Week 4, Day 1

Low-Carb Almond Pancakes (Gluten-Free)

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Sam: All hail the beauty of ground almonds! :) Loving our latest delicious discovery- fluffy, tasty, high-protein pancakes with not an ounce of flour in sight.

Sam

Brunch (12.15pm):

3 tbsp soya yoghurt and 1 tbsp low-fat cottage cheese

1 small white peach

Handful of roasted almonds

Few sips pink grapefruit juice*

Lunch (1.45pm):

2 low-carb almond pancakes

Chunks of roast turkey and small spoonful leftover fish curry gravy

Few sips pink grapefruit juice*

Snack (3.30pm):

Handful roasted peanuts (unsalted)

1 glass iced green tea

Snack (4.30pm):

1 small red apple

2 tsp crunchy peanut butter

Dinner (8.30pm):

1 small slice crustless spinach and tofu quiche with a few strips of turkey

2 slices rye crispbread

1 baby avocado and few strips smoked salmon

Sips pink grapefruit juice*

9.30pm: 1 cup green tea

Arivind
Breakfast (7.35am):
2 Weetabix with 1% milk

Lunch (1.30pm):

2 low-carb almond pancakes

Chunks of roast turkey and small spoonful leftover fish curry gravy

Handful of roasted peanuts (unsalted)
Large glass of orange juice*

3.10pm: Large mug of chai (no milk no sugar)

Dinner (8.30pm):

1 small slice crustless spinach and tofu quiche with a few strips of turkey

9.30pm: 1 cup green tea

Week 3, Day 7

*Apologies for the late update for the past 2 days- our internet connection died on us!

Fabulous Indian lunch cooked by Arivind's aunt this afternoon. No coconut milk, sugar or excessive oil or salt was used, and we stayed away from the white rice.

Arivind
Breakfast (8.20am):
2 Weeetabix with 1% milk

Snack (12.15pm):

1 slice rye bread with 6 thin slices chicken ham

2 tbsp cottage cheese

Lunch (2.30pm):

1 tbsp brown basmati rice

Seabass and vegetable curry (with okra and aubergine)

White cabbage and carrot stir fry (with onions, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil)

Spicy prawns (with dried chillies, oyster sauce and chilli powder)

Red lentil dhal

3.45pm : 1 small glass Diet Coke

Dinner (9.15pm):

White cabbage and carrot stir fry

5 spicy prawns

1 large glass tropical juice*

Sam

11.30pm: 1 sip pink grapefruit juice*

Lunch (2.30pm):

1 medium bowl brown basmati rice

Seabass and vegetable curry (with okra and aubergine)

White cabbage and carrot stir fry (with onions, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil)

Spicy prawns (with dried chillies, oyster sauce and chilli powder)

Red lentil dhal

Snack (3.45pm):

2 tsp low-fat cottage cheese

2 tbsp soya yoghurt

1 white peach and a sprinkling of almonds

4.45pm: 1 cup green tea

Dinner (6pm):

2 slices rye crispbread

1 spoonful seabass and vegetable curry

1 spoonful cabbage carrot stir fry

1 spoonful red lentil dhal

Few spicy prawns

6.30pm:

1 banana with 2 tbsp soya yoghurt, 1 tsp low-fat cottage cheese and sprinkling almonds

1 cup green tea

10pm: 1 cup green tea

*All juices are 100% not-from-concentrate, no sugar added

Week 3, Day 6

*Apologies for the late update for the past 2 days- our internet connection died on us!

Sam: Forced ourselves to do our 10-minute run today in the face of extremely wet and windy conditions. Shitty British weather is no match for our dedication.

Both of us ended up having a very late dinner out at 10pm due to visiting relatives. Delicious and managed to stay low-carb, but for some reason both of us are now suffering from indigestion and a general queasy discomfort in the tummy area. Hmm... bad idea to order seafood so late in the day perhaps? :S

Arivind
Breakfast (6.56am):
Cornflakes & 1% Milk

Snack (10.15am):

1 slice rye bread with 6 slices of thin chicken, cottage cheese & home made chilli paste

Lunch (3.00pm):
Brown rice with lean turkey mince curry (with baby corn and petit pois)

Snack (5.00pm):
Yoghurt

Dinner (10.00pm):
Salmon fillet marinated and baked in soy sauce, with shitake and button mushrooms served on chargrilled pak choi

Sam

Brunch/Snack (12.15pm):

6 thin slices chicken ham

3 tbsp soya yoghurt with a few almonds

Snack (1.30pm):

1 white peach

Lunch (3pm):

6 tbsp brown rice

Lean turkey mince curry (with baby corn and petit pois)

1 glass green tea

Snack (3.30pm):

Soya yoghurt with sprinkle of cocoa powder and sweetener

Handful of almonds

Tea (5.30pm):

Small bowl homemade miso soup with 2 tbsp brown rice

Few thin slices chicken ham

3 small tsp crunchy peanut butter

1 banana

1 apple

Sips of pink grapefruit juice

Dinner (10pm):

3 seared scallops with red peppers and bacon

Crab with 1/2 avocado, creme fraiche and salad leaves

Week 3, Day 5

Chargrilled pear and apple with almonds and non-fat yoghurt

Arivind : Went to work on a ad shoot today so had a very early start. Luckily I wrapped early so will be able to complete today and stick to the meal plan, but am exhausted and only managed 5 meals.

Breakfast (5.30am):
Cornflakes with 1%milk

Snack (10.00am):
A few almonds

Snack (2.00pm):
Handful of almonds

Lunch (3.00pm):
3 Egg omelette with mushrooms, garlic and 1/4 red onion
Grilled salmon fillet with homemade chilli-lemon paste
Handful of almonds
Half medium glass of tropical juice

Dinner (9.25pm):
2 tbsp non-fat yoghurt

Sam: Had a really late lie-in. Noticing also that we are munching our way through buckets of almonds way too quickly- after all it is one of the few easily portable, crunchy tasty high-protein snacks we're allowed!

Snack (1pm):

Handful roasted almonds and chickpeas

1 cup hot green tea

Snack (1.45pm):

1 chargrilled pear

1 chargrilled small apple

4 tbsp non-fat yoghurt

Sprinkling of almonds

Late lunch (3pm):

2 egg omelette with mushrooms, garlic and 1/4 red onion

Few sips pink grapefruit juice

Handful of green grapes

Snack (5pm):

Handful of roasted almonds

Dinner (6pm):

1 salmon fillet, cut into chunks and served in

1 large bowl homemade miso soup (plain, without tofu/seaweed/spring onions)

Week 3, Day 3

Roasted Spicy Chickpeas (with garam masala and cayenne pepper)

Sam: Have discovered that too much fruit makes me bloat. Dammit, I love fruit!

Arivind
Breakfast (9.00am):
2 scrambled eggs on rye bread with low fat cottage cheese
1 glass iced green tea

Snack (11.40am):
3 tablespoons non-fat yoghurt with cocoa powder

Lunch (1.30pm):
1 grilled banana and 1 grilled apple with low fat cottage cheese
1 glass iced green tea

Dinner (5.45pm):
4 scrambled eggs with low fat cottage cheese
1 tin mackerel in spicy tomato sauce
A handful of roasted almonds & chickpeas
1 glass green tea

Snack (8.25pm):
3 tablespoons of non-fat yoghurt

Sam

Lunch (1.30pm):

1 Japanese mixed leaf salad with chicken slices and sesame dressing

3 tbsp low-fat cottage cheese with sprinkling of roasted almonds, dried peaches and currants

Sips pink grapefruit juice

2.30pm: 1 cup green tea

Snack (5.50pm):

1 white-flesh peach and a few grapes

4 tbsp non-fat yoghurt

Snack (7.15pm):

1 cup green tea

Handful of grapes

Dinner (8pm):

3 scrambled eggs (with soy sauce and white pepper)

1 tin tuna chunks with homemade chilli-garlic-lemon paste

Snack (8.30pm):

1 small apple

1/2 large mango

Handful grapes

1 cup decaf green tea

Week 3, Day 2

Arivind: I don't have much to say today, save for the fact that if doing 6 days this week don't feel too bad, I might try doing 7 days a week once the challenge is done with. Plus, I have made a cheesy workout playlist. Includes KISS, Journey & Yngwie Malmsteen!

Brekkie (6.45am):
Bit of granola with 1% Milk
1 medium glass apple juice

Snack (10.55am):
2 tbsp non-fat yoghurt
Handful of roasted chickpeas

Lunch (11.45am):
1 small chargrilled lean steak
Boiled petit pois and mushrooms
1 Egg (in a touch of olive oil)
1 Egg White (made into sugar-free meringues)
Half a large mango

Snack (5.10pm):
Handful of roast chickpeas
1 cup green tea

Dinner (7.15pm):
2 scrambled eggs with a light drizzle of Reggae Sauce & some wholegrain mustard on rye bread
1 cup green tea.

Snack (22.05pm):
6 thin, 3 thick pieces salmon sashimi with carpaccio dressing

Sam

Breakfast (7.45am):

1 banana

Handful cornflakes

1 tsp crunchy peanut butter

Sips of pink grapefruit juice

Snack (10.30am):

1 white-flesh peach

Few roast chickpeas

1 tsp crunchy peanut butter

Lunch (11.45am):

1 small chargrilled lean steak
Boiled petit pois and mushrooms
1 Egg (in a touch of olive oil)
1 Egg White (made into sugar-free meringues)
Half a large mango

Snack (4.30pm):

1 banana

Few chunks mixed fruit

5pm- 1 cup hot green tea

Dinner (8pm):

1 small portion Japanese seaweed salad

1 mixed leaf salad with sesame dressing and salmon chunks

12 thin and 9 thick slices of salmon sashimi (with soy, pickled ginger and carpaccio dressing)

Snack (9pm):

Handful roast chickpeas

10.30pm: 1 cup Tru-Dtox tea

Few sips pink grapefruit juice*

*All juices are 100% not-from-concentrate, no sugar added.

Week 3- Day 1

Sam: No more swelling of the ankle so decided to just go for it today and save the precious one day off this week for later! Am getting better at the exercise wheel, rolling pretty far out now (though still nowhere near as flat as the guy on YouTube) and can comfortably manage 2 sets of 12.

Am typing this close to midnight- my last meal was about 4 hours ago and I am now STARVING. I have concluded that I am by nature one of those naughty night-time nibblers.... unfortunately we've run out of almonds, peanuts, eggs or any high-protein snack in the kitchen so I can't go nibble on anything now anyway. Sigh... will just have to go to bed and wake up to restock at Asda.

Just realised that by the end of this week we'd already be halfway through the entire challenge! Hmm no real noticeable difference in either of our abs yet. Tsk tsk... FHM, it's not looking good!

Arivind

8.30am- 1 glass orange juice*

Snack (11.10am):

Small bowl of granola with no milk

Lunch (1.45pm):

Lots of homemade roast chicken, skinless

Few florets broccoli

Handful of granola

4pm- 1 glass orange juice*

Dinner (7.15pm):

1 low-fat turkey sausage

1 sunny-side up egg (in a touch of olive oil)

Few slivers of roast chicken

1 cup green tea

Sam

Breakfast (11.45am):

1 banana

2 tbsp frozen non-fat yoghurt

Handful of salted peanuts (unfortunately we're out of unsalted almonds)

Snack (1pm):

1/2 a small mango

Lunch (2pm):

Roughly 1/4 roast chicken

Few florets broccoli

1 1/2 egg whites (or rather, my failed attempt at sugar-free meringues... must try again)

1 cup green tea

1 pear

Sips of pink grapefruit juice*

Snack (4pm):

1 cup green tea

Handful salted peanuts

1 small white flesh peach

Dinner (7.30pm):

1 low-fat turkey sausage

Sunny-side up egg (in a touch of olive oil)

1 small mango

1 cup green tea

*All juices are 100% not-from-concentrate, no sugar added.