Embracing the Season

Yesterday was a much better day, right up to 8pm. I had a good breakfast, a decent sized lunch, went for a run, and restrained myself to a recovery shake and some nuts before a healthy dinner. At least six serving of fruit and vegetables, over 110g of lean protein, enough fibre and nary a sweet in sight. The problem? A run which burned over 650 calories and a daily calorie total of less than 1550. No wonder I was feeling peckish after dinner! When this normally happens I have a few squares of dark chocolate or some popcorn, but with all the chocolates and cookies in the house instead of 200 extra calories, I ended up having almost 900!

Today is the start of my rest week, which I deliberately planned for just before Christmas, thinking I would still have a lot to do. However, most everything is done and since just about everyone else is in holiday mode, once I get this last shipment sorted I will have plenty of free time. Especially since there’s no tutoring for the next three weeks, as the students I tutor for pocket money are all on holidays as of this past Friday. So I think I will spend a couple more sessions in the gym this week than I had originally planned and make the week between Christmas and New Year’s my full rest week. That way I get to spend more time with my husband when he’s off work but I also stave off the effects of all this wonderful Christmas food for a while longer.

This is particularly important as I have decided it is high time I did some Christmas baking. I seriously considered not doing any this year, because I’m trying to keep my weight down, not to mention a lack of time and money, but it just wouldn’t be a proper Christmas without my special Christmas treats. So for the next week I will be posting my favourite gluten free Christmas recipes as I make them. Stay tuned!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2422.10	112.76g	279.05g	89.25g	8.0g	26.83g
	19%	46%	33%	2%
Calories burned through exercise:		656

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
09:45	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	400mL
	Whole Scrambled egg with 2 egg whites	3 eggs
	Heinz Beanz, reduced sugar and salt	175g
	Mushrooms	100g
	in butter	5g
	Tomato	140g
	Sainsbury's orange, mango and passionfruit juice	150mL
11:15	Black tea	500mL
12:30	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
13:15	Homemade chicken and butternut squash risotto	305g
	Mixed leaf salad	30g
	Kraft Light Honey Mustard dressing	20g
14:00	Green Tea	250mL
15:15	Easy run - 45 minutes
16:15	Lemon Lime Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	500mL
16:45	Sponser Chocolate Recovery Shake	30g
	in Skim milk	225mL
	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
18:30	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
19:45	Baked Wild Alaskan Salmon	90g
	Merchant Gourmet Red and White Quinoa	100g
	Steamed broccoli	83g
	Steamed cauliflower	111g
	Quality Street chocolates	2 pieces
20:15	Cadbury Heroes chocolates	95g
21:00	Prewetts Shortbread Christmas Trees	3 cookies
	Advocaat Liqueur	60mL

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