Fast Diet Kitchen Summer Ready Campaign week 5 update

Last week I have tried a different approach to the 5:2 diet, I have realised that if I mix Fast Diet Kitchen packs with normal food it won't work for me and I need 3 packs a day to fill me up. So I had one pack on Wednesday and 3 packs on Thursday which seemed a bit better. 
Having said that I came to a realisation that this particular diet plan doesn't work for me. I have no time for exercising at the moment, I'm not counting going up and down the stairs few times a day and an hour walk in the evening. I have an idea of what I want to achieve but cutting down calories seems to be a bad idea. I feel like I want to eat more food in the evening when I see my husband eating his big portion and try to eat more on other days as I felt I need to make up for 2 fasting days and especially as I'm still breastfeeding hunger is always there.

I have realised that my diet should consist of a complete change of my lifestyle. That only cutting down on specific things should be permanent, and for that I need a massive will power and a huge motivation.

I have had tasty meals last week and if you follow me via Instagram, Facebook or Twitter you could see how yummy they look.

I feel bad for letting FDK down and not achieving much during Summer Ready Campaign but we are all different, for some it works and for others it doesn't.

Disclaimer: I was sent the items mentioned above for the purpose of these weekly updates. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fast Diet Kitchen Summer Ready Campaign week 4 update

This week I feel a bit down, it has been 4 weeks since I have started Fast Diet Kitchen summer campaign and haven't achieved anything yet, having an active baby doesn't really help either.
I know what I should be doing and what should be avoided but I just can't concentrate on eating and it seems that with lack of food I'm not able to function during the day. 

Over the weekend I have received an exercise number 4 from Fast Diet Kitchen called "How are we doing?".

Whether you feel you are doing really well or whether you feel you haven’t quite got there yet, now is the time to look to see what improvements we can make and how.
If you are doing brilliantly then this exercise will help your momentum and pave the way for future weeks. 

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This should help to understand what I need to tackle in the next 7 days.

Last week I went as far as looking at pictures of celebs as I thought that it will keep my motivations going and it did work for a little while. I really, really want to look great, to feel comfortable in my own body but it looks like I'm my own enemy at the moment.

Food wise last week I had:

On Wednesday I had pea and ham soup for lunch (213 cal) and smoky sausage & butter bean casserole(316) for dinner.

On Thursday I had carrot and coriander soup (141 cal) for lunch and vegetable cous cous (163 cal) for dinner.

I really enjoyed eating soups last weeks, but it is never enough for me as I'm breastfeeding hungry mother :-) 
I have also noticed that all dinners I have tried are quite watery and it never feel me up, the same with water it is refreshing but won't make me feel fuller.

I will try to do my best this week and hopefully will achieve something in the next couple of weeks.

Disclaimer: I was sent the items mentioned above for the purpose of these weekly updates. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fast Diet Kitchen Summer Ready Campaign week 3 update

Last week I went of the course a little bit, I thought that if I have a little bit of "normal" food on my fasting days that nothing won't happen or change. Indeed, my weight is exactly the same as it was on week 2, in fact it feels like I'm losing this battle.  It seems that I can't make this as a habit yet, speaking of which last Sunday I have received a 3rd e-mail from Fast Diet Kitchen with an exercising called "Habit forming".

Dendrites or neural pathways in our brains are like motorways and footpaths. The first time we learn to do something, pathways or dendrites are formed in our brains.

They become stronger and stronger the more times we do it, forming habits and leant responses.

I'm sure that for my body and mind it feels weird that I have less food, the portion size is different and the food consistency is different and all these will take longer than I thought to get used to. 

Now to the meals I had:

On Wednesday I had vegetable minestrone (159 cal) for lunch and vegetable casserole (116 cal) for dinner.

On Thursday I had delicious scotch broth (174 cal)  for lunch and vegetable chilli (194 cal) for dinner. 

I like how easy it is to cook these meals, if you are constantly on the go it will take 2 and a half minutes prep time and all ready to eat. The see through packaging allows you too see what you are about to eat, so you can pick and choose what you fancy on you fasting day.

It looks like I've lost my motivation last week, if you are in the same boat have a look at the article "12 ways to make the Fast Diet work for you" here and maybe you can find what works for you!

Disclaimer: I was sent the items mentioned above for the purpose of these weekly updates. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fast Diet Kitchen Summer Ready Campaign week 2 update

I have been participating in Summer Ready campaign for 3 weeks now. Those who have signed up to FDK weekly newsletter updates during week 1 were asked to do an exercise- to complete their own pledge. Writing the pledge helps to understand what it is you are going to achieve, that makes any goal or aim more successful. During week 2 was about choices we make.

I must admit last week I didn't have time to think about hunger or food as my little L was keeping me occupied. I did eat but it was very late in the day. When I weighed myself the day after fasting I was 89.5 kg and few days later my weight was going up and down.

On Wednesday I had butternut squash and sweet potato soup for lunch and spicy chicken arrabbiata for dinner.

On Thursday I had moroccan soup for lunch and moroccan lamb meatballs for dinner.

I am very determined to lose weight but because I have no time to exercise it is not so easy. I still have plenty of time till our holiday or my 30th and I certainly can feel slightly lighter and my tummy is less obvious, which is a great start! Even though my weight is jumping up and down I feel positive  as it didn't happen for many years and I'm hoping that eventually it will go down.

If you are interested in low calories recipes with Fast Diet Kitchen meal please sign up to weekly newsletter and if you are interested to read through Summer Ready FAQ head over here.  

Disclaimer: I was sent the items mentioned above for the purpose of these weekly updates. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fast Diet Kitchen Summer Ready Campaign week 1 update

Last week I have started a 5:2 diet plan, which means that you can eat everything for 5 days and other 2 days fast (500 cal per day).

I decided that will fast on Wednesdays and Thursday as would hate to miss out on chili con carne and pulled pork.

My weight before I started the diet was 92.9 kg or 14.6st (204 lb), the next day after fasting my weight was 91.2 kg, but over the weekend I'm back to 92.9 kg. I don't feel any difference so far, apart from the next day I feel more energised and my face was thinner.

Last week was a little bit tough, on day 1 I was extremely hungry and on day 2 I had a horrible migraine which didn't help at all.

As Fast Diet Kitchen supplied me with meals for 3 weeks I had a huge variety of meals to choose from.

Day 1 consisted of fruits throughout the day and garden pea & mint soup (150 cal) for lunch and aromatic chicken curry (190 cal) for dinner. 

Day 2 consisted of fruits again throughout the day and hearty 3 bean soup (213 cal) for lunch and butternut risotto (184 cal) for dinner.

I liked that meals are not powdered and you can see what is inside each packaging. All packaging has clear information about calories, ingredients and how to cook instructions. 
Suits those that don't cook, have no time to or out and about as it just takes 2 and a half minutes in microwave and it's done.

Garden pea and mint soup is something I have never tried before. 

As peas are normally overpowering but with a mint the taste wasn't too bad, quite an interesting flavour actually! 

Butternut risotto was my favourite meal of the week as I'm a big fan of rice and can eat overcooked, under cooked rice and the more the better!

Can't weight to new week of fasting and trying new Fast Diet Kitchen meals.

Disclaimer: I was sent the items mentioned above for the purpose of these weekly updates. All thoughts and opinions are my own.