Digesting Ombar Superfood Chocolate

How to get through an intensive digestive system study...the answer is ombar superfood chocolate!

Their chocolate uses unroasted (raw) fine quality organic Ecuadorian cocoa. The roasting process in normal chocolate destroys heat-sensitive polyphenois. It's also made of low-glycemic organic coconut sugar - wont spike blood sugar levels as unrefined nutritionally complex. Berries in the chocolate I had, acai & blueberry, have been dried at low temperatures and then powdered. They even add probiotics to some of their bars to help look after our tums!




And those probiotics and other digestive things is what I have been learning about this weekend, a quite deep review of how the human digestive system works and how big part the gut has on our immune system and other things. On the other hand the more you know, the more paranoid and suspicious you become of what you can eat and the affect of the food you put in your mouth has.

I came to a couple of conclusions and I am going to to try a gluten free diet for four weeks and see if it has any affect to me.It's crazy that humans were not designed to digest gluten. First though I need to do a little bit more study about a gluten free diet and find some recipes and start planning my lunches in advance.

I also need to make my fasting plan if I am going to do it.

And what I was also thinking of doing is to book an appointment to see a nutritional therapist. Unexplained infertility could be cured by changing my diet and taking supplements, maybe I am lacking something important that I just don't know.

On Wednesday I am going to have a fitness test and fitness plan that I can follow at the gym. My plan is to go to the gym maybe 2-3 times a week, go for run once a week and hot yoga once a week. That way I won't get bored too soon and it makes it easier to follow the plan.

After I got home from school, I went to get some gluten free bread.  For dinner I had baked beans on (gluten free) toast with salad. And a spoonful of peanut butter...

P.s I actually had two bars of chocolate, other one was cranberry & mandarin :)

Almost first fast day and Tofu stir fry

I wasn't sure this morning if I am going to do my first fast day today and only eat around 500 cal. I had a green smoothie for breakfast which had banana in it with kale, spinach, lemon, nectarine and maka powder.

Then for lunch I had a little porridge, little because it boiled over in the microwave and there wasn't much left to eat on the plate. Then I got "sushi" from Marks and Spencer, 175 cal. After I got back home from work I made myself a spicy carrot, tomato, lentil soup. Not much lentil in it, mostly carrots mashed in the blender (after boiling of course)  and then mixed with canned tomato and boiled lentils and lots of chilli and black pepper.I had my soup with couple slices of toast...

So I believe I have eaten more than 500 cal today but still really lightly. I wasn't even craving for anything else, I only ate because I was hungry.

I have to say I already feel much better than couple days ago after heavy festive eating and drinking.

Also I think I leave the proper fast days until next week, as I really need to study for the Biomedicine exam that is on this weekend.

Last night I found out that I am still not pregnant, so I made some comfort food - Tofu Stir Fry.

This is how I made it

First cut the tofu in pieces and boil it for couple of minutes. Then stir fry the vegetables and mi
x soy sauce, black pepper, sugar, chilli and put the boiled tofus on the top and mix gently with vegs.  Tofu doesn't need much frying. Serve with brown rice.

Enjoy! 

Happy New Year 2013

This morning must be an international hungover-day but not here. I did not have a one single drink last night and in fact I was in the bed before 12 o'clock. Last night I was thinking my NY resolutions and I would like add couple more, to keep up this blog for a year at least and be better with my nutritional therapist studying. This is only my first year and I have two more left...

I started my morning with green smoothie and green tea. 

I mixed together:
Kale
Spinach
Banana
Squeeze of lemon
Honey 
Maca-powder
Water







I have been reading all morning about this 5:2 fasting and was trying to find the BBC document Eat, Fast and Live longer where Michael Mosley who wants to live longer and healthier is trying out fasting.

I was planning to start this 5:2 fasting where 5 days a week I can eat normally, about 1800 cal per day and 2 days a week only 500 cal. Luckily, there is many recipes online for really light meals that I could eat on fast days. 

I am a bit against all these dieting things but this fasting is suppose to be good kick start for my weight loss, I only need to lose about 5kg and I really feel like my body needs a rest of all the crap I have been eating lately. This is going to be great cleanse for my body with Hot Yoga (yes, Hot Yoga) which I am planning to start again. I am also getting fitness program done at my gym and doing a fitness test. I had my blood pressure taken already and it was close to perfect 122/78. 

Next thing is just to decide what days will be fast days and what days normal eating days. And how long I am going to do this, probably about a month or two max.

New Year Resolution

1. Lose weight

2. No more party cigarettes 

3. Less alcohol

4.Try Fasting diet 5:2

5.Get pregnant
6. Be a better person to my nearest and dearest 

hmmm they all seems to be easy to achieve expect particularly number 5. It is possible that in January I will be diagnosed with "unexplained infertility"  which doesn't make any sense since nothing is wrong but still no baby.

1.-4. It just need some self control, but will probably be a piece of cake...(no more cakes though!)

6. Improving...