Just an ordinary South African woman: 7 Month Challenge - Gain 3kg and health: WEEK 2 (part 1)

WEEK 2: 1 - 7 February 2016

The week started with.... F A T I G U E

I just have to push through it; eat; and exercise....

THE DIET

This week I want to take the meal plan more seriously. The plan adds up to 1 500 kcal per day. If I don't take in that amount of food it will be hard (impossible?) for me to pick up weight.

The meal plan also deals with stabilizing my blood sugar levels. [My blood sugar drops when I get angry, when it is hot, when I am tired, when it is 2 hours since I've had something to eat, ... Sometimes my blood sugar keeps on dropping for no apparent reason at all.]

THE PLAN VS. REALITY: MONDAY

Breakfast

*The plan*	*Reality*
2 Starch = ½ cup ProNutro 1 Dairy = 1 cup full cream milk Or 175ml joghurt 1 Fruit = handful of grapes Or 4 large strawberries Or 1 small banana Or 1 peach Or 125ml fruit juice	½ cup ProNutro 1 cup full cream milk Few pieces of watermelon

Mid-morning snack

The plan

Reality

1 Starch = 3 Provita

Or 2 Ryvita

Or 3 rice cakes

Or 2 cream crackers

1 Protein = 30g cheese

Or 2 cheese wedges

Or 3 slices ham

Or ½ tin tuna

2 Fat = 2tbs peanut butter

Or small handful nuts

Or 2t Canola margarine

Or 1tbs mayo

1 Fruit = tennis ball sized low

GI fruit

Or GI Trufruco bar

Or 4 pieces dried fruit

Or 2tbs raisins

½ shake + 1 fruit

1 degestive cookie

2 cracker bread

None :(

2tbs peanut butter

1 glass 100% guava juice

Lunch

The plan

Reality

1 Starch = 3 Provita

Or 1 slice low GI bread

Or 2 baby potatoes

Or ½ cup pasta

Or small wrap

2 Protein = 60g chicken

Or 1 tin tuna

Or 2 pilchards

Or 1 tin salmon

Or 3 slices ham

Or 2 eggs

Or 1 egg + 30g cheese

Vegetables = free

1 Dairy = ½ tub cottage cheese

Or 250ml milk

Or 175ml joghurt

Or ½ ring feta

Or 2 cheese wedges

Or 30g cheese

1 Fat = ¼ avocado

Or 1tbs seeds

Or 1t margarine

Or 1tbs nuts

1 slice Sasko Low GI Bread (Black bag)

½ can tuna

Half tomato; 2 circles cucumber; green pepper and leek

4 small pieces Gouda cheese (30g)

2tbs mayo

Little bit of margarine

[This photo is actually REAL - this is what I eat every day for lunch.]

Mid-afternoon snack

*The plan*	*Reality*
½ shake + 1 fruit	½ shake

Dinner

The plan

Reality

1 Starch = 2 baby potatoes

Or ½ cup pasta

Or ½ cup mealies/peas

Or ½ cup sweet potato

Or ½ cup cooked rice

Or ½ cup legumes

2 Protein = 60g chicken

Or 60g fish

Or 60g lean meat

[60g = 2 match boxes]

Vegetables = free

Salad = free

2 Fat = ¼ avocado

Or 2tbs peanut butter

Or 1t margarine

Or 1tbs nuts

Or 2t olive/canola oil

Or 1tbs mayo

1 Dairy = match box size feta

Or 250ml milk

Or 175ml joghurt

2 slices Sasko Low GI bread

60g cold barbequed chicken

1tbs mayo
margarine

125ml yoghurt

½ pear

Treats

4 blocks chocolate / 2 digestive biscuits with chocolate / 1 rusk

Extra

1,5 liters of water per day

When I read through everything is doesn't seem like that much. But my body is protesting against all this s t u f f...I know I shouldn't skip e.g. the protein but I struggle to eat so much. And it seems that time goes past so quickly and then it is the next meal / snack. My favourite is the half-a-shake and fruit in the afternoon - as the shake doesn't have the same solid feeling as lots of food (but it still has all the goodies in it).

So this week's focus was food. Each week I'm going to discuss something different about my "little project"

Song of the week: "Food, glorious food" from Oliver Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7PONiKGUs