipped quite nicely down my sore throat. Lunch was a huge bowl of salad with iceberg and mixed leaves, celery, capsicum, raw cauliflower and tomato, topped with a can of drained tuna and drizzled with a tablespoon of olive oil with 2 of vinegar. It was crunchy, fresh, quite filling and surprisingly tasty.
I should have finished the day with steamed vegies and chicken, another piece of fruit and some yoghurt, but all I could manage was a Yakult, but it's a start and I feel quite content. - Alex
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