Food...what's going in my gob!

So I guess it's about time I disclose what I am eating, after all it's all part of the weight loss machine isn't it?

Once upon a time, I used to be a chef, I loved and loathed that work. Loved it because it gave me an outlet for my creativity, loathed it because the weight would keep on creeping on especially with the type of food I had to cook, desserts! Pavlova, cheesecake, devil's food cake, gateaux, profiteroles, croquembouche you name it, I can make it and I certainly can eat it! For me, taking four ingredients and whipping up a feast is no big deal but during this weight loss journey I have found that I really cannot be fagged with cooking at all so because of this I eat mostly raw and very nearly vegetarian.

A typical day in the Barb kitchen looks like this:

Breakfast: Green Smoothie (celery, silverbeet, lemon juice, ginger, apple, banana, water, spirulina)

Snack: Raw Almonds

Lunch: Spinach & Feta Wrap filled with grated carrot, iceberg lettuce, red onion, edam cheese, sprouts)

Snack: Rice Crackers and Fruit, or Greek Yoghurt or Fruit Salad

Dinner: is usually one of the following -

- Moroccan Spiced Chicken with Brown Rice and Green Salad, no dressing
- Cheese, Spinach and Mushroom Omlette with Brown  Rice and Green Salad no dressing
- Spicy Chickpeas in Tomatoes with Brown Rice and Green Salad, no dressing
- Vegetable Wrap with a Garden Salad, no dressing
- Quinoa and Roasted Vegetable Salad
- Steak (med rare) with Brown Rice and Green Salad, no dressing

Snack: nuts again!

Other: Coffee, cannot do with out my shot of java!

So there you go, the menu, it's not exactly the most exciting on the planet, but it's what I can deal with and keeps me away from the taboo foods! Am I bored with my food? absolutely not and when I finally do get sick to the back teeth of brown rice and chickpeas, I will simply change it :)