Had a pretty good fast on Monday, after an indulgent weekend. Enjoyed my miso soup at lunchtime, and had a little carton of mandarin segments in juice mid-afternoon.
Mussels are fab – even my normally seafood-hating husband loves them. And there’s plenty of packs in sauce available in supermarkets these days, so they make a quick dish that I can share with him. We had the Tesco ones in a white wine and garlic sauce (126 calories per pack), and I even had enough calories for a small hunk of baguette to dunk into the sauce. Lovely!
I was experimenting with healthifying snack recipes, and I came up with this version of egg mayo, using quark instead. Take one hard boiled egg, and smash it with a blob (30-50g) of plain quark. Add celery salt and black pepper to taste. Around 100 cals for that. I had it piled onto a couple of ryvitas – the black pepper are my favourite flavour. Yum!
Thursday’s fast was tricky – I had a blinding headache, which I fought off with Bovril, Marigold, and Miso, and went for an express head and neck massage during my lunch hour. I regretted that, as she seemed to spend a lot of time trying to get the knots out of my shoulders with her elbows. Ouch!
Lovely evening meal – fillets of sea bass, steamed with 2 thinly sliced chestnut mushrooms and 3 sliced spring onions, a few slivers of sushi ginger, and a splash of low-soy-sauce. 250-300 calories of gourmet deliciousness – this is good enough even for non-fast days. Wow!
I might take a break from 5and2ing for a while – it’s my half-marathon next week and I want to make sure I’ve fuelled my body properly for that. And the following week we’re off on holiday. I MAY try the occasional 24hr fast, but to be honest, it’s unlikely.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and keeeeeeeeeep fasting!
Dancing At Lunacy 
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