Friday, 09-01-26

Good evening, everyone.

It was half a pound off today - I was tending towards being disappointed but told myself it was a loss, not a gain and felt a lot better.
It was a good group.  Lots of returners and new members and a lively talk about the changes.

What I ate today:

Breakfast was fruit - an apple, two small easy peelers and two plums.  No photo.

I had to change my planning as Alex wasn't able to come over (for very good reasons).  I'd already prepped for our roast dinner - two portions of chicken out of the freezer, loads of broccoli cut and in the steamer and peeled and chunked potato for roasties.

So - I par boiled the potatoes and open froze them and changed the plans a bit.

Lunch became a chicken cheese and chutney toasted pitta with salad and coleslaw which accounted for one portion of chicken.

One fibre choice, one calcium choice, half a healthy fats choice (some olives), three swips for extra cheese, one and a half swips for chutney and one swip for salad cream in the coleslaw.  So I drove a coach and horses through my healthy extras but it tasted great and was super-healthy (form me it was anyway).

Through the afternoon I had another apple and some easy peelers

I had the other portion of roast chicken for dinner with rather a lot of broccoli and some roasted parsnips (because I really love both broccoli and parsnips).  Not super-exciting but nice, all the same.

The other half of the fats choice on toasted sesame oil for the parsnips.  A lot was left in the roasting dish but I'm counting it anyway.
Very filling.

Summary:
Healthy extras:  one calcium, one fibre and one healthy fats

Swips:  five and a half 

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  hm waffles with fruit, kefir, yogurt and chia seeds

L:  some sort of Caesar salad with feta, olives and croutons

D:  I'm hoping to spend my raffle win tenner on some SW readies at Iceland so maybe I will try one of them.

Plus fruit

Exercise:  plenty of walking

I watched a very interesting and, I felt, helpful podcast on YouTube, from Zoe Science and Nutrition.  It's entitled 'Eight Ways to Eat Better in 2026'
I've linked it but here's the eight ways and where I am on them.

Eat mindfully (I try to but not consistently)

Eat thirty different plant based foods a week  (again, I do try.  I need to make a point of counting them)

Avoid or reduce ultra processed foods  (yes)

Focus on quality, not calories (yes and don't count calories anyway)

Consider when you eat (restricted eating window) (yes)

Eat the rainbow  (yes)

Focus on quality (rather than quantity of) protein (within my budget, I try my best)

Eat fermented foods (sometimes - I eat pickles, yogurt, kefir, cheese . . . not a lot really)