Worth feeling stuffed for

Hi everyone, how are you enjoying the last few days of 2011? I’ve been continuing to eat some gorgeous food but I have to admit I’m a bit stuffed and sugared out! Here’s just a few of the tasty treats I’ve had:

2 slices of my cider bread with Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter and a sliced pear

Pitta sandwich with a slice of my veggie loaf, sabra hummus, spinach and vegan pesto, veggies and olives

Huge bowl of stir fried broccoli, savoy cabbage, red cabbage, carrot and soya beans with soba noodles and almond butter miso sauce

Dark choc covered homemade gingerbread cookies, persimmon, apple

Hot chocolate made with soy milk and cocoa powder sweetened with honey and spiced up with some Sailor Jerry Rum. Hersey’s Dark Chocolate Kisses snackies

Porridge with apple, homemade cranberry sauce, dark chocolate covered marzipan hearts (I buried more in there) and soy cream

Peanut butter cup smoothie – frozen banana, 2 scoops of peanut butter swirl spirutein powder, water, ice, gums, about half a jar of crunchy peanut butter topped with dark chocolate dreams pb sauce and peanut butter puffins

Big salad with cavolo nero massaged with lemon juice, small bag of mixed leaves, red cabbage, Taifun basil tofu, olives, sabra hummus watered down slightly and made into a dressing with some of the sweet pepper oil from the olives mixed in

Slice of veggie loaf with vegan pesto on top, swede chips, maple pecan brussel sprouts with added dried cranberries and ketchup

Simple fruit bowl with pear, apple and frozen grapes

I have to say I reached my limit yesterday after having the porridge for breakfast and the PB cup smoothie post workout, I absolutely stuffed myself! I still have some chocolate and a couple of treats to enjoy over the next few days but I’m trying to take it a bit easier with the amount of food I’m eating. I’m not feeling guilty or anything, I’m just sick of feeling so stuffed, although the food has been so delicious its been worth it ;-) I’m looking forward to eating simpler foods in January! I have managed to keep working out pretty well though and have been to the gym the last couple of days – 1 hour cardio HIITs on Wednesday and I’m planning that again this morning and some strength training and 30 minutes of cardio HIITs yesterday.

I’ll be back later with a 2011 review / goals for 2012 post – I’ve really enjoyed writing it, 2011 has been crazy!

I know I’ll be back to normal in January so it has been nice to enjoy more treats than usual – and even them haven’t been horribly unhealthy even if they do make me a bit bloated! How as this week been for you? Have you continued to enjoy your treats or have you been eating more normally?