I really have to get better at accepting Accelorator Days - this is 1 day a week (usually planned for the day preceeding weigh in day) where you don't eat any carbs - complex simple or otherwise - this means
NO - Sugar
Bread
Crackers
Even Fruit!!
Mish introduced this to us within the last few weeks of last round and re-kick our weighloss in those last stubbon weeks - she also has an Accelorator day everyweek in her "Losing the last 5 kg Book"
I accept them, I embrace them, but I certainly don't enjoy them - As a vegetarian this is a tough day for me - my snacks always include, fruit and crackers, fruit yoghurt (just look at my last weeks posts of all of my food diaries) and my meals usually always contain carbs.
I did have 1/2 a pitta bread for my lunch today (disguised as Pizza) but I was strapped for time and it was left over from Sunday night - so to save it being thrown out and to eat something before heading off to work, I ate the carbs.
I need to get better at Accelorator days and so I am going to set some goals for next Tuesday - There ARE snacks out there that don;t include carbs - I just have to stop sulking and start peeling a carrot and chopping some celery!! Look at my Diary for today......
My calorie Count was WAY under (even with the consumption of some sneaky fruit) - my usual daily quota is 1200cal - today it was 710!! I am afraid my body will start to remember the years of starvation I put it through and begin again to store fat for the winter!! I feel sluggish, irritable and slow on Tuesdays - and I know it's because I spend all day focusing on the CAN'Ts (can't eat this,, can't eat that) instead of the CANs (I can eat celery with hummus....)
So another MINI GOAL - to get better at Accelorator Day - I plan to do this by....
* Adding baked beans to my scrambled egg breakie
*Having Carrot Celery and Beans cut and ready in the fridge for snacks (with cottage cheese or hummus)
* Eat my past "Accelorator Day salad" which includes cheese, avo and a boiled egg
That should see me full of energy, consuming my 1200cal AND have me able to be more positive about going into a Tuesday!!
