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Food Blog Day 6

Six days of healthier eating. Was very tired today again but eating smaller portions is definitely getting easier. Excited to get weigh in in two days!

Breakfast – Bagel with Honey and a Clementine

Nice easy breakfast that helps wake you up!

1 Bagel, 2 tsp Dandelion Honey and 1 Clementine

302 Calories; 1.3g Fat, 0.3g Saturated Fat, 64.4g Carbohydrates; 7g Natural Sugars and 15.7g Added Sugar; 3.6g Fibre; 8.1g Protein and 0.83g Salt

Morning Snack – Plum Tomatoes, Grapes, Babybel and a Cheese Triangle

80g Plum Tomatoes, 50g Red Grapes, 1 Babybel Light and 1 Reduced Fat Cheese Triangle

116 Calories; 3.9g Fat, 2.5g Saturated Fat, 11.3g Carbohydrates; 10.2g Natural Sugars and 1.1g Added Sugar; 1.2g Fibre; 8.4g Protein and 0.68g Salt

Lunch – Pork with Mixed Vegetables and Gravy

100g Pork including Tiny bit of Crackling, Steamfresh Mixed Vegetables Pack and 10g Gravy Granules mixed into Gravy

302 Calories; 11.1g Fat, 5.2g Saturated Fat, 21.9g Carbohydrates; 3.9g Natural Sugars and 5.5g Added Sugar; 3.9g Fibre; 31.8g Protein and 1.29g Salt

Afternoon Snack – Homemade Berry Ice-cream (Newer Recipe I created)

This is quite a big portion!

Home-made Berry Ice-cream with 100g Frozen Berries, 100g Reduced Fat Creme Fraiche and 1 tsp of Dandelion Honey plus squeeze of Lemon Juice

222 Calories; 15.2g Fat, 10.4g Saturated Fat, 16.5 Carbohydrates; 5.2g Natural Sugars and 9.1g Added Sugar; 3.2g Fibre; 3.8g Protein and 0.18g Salt

Evening Meal – Sweet Potato with Cream Cheese and Tuna

200g Cooked Sweet Potato, 30g Light Philadelphia and 1 Can of Tuna in Spring Water

331 Calories; 4.4g Fat, 2.6g Saturated Fat, 42.5g Carbohydrates; 23.2g Natural Sugars and 1.5g Added Sugar; 6.3g Fibre; 32.5g Protein and 1.45g Salt

Evening Snack – Proper Hot Chocolate

240ml Organic Full Fat Milk with 1 Cadbury’s Flake

258 Calories; 14.1g Fat, 8.8g Saturated Fat, 23.3g Carbohydrates; g Natural Sugars and 23.3g Added Sugar; 0.5g Fibre; 9.2g Protein and 0.54g Salt

Drinks – 2 Cups of Tea with 35mls of Milk Each and 3 Peppemint Green Teas and 1.25 Litres of Water

46 Calories; 2.4g Fat, 1.6g Saturated Fat, 3.6g Carbohydrates; 3.6g Natural Sugars and 0g Added Sugars; 0g Fibre; 2.2g Protein and 0.08g Salt

Day 6 Totals

1577 Calories; 52.4g Fat; 31.4g Saturated Fat; 199.8g Carbohydrates; 59.8g Sugars; 20.1g Fibre; 96g Protein and 5.03g Salt

Nutrition Breakdown (Green = On Target/ Yellow = Under or Over a bit and Red = Needs Looking At!)

1577 Calories (recommended 1550-1750 daily) TICK

52.4g Fat (Recommended up to 68g Fat) TICK

31.4g Saturated Fat (Recommended 19g) So hard to do! 12.4g or 65% Over

199.8g Carbohydrates (Recommended 175 to 204g) TICK

59.8g Added Sugars (Recommended up to 45g) It’s that Hot Chocolate that does it – Not beating on myself as this is a lifestyle change! 32.8% over

20.1g Fibre (Recommended 23g to 70g)

96g Protein (Recommended 97.5g) I will count this as a TICKish

5.03g Salt (Recommended 5g up to 7g maximum daily) TICK

So, not a bad day, still need to look at that pesky saturated fat and sugars! I can only imagine how bad it would have been before!

Day 7 Food Blog coming tomorrow morning and the first Weigh-in Results!

Write soon,

Hansi xx

What’s Coming in this Blog…

So, at present for Week 1, I have been concentrating on my Food Blog as you may be aware of.

Week 2, I am hoping to start writing a few blog posts about the different nutritional breakdown components of food like I do in my food blog.

Week 3, I will start to look more at the mindset as well.

Week 4, I will explore one avenue of spirituality on healing the soul.

Hope this gives you an insight to what will be coming as and when I get time.

Hansi xx

Why did I start the Healing the Mind, Soul and Body Blog?

I have been thinking today about how to do this blog in a way that is not just inspirational but always will help people who are maybe wanting advice on just one aspect. I am no expert by any means by I am determined and I think that positive thinking can have such a good impact on your life.

I started this blog as I got to the point where I was feeling like I was going on a spiral, starting pigging out, feeling sorry for myself being not able to mobilise, go out alone, having to rely on my boyfriend for a lot of things, not feeling like I have any support or friends where I am. Losing my grip on my thinking and just being down in the dumps all the time and starting a business as I wanted to have something to do that would be a hobby, not for an income and seeing it not take any sales at all in January. That and my spiritual support of the church turning on me and just literally the few people I saw stopped contacting me even the vicar and his wife because I didn’t agree with some of their opinions – mainly, break up with your partner of 9 1/2 years and we basically will only accept you if set a marriage date.

It’s not because we don’t want to be married, its just with family health and my health and things along the way, it hasn’t been as easy as let’s get married as I take my faith very seriously. But enough about that….

I turned so negative and was becoming critical of anything around me, especially myself! I was body shaming myself, telling myself I had no friends as I must be boring and after my university friends stopped communicating with me on a regular basis after I become ill and left the area I was at, it was just another icing on the cake. I could have done more myself as well.People are surely put off when I just am down about stuff all the time.

But, we have the power to choose our thoughts (in a way – not under-condemning mental health at all – after all I have had PTSD myself after suffering sexual abuse in my earlier years) and yes, we may be in a position where we just feel crap about ourselves, not knowing who we are, so how do we get out.

This blog is a honest documentation of my journey in healing the mind, the body and the soul with the hope that others will join me on the journey and it can be a support to them and to myself.

So join me on this journey, yes, it will be hard, yes, there will be down days and good days. But the intention is to explore if some healthier lifestyle will help with physicality, a more positive mindset will aid with a more get up and go jolly outlook and a look into different avenues of spirituality to see if they aid the soul. (Doesn’t mean I am going against my faith)

Join me today, taking responsibility for our downfalls, our pitfalls and turning them on their head – as they say (whoever they are!) Turn that frown upside down!

Hansi xx