Diet Harbor

Things not so good here...

 

The fibro has been hell, and I've been incredibly busy.  NOT journaling properly, but am still planning.  And keeping to the Waterfall diet. 

Hm...  Nothing shiftine, and it looks like the pain meds are not helping in that respect.  I'm cutting back on them.  Also starting swimming again today!  Hopefully whan the water retention goes down and the exercise kicks in, the pain will go down too!

I need to start the journal.  It's OK having that lovely plan and buying all that diet-friendly food, but really - it ain't gonna work if I start adding unscheduled snacks into the mix!  So today I'm aiming to start the journal again, and keep track of everything.  I shall get out my trusty ruler and pencil and see how I get on...

Yesterday I did manage not to snack, except last thing at night, when I had a large carrot!  Today we need to top up the apples and bananas, and I might get in some more rice milk.  More busy sewing today (even though I cancelled my customer because of the weather), so not time for snacking.  Off to make breakfast...

And lots of other stuff!  We were lucky: I did find rice milk and dairy free marge replacement spread.  The soya one tastes OK.

Tomorrow I need to make gallons of soup as well as get back to the sewing.  At least the sewing will stop me filling my face all day!

I didn't have a terribly good day today.  Very tired and dopey.  Too many lost nights of sleep.  Hopefully we can get back into a routine and things will improve.  At least the menu is planned and the food bought.

For The Munchies I have plenty of fruit and carrots, which were always my old standby.

Did I set myself too high a goal?  I wanted to get the meals planned for a fornight ahead as I have guests next weekend and wanted to plan simple foods I could either cook ahead or not spend too much time on if I had to cook while the guests were here and we were busy...  It took all day!  Mind you, yesterday was a very low energy day, after very little sleep the night before.  Last night I was in bed at about midnight, but awake by 4:30  and up before five.  Not good...

 

OK, so far it looks like this:

Saturday 2nd (This isn't a typical day: we have family paying a Christmas visit)

Breakfast

Rice Crispies with skimmed milk

banana

Lunch

Chicken drumsticks

baby roast potatoes with garlic

salad

IKEA chocolate torte

Dinner

(More afternoon tea than dinner)

Mince pies

scones and jam etc.

Sunday 3rd

Breakfast

Crumpets and jam!

Lunch

Soup: possibly the game soup from the Christmas pheasant and guinnea fowl

Ryveta with dairy free spread

an apple or banana

Dinner

Venison burgers

Potato wedges

grilled tomatoes and mushrooms

Mince pies

Monday 4th: This is when the Waterfall Diet really starts

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Grilled haddock with ginger and spring onions

Rice

Fruit

Tuesday 5th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Game broth

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Chicken stir-fry

Brown rice

Fruit

Wednesday 6th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Thursday 7th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Salmon fillet

New potatoes

Peas and carrots

Fruit.

Friday 8th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Lentil

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Atlas Mountain Soup made with turkey mince

Rolls/soda bread rolls made with low sodium baking powder and wheat free flour

Melon, grape and ginger salad

Saturday 9th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Lentil

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Chicken & Chickpea tagine

Brown rice

Fruit fool made with rice milk

Sunday 10th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Roast chicken and gravy

Roast potatoes

Fresh vegetables

Fruit salad, & cream for those who can have it.

Monday 11th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Lentil

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Chicken & gravy

New potatoes

Cabbage and carrots

Tuesday 12th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup: Vegetable

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Blamanger of Chicken with peas

Fruit

Wednesday 13th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Vegetable

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Chicken & Leek soup

Rolls/soda bread (made with low sodium baking powder)

Fruit.

Thursday 14th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  chicken & Leek

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Turkey Mince and potatoes (has lots of veg in the mince)

Fruit

Friday 15th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner

Mince Crumble, using wheat free flour

Cabbage

Fruit

Saturday 16th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner:

Salmon steamed on a bed of stir-fry veg with ginger and tomato sauce

Rice

Fruit

Sunday 17th

Breakfast

Porridge with rice milk

Lunch

Soup:  Butternut Squash

Ryveta with dairy free spread

Banana

Dinner:

Chicken breasts with lemon and correander

Baby roast potatoes with garlic

Broccoli and carrots

Fruit salad

 

OK, breakfasts are a little samey, but I'm not a morning person and I do like porrige.  I might liven it up with some fruit compote sweetened with apple juice or made with desert apples...