Zest magazine this month had an article to inspire me to write my blog about it. I have to be honest and say I am not normally a fan of these types of magazines but Zest isn't like the other eat cabbage for a week and lose 3 stone! and offers some genuine good advice. For £3.70 a bit of inspiration and motivation goes a long way!
Eat well for a week for £15!
Healthy eating doesn't need to be expensive. We often resort to the odd supermarket trip for dinner and spend in excess of £10 on a few supposed 'essentials'. We all know that food prices have soared over recent years, so why not save a little. Cook at home from scratch and then treat yourself to a new nail varnish, manicure or save up all those extra pounds and treat yourself to a well deserved spa day.
Your shopping list:
Lentils £1.99
Peppers £1.25
Mozzarella £1.55
Butternut Squash £0.63
Eggs £1.13
Chicken £3.38
Rice £1.28
Carrots £0.20
Onions £0.45
Chillies £0.50
Salad £1.00
Bread £1.32
Total = £14.68*
* average price
Monday Dinner - Aromatic stuffed Butternut squash
This is the BBC food version with added Feta
Tuesday Dinner - Red Pepper Frittata
http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/2012/01/basil-and-red-pepper-frittata.html
Wednesday - Quick Lentil Casserole with croutons
With cauliflower - http://theshiksa.com/2012/10/11/slow-cooker-lentil-cauliflower-stew/
Thursday - Golden chicken tray bake
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12806/onepan-baked-chicken-with-squash-sage-and-walnuts
Friday - Easy Spicy Chicken Parcels
http://lowcarboneday.com/2012/08/whole30-day-23-and-breaded-chicken.html
Having looked at the facebook group over the last weeks it appears many of you are struggling to know what to eat, how much to eat or are just feeling un-hungry! Some of you are even complaining of headaches. So it is time for some home truths. Eating a chocolate bar because you can and because you don't feel like anything else will not do you any favours. It is important that you maintain the level of nutrition your body needs to remain healthy and working with your lotuslite to help you shed the pounds, have a glowing complexion and glossy hair. Ok so sometimes, we don't know what we fancy and I am not saying that the odd chocolate bar is not nice. But you wouldn't put chip fat in a Ferrari! and I want to be a Ferrari not a Lada!
So I decided to try a new nutrition idea this week - intermittent fasting. In an attempt to see if this would work with Lotuslite and rejuvenate my lust for food. This is the new trend in the healthy eating and exercise world and has been investigated by BBC Horizon programme. See link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms#.UTzdbxy-2So
It was not easy - in fact it was darn hard and I went for the 1 day option where I skipped lunch and ate 2 small meals of a total of 500 calories. But Lotuslite helped curbed my hunger, the long and the short of it is I felt a lot better afterwards. Would I do it again? Definitely, but making it part of my weekly routine probably not. Now I wouldn't normally be an advocator of going without food as I feel strongly that this sends out the wrong message, but it does and has cut my body fat and whilst I am training , that is a considered bonus.
There are various suggested models, you may find the PDF below helpful reading. But if you need any further advice, do ask.
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/intermittent-fasting
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