Julia

I was woken at midnight by my son being violently ill. Between moving him to another bed and doing the clean up I wasn’t finished until 2AM… and wide awake. I read for awhile then fell back to sleep. He came running in at 8 to say he was late for school! I told him to get back in bed - today was a stay home kinda day.

I was pondering the HAM Plan while awake this morning and felt a shift in perception. It feels like by allowing myself to eat whatever I want (within self-imposed HAM rules) I’m feeling less… uptight… about my food choices. I’m loving the slowing down and I’m not thinking much about food, except at mealtimes. I also have to say, I’m never hungry. Not sure what this means; I’ll think about that some more…

• Breakfast - 300 ml milk + 40 gr muesli + 1 banana
• Lunch - 60 gr brown rice + broth and vegetables + 60 gr cheese + 1 fuji apple
• Dinner - More broth and vegetables + 50 gr beef + 1 fuji apple + 1 glass of red wine + 1 cookie
• Exercise - None; busy taking care of sick son
• Weight - * +0.5 kg *

While Skyping with Shauna she told me to celebrate the launch of our Training Diary. I obeyed and had a glass of wine with dinner!

Shauna

Three highlights today (diary aside):

1. The trees across the field chock full of Eating Disorder Pigeons this morning
2. Unexpected avocado in the fruit bowl + heel of the bread loaf = brilliant brekkie.
3. New recipe from Good Food mag (not online yet) - a chicken butterbean stew with lots of peppers and paprika. One of those easy “sautee and shove in oven” ones, and healthy too!

• Breakfast - Latte. Later on, grainy toast with avocado and squeeze of lime.
• Lunch - Lentil soup. Apple. (I’ve had a flaming gutful of apples so bought satsumas for tomorrow!)
• Dinner - Chicken and butterbean stew. 40g chocolate.
• Exercise - 30 mins very brisk walk because it was so bloody cold! I thought my thighs were going to snap off.