Day 27

Weight: 13 stone 13 lb

Lost: 2 lb

Total weight loss since day 1: 1 stone 2 lb

Wow, I was really blown away when I got onto the scales to reveal that I am 13 stone 13 lb! It feels so good to be in the '13 stone zone' again...it's been a while!

So I set myself out another goal, that by the end of February I will hit 12 stone 13 lb, so I'm really going to go all out and go for it to hit my target (or get pretty damn close!)

For breakfast I consumed a litre of green smoothie consisting of chard and bananas, which tasted really good. I actually made more than I was supposed to make and I wasn't going to drink the whole litre, but because it tasted so good...I did! And yes, I did feel a bit bloated afterwards, but even with my full feeling I still hauled myself off to the gym.

Had a great workout, and surprisingly with all that green fluid sloshing around in my belly I still managed to do the CV machines without getting a stitch...it actually gave me the energy to push on and I even upped my weights, so no doubt, I'll be stiff tomorrow. Even at the end of my gym session, I still felt I had a lot of energy and just felt great!

Back at the casa I ate some flax seed crackers with sliced avocado for lunch...it's all I needed as I was still full from my litre of smoothie. 

I decided that since I had a load of kale in my fridge I would whiz up a sauce to pour over the kale leaves and dehydrate to make lovely kale chips. 

My magic sauce goes like this (Courtesy of my raw food friend Jane Gudge):

4 tomatoes
1 medium red pepper
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder
a good sprinkling of garlic powder
pinch of sea salt

All whizzed together in my Blendtec (blender). De-stemmed the kale leaves, tore up into a big bowl and lovingly poured the mixture from the blender over the kale then gave it a nice massage with my hands. Popped the leaves into the dehydrator using 3 trays to dehydrate overnight at 105º.

Kale leaves in tomato & pepper sauce ready to be dehydrated and will turn into crunchy kale chips.

As per usual for dinner I made a big salad combining my lovely organic lettuce that I bought at the market (and yes it does taste different to the lettuce from the supermarket.); cucumber; tomato; carrot; spring onion; green olives; capers; raisins and sunflower seeds...oh and I threw in some diced apple. Top salad, if I do say so myself!

Well back to the gym in the morning and hopefully a pound lighter.

Hasta pronto