Yesterday was a more typical day for me when I’m travelling. Good breakfast, small lunch comparatively low in carbohydrates, and an afternoon snack I brought myself. We spent the day doing touristy things, first at the British Museum then at the Tower of London, finishing off with Tower Bridge. We had lunch at the British Museum cafe, which is normally OK for gluten free food, with fresh fruit, crisps and the occasional gluten free brownie for snacks, though you tend to be limited to salads for mains. Yesterday however, there was only one main meal choice as the other two salads had couscous in them and the soup was not gluten free. Disappointing to say the least!
Oddly enough, this meant I was low, not on carbohydrates, but on protein. I’ve found that I can usually find some fruit or nuts, and I can always get a bag of crisps or a chocolate bar, when I need extra carbohydrates and fats. It’s when you need a proper meal with plenty of protein that you struggle. Actually I have this theory that gluten free food is either fresh, natural, and expensive, or completely processed, fake and cheap. It’s the middle of the road chain restaurants and chic cafes that have very little in the way of gluten free choices. These types of restaurants also tend to rely on traditional Western foods which often use wheat – pizza, pasta, pies, bread, cakes . . . even soups and gravies are thickened with wheat flour. Not only are these foods cheaper, but things like sandwiches or pork pies can be made up in advance and served throughout the day. More importantly, it means your protein comes together with your glutinous carbohydrates.Or how I end up getting a salad more often than not when I end up in a cafe!
I swear if I hadn’t already been prone to trying different ethnic cuisines, following a gluten free diet would have forced me to it!
The Score:
| Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
| 2006.80 | 88.56g | 252.20g | 62.91g | 15.5g | 26.62g |
| 18% | 50% | 28% | 5% | ||
| Calories burned through exercise: | Rest Day | | |||
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 | |
| Whole Scrambled egg with 2 egg whites | 3 eggs | |
| Mesa Sunrise cereal | 60g | |
| Alpro Soy milk | 120mL | |
| Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice | 150mL | |
| 09:00 | Black Tea | 500mL |
| 12:45 | Spinach salad | 1/2 cup |
| with avocado | 1/4 of 1 | |
| and King Prawns | 5 prawns | |
| and beans | 1/4 cup | |
| Pipers Crisp Co Cheddar and onion | 40g | |
| This Water Lemons and Limes | 420mL | |
| 15:30 | Sponser Protein Snack bar | 1 bar |
| Black Tea | 350mL | |
| 18:00 | Strawberry lemonade Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 750mL |
| 19:45 | Homemade Cottage pie | 1.5 servings |
| Salad with tomatoes and vinaigrette | 1 cup | |
| Red Wine | 150mL | |
| 20:15 | Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself chocolate mousse | 62.5g |
| Caffeine free Black Tea with milk and sugar | 350mL | |
| 22:00 | Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew | 1 chew |
| 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 pill |
Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.
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