Sunday January 6

Breakfast: Tinned mangoes with low fat yoghurt

Mid morning snack: small bowl of dried fruit and nut mix

Lunch: rest of chicken from previous night with raita and 1 x nectarine

Mid afternoon snack: small bowls of dried fruit and nut mix

Dinner: chicken breast with sweet potato and pumpkin mash with spinach in low fat yoghurt and tahini

Supper: 1 x tea

2 litres of water consumed

Exercise:

Warm up routine done okay with added cat pose as advised by PT Elf

A1 Hip Extension: did okay although I tended not to roll up into the position.

A2: Plank Knee In: could not really hold my body weight up so did 5 then 3 breaths down then another 5 etc. until all done

B1: Lateral Lunge - done one side at a time not to both sides as I found it easier as my neck was out and I had a really bad headache from it.

B2: Push Press: got them done right eventually although this did hurt my quads and my neck did not like the 'push' but got all sets done.

C1: High Step Up - got two sets done as by this time I was feeling really dizzy and sick.

C2: Reverse Flye - done as advised by PT Elf with weights but only got two sets done. See note on C1.

2.5  litres of water consumed

Saturday January 5

Breakfast: Two x eggs with 3 slices of ham and 1 x tea

Mid morning snack - nothing as I was on the bus on the way home

Lunch: Handful of sultanas and 2 x corn tins with low fat cheddar

Mid afternoon snack - sultanas

Dinner: 2 x chicken breasts (marinated in olive oil and lemon juice) with tomato and chilli and spring onion raita

2.5 litres of water consumed.

Exercise: Doing everything a day late so did cardio work today. Walk for the time specified. Quads were sore from the previous workout and neck was troubling me from the trip home on the bus. Blew out on the first fast bit but paced myself better after that.

Friday January 4

Breakfast: 2 x toast with jam and 1 x cup of tea

Water:  3 glasses (250ml)

Mid morning snack: Nothing

Lunch: 65g tin of tuna, 130 g tin of baked beans, 2 x tablespoons light ricotta, 1 x tomato, 1 x mandarin

Mid Afternoon snack: 2 x tea

Dinner: Mince and bean chilli with low fat yoghurt stirred through, 

Dessert: low fat yoghurt with 6 halves of canned apricots

Supper: 1 x tea

2.5 litres of water consumed

Exercise routine:

Warm up routine was okay and remembered what to do as I went through the sequence with Mark before I went away. May have to correct some things when I get home to Brisbane but routine was done as close as I could do.

A1 Body weight squats - Okay. Knees creaked a bit but got through the sets with no hassle.

A2 Plank - only held for 15 seconds - have to work on upper body strength.

B1 Body weight forward lunge - Not sure I did these correctly but got as close as I could work out. Have a small challenge with proprioception (the unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself) and the lack thereof.

B2 Smith Machine push up - Firm mattress on bed a bit higher than in video but still felt the sets in my arms. Did all sets.

C1 Snatch (by any other name) - Easy for me as the cheat sheet sent was clear and I can remember these from past exercise programmes (distant but still there somewhere in the memory). No medicine ball so did with 1.5 kg weight.

C2 Flutters  - No swiss ball as in pictures so was advised to use corner of bed. Hope I did these okay. Tim are they a hold for 30 seconds?  - as that is what I did.

Will be so much easier when I get home as I have all the right equipment and the PT Elf is there. Who cares about House Elves when you know you need more discipline with the exercise.

Heaven knows what he is going to charge me at the end of all this but I am sure we can work out a 'barter' system she says with a smile.

Thursday January 3

Breakfast: 2 x toast with jam and 1 x tea

Mid morning snack: nothing

Lunch: Chicken and vegetable Pie and Apple turnover with bottled iced tea

Mid afternoon snack: ham sandwich and 1 x coffee

Dinner: Pasta with vegetables

Supper: nothing

Exercise: 15 minute walk

1 litre water consumed

Wednesday Jan 2

Breakfast: 2 x toast with avocado and 1 x tea

Mid morning snack: 1 x coffee and muffin

Lunch: Left overs from dinner from night before

Mid afternoon snack: nothing

Dinner: Beef and Beans with low fat yoghurt stirred through

Supper: Slice of cake and 2 x tea

1 litre water consumed through out day 

No exercise done

Tuesday Jan 1

Australia -

Worked from 6.00pm until 3.00am then as I had to catch a bus at 6.30am stayed up all night.

Slept on the bus for most of the way of the 2 hour journey. Did not realise about the no tea rule and had at least two when I got to my parents' home. 

Totally stuffed the rules of eating for the first few days but here goes for a re-constructed food diary - someone else can grade my meals for me if they wish.

Breakfast: 2 x toast and tea with jam

Mid morning snack: slice of fruit cake

Lunch: Salad and baked beans

Mid afternoon snack: missed as I went to bed for a few hours.

Dinner: Mince with Pasta and vegetables

Supper: 1 x tea with a slice of fruit cake.

No exercise done at all.

Week 1

Comments on Week 1:

Okay guys and gals here is the sticker for me. No discipline and I went away during week 1 of the challenge. Yes I have done some exercise but roasted the rest of the rules with the exception of no alcohol.

NutritionHere is a reminder of the nutrition rules:

Nutrition rule 1. No alcohol, no exceptions! That will be the easy one despite my work.

Nutrition rule 2. No bread and pasta! Hmmm not so easy but easier when I will be in my home evironment. But what about rice?

Nutrition rule 3. Drink only water. How does one get unaddicted from tea when there is more tea flowing in your veins than blood?

Nutrition rule 4. Never miss a meal, especially breakfast. Hey even I stuck to this rule all this week. Usually I miss out because I sleep through it all all or just plain forget. Hard when you get home at midnight and do not get up until about midday. That will be changing soon as I have a new job where I will be able to set my own hours (within limits of course) so that I actually do some daytime shifts.

Also how do you get your body to change its mind about eating so early. I have a problem as when I was diagnosed with depression I found that my body readily put on weight (from the medication) and I also tended not to able to eat full meals, so the meal and snack routine throughout the day will be no challenge for me. But ... she says my body tends to dislike extremely the thought of having anything before about 10am. That has not changed in all the years since I have had depression and am not sure how to get around this.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.