Four Week Challenge - Day Eleven

Breakfast - Smoothie made from 4 fat bombs, avocado, egg yolk, blue berries and water

Snack - Full cream latte

Lunch - 2 egg frittata with onion, haloumi, cheddar, zucchini and mushroom, slice of sourdough with avocado

Dinner - Chicken with blue cheese served with sautéed zucchini and cauliflower mash, 85% chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Ten

Breakfast - 2 slices of sourdough toast with natural peanut butter, full cream latte

Lunch - Steak with blue cheese, cabbage, broccolini and onion, spoonful of cream

Dinner - Chicken, onion, broccolini, zucchini cooked served in sauce made from cream and one egg, 85% chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Nine

Breakfast - Full cream latte

Brunch - 3 eggs and vanilla powder cooked into a pancake and topped with 1 melted fat bomb and cream

Snack - 85% dark chocolate

Dinner - Cheese and pasta, cadburys chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Eight

Breakfast - 3 scrambled eggs and mushrooms cooked in butter, avocado, haloumi, full cream latte

Lunch - Salad leaves, cucumber, chicken, avocado, blue cheese, coconut flakes toasted in cinnamon

Dinner - Steak topped with blue cheese, onion and cabbage sautéed in butter, 85% dark chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Seven

Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambles with cream, avocado and haloumi, full cream latte

Snack - Full cream latte

Mid afternoon - Chicken, onion, broccolini, mushrooms and zucchini stir fried and served with a cream and blue cheese sauce

Evening - Coconut chips toasted with coconut oil and cinnamon, 85% dark chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Six

Brunch - 2 poached eggs, vegetable rosti, haloumi and avocado, full cream latte

Dinner - Chicken breast stuffed with blue cheese, onion and cabbage fried in butter and creamy mushrooms, 85% dark chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Five

Breakfast - 2 egg omelette with cream, mushrooms and parmesan cooked in butter, long black coffee with cream

Lunch - Leftover shepherds pie made with beef mince, passatta, onion, mushrooms and zucchini and topped with cauliflower mash, 2 fat bomb chocolates

Dinner - Thai dinner out with a friend. Curry puffs and chicken pad see ew, red wine

Four Week Challenge - Day Four

Breakfast - 3 eggs mixed with vanilla powder and cooked in coconut oil to make a sweet pancake, served with cinnamon, blueberries and cream, full cream latte

Snack - Full cream latte

Lunch - Chicken breast baked in passatta with grated parmesan, salad leaves, cucumber and avocado, spoonful of full fat cream

Dinner - Shepherds pie made with beef mince, passatta, onions, zucchini and mushrooms topped with cauliflower mash, 2 squares of 85% chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day Three

Breakfast - 3 eggs mixed with vanilla powder and cooked in coconut oil to make a sweet pancake, served with blueberries and cream, full cream latte

Lunch - Leftover bolognese with grated parmesan, 4 slices haloumi cheese and salad leaves, cucumber and avocado, 1 square 85% chocolate

Dinner - Rice pasta with cheese sauce made from full cream milk, arrowroot, butter and cheese

Four Week Challenge - Day Two

Breakfast - Haloumi, zucchini and mushrooms and 2 eggs fried in butter, full cream latte

Snack - Full cream latte

Lunch - Bolognese with grated parmesan cheese and salad leaves, cucumber and avocado, 1/2 square 85% chocolate

Snack - Spoonful of cream

Dinner - Egg fried cauliflower rice with onion, zucchini, mushrooms, chicken, tamari, ginger and peanut butter, 1 square 85% chocolate

Four Week Challenge - Day One

Breakfast - 3 egg omelette with mushrooms, cream and cheese, full cream latte

Lunch - Zucchini, cauliflower and haloumi fritters with salad leaves, cucumber and avocado, one square of 85% Lindt chocolate

Snack - Hot chocolate made with coconut cream, water, cacao powder and cinnamon

Dinner - Chicken and coconut curry with cauliflower rice, 2 squares 85% Lindt chocolate

Day Sixteen

My ankle was very sore when I woke but as I had an appointment booked with my personal trainer, I knew I had to go. Thankfully she was very gentle with me, we did lots of stretches and moves that didn't involve my ankle and it felt good to be able to do something.

I should have gone straight home to rest afterwards but I went to the shops to get some food and by the time I got back, my ankle was even more swollen so I stayed at home for the rest of the day watching DVDs and keeping the ankle elevated.

Breakfast – Smoothie of coconut cream, banana, raw egg, cacao powder, salt

Mid morning - Coffee

Lunch – Buttered spelt sourdough toast

Dinner – Sausages with parsnip chips and sautéed onions, raw chocolate

Day Fifteen – Mini Challenge

Today I had an accident. I rolled my ankle and fell down hard on the pavement. It’s the same ankle that I sprained only 6 months ago and it has been weak ever since. I now have a badly swollen ankle and am limping around with a bad graze on my knee too. I was on my way to an appointment which I did keep but I came straight home afterwards and had it elevated for the rest of the day.

It’s going to affect the work I’ve been doing with the personal trainer and I’m also not sure if I’ll be able to hobble into the city on Sunday to see some friends I’m supposed to be meeting which will be frustrating as I really wanted to push myself to do it. I’m also going on holiday in a week and will be really annoyed if its not all healed by then!

I am seeing the personal trainer in the morning so will see what she suggests. I have warned her about it and she has already been full of advice so I’m sure she’ll have some ideas on how to get round the problem to still be able to do a workout!

Breakfast – Smoothie of coconut cream, banana, raw egg, cacao powder, salt

Mid morning – Coffee

Lunch – Vegetable and haloumi frittata with buttered spelt sourdough toast

Dinner – Leftover beef mince and vegetable bolognese, raw chocolate

Day Fourteen – Mini Challenge

Two weeks of my three week challenge down and after a bumpy start, I’m feeling much more at ease with it again now. My meals are quite repetitive but as I’m still on my own with my man overseas, I’m finding that making big batches of food which lasts 2-3 meals is so much easier!

Breakfast – Coffee then a smoothie of coconut cream, banana, raw egg, cacao powder, salt

Mid morning – Coffee

Lunch – Onion soup

Dinner – Leftover beef and vegetable bolognese with grated cheese, couple of spoonfuls of cream

Day Thirteen – Mini Challenge

A public holiday here in Australia  for Anzac Day so I had planned a lie in and a lazy day. Forgetting that I live around the corner from the local RSL though who of course had a dawn service, I was woken at 6am by music, trumpets and eventually the national anthem! Still, it enabled me to feel like I had joined in even if from the luxury of my bed!

It was a windy and chilly day but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun was shining. I went for a walk along the beach late morning and enjoyed the warmth of the sun and a coffee. Then it was home for some cooking, cleaning and airing out the flat.

I made my Mum’s onion soup for the first time ever, using homemade chicken stock and lovely caramelised onions. I ate it for lunch to warm up and it reminded me so much of my childhood! Yum!

Breakfast – A sweet omelette with chopped banana and a dollop of cream

Mid morning – Coffee

Lunch – Onion soup with a small amount of grated cheese

Dinner - Beef mince and vegetable bolognese with grated cheese

Day Twelve – Mini Challenge

Breakfast – Coffee, then smoothie of berries, coconut cream, avocado, raw egg, cacao powder, salt

Mid morning – Coffee

Lunch – Chicken and parmesan salad, small piece of raw chocolate

Snack – Spoonful of cream

Dinner – Sausages with parsnip chips and steamed zucchini

Day Eleven – Mini Challenge

Last night I went to a Wake Up Sydney event and watched the film Finding Joe. It’s a documentary about living a more inspired and fulfilling life and I took 2 friends from work with me. We all walked out ready to hand our notices in the very next day and go off to follow our bliss! We had a lovely Thai meal before the film and it was good to see them both outside of work and realise how much we get on. It was surprisingly ‘easy’ and I wasn’t anxious at all.

Breakfast – Coffee then a smoothie of avocado, banana, raw egg, cacao powder,salt

Mid morning – Coffee

Lunch – Leftover chicken and vegetable stir fry

Snack – Homemade raspberry muffin and cream

Dinner – Thai meal out and we shared a chicken coconut curry, a beef and vegetable stir fry and a lamb noodle dish. I only had a small amounts of each knowing that thai food is typically full of palm sugar and I kept to very small amounts of noodles and rice and tried to stick ,more to the veg! We also shared a bottle of red wine.

Day Ten - Mini Challenge

Day Ten is here already which means I'm nearly half way through this mini 21 day challenge. At the end of it I am going on holiday for a week and I certainly plan to stay on track whilst I'm away but perhaps relax some of the options slightly as I'm sure we will be eating out lots.

I'm feeling really pleased that I have managed to have a very good week of eating since the binge last weekend and that I haven't let it affect the rest of the challenge or be an excuse to continue with the bad food.

I was up fairly early and after a cup of tea at home I wandered down to the beach in the sunshine. It was lovely and warm so I did a barefoot walk through the sand and practiced rolling my foot in the way the personal trainer suggested to help strengthen my ankle (I sprained it last year and it's been weak ever since).

I popped back home for a shower and a quick smoothie before nipping out to the shops. Then it was back home for an early lunch before catching the bus into the city to meet a friend for a drink at the Opera Bar.

Breakfast - Smoothie of banana, coconut cream, cacao powder and salt

Lunch - Vegetable and haloumi frittata with a slice of buttered spelt sourdough toast

Mid afternoon - Coffee, glass of red wine

Dinner - Chicken thigh stirfry with vegetable noodles and a coconut and tahini sauce

Day Nine – Mini Challenge

My first personal training was early morning and it was great. I was a bit intimidated walking into the studio and seeing there were other people there who would see what I was doing and then when I found out a trainee would be sitting in with my session too, I was very nervous! But it was fine and I learnt moves to specifically help strengthen my back and my core and to open up my chest and help me breath better. I managed to do everything ok and to laugh when things were hard and I’m looking forward to getting fitter and stronger.

It was then home for a quick change and then back out to the shopping centre where I met a work colleague for a coffee for a bit too. We’ve never met socially before but I’ve been very open with her about my anxiety and it was actually good fun to have a good catch up outside of work. We even did a bit of shopping together afterwards and she helped me pick out my new swiss exercise ball.

Breakfast – Smoothie of coconut cream, raw egg, raspberries, cacao powder, salt

Snack – Coffee

Mid afternoon snack – Buttered spelt sourdough toast

Dinner – Sausages with parsnip chips and sautéed onions and zucchini, raw chocolate

Day Eight – Mini Challenge

Breakfast – Smoothie of coconut cream, mixed berries, raw egg, cacao powder, salt

Snack – Coffee

Lunch – Haloumi, roast squash and walnut salad with lemon juice dressing

Snack – Homemade raspberry muffin with dollop of cream

Dinner – Left over chicken stir fry from yesterday