So week four was yet another toughie. With very little money and a raising craving level I felt deprived this week I must admit. Dinner once again featured a lot of humus and rice cakes, quinoa and veg and not an awful lot more. That is until the end of the month came and we could buy some food!
So I was in desperate need of something junky, i won't lie I was looking for a naughty treat. I did a lovely dinner of muscle in thai broth from waitrose, but i really, really wanted pizza and chips.
Lauren! You are a fitness instructor, how can you be so naughty? Well sometimes everyone needs a slice of pizza and some fries. So I ventured over to holland and barrat. Low and behold there was a pizza I could eat, base an' all. I was so excited we got some bog standard frozen skinny fries to chuck in the oven and some extra vegan cream cheese i could have as a dip and I was away! The pizza wasn't the best in the world but it tasted like pizza and felt like pizza so no complaints here.
After my pizza a had a small bowl of bessant and drury coconut ice cream to satisfy my sweetie craving. I had the mango swirl flavour and it was a little bit of frozen heaven!
Turns out a trip to the dark side whilst staying with in my intolerance boundaries was just what I needed I feel motivated again and this week I am back on the clean, vegan eating and loving it once more! I have been very tired the last couple of weeks but now i am caught up on sleep and rest (and food) I will be back to my normal exercise routine.
The lesson, it is ok to have "naughty" junky treats sometimes as long as you don't let them be the only thing you ever eat. Let a treat be a treat and eat well the rest of the time. You will enjoy that pizza or ice cream, or cake so much more if you only do it once in a while.
However week 5 saw me back on track and feeling good once again. I was sleeping well again, eating better and generally functioning well over all. I have been poorly I wont lie but more about that next week. Well now i am half way through and life outside of the diet is hectic but good. I am up and down the country for exams, coping with a newly long distance marriage and work is busy as always. It is tough to balance everything with a new and restrictive diet. I am getting there though. I love some of the new recipes I am trying and it is such a treat when i find something i can eat from the supermarket that takes very little prep.
Thanks for reading ladies and gents, and again sorry for the gap I have had a mad couple of weeks but I will now be blogging as normal, starting with a report on my first meal out since I started this whole allergon free thing. Ps pic above is a lovely Buddha bowl I made myself with quinoa and lots of veg! Xx
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