{"id":589,"date":"2012-03-11T00:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-healthier.me.uk\/?p=589"},"modified":"2012-03-11T00:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T00:30:37","slug":"food-why-it-matters-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-healthier.me.uk\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"Food: Why it matters: Day four"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, for the first time in a long time, my alarm wasn’t set for something before 6am. Despite my late night, the late cheese and wine and lots of other previous late nights I don’t feel like I slept too badly. I’ve got up for Fit Camp and left everyone else in bed, but at least it was the right side of 7am this morning when I did get up.<\/p>\n

Woke up still heavy of guts. I am going to take a photo of me in profile today and show you later how I have changed in 4 days.<\/p>\n

Breakfast: large glass water, oatibix (which we now know have wheat in!) with muesli, coconut milk. 2 coffees and half a cracker from last nights late night feeding.<\/p>\n

Off to Swallowfield camp for their last session of this run.<\/p>\n

Here they are!<\/p>\n

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Came home, coffee.<\/p>\n

Lunch was a typical old-style Saturday lunch. Large bowl of salad and ‘choosing meal’ — really its a lazy meal. You just bung everything else on the table and help yourself. So I had grilled halloumi with my salad and crisps.<\/p>\n

I went shopping in the afternoon and this is how I used to justify purchases to myself. “Oh, hot cross buns. I don’t eat wheat, but just these will be fine”, two packets in the trolley. “Oh, minstrels. I’ve worked out\/worked\/eaten well this week, I’ll treat myself”, a family sized bag used to fall into the trolley, today it was a treat sized bag 105g over the historical 250g. I just couldn’t face it.<\/p>\n

So got home and had 2 hot cross buns (untoasted) with butter. Apparently that makes me a heathen, but I do like them like that. Despite knowing they’ll make me feel like crap, I do still really like fresh hot cross buns and butter. Almost certainly had a coffee with those.<\/p>\n

Dinner was steak, homemade oven chips (in coconut oil) with leeks, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. An almond Magnum bar (Dale got very excited about that!) and wine. Two large glasses.<\/p>\n

Had a lemon and ginger tea and the minstrels about 10.30pm.<\/p>\n

Observations today: tired, snotty, nagging but mild headache, increased belly girth, bowels functioned (3 days wait), husband said (without prompting) ‘you’re getting a bit spotty’ – he’s right, I am, still thirsty, lethargic, craving more sweet things. It’s obvious, the more you eat, the more you want, lips still dry, shins and elbows drying out.<\/p>\n

During this phase I am also not taking my normal supplements — I take fish oil twice daily normally, this is, I am sure a contributing factor to my dryness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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