Here I am a few days behind in updating this blog with a weekend away from my computer ahead of me. I'm going to take a break from it for a week or two, reassess everything and just take the pressure off myself a little as I am having too many wobbles because of it. Stress being one of my triggers.
I'm due to go away on the 16th August so that's my true deadline. I'm going to carry on with clean eating, as really it's how I live now anyway, it's normal for me, but try and get a hold on the sugar again. It really is evil stuff!
I'll be back around 22nd July, when i have a clear 4 weeks to get cracking.
I hope if you are reading this and stayed with me, that you got some inspiration from the meals I posted and learnt a little on the way.
If you'd like to learn a little more in the meantime you can download my free 40 page ebook, The Optimisation Plan from here, www.OptimisationPlan.com
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Felt much more positive after my Sunday workshop. A lot of it was about confidence and getting rid of the negative mindset to be able to go for what you want in business. Pretty good timing for me really.
It's great being your own boss but there is so much to do and can get a tad lonely and overwhelming at times. I'm thankful I have my colleague Matt to work with, bounce ideas off and keep each other sane...well as much as we can!
Kicked off my day with an hours dog walk in the park. Met loads of my doggy walker friends and the hounds had a great run about together.
Back home for my first meal.
Asparagus, red onion, courgette, pepper frittata with lettuce from the garden, tomatoes and avocado.
Ate a banana mid afternoon before my training session. I was planning to make chick pea flat bread but ran out of time as had to take a business call about the coaching program from the workshop I attended.
After my training session - heavy weights, back, biceps and core - I made a chilli with cauliflower rice.
All was good up to this point, but I think I was too hungry after missing my middle meal so the chilli didn't seem to satisfy me. Not sure whether this was a mental thing or not. Ended up following it with some Walkers sunbites and hummus, and a few biscuits. I'm still not out of the woods yet :(
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Ok, so it's now been a month since I started this blog, and it has been a bit of a roller coaster. It's great usually at the start when your motivation is high and it stays high for a while but we are only human and it is hard to stay motivated permanently all day every day.
You have to take the rough with the smooth, not beat yourself up every time you have a wobble and just keep going no matter what. I've eaten much more sugar that I have intended, but it is one of the world's most addictive legal drug next to caffeine! I have learnt to just do the best I can.
I recognise what my triggers are. I recognise that most of the time I have no control over eating sugar when these triggers happen. Feeling excessively tired, drained, stressed and low. I just try and do everything I can to avoid feeling like this.
- I get to bed early on as many nights as I can.
- I listen to my body and try not to over-do training, working and filling up my diary too much.
- I break larger jobs down into smaller more manageable chunks.
- I remind myself that I AM good enough.
- I accept any wobbles I have and move on without dwelling on them.
Do you know what your eating triggers are? Find out and write down an action plan to try and avoid them in the future.
Here's an article I wrote about eating triggers last year.
http://emmaboffo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/how-to-beat-eating-triggers.html
So, after my low weekend and business workshop I made a few decisions.
- I'm not going to let negative people get to me.
- I'm going to believe in myself more.
- I'm going to invest in some business coaching.
- Most importantly I am going to be determined to get out of my own way!
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Saturday morning I didn't feel good emotionally. This was down to some personal stuff going on. I tried to keep my main meals good, but I had a whole host of sugar again. Not good :(
Day 27 meals:
In an attempt to give myself a natural sugar kick I started with a banana omelette and strawberries from the garden. Delicious but didn't satisfy me mentally and emotionally today.
I was going to make a chilli, but just didn't have the energy or enthusiasm. I popped to M&S and bought some lamb koftas and a lentil and rice mix, as well as some chocolate mini rolls :(
Day 28 meals:
Woke still feeling down but started my day with a filling smoothie as I was off to the Docklands for a business and marketing workshop. Just what I needed to take my mind off of things and give me a boost to feel better.
Prawns with lentil/rice salad from yesterday. Had to eat in 2 sittings as the break at the workshop wasn't long enough.
Baking hot day so had an ice cream too.
Lazy dinner as was shattered when I got home. Frying steak, egg and spinach.
Tomorrow is a new day, a new month and time for a new focus.
I WILL NOT be beaten!!
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Starting to feel less bloated and puffy now after having a good day's eating yesterday, and feeling more positive again. Thankfully it's another two weeks until my next social event, so I can get my head down and get cracking again!
Meals:
Today I did a 17 hour fast and broke it with a green smoothie, usual ingredients.
Had an early dinner as out all evening teaching. I'm going to attempt a longer fast tomorrow, but what time I eat really depends on what time I will be training with my client. Will have to see.
Home made buffalo burger with steamed broccolli, spinach and oregano garlic tomatoes.
And boy is my ass hurting after training legs and glutes yesterday! But it's all good :)
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Had enough of feeling fat, bloated and puffy after all the extras over the last few days. Time to re-focus and get organised again.
Meals:
Lovely green goodness smoothie for starters
Chicken, prawn and sun dried tomato salad for lunch
For dinner, frying steak, steamed spinach and roasted parsnip, courgette, red onion, cauliflower, garlic and oregano
There were some home grown strawberries on offer so had some with raspberries, pomegranate and a drizzle of cream for a taste. Mmmm :)
A much better day and stayed away from the sugary crap, hurrah!
Training:
Heavy weights session - legs and shoulders
I CAN DO THIS!!!
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