Day Seven - The end of week one

So, after today I will have been one full week without any refined sugars or dairy passing my lips. I feel really good. The first few days I felt a bit 'blah' - but that's pretty normal for me if I have been having lots of crappy food and then cut cold turkey to healthy food, no sugar, etc. I feel good in my body, and good in my mind - in control of food, food not in control of me.

I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning to see how one week of clean eating and exercise has impacted on my weight loss. The first week is usually a big one.

I definitely 'feel' slimmer. I'm not all bloated (no dairy is responsible for that I reckon) and I don't feel as wobbly after getting back into exercise.

My exercise for today was the Australia Day 5km fun run. It was a good run. Hard, but not too hard. Definitely felt like I'd worked my muscles!

Breakfast: I wanted something light before my run, so I had a green choc smoothie. It was quite sweet this morning even though there's no sugars, just the dates. I did add in some frozen blueberries though, and the banana I used may have been overripe, so that would explain it.

Morning tea: Some slices of orange after the 5km. Two choc mint balls.

Lunch: Leftover chicken bacon alfredo from yesterday. I was starving after getting back from my pedicure and I knew we'd be going out for lunch, so I quickly had those leftovers before we left so I had a good excuse not to be eating when everyone was chowing down on their sausage rolls and milkshakes.

Afternoon tea: A few rice crackers while we were out, and two squares of casheroo when we got home. Some grapes while I waited for tea.

Tea: We had a barbecue at mum and dad's for Australia Day. I had a steak, one and a half sausages, a dinner roll and some salad (made of lettuce, tomato, carrot, onion and cheese - except I didn't eat the cheese). I was a good girl and turned down the pavlova my mum had made.

Dessert/Late night snack: A slice of banana cream pie. Nom nom.