High Protein Eatin’ Day 2

2-02pm

Oh wow, today has been one of the most relaxing days this year!  You know what set it apart, was that I didn’t need to watch the time! My life evolves around knowing the time. The alarm goes off and from that moment on, I’m checking the time throughout the day until 8-30pm when I begin saying things like, ‘it’s almost bedtime’! Today, the time didn’t matter!  I took the day off, I slept late, I lay in bed and read, I watched telly, I did the paper’s crossword, I watched the rain falling. It was wonderful!

Breakfast on Day 2 of high protein eatin’, was not very different to my regular breakfast. The only difference was usually I eat a lot more fruit. This morning, it was my only fruit for the day – 3 medium strawberries, doused in great lashings of double cream, natural yoghurt which I love and sprinkled with a generous handful of almonds. Yum, it was good and filling. I settled down with everything required for a lazy morning in bed…

Bible, pen, notebook, book, remotes, phone and tissues…still trying to shake off cough and runny nose.

Lunchtime came, and with it, a salad, filled with avo and olives…

This is actually the photo of last night’s dinner (that’s salmon at the back), but lunch was the same sans the salmon! 🙂 Scrumptious and filling! The one thing about eating protein is it is very very filling. There’s no need for in-between snacks. With all this fat and protein, immediately after eating, I feel a bit ‘liverish’ but after an hour or two, my stomach has settled and I find myself comfortably full and stay that way for several hours. Any new way of eating needs adjustment.  So if you are trying this, be patient with yourself. I am still filling in my calories at www.myfitnesspal.com. With all the fat and protein, yesterday I was a bit over, but that is expected. Another thing that came to mind was Dr. Caroline Leaf, who I remember also followed a high protein/high fat diet & went a step further in eating 80% raw which sounds a bit extreme when you first hear it…here’s what she writes:

Sugar and processed food are addictive and destructive, and over time those “foods” take over our taste buds and deceive our reward circuits into creating false cravings; we will only be satisfied when we get those foods. They are drugs themselves. Science has even shown that processed foods (which become sugars) are addictive in the same way as cocaine. People who claim they could never give up junk food are willingly holding onto an addiction – a choice.

(From her blog: http://drleaf.com/blog/general/superthinking-plus-superfood-helps-get-and-maintain-a-super-brain)

It would be interesting to hear Prof Tim Noake’s take on vegan diets. (Note to self: ask him on the 13th November when he comes into the Rise and Shine studio!)

If we are going to live our best life, we have to give careful thought to what we eat. It all begins with our thoughts…we think more thoughts than words we say, so stop to think about what you are thinking about. We  need to think about what we say. The spoken word has much power – once those words are out of our mouths we can’t put them back. Take control of negative thinking and cut it down before it turns into toxic speech. We have to eat to live, so we think carefully about what we eat. Make every mouthful count. Everything is a choice.

1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Have a fab weekend!

In His Grip, regardless.

Helga xx 🙂