6 Week Challenge - Week 1!

I am feeling great at the end of my first week at this. I have stuck to my plan 100% and I am really hoping that I see the payoff tomorrow night at weigh in. Not only do I feel fantastic, I have more energy than I have in ages, but my skin in the space of a week has cleared up no end. I also seem to have lost all my bloating and considering its my TOTM I would usually be experience huge water retention and really bad skin. So its really paying off. I also had a big night out on the drink on saturday night which was my only break in good eating. I had one mini cupcake that night, a couple of glasses of wine, a couple of cocktails and a couple of vodkas. I was within my weeklies and I was not tempted to hit the chipper at the end of the night. Even though I was miserably hungover the next day, I still managed to avoid the bread with my breakfast on Sunday morning. 

I have not had bread, pasta, rice or potato all week. My carbs for the week have consisted of some sweet potato, porridge oats and bulgar wheat and lots of vegetables. I have also upped my fat intake to make sure I am eating my points every day. Measured amounts of good quality olive oil and real butter and snacking on small quantities of almonds. I am considering investing in some coconut oil for cooking, but I'll see how I get on as it is quite pricy. I am still having daily chocolate, but its a smaller amount of 85% dark chocolate. I couldn't eat any more than the 2 squares and it really does satisfy me. I am also keeping my water intake high and have only had one coffee all week. I'm feeling good!

My meal plan for the week is done up until Friday and looks a little bit like this:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Breakfast	30g Porridge Oats	30g Porridge Oats	30g Porridge Oats	30g Porridge Oats	30g Porridge Oats
	50ml Skimmed Milk	50ml Skimmed Milk	50ml Skimmed Milk	50ml Skimmed Milk	50ml Skimmed Milk
	50ml Water	50ml Water	50ml Water	50ml Water	50ml Water
	Small tub low fat yoghurt	Small tub low fat yoghurt	Small tub low fat yoghurt	Small tub low fat yoghurt	Small tub low fat yoghurt
Lunch	40g Bulgar Wheat	40g Bulgar Wheat	40g Bulgar Wheat	40g Bulgar Wheat	40g Bulgar Wheat
	50g Feta Cheese	50g Feta Cheese	50g Feta Cheese	50g Feta Cheese	50g Feta Cheese
	40g Tuna	40g Tuna	35g chickpeas	35g chickpeas	35g Tuna
	1tsp olive oil	1tsp olive oil	1tsp olive oil	1tsp olive oil	1tsp olive oil
	2 tsp balsamic vinegar	2 tsp balsamic vinegar	2 tsp balsamic vinegar	2 tsp balsamic vinegar	2 tsp balsamic vinegar
	Carrot, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, onion, pepper	Carrot, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, onion, pepper	Carrot, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, onion, pepper	Carrot, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, onion, pepper	Carrot, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, onion, pepper
Dinner	120g chicken breast	120g chicken breast	Chilli con carne	Chilli con carne	Book club dinner
	25g peri peri sauce	mix stir fry veg	100g sweet potato	half an avocado
	200g sweet potato chips cooked in 1 tsp olive oil	2 tsp oilive oil	half an avocado	40g cheddar
	broccoli	40g brown rice
	lettuce & tomato	1 tbsp soy sauce
	1 tsp homemade vinagrette	1 medium egg
Snacks	banana	banana	banana	banana	banana
	50g blueberries	50g rasberries	apple	50g blueberries	apple
	5 almonds	5 almonds	5 almonds	5 almonds	5 almonds
	2 squares 85% choc	2 squares 85% choc	2 squares 85% choc	2 squares 85% choc	2 squares 85% choc
Drinks	2-3 litres water	2-3 litres water	2-3 litres water	2-3 litres water	2-3 litres water
	1 cup tea	1 cup tea	1 cup tea	1 cup tea	1 cup tea
	1 glass orange cordial	1 glass orange cordial	1 glass orange cordial	1 glass orange cordial	1 glass orange cordial
	2 cups green tea	2 cups green tea	2 cups green tea	2 cups green tea	2 cups green tea

This is working out at around 29pp per day. I may need to alter my snacks on days to make this work, but this is my rough plan. My one unknown is book club at my friends on Friday night, but she is vegetarian and usually cooks quite healthy, and even if she chooses not to I will have my weeklies to play around with and all I will have to do is avoid whatever sweet treats that are on offer. Lunch and breakfast may seem a bit repeptitive, but I do plan on changing my lunch up next week and I always have eggs at the weekend. 

I am really glad I am this organised this week as I know that I am going to have a very hectic week in work so organisation is going to be key to staying on track with this! Wish me luck as I head into week 2. Even if my hard work isn't shown on the scales - I have had enough postivies to come from this to keep going until Portugal and maybe beyond.