4HB Day 24/50 - 30 May 2012

Breakfast:
Tuna w avocado, spinach leaves n lettuce.
Green tea.

Snack:
Chicken breast (small piece).

Lunch:
Stirfried shrimp w long beans. Steamed broccoli n cauliflower.
Green tea.

Snack:
7 baked almonds.
Hard boiled egg (1), kimchi.
- hungry, maybe the shrimp wasn't sufficient protein at lunch time.

Dinner:
Chicken breast. Broccoli, cauliflower, carrot stirfry. Kimchi.
Green tea.

Snack:
Lindt 99% dark choc.(1 square)
1/2 Larabar (choc. hazelnut flavor)
Black decaf coffee.

Miss my decaf coffee. Been too busy to drink my decaf the past few days n not willing to spend $5 or more for a decaf long black at coffee joints.

Also, I think incorporating healthy snacks like the Larabar maybe twice a week is good to satisfy my cravings. I see it included in Billy Beck's 7 day challenge, along with his other cococontrol bars as well as chocolate or berry protein shakes. It's all considered part of a clean eating regime and I think it only makes this type of eating pattern sustainable.

On a more wary note, I also don't want my love for keeping to clean eating to become an eating disorder. I had to battle the voice that kept telling me I would be cheating or committing a great sin if I had the Larabar or the 99% dark chocolate.

My reasons for indulging despite the voice:
1. Larabar contains no sugar, it is sweetened by dates, so I would be giving in to a fruit and I think I could live with that once in a while.
2. The 99% dark chocolate is 99% cocoa, hello... And the amount of sugar I would think is almost negligible. I also only had 1 square. It was brilliant, melting slowly on my tongue! If indulging in this keeps me clean 80 to 90% of the time, I'd stick with it, instead of depriving myself for the sake of perfection and then succumbing to an all out binge again. It's true, moderation is key.
3. I think I've very little fat left that I'd like to lose and I'm still experimenting and researching on ways to maintain my current form. I've yet to take pictures because how do I take pics showing abs without showing too much skin? There is an outline of the 6 pack but not the bulging type of 6 pack (which I do not want). Oh ya, forgot to take measurements, maybe tomorrow.

Ok, Tata for now. I'm off to do some blog reading and then to sleep. If I lack sleep, my cravings tend to act up unreasonably so I have to keep reminding myself to sleep.