Welcome to week one of my new diary series. If you’re not
sure what this is all about then see my welcome to the series. Let’s get
straight into it.
Blog and Photography
I have had a great week blogging wise. I did my first haul which
was lots of fun. I also wrote a post about my children which I love to do and I
reached out to other parent bloggers for their input into that one which was
great.
My social media following is growing all the time which is
also great. I have less interaction and a smaller reach on Facebook than I did
but I figure that is understandable as the initial novelty has worn off plus I
stopped posting on my personal account and now just post on my blog page.
This week I was invited to another event and I am being sent
an item to review, look out for that in a future post.
I remembered that in one of my earliest
posts ‘My life through a lens’ I referred to taking some flat-lay pictures of
the Just Pink set I had from Next for Christmas. I did them! I started with
just the items from the set then added in some other items for interest before
taking some from alternative angles. These were my favourite three:
Health
I was busier than normal last week and on Monday I did some
shopping (the Primark haul). By Tuesday I was feeling I had over done it
fatigue wise. So, I had a resting day. The benefit of now blogging is I can
still do something constructive from the sofa or even bed and that’s great as
keeping busy helps control my depression and anxiety. By Thursday I was back to
a manageable level of fatigue. Sadly, I had to deal with some stress on
Thursday, it currently wouldn’t be professional of me to disclose the details
but it disrupted my sleep drastically on Thursday night so Friday was another
challenging day. Looking tired even with make up this week!
Diet
For each day, I have listed my breakfast, lunch, dinner,
snacks and cheats. Some cheats might not seem too bad, if you read my diet
rules you will understand why they are cheats. You’ll notice repetition as I
make everything from scratch so always try and make extra for another day.
Friday 3rd March
B – Granola and yogurt (recipe here)
L – Squash, black bean and spinach salad (Deliciously Ella
Every Day)
D – Chicken Kiev’s (Hemsley Hemsley Good and Simple), green
beans and swede fries
S – Handful of mixed nuts
C – Small glass of wine
Saturday 4th March
B – Granola and yogurt (recipe here)
L – Squash, black bean and spinach salad
D – Bolognaise sauce (Hemsley Hemsley The Art of Eating
Well) with mash potato and green beans
S – None
C – Small glass of wine
Sunday 5th March
B – Porridge with coconut oil, almond butter, flaked almonds
and desiccated coconut
L – Roast beef with roast potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire
pudding
D – Cannellini bean stew (Deliciously Ella App) and brown
rice.
S – A slice of cheese
C – The Yorkshire pudding
Monday 6th March
B – Green smoothie (recipe) and two boiled eggs
L – Chicken, jacket potato and salad (Eaten out – picture below)
D – Chickpea, Quinoa and Turmeric Curry (Deliciously Ella
Everyday)
S – None
C – None
Tuesday 7th March
B – Green smoothie (recipe) and two boiled eggs
L – Cannellini bean stew (Deliciously Ella App) and brown
rice
D – Steak, swede mash and broccoli
S – Handful of mixed nuts and a mini babybel
C – The mini babybel
Wednesday 8th March
B – Granola and yogurt (recipe here)
L – Mexican chicken with quinoa, mashed avocado and yogurt
D – Vegetable soup with roasted chickpeas
S – None
C – Soup was made with a stock cube
Thursday 9th March
B – Porridge with coconut oil, almond butter, flaked almonds
and ½ a banana
L – Roasted chickpeas, quinoa and spinach in a tomato sauce
with salad
D – Cajun burger with potato wedges, salad and mayo
S – None
C – The ½ a banana and mayo
Friday 10th March
B – Granola and yogurt (recipe here)
L – Mexican chicken, quinoa and tomatoes
D – Chorizo and mushroom omelette
S – None
C – The chorizo and a whiskey and coke (oops so bad having
coke!)
Exercise
I am following an exercise plan my friend sent me, you pick
one cardio, one leg, one arm and one core exercise and do a minute of each. I
decided to start with 20 seconds of each and will up this to 30 seconds next
week. So far, I have only tried one exercise from each group so will be trying
more of those next week too.
The yoga class I do is a kid’s class where the parents join
in too. It’s so much fun, we love it. I often notice my lack of fitness during
the class though!
I was going to list some days as ‘no exercise’ but decided
rest day sounded more professional. (I hope these comments come across as
tongue in cheek like intended!)
I’m fairly active anyway as most mums are, what with school
runs (we walk), housework, ironing etc. I won’t list those though just the more
conventional exercise, and yes shopping counts as exercise, thank you very
much.
I got my husband to take some pics of me doing some of the exercises to show you. Seriously not easy to get flattering photos and I kept laughing! I don't always bother changing into these clothes to do them, one time I didn't even take my slippers off. I'm not wearing make up in the pictures, I was going to until my 8 year old daughter said 'Mummy if you're doing a blog to show people you then why not show them how you really look?' How right could she be? I was very proud of that comment and want her to keep that outlook so no make up. I just typed, excuse the lack of make up but deleted it because it's dumb I feel the need to excuse that at all!
Anyway back to exercise diary:
Friday 3rd March – Rest day
Saturday 4th March – Walk twice
around the local path (I will try and calculate the distance for next time!)
Sunday 5th March – Yoga class with the kids and 20 seconds
of squats, leg raises, press ups (on knees) and knee raises
Monday 6th March – Shopping (it counts!)
Tuesday 7th March – Rest day
Wednesday 8th March - 20 seconds of squats, leg raises,
press ups (on knees) and knee raises
Thursday 9th March - 20 seconds of squats, leg raises, press
ups (on knees) and knee raises
Goals for Next Week
·
Less diet cheats
·
More exercise and vary types
·
Less stress and better sleep
·
Publish 3 blog posts
·
Enjoy my first blogging event and try not to get
to anxious beforehand
Summary
No life updates as it’s been a fairly run of the mill week
and I have been at home a lot. I am pleased with my progress with my healthy
eating and exercise, I feel it has been a good start. My fatigue has been worse
than normal on at least three days this week which is disappointing but I think
to be expected initially. My anxiety and depression have been generally manageable.
I have enjoyed working on the blog this week.
Remember to come back for next week’s diary and there should
be at least two further posts next week too. If you don’t want to miss one,
then subscribe to the blog by email.
Thank you
Kelly x
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Great read Kelly 😀😘
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