Monday 2 March 2015

TTK Thirty Days Diet Challenge (A daily diary of the diet)


Struggling with your weight? Are you still carrying the weight from last year’s festivity, Christmas, New Year etc.? Don’t worry you’re not alone.
For Christians it’s lent period what did you give up? Did you give up a specific food or an addictive habit? Non-Christians are not left out Lent is the period of six weeks 40 days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, is a time of giving up things, a period of fasting and penitence; it test your self-discipline.
Some Christians during lent do not eat, meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods; while others give up cakes, chocolate, sweet, carbs etc.
Lent started on the 18th of February Ash Wednesday in western Christian Churches, so if you did not give up anything you can start now; though it would have been better if you had started lent the 1st day.
So join me in this thirty days diet challenge, do not be deceive by the picture above am a lot bigger now; I am using lent as an opportunity to work on our spirit of willpower, determination, self-control, discipline, patience and mind set. These are essential to our decision to lose weight; but just before we start; yes we are in this together; I will like you to do the following please:
  • ·          Snap a close up selfie and a full length picture, will be nice to have a before and after picture
  • ·         Go on the Bathroom scale, weigh and make a note of your weight
  • ·         Buy sport wear or comfortable outfit for exercise
  • ·         Buy lots of fruits
A) The first three days will be for detoxing, we need to flush out the toxins in the body first, and you can start by going on a three days fruit fasting and drink lots of water.  I know water could be boring because of its bland taste, is detoxing time so we’re going to give the water a kick, buy
  • ·         Lemon
  • ·         Ginger
  • ·         Mint Leave
  • ·         Cucumber
  • ·         Apple (Optional)
  • ·         Garlic (Optional you might not like the smell but is very good and effective for detox)
Squeeze out the juice in the lemon, cut out some ginger, pick out about a bunch of mint leaves, slice cucumber and apple, apple would be necessary if you’re going for the garlic option, it water down the overpowering garlic smell and taste.  Some people are bold and adventurous, they might not need the apple for sweetness; their taste bud could accommodate any taste from bitter, sweet, sour and savouring which is perfect, blend it together and store away in the fridge.  This green juice can be taken all day in between fruit, it depends on your daily schedule or you can drink it at night just before you go to bed for three days. 

B) This is the challenging part, you need to give up carbohydrates let it be the food you give up for lent if you have not given up anything yet and for non-Christians, it would be to lose weight, don’t worry guys is not for ever, remember is a thirty-days challenge.
What are carbs?
I will make it easier avoid every food that comes in colour WHITE this includes bread, yam, potatoes, cassava, iyan, fufu, eba, (made out of white cassava), pizza, pasta, and spaghetti. Note-Sweet potatoes is allowed, is rich in fibre and potassium but to be eaten in small portion, once or twice a week. It does not belong to the colour WHITE carbs; this means that it’s low in carbohydrate some dietician classify it as vegetable.
Rice is forbidden for now, most people take rice for granted just because you eat with cutleries and not swallow like the Nigerian Iyan and African fufu is as bad, full of calories. 

C) Avoid concentrated juice and fizzy drinks; those cartoon and bottled juice are not pure even though it has pure juice written on the packages, according to recent findings.  The fibre in the juice has been taken out while trying to preserve the drinks so you are left with flavoured sugary water, some thicker than the other. 


D) Walk briskly or jog for 30 minutes at least four times a week. Note, not to stroll or walk at a slow pace, is very important. Do some house chores, work that body, and put it in an active mode.
 


E) Do not go on the scale after the first day you weighed yourself, I will advise you check your weight at the end of the thirty days challenge.  I know you will be curious and would like to know but from experience it can be off putting especially when it seems like the weight is not coming off as fast as we like.

All fruits and vegetables allowed,
Apple, Apricot, Banana, Grape, Raisin, Grapefruit, Guava, Huckleberr, Honeydew, Melon, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon, Orange, Clementine (type of orange), Mandarine, Blood Orange, Tangerine, Papaya, Passion-fruit, Peach, Pear, Plum/prune (dried plum), Pineapple, Pomegranate, Strawberry.  Some fruit are not listed above is alright to eat them, am aware most countries also have their own local seasonal fruit for example is Agbalumo (local cherry) fruit season in Nigeria.
Note, Banana is slightly high in calories than the other fruits, is to be eaten moderately.

Brussels sprout, Broccoli, Carrot, Iceberg lettuce, Leek, Mushroom, Mushroom, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Sweet potato, Turnip, Watercress, courgettes, peas, Beetroot, Beetroot, Aubergine, Asparagus are some of many types of vegetables.
There are so many dishes you can make with vegetables

Some of the foods that are allowed during the thirty days diet challenge
  1. Fish Pepper soup (Fish not to be eaten on Friday during Lent)
  2. Beans (not to be eaten with bread, dodo or garri)
  3. Moi moi
  4. Pap (Ogi)
  5. Custard
  6. Akara (Beans Cake)
  7. Boiled Egg 
  8. Eko (Agidi) with vegetable
  9. Eko (Agidi) with Fish Pepper soup (Fish, not to be eaten on Friday during Lent)
  10. Omelette (Egg fried with carrots, spinach or any other veggie of your choice can be eaten as meal)
  11. Boiled or steamed sweet potatoes with any stew or veggie of your choice (to be eaten once a week)
  12. Okro with fish or chicken (To be eaten on it's own without the iyan, eba and amala, Okro is vegetable has lot of fibre, prevents diabetes and a good source of vitamin K)
  13. Efo riro (Note not egunsi, can be eaten on its own as a meal with a piece of meat or fish, not to be eaten on Friday during Lent))
  14. Butternut with salad or vegetables
  15. Vegetables stir with Shrimps
  16. Vegetables stir with Fish (Fish, not allowed on Friday for Lent)
  17. Vegetables stir with beef (Beef, not to be eaten on Friday)
  18. Chicken Salad (Chicken, not allowed on Friday for Lent)
  19. Beef salad (Beef, not allowed on Friday for Lent)
  20. Shrimps Salad
There are times you might crave for more food after eating any of the above; you can have more provided is vegetable and fruit. Note, food portion play a significant role in weight loss, you do not have to feel so full; the body needs little to sustain its functionality is all in the mind. 
Guys trust me it works, very effective if you do not cheat; make sure you adhere to the rules, I've done this before my problem with weight is maintaining. (Topic for later).  I will update this site with a daily diary of the food I eat for the 30 days challenge.

Daily Diary of My Diet 

(Remember you can make-up the meal to suit your taste, lifestyle and location but make sure it falls within the rules)
Day 1 
Pineapple, Apple, Mangoes ( I ate fruit any-time in the day remember it's three days detoxing)
Day 2
Mangoes, Grapes, Banana 
Day 3
Mangoes, Apple, Grapes, Clementine
Detox ended

Day 4
Boiled Egg, Vegetable Soup, Avocado Salad
Day 5
Banana & Milk, Okro and Chicken, Grilled Chicken Salad
Day 6
Oranges, Banana, Stir fry Vegetables and Prawn, Moi Moi
Day 7
Chopped Mangoes, Steak Salad,  Moi Moi
Day 8
Pineapple, Chicken Salad, Fish Pepper soup
Day 9
Oranges, Tuna Salad, Fish Pepper Soup
Day 10
Fruit salad, Steamed Vegetables with prawns, Okro and Chicken
Day 11
Chopped Mangoes, Boiled Corn, Prawn Salad and Chicken
Day 12
Banana, Ewa riro (Beans) Avocado Salad
Day 13
Boiled Egg, Ewa riro, Fruit Salad
Day 14
Mangoes, Omellete, Asorted meat pepper soup
Day 15
Custard, Vegetable soup, Ewa riro
Day 16
Strawberry with Banana Smoothie, Prawn Salad, Baby Spinach in Omelette
Day 17
Custard, Omelette, Efo riro
Day 18
Clementine and Apple, Prawn Salad, Efo riro
Day 19
Custard, Boiled Corn, Tuna Salad
Day 20
Chopped Mangoes, Fruit Salad, Ewa Riro
Day 21
Boiled Egg, Fish Pepper soup, Ewa Riro with Sweet potatoes
Day 22
Apple, Egg Salad, Efo Riro and fish
Day 23
Vegetable Omelette, Strawberry with whipped cream, Sweet potatoes with fish stew
Day 24
Custard, Strawberry with whipped cream, Efo riro with Chicken
Day 25
Akara (Bean Cake) Fruit Salad, Asorted pepper soup
Day 26
Apple and Banana, Okro Soup, Sweet Potato (little bit naughty ate what i should not eat will reveal later)
Day 27
Omellete with sweetcorn, Fish Pepper soup, Moimoi
Day 28
Mangoes, Butternut Soup, Fried Sweet potatoes with Chicken Stew
Day 29
Strawberry and Banana Smoothie, Prawn Salad, Efo riro with Chicken
Day 30
Omellette, Strawberry with whipped cream, Moi Moi

5 comments:

  1. Kemi it better work.

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  2. I am in this, okay nawh lets roll

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  3. Is today the starting date for the chaĺlenge

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    1. You can start today or tomorrow if you're not prepared.

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  4. I did lose but is taking forever o

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