Banting Babe Lunch…
Food Journal for today:
Breakfast – Overnight slow cooked chicken necks and feet with turmeric, cayenne pepper and Italian parsley. Lots of gelatin!
Lunch: A delicious Banting Burger at The Red Plate in Haenertsburg with some new Banting Babes. The burger had avocado, bacon and cheddar on top and it was placed on top of a Courgette Fritter. Yummy. It is so nice to have a restaurant in our little village that has a Banting Menu.
Dinner was a fresh garden salad with pan-fried Pork Neck Steaks and a cream and mustard sauce.
Snacks: Greek Yogurt smoothie with frozen Strawberries, 6 Macadamia nuts and 3 Brazil nuts. Lots of water, hot water and lemon, iced Rooibos and Green Tea, sparkling mineral water, filter coffee with cream.
2236 Calories: 44 Carbs:
Generally, my calories are anywhere between 1900 and 2400 and generally my carbs are anywhere between 40 and 80. On very low carb/protein days days I do some cardio – walking and/or spinning – while on higher carb days I will do free weights and eat the higher carb snack or meal after my routine. I use the mini trampoline to warm up.
This is all very new at this time, but so far so good! Being 12 kilos lighter has got me moving more, and I am finding that I have more energy than I have had in a long time. Instead of finding reasons to sit at my desk, I am out in the garden more, sharing territory with my horses, checking fences, planting seedlings and generally getting out and about. It elicits in me a warm feeling of hope for the future! It also makes me want to keep on keeping on.
A serious commitment needs to be made if you want to take on this new lifestyle, because it is a lifelong commitment, just like a marriage. There will be good times and bad, but you don’t just give up – you work through it and get to the other side, and you also don’t just give up because you are bored. You do what it takes to succeed. Make it interesting if it bores you, try something different, get a new recipe, cry on your friend’s shoulder and then get back in the saddle and ride that horse! (Note that I speak mostly to me!)
Looking forward to trying out a few more different Banting recipes. Watch this space, the weekend could be creative!
Banting cooks!…
