Week 5

This week has been my worst one yet. I haven't had bad food or anything I'm not allowed. Just organisation has been terrible. Well, there's hasn't been any at all! I followed one of the meals on the plan, that's it for the week. I did warn it was a shocker!

Moving on now. Drawing a line in the sand and starting again this coming week. I have a two major goals for this week. First one being vegetables! I need to eat way more than these. I eat heaps of kumara as is, but need to get into the green veges. And lots of them! So my first goal for the week is veges! 

My second goal is the meal plan obviously. If I can't stick to it 90% I will be happy. I need to get my organisation back into line and start sorting myself out again. Let's be honest, it's not like I have to think of what to have every night! It's easy, I just need to get it sorted. 

Third goal for the week, and not even kidding, this has been a goal my entire life! Is getting up earlier. Even an hour earlier. I'm the type of person that if I need to leave the house by 11am, I'll get out of bed by 10.30, showered make up and in the car. This causes problems in many ways, a) no breakfast. B) rushing all the time. C) no time for normal house type activities! No washing on the line, no bed made, no dishwasher unpacked. D) if I got up an hour earlier I could take the dog for a walk! 

This challenge for me is a whole lifestyle change. And I need to get into the swing of it myself. So a few goals. I'll work on them slowly. I don't expect them to come over night that's for sure. Like i said, since I was born I have liked sleeping in :)k

The scales are still the stress in my life. Again showing no changes. All my previous measurements are wrong because my tape measure from China is drastically out. So until I get another I don't know if I have changed. My family say they are noticing the difference. Myself personally am not. And it's tough. Seeing a difference is a huge motivator to keep going. And not seeing it makes it really really hard. Just trying to stay positive and have trust in Sara and Elora!

Week 4

This week has thrown me a whole lot of new challenges. I am craving like crazy!!!! I want dumplings and teriyaki balls and burgers and sandwiches and noodles!! Everything I'm not allowed I am craving…like crazy! I was at Riccarton Mall during the week, and if I hadn't had my friend with me I would have gone and brought dumplings. It was only because she stopped me that I didn’t go and get them. The entire way there I was talking myself up, getting excited to eat them. Even when I was at the mall I was still determined to get them. I was craving so bad and was determined to get them and nothing was going to stop me! However…my best friend stopped me. It wasn’t an easy task I can tell you that much. But we managed a compromise. We ended up getting Chinese, and I got chicken cashew nut, with no rice might I add!

The cravings are really starting to bring me down. I feel like I'm only a tummy rumble away from going on a binge. I'm pretty safe in my own household…as there is nothing there that is bad for me. But its when I'm unorganised or get hungry unexpectedly…or even when I'm not hungry but just crave! I haven't really learnt anyway to overcome these cravings yet. I have just been putting up with them really. Sometimes I will just eat something else I really like instead. Like bacon and eggs or similar. But I really hope I don’t let loose as don’t want to go backwards…which has been the case with every other diet I have ever tried. 

CrossFit is going great. I FINALLY managed to get the courage to write my goal on the whiteboard. I felt like a bit of a plonker putting my goal up. Everyone else's goals were massive!! Huge fitness goals which were really impressive. I have about 100million goals I could right up there. But I started with something very achievable and that wont take me years to accomplish.  Because I can always right up another one! So my goal was to complete 1 (at least) full males push up. For as long as I can remember I haven't been able to do a full press up, barely a females press up. So that is my goal and I cant wait to be able to do one  :)

Food wise has been good this week. I went out for brunch and asked the staff to make me a ham and cheese omelette, even though it wasn’t on the menu. And they did! Which I was very thankful for. It came with bread…but I didn’t eat it ! Also like stated above, before a party on Saturday we got Chinese. I got chicken and vegetables with cashew nuts. We were talking as a group re our go to meals if we have nothing organised. Mine is definitely Kumara hash and eggs. I have grated a whole lot of Kumara using my mums food processor and have it in the fridge ready. So if all else fails, I make a Kumara pattie and some eggs and I feel great. It fills me up, and bonus, it tastes great!! 

I'm loving the support of my family. My mum has made me some great meals. And amazing stir fry, which was devine! With some kumara hash on the side. You will see it in the photos attached. Really yummy and makes it easier having their support.

It has again been a large mental game for me re the scales. I get on them at the same time every week, first thing in the morning on a Monday. And again, for the second week in a row…my weight says the exact same. It got me down this week, not going to lie. I'm probably being a little harsh on myself…as I'm still not over the moon as I haven't noticed any changes in my clothing.

But I can't be doing this great lifestyle change and not have any changes so that’s what I keep thinking :)

P.S. The egg photo is how different my fridge is! Only got them a few days ago and they are already mostly gone!! I'm going through dozens a week! 

Week 3

This week has been a lot different than the other two weeks. I wasn't organised on the Sunday when it came to planning the for the food that was on my meal plan. To be completely honest I barely looked at it. I was very unorganised in that perspective. However it did make me realise that I am now fully aware with what I am allowed and what I'm not. I had a great week, eating only food I can, with no slip ups! I followed the guidelines 100% and just found my own food to make with the food I had in the pantry. I managed to make it through really well. 

My family are really starting to get on board. I went around to my parents for dinner and dad made an amazing roast lamb meal. He ensured he picked out the potato and other vegetables I couldn't eat. Also didn't give me any stuffing! However he did put gravy on mine, but I didn't have the heart to tell him after he had tried so hard so just sucked it up and ate it anyway :)

I am still really enjoying CrossFit. I am starting to meet new people and the coaches are getting to know me by name which is great. Makes you feel so much more comfortable and encouraged to go. One day I will ask one of them to take a few photos of me doing a work out so I can add it to my blog, I'm just not game enough to see what I look like all hot and sweaty yet! Another bonus of CrossFit, no mirrors on every wall!! :-P

This week was a real mental game for me. I got on the scales and was the exact same weight as last week. I really had to convince myself not to get down. It was really hard but I got there in the end. I decide that the scales are not everything, yes they are a big part. But there is no way that I can be eating filling healthy foods and exercising 3 times a week and have no change to my body! So even though the scales didn't say what I wanted them to, I had to put my chin up and know that my body was changing. Who knows, maybe some of those kilos are turning to muscle :) 

Week 2

The last week has been good. I am finding that I have got my mind into the right thinking. I am subconsciously making the right choices. Now that I have had a couple of weeks to get into my head what is right and what is wrong Im finding it quite easy to work out what I am allowed to eat and to make meals.

I went one night to my parents for tea. My mum made these amazing lettuce cups filled with meat for dinner. They had a few other things in theirs, lentils and sauces. I wasn’t allowed those so she made me individual mince with things I am allowed! Its great as its making it easy for me having the support of my family. 

I also had a couple of days with my work collegue, who is doing paleo also. We took turns taking dinner for both of us to work. The first night she made an amazing beef curry on kumara mash! It had zucchini, capsicum and mushrooms. The second night I took the burgers with kumara hash. Had lettuce, avocado, chicken and camembert on top of kumara hash. Was divine!! Everyone at work that came in while we were eating was making comments about how yum they looked! 

When I first googled paleo, middle of last year, I was thinking, "This is ridiculous! Your not allowed to eat anything!" However now my mind is in it, and im doing further research, along with the recipe book, its amazing what you can eat, and more importantly, how yum it is!!!

I have started to google recipes for pesto, mayo, chutneys etc to make salads and other items that bit tastier. I have a big list of things planned to make on my days off to keep in the fridge when required. 

However I did have a wee binge during the last week. I saw some chocolate chips in my pantry and had a weak moment. Lets just say I don’t have to worry about them anymore. I was disappointed with myself. But I decided to draw a line in the sand right then and there and move on. Yes I had a slip up, yes I know I shouldn’t have. But I cant dwell on that. Need to forget about it and move forward. Take each day as it comes. And that’s what I have done! No more slip ups since.

CrossFit has been going great. I am still really enjoying it. Chris even made me try a tomato while I was there! I didn’t like it, wanted to spit it out haha. But hey I tried a new thing!!!

My body is certainly not getting as sore after the workouts. Not as stiff the next day. I love how the workouts are high intensity but not for a long period of time. It makes it achievable. I go into it thinking, I can do this. That’s what keeps me going back. If I went into it knowing it’s a struggle and knowing I cant achieve it, I simply wouldn’t go back. But its not like that at all. I pre book my classes the week before. And I have found that I actually arrange my life around CrossFit. Normally if something else came up, lunch with a friend or going to a movie, I would cancel my work out and do that instead. Any excuse to get out of it! However that hasn’t been the case lately. I make sure I go to CrossFit because I love it!!

I got on the scales yesterday. I was excited, counted down the days to Monday morning so I could see my results. 1.5kg down. Total of 3.6kg. :)

Bring on Week 3!!!!