Day 10, 11, 12, 13 - To market, to market....

Ok so I have been a bit slack with my posts over the last few days.  As I mentioned my mum has been visiting and I guess I have been engrossed in other forms of media like everyone who has been gripped by what happened in Japan over the weekend. Very thankful my fellow PCPers are safe and well together with all my friends and family in Japan but am definitely thinking of those not so fortunate as I am sure everyone is.

Today was a real challenge. Gilles and  were invited to a friend's b'day bbq this afternoon and it was our first real social 'test' since starting the program. I thought it would be a LOT easier but everywhere I turned there were tempting food traps. OK so I'm not proud to admit I fell off the wagon in week 1 but as Patrick said it's better to eat than skip a meal so I ate what looked the most 'compliant' and had half a glass of wine. Do I hate myself for it? Not really. It was an afternoon with friends I haven't seen for a long time and I was happy to be part of it. Besides we're talking about a couple of legs of chicken in sauce and a couple of sausages so it's not like I dived into a  pit of fries and ribs plus I haven't skipped a day of exercise. BUT I'll really try not to do it again.

Thanks to Akiko, Ricky and Kristi to the brekkie vegatable suggestions. I took mum down to the market a couple of days last week and loaded up of vegetables and armloads of other goodies. Then I came home and roasted up a storm. Unfortunately I completely underestimated how much I would need to get through a week so 2 days later I was at it again. Not that I mind, the house smells great and it's great to get my hands on all different kinds of veg. So far I've tried peppers, onions, tomatoes, leeks (good tip Akiko - delish!), pumpkin, squash, zucchini, beetroot, garlic and more in all combinations.

Weekday breakfasts have been pretty basic so I've decided to treat myself on the weekends. This morning I made a kind of shoukshouka (braised tomato, capsicum and onion with chilli and paprika and eggs cracked into the middle of it) for Gilles and I with grilled wholemeal pita. Easy but sooooo tasty.

I've also started experimenting with dips and spreads and made a white bean (sorry Patrick...but this was before the no bean rule!), garlic and thyme spread which  is great for sandwiches and toast.






I'm really happy that I am managing to inch up the skips each day. Today I got up to 400 but then had to do the rest in 2 sets because I felt like someone had attacked my calves. Serious burn. The arm exercises are also starting to hurt. I think I am going to suffer this week...

Enjoy your weekend all. Good luck with the 800 tomorrow.....