A little bird told me : July 2016

FOOD DIARY- FRIDAY 29/07/16

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FOOD DIARY DISASTER- WEDNESDAY 27/07/16

Whats up Guys!

Yesterday was a disaster of a day, which meant my food suffered! I woke up published yesterdays blog post, and began getting ready for bootcamp. I was meant to be heading away next week to Manchester just for 2 days. It dawned on me to just make sure I had my passport there handy, and of course it was bloody out of date since March!!! Panic totally set in there was no way I would be able to get an emergency passport on such notice because of the bank holiday! But I looked into some of the airlines policies and aerlingus actually lets you travel to England with just photo identification, the downside I had to book different flights and now I have to travel from Dublin instead of Shannon, but at last I can still go! It will be my first time traveling alone and from Dublin but I think it will be a really good experience for me!
So in turn, I didn't eat anything until 2 o 'clock in the day because I spent the morning worrying, then my mom decides that it was a good day to get my little sisters tracksuit for school. Isabelle is going into junior infants in September, sure when she came out of the changing room proud as punch looking all grown up myself and my mom were nearly in tears! Sad I know! At that point I was like it is time for some chocolate!!
So that is exactly what I did I had a packet of munchies and a nice cup of tea when I got home and I felt so much better hahah! Because of all the stress in the morning I didn't even get to my fitness class. So after dinner around 8 o'clock I did a 45 minute workout using weights and bands I actually had at home. I felt so good that I made myself workout, it completely loosened out my sore muscles and I was much more relaxed after it. It was the nicest feeling to shower and just jump into my pj's after the day I had!

Moral of yesterday: always check the date on your passport when you first book your flights and no matter how shitty your day has been you can always fit in a workout!! ;)

Today is a new day and I hope it is a good one for you all!!

Robyn X

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FOOD DIARY- TUESDAY 26/07/16

Food Diary

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FOOD DAIRY- MONDAY 25/07/16

Food Diary

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I have been thinking a lot lately on what topics exactly should I post about. I was thinking about doing a food diary, so everyday I would write about what I ate the day before and how I felt after it intertwined with what exercises I did and how I felt they worked.

I think it is important to map your process so when you don't feel well or when you feel great you can link it back to the foods that you ate and possibly the exercises you did.

Anyone who knows me, knows I am a very fussy eater! I practically put my parents through hell when I was a child because all I would eat was chicken nuggets, rashers and chips. I have varied my diet a lot since then but I still struggle with eating in general. I just think I developed such a bad relationship with food from a young age that trying to widen whats in my diet in any way is going to be a struggle. I eat just because I have to, if I had a choice I wouldn't bother I just don't particularly enjoy eating.
I have been trying my best to increase my interest in food, trying to figure out whats good to eat when training what I should be eating after a workout and all that. I don't know if ye know of Joe Wicks, I have his book, and his plan is very easy to understand and he makes it clear what foods you should be eating when. Now I don't like a lot of the recipes in his book but I still try and follow his principles.

My bootcamp classes take place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I am going to try and do a workout on the days in between and take a rest day on Saturday or Sunday.
Last week I found it easy to get into the rhythm of exercise. It is just the food part I am finding tough now. I didn't record anything I ate last week because it wasn't great at all. So I am going to start fresh this week.

MONDAY 25th/07/16-

FOOD DIARY

BREAKFAST:

Porridge and an apple (really didn't like the porridge so I am in search for an alternative)

LUNCH:

I took inspiration from Joe Wicks build up bagel and had a build up sandwich with just ham and lettuce. #boringIknow

SNACKS:

Tub of almond nuts.

DINNER:

Cod and waffles.

I drank around 1.5 liters of water and only had two cups of tea!

I would usually have around 6 cups of tea a day!

I know that food diary doesn't look great but it is honestly an improvement from what I have been eating. hopefully in a couple of weeks I will see an even bigger improvement but for now I am just going to try my best.

To anyone else reading this who is struggling with there diet, and just can't get themselves to try new healthier foods just do it, all you need to do is start and go from there. Slowly cut out foods and then start replacing them. For example I have cut out all rubbish, (taytos and chocolate), then I tried to replace my toast in the morning for something healthier and just keep going through each meal. Before we know it (hopefully) all of our meals will be filled with good food for our bodies!!!

WORKOUT- BOOTCAMP

-Our class is an hour long.

-First was our warm up, which included bar hangs dislocators and lunges.

-Our main focus was squats: we did two warm up sets and then increased the weight on the bar and went for 5 reps and 5 sets taking a break in between sets.

-Next we did x6 push ups, x10 Trx and x10 split lunges using a 5 kg dumbell

-To finish off the class we had to push the sled for 5 laps we took a break in between each lap but I found it tough!

-Then we stretched and the class finished.

-I walked there and back, its around a half hour walk so I got an extra bit of a workout in.