Monthly Archives: September 2015

Food diary 28/9/2015 Day one on the plan

Breakfast

Porridge and coffee made with almond milk and a boiled egg

Snack Mid-morning a hand full of nuts,

Lunch Lazy Tuna (Tin of tuna with Onions and eggs)

Mid-afternoon snack

Whey Protein shake.

Evening Meal

Lemon Chicken, beans and oven cooked sweet potato chips

Squeezing a nut bag

I’ve just made almond milk for the first time, so have spent the last twenty minutes squeezing hard on a nut bag…. Yes you did read that correctly !.
"Vanilla Almond Milk 1 cup almonds (soaked overnight) 3-4 cups purified water 6 dates (soaked 4 hours) 1/2 tsp. ground vanilla bean Blend almonds, water, dates and vanilla at high speed until creamy. Strain using a nut milk bag or fine sieve. For a delicious egg-nog alternative, simply add nutmeg, ground cloves, a banana & pinch of salt!"
Vanilla Almond Milk

1 cup almonds (soaked overnight)
3-4 cups purified water
6 dates (soaked 4 hours)
1/2 tsp. ground vanilla bean

Blend almonds, water, dates and vanilla at high speed until creamy. Strain using a nut milk bag or fine sieve. For a delicious egg-nog alternative, simply add nutmeg, ground cloves, a banana & pinch of salt!

The Journey began many times before

I am not special. I don’t profess to be I am starting this blog as a sort of therapy,  I am hoping that writing it down and hopefully inserting some of my humour I may inspire me to continue and maybe help others to make their own journey,

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Chinese Proverb.

With my trainer Pom FinishStrong Tutt I am hopefully learning the skills to change my life.