D L Richardson

Day Three of my health kick is almost over. It's been easy to justify sticking to my plan now that I have to confess to everything I eat, drink, and do. I've been very exhausted of late, recovering from a virus I caught at Supernova in June. It has left me with less fitness than before the virus. But I think I'm finally get on top of it.

I think my biggest thing to give up is drinking alcohol during the week. What happens when you work part time is that Wednesday is your Friday so you have a glass of wine. Then Thursday is also your Friday, so you have a glass of wine. Then the real Friday arrives. Then it's the weekend. I reckon I could easily lose a few kilos just from cutting out the wines during the week.



We shall see. Often, when we give up one thing, we replace it with another.

Wednesday Food:
Morning:
Small mango smoothie with soy milk
1 scrambled egg and ham on English muffin

Morning snack:
nothing

Lunch:
leftover pork mince, cabbage, carrot and rice chow mien from last …

Day one of my health kick was easy. So far so good. Part of the commitment to shedding the winter kilos is to give up drinking alcohol unless I'm at a social event. I've had a rough day at work with a challenging payroll, and I'd love a glass of red wine, and I told myself to hold off, but I had a glass of red wine.



Summer is coming and I need to do something serious about shedding those few extra kilos I’ve put on over winter and from being sedentary while editing and writing and gorging on Netflix. 

Day Two
Monday Food
Breakfast:      Scrambled egg tortilla + black coffee
Snack:           Banana + black coffee
Lunch:           Lentil dhal with 4 microwaved poppadums HEALTHY SCRAMBLED EGG TORTILLAS


Tip to make healthy scrambled eggs is to whisk free-range eggs in a microwave container, add salt, pepper, and chopped chives, then heat on 30 second to 1 minute intervals (so they don't explode).
You can also make healthy omelet tortillas by adding chopped tomatoes, kidney beans…

The best piece of writing advice I’ve heard is “Nobody asked me to do this”. The worst writing advice is “Make all your posts about your writing”. What a load of bollocks. I’m at my wit’s end trying to continually write about writing. I never started writing so I could write about writing. It’s quite liberating to throw off those shackles. I’d rather review movies, post photos of my renovations, and post about my boring life in general.

Summer is coming and I need to do something serious about shedding those few extra kilos I’ve put on over winter and from being sedentary while editing and writing and gorging on Netflix. So I’ll start recording my daily eating on my blog as a way of keeping track of my eating and exercise habits.

Day One
Monday Food
Breakfast:      Porridge with soy milk and 1 teaspoon golden syrup + black coffee
Snack:            Banana + black coffee
Lunch:           Lentil dhal with 4 microwaved poppadums RECIPE FOR SIMPLE LENTIL DHAL

1 tin lentils
2 small celery stalks,…