Friday, 25 April 2014

Post-Easter lifestyle

After 6(ish) weeks of giving up chocolate, cake, sweets, crisps, biscuits and whipped cream for Lent, it is all over. I made it! Now I'm allowed to eat what I want, no restrictions. The thing is, I don't want to...

For some reason, I don't want to eat biscuits. I'm not tempted by the smell of chocolate. I don't feel the need to have whipped cream. I want to keep on with this lifestyle and carry on eating healthily and improving my diet and life over time. So, I thought I would devise a set of guidelines (note: not rules, I can be flexible) to stick to for the future. For now, I am going to call it my 12-week cleanse and see how I go.

  • Finish the Couch to 5k running programme
  • Workout everyday (if not running/dancing then do a 25 minute cardio workout)
  • No chocolate (cocoa powder allowed)
  • No crisps
  • No sweets
  • No fizzy drinks
  • No alcohol
  • No biscuits
  • No non-clean cake
  • No glutenous flour
  • No potatoes
  • No bread
  • Avoid fruit after 2pm
  • Cheat meal for carbs x1 a week (for special  occasions or if I'm going out/not at home)

So, hopefully I will manage to stick to this. Out of choice, I probably wouldn't choose any of these foods. What I do find hard is if I'm not at home or go out or someone else is cooking. I get quite conscious, but then I just let myself go and it spirals out of control. I'd really like to try for a couple of months to maintain my lifestyle not just when I cook for myself at home, but all the time. 

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