Bread obsession

Yes that is right! I’m obsessed with bread. I can’t live a week without eating bread. When growing up back in Yaoundé my mum used bring 6 breads(bagettes) from calafatas.

Those breads were meant for breakfast, but my siblings and I will start eating it during the night. Bread was a most in our household. So today I find it hard to stop eating bread or crackers. You probably wonder why I want to stop eating bread. Well, when I eat bread I eat a lot of it.  Can’t control the quantity that I eat and eating too much bread on a regular basic is not good for you especially if like me you are living a healthy life style. Bread is very high in calories because of the carbs it contains.

So far I have managed to go five days without bread. The most difficult days are week-ends; this is probably because there are my cheat days. I’m sure I will quit bread all together, but it is harder than I thought. During the week I get my carbs from oat meal, potatoes, brown pasta, brown rice and from vegetables. I tend to eat a lot of carrots sticks as snack. Below is a picture of what my meals look like.

 

The great thing about living a healthy lifestyle is that you become disciplined. You have too, you need to be health conscious and eat not just to lose some few kilos but to stay young, in good health and beautiful. But remember, you don’t have to be skinny to be fit. Everything is on inside.

We all have obsessions or cravings for something on a regular basic.

What is your obsession? Please do share.

Luv u beautiful boys and girls.

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Tips to do to avoid cheating during your diet/healthy eating.

Ok today I want to share with you some tips and things I do to avoid cheating or snacking all day.

1-Always have only healthy food and snack in your fridge and cupboard.

This is very important point. When you have healthy food in your kitchen whenever you feel the urge to snack or cheat your diet you will only have healthy food to eat.

I intend to film a video on what I put in my shopping trolley. It might help someone figure out what to eat or buy.

2-Always prepare your meal in advance for the week or just for three days.

If you are a busy person, it is always a great idea to prepare your meals over the week end and put them in small containers( find them in £1 shops). When you are hungry and you have to cook for another hour, the chance is that you will look for something to eat first before preparing. This is where the point 1 can be helpful. A slice of an apple can hold your stomach.

3- Always leave your bank card, money or wallet at home.

I was sharing this point with one of my friend and she realised that whenever she has money on her she will end up spending on junk food. I leave my house with absolutely nothing, just an ID card or driving license. No money...no bank card. Whenever I have money on me I will end up buying biscuits etc...No ...no... no..

Be careful though because this is what happened to me last week. After work I was so hungry that I decided to pop to Asda and grap something. So I got wholemeal bread and some cashew nuts. I started eating the bread and the nuts when I remembered that I do not have my card with me. I started panicking...lol...Lucky enough I checked my bag and found £2...that was a lucky escape.

So be careful not to do the same mistake.

4-Always have two apples or any fruits in your bag

If I had my apple in my bag I certainly wouldn’t have gone to Asda. Unfortunately that day I ran out of fruits. When you have fruits in your bag...you keep your diet healthy and your calories to the minimum.

5- Always have a small bottle of water with you at all time

Now, most of the time we confuse being thirsty and being hungry, but when you feel hungry you can always feel that gap with water until you can have something healthy. Also water is extremely good for you when you are on a healthy lifestyle journey.

6-Do not wait for your cupboard and fridge to be empty before doing your groceries shopping.  

 I used to do that and it’s very bad habit. Imagine getting home...no meals prepared, no healthy snack...well I always end up eating a whole pack cashew nuts. Cashew nuts are very good for you but in very small amount. So a whole pack will provide me with 2000 cals.

7-Eat five small to medium meals a day

Until you start eating five small meals a day you will not understand what it feel like to have a fast metabolism. I used to have a very slow metabolism. But when I started eating 5 times a day my metabolism went through the roof. I was very hungry after 2-3 hours of eating. Until you try you will not understand. I will feel so hungry that I could eat a house. So having my medium healthy meals ready is very healthy because one thing you want to avoid is missing one meal.
My five small to medium meals are:
-Breakfast
-Brunch
-Lunch
-Tea
-Diner
There are meals and not fruits or actual tea. I prepare small meals containing veggies (20%), carbs (40%)and protein(40%). My carbs are wholegrain pasta or rice or sweet potatoes. For protein I take fish or chicken breast. You have to consider the meal quantity carefully, in time you can find what works for you.

8-Keep active

Yes keep active. I have the habit of cheating my diet on my days off. But when I keep busy by going to the mall or doing some work around the house I thing less about food.

Remember that you diet should fit your lifestyle and if you work 9-5, take your smeals and a couple of apple and a bottle of water with you. No excuse...

Theses are the things that I do and I do hope it will some some people. If you have some tips of your own, please do share by leaving a comment.

Have a great week end..with no sun..lol

xoxo

Knee Pain Workout and Healthy eating cheat day

Hello dolls.

How are you lot doing today??? I'm still recovering from the cold. This post is a combined post.
Three weeks ago I started feeling a pain in my knees and need to slow down on doing things like Step, lunges and running. When you have a pain it can easily affect your motivation, but you need to stay focus. So what I do is a lot of walking either in the gym or outside (regardless of the weather). In the gym I do power walk on elevated treadmills and I burn 200cal more than when I'm running. Amazing isn't it? I do this at 7.5km/hr and elevated to the max and for an hour. Then I do the bike for 15 mins before doing the weights. For the weight I do the usual. I will do another post with more details of my weight workout.
Whenever you have an injury it's important not to let it slow down your motivation. Believe me it did slow me down, but I always managed to workout at least 3 times a weeks. So it's fine.
My last post was about bodyrock.tv website, they have some alternatives for workout when you have knees pain.

Cheat day...when living and healthy diet, well we all do that at some point but you just have to control it. So last week end I had a big cheat day. I will not advice it to anyone who is just starting. But if you exercise regularly then you metabolism is high enough to handle this. Below is what I took (in my defence it was that time of the month when I crave for sweet food and get angry...lol)

I also went to Nandos and had chips and chicken :-). But I'm back on track now.
Hope you enjoy this post and please leave your comments.

xoxo

PS: What is up with this rain??? :-(

Workout from home, Bodyrock.tv review

Hi dolls,

Hope you are all enjoying the jubilee bank holidays. As for me, I'm feeling quite unwell because of the sudden weather change.
Today I want to briefly talk about working out at home. I came across this great website and I will like to share it with you. http://www.bodyrock.tv/ it contains great workouts and equipment for busy people.
The down side here is that I find it hard to navigate, for example when I click on nutrition, it shows articles of workout. I find it a bit all over the place. But that is just my thoughts. But the workouts are great.

Also I find the girl a bit too skinny. I mean, it's great to workout but you need to look healthy and to me she does not. That is to saying, when you use this website use it with care and do not try and be like her. That to me is not healthy. Aim to be healthy not the opposite.

Have fun and stay healthy.

luv u.
xoxo