Cleaning up the Christmas Leftovers

I seem to be going for the ridiculously high calories for a couple of days approach to finishing off the Christmas treats, rather than spreading everything out over several days. On the plus side, we are finally running out of some things, such as stuffing and Quality Street chocolates. On the downside, I will definitely have put on a few pounds just in time for my monthly weigh in on January 1^st. Back to keeping the treats out of the house!

I did get to the gym yesterday, where I was careful to ease into my new weight routine by only doing one circuit, though I did manage a full 30 minutes of swimming,. Still I found it really hard and I was really feeling it afterwards. I was supposed to make dinner but was so tired after my swim that I asked my husband to do so – at 7:30. So even though I had a second recovery shake an hour after the first one, I was still starving at 7:30, which is when I started on the candy. My timing has definitely been off this week, and a direct contributor to how much junk food I’ve been having, especially in the evenings.

Hopefully I’ll manage to get back into a more normal routine soon, with more exercise and less snacking in the evening!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2534.65	98.81g	357.79g	78.96g	0	35.55g
	16%	56%	28%
Calories burned through exercise:		400

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
08:30	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Gluten Free fruit muesli	70g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Essential Waitrose Pressed apple juice	200mL
09:30	Black Tea	500mL
11:00	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
	Homemade pumpkin pie	130g
12:00	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
13:30	Diced chicken breast	70g
	Mrs Crimble's Sage and Onion stuffing	117g
	Green Giant Creamed Style Sweetcorn	140g
	Roasted Butternut Squash with Olive Oil	239g
14:15	Green Tea	250mL
15:30	Resistance workout + 30 min swim
	TriBerry Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	750mL
17:15	Sponser Strawberry-Banana Recovery Drink in water	60g
18:15	Sponser Vanilla Recovery Shake	30g
	mixed with skim milk	210mL
	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
19:30	Quality Street chocolates	9 pieces
	Homemade candied almonds	17g
20:30	Chicken and mushroom bake	250g
	Merchant Gourmet tinned puy lentils	120g

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.