2022 Reverse Dieting

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

I am back on this space.

I want to keep a diary of my eating and training to keep me accountable.

I am working with the App called CARBON and currently on a Reverse diet till end of March and then start the Fatloss program as I head towards my 60th birthday in June.

I will share my journey so far. It start in April 2021 after gaining 10 kg doing a Vegan diet and not counting calories or macro's. I walked daily but still kept on gaining.

I have now lost a total of 10kg's and have 3 more to go to be at a good weight for my height and age, but I would love to lost another 5kg's.

With reverse dieting there will be no weight lost. Its to up my calories to a good amount for the future.

I am also tired of * dieting * and this is the break I needed.

My plans are still to be in a calorie deficit, to walk as many steps as possible. It used to be 10 000 a day, but with the currents leg issues that I am busy seeing neurologist for my goal has dropped to 8000 a day and even that is hard at times. I want to drink 2L of water a day, and finding that very hard in winter time.

I am going into January doing DRY JANUARY which is going to help a lot as the alcohol really eats in my calories, carbs and fat.

Here I will be sharing photos and my journey to my 60th birthday in Cape Town, South Africa 

Day 17

I mentioned to my Hubby I wanted a tea pot for the bags of loose tea packets I have in my kitchen cupboard as they have been there for sometime and I don't get to use them, I've been drinking teabag tea for the last 8 years, and while out in Frankfurt the other weekend I ordered a Fruit Tea and it came in a cup like this....so when we saw it on Amazon.de, hubby ordered it for me...It arrived yesterday.

 I'm loving the Oats, Almond Milk, chia seeds, flaxseeds and Almond butter for breakfast. I asked hubby who is currently in the UK to please buy me Quaker oats and you cant find it in Germany. He bought me 3 boxes...so with the two boxes of South African Jungle oats I still have and the three boxes I will be fine for a while...I do have 3 to 4 breakfast idea's I like to rotate....

 I've decided to have one meal with a salad and one with veggies....from now on, this way I get all the goodness of greens into my daily menu. Yesterday I had salad with Lettuce, cherry tomato, orange peppers, Avo and feta cheese with a Tsp of salad dressing for lunch.

 For dinner I cut a chicken breast in half and cooked in Ghee and later added a Tsp of herb Cream cheese for flavor......Steamed broccoli and cauliflower...then grilled the broccoli and mashed the cauliflower....I had 46g of red wine with my meal.

I had two snacks

Rice cakes with Almond butter and slice of cheese

5g Almonds

Drank warm lemon water, 1 coffee, 3 teas and 1 1/2 liters of water

Taught a Kettlebell class for an hour...it was hard...we ladies worked up a good sweet in temps of minus 6 degrees. I had to open the door a few times to breath in the fresh air.

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Catch up post

 I know the last time I posted was on Day 10 and today is Day 17......bad me!

 I have been keeping to under 30g of sugar a day...in fact most days I am around 15g of sugar.

 I had one bad day. When I say bad, I didn't eat anything on my NOT EATING list, I just ate a lot more than I normally do. I had so much stress the day before, which caused a bad night sleep, that day my Hubby left for the UK for a week...we experienced the heaviest snow fall since living here...it all added up to me eating more calories, but still my sugar stayed under 20g for that day.

 Last week I went back to gym to run on treadmill and to do the toning machines....but this week ( Its Wednesday ) I've not been as the roads are not nice to drive on. I did one Kettlebell class today - Cancelled my class last night due to the roads...I did one outdoor run with Hubby on Saturday, in the snow. Not easy to run in the snow as you have to watch how you step as its a little on the slippery side. It was lovely to run in such fresh air...minus 6 degrees......

 I've been without fruit for 23 days now....and must admit besides not having blueberries with my yogurt, I'm managing, but looking forward in adding Blueberries back to my menu after the sugar challenge

I was watching a program online from the Dr Oz Show.....Got some food tips that are GOOD and good for the no sugar plan....going to add a few. 

Coco Powder ( not adding this as have no idea where or how)

Adzuki Beans ( will look for them in the shops on Friday )

Pomegranates ( will see if in season on Friday )

Squash - not easy to find in Germany

Nuts and seeds ( have added those ) 

 I've been drinking 2 liters of water a day, my warm lemon water on waking, 2/3 teas, and cut back my coffee to one a day and not 2 or 3!

I weigh in again on Friday....

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Day 10

 I HAD A BUSY DAY YESTERDAY....so didn't get to eat both snacks...

Lunch was a gluten free toasted sandwich

Snack - Almonds

Dinner  - Tuna salad.

My Sugar was low yesterday - 10.92grams

I drank lemon water, coffee, 2 teas and 2 liters water...



I went to gym in the morning
Ran on treadmill and did machines for toning
Total 70 mins workout.

Also had a snow photo shoot the afternoon.

Was a lovely day...busy so didnt get to think about food.
I weighed myself this morning...have lost 2kg's (4.4 lbs )

Calories ended at 1 1 35.

Day 9

 I'm not going to break down the sugars per blog entry anymore as I am doing it in my private group and repeating here, and no one is reading this blog...or actually interested in my sugars....

Saying that I will add my snacks and total sugars for the day

Snacks 

1.  15g Almond nuts

2.  3g Pistachio nuts, 2x Rice cakes, 1tsp Almond butter and 1 slice of Goats cheese

Drank Warm lemon water, 1 coffee, 3 teas and 2 liters water

 Yesterday I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill for 34 mins and walked for 6 mins.

Not going to add my distance or times either.....as you all know my goal is to run a half marathon in September with my hubby....we will start training for that when the weather warms up....but for now all I want to do is run.... hubby is still running even in the minus temps and snow.....he is doing 10km in 58 mins at the moment which I think is fantastic considering the weather. 

After the treadmill I went over to the weights circle, did the introduction on Sunday, so my first time doing it alone.

Did the circle 2x...works the whole body, each machine workout lasts for one minute, then you move to the next. 10 machines in total.

Yesterday I was hungry....the afternoon after lunch

I have no idea why, besides having done more training than usual

Research shows that training makes one hungry.....

This was the first day I wanted to eat ....so drank tea and water to help keep myself away from temptations.

I taught The Power Ladies last night so total training for the day was 2 hours....something I dont normally do...

Otherwise a good day.

Sugars ended at 16g for the day

Calories 1 300

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Day 8

 Breakfast

Warm lemon water and coffee with milk

Oats, Almond Milk, Almond Butter

Total 8.21g Sugar - 232 Calories

Went out with my camera to take photo's of the snow in town....walked around for an hour.

Snack

20g Almonds

0.96 sugar - 116 calories

Lunch

Sardines in oil ( canned )

Salad of Lettuce, tomato's, Yellow peppers, Feta cheese 

1.72 sugar - 284 calories

Snack

2 Rice cakes

tsp cream cheese

1 slice goats cheese

0.90 sugar - 202 calories

Dinner

Chicken pieces 

Steamed broccoli before mixing with food

Cooked onion, mushrooms, yellow pepper and frozen peas together

Add 30g of cream herb cheese

4.02 sugar - 258 calories

Total sugars for the day - 15.81

Total calories - 1, 092

Didn't count the Butter fat I cooked the dinner in

Added 1 Tsp of salad dressing to my lunch.

I didn't train yesterday.....

I am loving Chia seeds

Have been looking for Chia seeds for a few months now and found it on Friday in our Health shop which I have not visited since my holiday to Cape Town in September 2012

Am loving adding it to different meals.

Was the last box, so hope when I go buy another one, they have!!!

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Day 7

 Sunday morning I had greek yogurt, 40g Muesli, 1 tsp Almond butter and Chia seeds
With my morning coffee with milk my sugar added up to - 5.15g for breakfast

Lunch  I ate  ate Crab with salad made with 43g Avo, 20g Cherry tomatoes, 25g Yellow peppers, lettuce and Tsp salad dressing

Sugar was 2.28g

                                                              

 Dinner I made 2x scrambled eggs, sprinkle of cheese, 16g cherry tomatoes, 15g Spring onions
Sugar was 2.78g
Snack - 20g Almonds - 0.96g

Drank 1 coffee, 2 liters water, 3 teas without milk.

Went to gym and ran on treadmill for 20 mins and then did an induction course to the new weights circle - once to get my position and strength on my card and then once circle to be shown how it works.....

Total sugars for Sunday ended at 11.17
Calories 1 256

Day 6

 Breakfast - 2 fried eggs on gluten free bread, sprinkled with Chia seeds.
Warm lemon water and coffee

Snack -  I shelled 10g of Pistachio Nuts

Lunch - I had left over chicken and salad

Snack - String cheese and 1 tsp Peanut butter

Was invited out for dinner.

Had carrot and blood orange soup

Cheese in swiss cheese fondue. ( as Gluten free I didn't eat the bread )

For dessert I had a fruit tea....( the rest had fruit salad and ice cream )

Am not sure how much sugar or calories in the dinner....

Worked out without the soup my sugar ended on 12.21 grams and calories on 1 041

I didn't train as was busy with shopping.

This morning am down ONE kilo....

I'm thrilled as 50.....in Menopause....trained for 2 hours and still managed to lose!

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Day 5

Breakfast

 On waking I always get my half lemon squeezed in warm water and a coffee in bed!!
Breakfast was Jungle oats, 100g Almond Milk and 1 tsp Almond butter
Total - 7.96g sugar

Snack - 15g Almonds - 0.72

Lunch was leftovers veggies with pesto and feta
46g Avo and 41g Tuna
Total -  2,30g

Dinner was 135g skinless chicken
10g Avo
2 cherry tomato's
30g Feta cheese
Total was 2.19

As calories and sugar was very low I had a snack about 2 hours after dinner
100g Greek yogurt
15g chia seeds
1 tsp Almond Butter

Total sugar for yesterday ended at 14.73g
For those interested in calories - 1216

Lunch

Dinner

Did no training yesterday....was busy with grocery shopping, house cleaning and washing........

Day 3 and Day 4

 Oats

1tsp Almond Butter

100ml Almond Milk 

( need to buy the unsweetened version, will go to health shop as none in normal super markets, only this version )

Wild Salmon

Salad with Feta and Avocado 

2 cherry tomato's

Snack

15g Almonds

Chicken cooked with Baby spinach, Mushrooms, onions, yellow peppers, Quinoa and 30g Cream cheese

With small salad

Drank liter and half of water

Warm lemon water

Coffee and 3 teas

No training.

Total sugars - 16.48

Calories - 1258

Greek yogurt and muesli 

Lunch was 145g of left overs from dinner the night before.

Chicken with pesto and feta cheese baked in oven

Veggies

Two liters water

Warm lemon water

Coffee and 2 teas

Trained for one hour.