I am so excited to be going on holiday. It feels like forever since I last had some time off work - I've had a fairly stressful couple of weeks which has led to lack of sleep and a general feeling of being run down. 12 whole days off work and 10 days in Croatia. That will do the trick.
My eating still isn't on plan. I had a massive craving for pizza last night (not helped by working right next to a Pizza shop I am sure) but instead of caving in and buying a Dominoes, I bought some pizza bases and made my own with low fat cheese and loads of veggies. Not really a big deal, but a sign to me that I have not completely lost the plot. I'm still eating more than I need to, but at least the 'more' is healthier choices than it once would have been. I'm not sure how I am going to get past the craving for a Greggs pasty however... I don't think there is such a thing as a healthier version. Hopefully not having to walk past the devil place for the next week or so will knock that one on the head.
So - plan of action for hols is:
1) Walk as much as possible, hopefully the weather will be somewhat better than the monsoon season we are currently experiencing here.
2) Keep a note of what I am eating - tracking of sorts.
3) Make healthier choices where possible - don't have chips with everything just because you are on hols and don't eat everything in sight at breakfast just because you have 'paid for it already'
4) Swim at least every other day.
So fingers crossed I won't come back with some form of hideous gain. I've only a couple of weeks after returning before I am off to Vegas with about 20 of our friends (I know, totally ridiculous planning) so I need to make sure my body is as bikini ready as possible at 17 odd stone.
Have a lovely long weekend everyone, I will be back on the 10th April with photos - possibly before if I need to vent my excesses whilst away.
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Round up
I've been a bit AWOL of late. I travelled up North late on Wednesday night to attend a funeral on Thursday and ended up coming back home yesterday. My eating hasn't been horrendous, but I haven't really pointed. I have that mentality that I won't be weighing in for a few weeks due to holiday so I don't need to worry overly - not clever.
Yesterday was fairly bad - my train coming home was cancelled which meant instead of a direct train journey of 4.5 hours, I ended up on 5 different trains and got back home 8 hours later as many more trains were cancelled en route. Don't you just love trying to get anywhere in this country? I ended up grabbing food at M&S when I got back to the station so I probably had a weeks worth of calories last night (Macaroni cheese and chips - carb heaven). Still, I am not going to stress, it's not something I do overly often and I felt fairly unpleasant after it.
Today has been a bit better, no breakfast as we went out for lunch, but I am still feeling fairly stuffed so probably no dinner required. Exercise is still severly lacking, but my crunchy knee has been causing me a bit of pain of late - really need to get it checked out at some point.
2 more days at work then we are off to Croatia for 10 days. BA are saying that flights from Gatwick are unaffected by the latest strike so fingers crossed we are ok. We fly to Dubrovnik but plan to travel around abit. Anyone with any suggestions of must see places in Croatia - let me know! Really looking forward to just getting away from it all. Swimming costume is packed and my aim is try and swim every day and eat fairly healthily.
I tried on my bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding which is in October and it's still not the most flattering. I could with losing at least another stone by then... so I need to get this lard arse back into action. I feel annoyed with myself that I've been messing around so much of late. Not sure how easy it will be to be good while I'm away but I'll give it a bloody good go.
On the plus side, I wore a dress and heels whilst at home and lots of people commented on how much weight I had lost and how well I looked. I guess I should try and focus on how well I have done so far instead of keep being daunted by how far still to go. I need to stop beating myself up about lack of progress of late and be happy that I've not done my usual trick of losing weight, losing the plot and piling the weight plus more back on.
Right then, I must stop procrastinating and think about packing, unpacking and repacking approximately 27 times as is the norm.
Yesterday was fairly bad - my train coming home was cancelled which meant instead of a direct train journey of 4.5 hours, I ended up on 5 different trains and got back home 8 hours later as many more trains were cancelled en route. Don't you just love trying to get anywhere in this country? I ended up grabbing food at M&S when I got back to the station so I probably had a weeks worth of calories last night (Macaroni cheese and chips - carb heaven). Still, I am not going to stress, it's not something I do overly often and I felt fairly unpleasant after it.
Today has been a bit better, no breakfast as we went out for lunch, but I am still feeling fairly stuffed so probably no dinner required. Exercise is still severly lacking, but my crunchy knee has been causing me a bit of pain of late - really need to get it checked out at some point.
2 more days at work then we are off to Croatia for 10 days. BA are saying that flights from Gatwick are unaffected by the latest strike so fingers crossed we are ok. We fly to Dubrovnik but plan to travel around abit. Anyone with any suggestions of must see places in Croatia - let me know! Really looking forward to just getting away from it all. Swimming costume is packed and my aim is try and swim every day and eat fairly healthily.
I tried on my bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding which is in October and it's still not the most flattering. I could with losing at least another stone by then... so I need to get this lard arse back into action. I feel annoyed with myself that I've been messing around so much of late. Not sure how easy it will be to be good while I'm away but I'll give it a bloody good go.
On the plus side, I wore a dress and heels whilst at home and lots of people commented on how much weight I had lost and how well I looked. I guess I should try and focus on how well I have done so far instead of keep being daunted by how far still to go. I need to stop beating myself up about lack of progress of late and be happy that I've not done my usual trick of losing weight, losing the plot and piling the weight plus more back on.
Right then, I must stop procrastinating and think about packing, unpacking and repacking approximately 27 times as is the norm.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Drastic action required
Enough already. Half a pound on this week which is not the end of the world, but I'm the same flipping weight I was before Xmas and it's really starting to do my head in now. The past 3 weeks I have gained 2.5 pounds, stayed the same and then gained a half. Ridiculous. I'm now not weighing in for 2 weeks as we're off to Croatia next Wednesday morning which is obviously not going to help.
Monday was ok, I was fairly prepared, but I had to attend that Speed Awareness Course on the night which ran from 5-9pm. I'd had some soup before leaving the office but by 7pm I was famished, which meant I got home and polished off 3 slices of toast before bed. What a stupid time to run a course in a place with no facilities other than tea and coffee from a nasty machine... it almost encourages you to speed home due to extreme hunger and tiredness. Perhaps I should have been a bit better prepared and taken a sandwich or something with me. Ah well, you live and learn.
Yesterday should have been better, but I had some bad news which threw me right off kilter. I missed lunch and went home early and ended up eating half a packet of Fig Rolls as I was suddenly ravenous, that with my planned Lasagne for dinner and a couple of glasses of wine in an attempt to destress (bad idea) put me over once again. Unfortunately I have to head back up North tonight to attend a funeral tomorrow, something I have been expecting for a while but when the news came, it didn't make it any easier. My big boss has been great and told me to take tomorrow off and stay at my parents on Friday and work if from there if I am up to it. So I'm going to travel back down South on Saturday afternoon.
Tonight I have a 5 hour train journey which is not going to be much fun, but I've got food with me. I'm going to do the photo diary again for a few days in an attempt to shame me into being good.
Today looks like this:
Breakfast - small baguette roll with 1 tbsp of egg mayo and crispy bacon (7)
Lunch - Innocent Veg Pot - Japenese Miso Noodles (4)
Dinner on the train - cold left over Lasagne made with extra lean mince and loads of veggies (6.5)
A packet of Space Raiders (1) from a multi pack and a 99 calorie Drifter (2) for the train journey if needed.
So thats 20.5 in total out of 26. I am going to try and stick with this for today as I need to bank some for the inevitable damage I will do at the weekend. I was supposed to be out for the next 4 days in a row, but now I am going home that's all cancelled which in a way is better for me as it allows me to have a bit more control. I just need to make sure I control the emotional eating thing and it could all be good.
Monday was ok, I was fairly prepared, but I had to attend that Speed Awareness Course on the night which ran from 5-9pm. I'd had some soup before leaving the office but by 7pm I was famished, which meant I got home and polished off 3 slices of toast before bed. What a stupid time to run a course in a place with no facilities other than tea and coffee from a nasty machine... it almost encourages you to speed home due to extreme hunger and tiredness. Perhaps I should have been a bit better prepared and taken a sandwich or something with me. Ah well, you live and learn.
Yesterday should have been better, but I had some bad news which threw me right off kilter. I missed lunch and went home early and ended up eating half a packet of Fig Rolls as I was suddenly ravenous, that with my planned Lasagne for dinner and a couple of glasses of wine in an attempt to destress (bad idea) put me over once again. Unfortunately I have to head back up North tonight to attend a funeral tomorrow, something I have been expecting for a while but when the news came, it didn't make it any easier. My big boss has been great and told me to take tomorrow off and stay at my parents on Friday and work if from there if I am up to it. So I'm going to travel back down South on Saturday afternoon.
Tonight I have a 5 hour train journey which is not going to be much fun, but I've got food with me. I'm going to do the photo diary again for a few days in an attempt to shame me into being good.
Today looks like this:
Breakfast - small baguette roll with 1 tbsp of egg mayo and crispy bacon (7)
Lunch - Innocent Veg Pot - Japenese Miso Noodles (4)
A packet of Space Raiders (1) from a multi pack and a 99 calorie Drifter (2) for the train journey if needed.
So thats 20.5 in total out of 26. I am going to try and stick with this for today as I need to bank some for the inevitable damage I will do at the weekend. I was supposed to be out for the next 4 days in a row, but now I am going home that's all cancelled which in a way is better for me as it allows me to have a bit more control. I just need to make sure I control the emotional eating thing and it could all be good.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Lovely weekend, diet disaster
I've had a really lovely weekend, but another terrible weekend for a Weight Watcher. I don't know why I am finding it so bloody hard to stay on track as of Friday night, I seem to lose the plot and don't get round to finding it again until Sunday evening.
I didn't get to Spinning on Friday as the class was full so I made do with a swim instead. I only managed 20 minutes as the pool was full of children - which is not overly helpful when trying to swim lengths, but I suppose it's better than nothing at all. Dinner was already prepared as I'd stuck a lamb curry in the slow cooker so in theory I should have been ok pointwise... However, booze took over a bit and I got the munchies later on which saw me scoffing a couple of babybel lights and half a mini bar of Dairy Milk - not the end of the world but not needed!
Saturday ended up being a bit of a rush, we totally overslept so didn't make it to the gym and headed off to Plymouth about 2 hours later than planned! Missed breakfast and then ended up grabbing a McDonalds on the way. Not the healthiest of choices admittedly. Saturday night was dinner at a Chinese Restaurant with 5 of our friends, we had so much food but I felt fairly stuffed very quickly so I didn't eat as much as I could have done. However, add that to the wine consumed and the G&T's later - you have another points disaster.
Yesterday even worse... We went for breakfast in Plymouth before heading home, I was feeling slightly hungover so ended up with a full english which I managed to polish off without much trouble. We then decided to stop off in Weston Super Mare on our way back since it was a lovely day - we did walk about 3 miles along the beach which I suppose helped, but the smell of the Fish and Chips was too much to cope with and I gave in and had some. Doh. So although Saturday and Sunday I only had 2 meals, they were flipping disasterous meals!
Here's a little picture of the lovely beach at Weston with our ugly mugs in the forefront :)
Dread to think what the defecit of the weekend is - I imagine around 20000 points. Today should be better, my planned meals come to 19 points and I am feeling fairly full and sickly given I've eaten a load of crap all weekend. I've got to attend a Speed Awareness Course tonight from 5pm-9pm so there is no chance of me scoffing during that which could be a saving grace and I've brought some Zero Point soup and a roll to have beforehand.
Weds is my last official WI before Croatia (if BA don't cancel our flights) and I am seriously expecting a gain. I seem to manage 4 good days and 3 disasterous ones every week. I need to get a flipping grip!
Matt and I had a chat and we're going to make a big effort to have a fairly healthy holiday, not so much booze, lots of walking and hopefully plenty of healthy food. Fingers crossed that despite only having one night in this week, I can find some self restraint from somewhere.
I didn't get to Spinning on Friday as the class was full so I made do with a swim instead. I only managed 20 minutes as the pool was full of children - which is not overly helpful when trying to swim lengths, but I suppose it's better than nothing at all. Dinner was already prepared as I'd stuck a lamb curry in the slow cooker so in theory I should have been ok pointwise... However, booze took over a bit and I got the munchies later on which saw me scoffing a couple of babybel lights and half a mini bar of Dairy Milk - not the end of the world but not needed!
Saturday ended up being a bit of a rush, we totally overslept so didn't make it to the gym and headed off to Plymouth about 2 hours later than planned! Missed breakfast and then ended up grabbing a McDonalds on the way. Not the healthiest of choices admittedly. Saturday night was dinner at a Chinese Restaurant with 5 of our friends, we had so much food but I felt fairly stuffed very quickly so I didn't eat as much as I could have done. However, add that to the wine consumed and the G&T's later - you have another points disaster.
Yesterday even worse... We went for breakfast in Plymouth before heading home, I was feeling slightly hungover so ended up with a full english which I managed to polish off without much trouble. We then decided to stop off in Weston Super Mare on our way back since it was a lovely day - we did walk about 3 miles along the beach which I suppose helped, but the smell of the Fish and Chips was too much to cope with and I gave in and had some. Doh. So although Saturday and Sunday I only had 2 meals, they were flipping disasterous meals!
Here's a little picture of the lovely beach at Weston with our ugly mugs in the forefront :)
Dread to think what the defecit of the weekend is - I imagine around 20000 points. Today should be better, my planned meals come to 19 points and I am feeling fairly full and sickly given I've eaten a load of crap all weekend. I've got to attend a Speed Awareness Course tonight from 5pm-9pm so there is no chance of me scoffing during that which could be a saving grace and I've brought some Zero Point soup and a roll to have beforehand.
Weds is my last official WI before Croatia (if BA don't cancel our flights) and I am seriously expecting a gain. I seem to manage 4 good days and 3 disasterous ones every week. I need to get a flipping grip!
Matt and I had a chat and we're going to make a big effort to have a fairly healthy holiday, not so much booze, lots of walking and hopefully plenty of healthy food. Fingers crossed that despite only having one night in this week, I can find some self restraint from somewhere.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
So far so good
Yesterday was a good day, despite my moaning at my lack of a loss, it spurred me on a bit to try and get my big fat behind back in gear. I made it to Spinning and didn't even try and talk myself out of it like I usually do, progress of sorts. I'm not a fan of the new Wednesday night instructor (The Crazy Lady) as she does the whole 45 minute class at a sprint pace which I just find ridiculous, but I got on with it, worked up a sweat and generally just felt a bit happier for making the effort to move more. I allowed myself a small glass of wine with Dinner which used up a couple of Bonus Points, but I still managed to bank 4.5. Day 1 on track in the bag.
Today feels good, I've managed to remember to brush my teeth this morning which is a bonus... and I am dressed properly and my makeup is in tact. Plus, all my meals are planned and come in at a more than respectable 18 points (I'm allowed 26) so I'll have to get a few snacks in later to try and bring that up. I was meant to meeting a friend tonight but he's postponed until next week which means I can head out for another walk along the river tonight since it's lovely weather again.
I've only really got the potential difficulties of Saturday to cope with this week as we're off to Plymouth for the night to meet friends, but I'm fairly confident I can stay on track. I'm going to go Spinning again on Friday to build up a few more points.
Next week is going to be a nightmare, the only night I've no plans is Tuesday which means I am going to be eating out Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday!! Potentially Monday I can eat before I head out, but the rest of the time is going to be tricky. Much planning is required I think. I may have to eat a lot of salad and no point soup during the days so I have a fair few points available to me.
Right then, best get on with some work. I'm stuggling today to concentrate on work as I keep looking for holiday clothes which I can't afford until pay day. I just had to give myself a right talking to as I was about to purchase a £45 bikini. I may well treat myself to it next week if I managed to shift another couple of pounds.... now there's an incentive!
Today feels good, I've managed to remember to brush my teeth this morning which is a bonus... and I am dressed properly and my makeup is in tact. Plus, all my meals are planned and come in at a more than respectable 18 points (I'm allowed 26) so I'll have to get a few snacks in later to try and bring that up. I was meant to meeting a friend tonight but he's postponed until next week which means I can head out for another walk along the river tonight since it's lovely weather again.
I've only really got the potential difficulties of Saturday to cope with this week as we're off to Plymouth for the night to meet friends, but I'm fairly confident I can stay on track. I'm going to go Spinning again on Friday to build up a few more points.
Next week is going to be a nightmare, the only night I've no plans is Tuesday which means I am going to be eating out Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday!! Potentially Monday I can eat before I head out, but the rest of the time is going to be tricky. Much planning is required I think. I may have to eat a lot of salad and no point soup during the days so I have a fair few points available to me.
Right then, best get on with some work. I'm stuggling today to concentrate on work as I keep looking for holiday clothes which I can't afford until pay day. I just had to give myself a right talking to as I was about to purchase a £45 bikini. I may well treat myself to it next week if I managed to shift another couple of pounds.... now there's an incentive!
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Stubborn Scales
I stayed the same this morning at WI and I've no idea why, but I am disappointed. I've not exactly had the best of weeks from a food or exercise perspective so I guess I should be happy that the scales didn't go up. I had some ridiculous idea in my head that because I'd been ill, it would counteract any bad eating and cause me to lose the lard. Note to self, following WW works, Dysentry and KFC doesn't.
So I am going to brave Spinning tonight for the first time in a few weeks. I feel like that as much as I feel like sticking needles in my eyes, but I have to get back into it. I'm spending a bloody fortune on gym membership which is used about once a month at the moment. I'm even contemplating trying to go to the gym before work so I can't spend all day conjuring up reason number 1099 not to go. I guess now that the mornings are getting lighter, it won't be so much of a struggle to get out of bed.
I may resort to the photo food diary from tomorrow if I sway off track today, it seems to be the only thing that keeps me on the straight and narrow. I've no social plans now until Saturday so in theory, I should be angelic.
I'm a bit worried about myself today as I seem to be going somewhat mad - I forgot to clean my teeth this morning??? I've only been performing this action for the past 33 years so you can see why it's something I'd forget to do. I had to buy an emergency toothbrush and some listerine this morning as I didn't dare talk to anyone in the office. I'm sat here wondering what else I might have forgotten, but at first glance I seem to be fully clothed and I've not just mascara'ed one eye (I've done that before - and with blonde eyelashes, that's not the best look!) so here's hoping it's a temporary bout of insanity.
So I am going to brave Spinning tonight for the first time in a few weeks. I feel like that as much as I feel like sticking needles in my eyes, but I have to get back into it. I'm spending a bloody fortune on gym membership which is used about once a month at the moment. I'm even contemplating trying to go to the gym before work so I can't spend all day conjuring up reason number 1099 not to go. I guess now that the mornings are getting lighter, it won't be so much of a struggle to get out of bed.
I may resort to the photo food diary from tomorrow if I sway off track today, it seems to be the only thing that keeps me on the straight and narrow. I've no social plans now until Saturday so in theory, I should be angelic.
I'm a bit worried about myself today as I seem to be going somewhat mad - I forgot to clean my teeth this morning??? I've only been performing this action for the past 33 years so you can see why it's something I'd forget to do. I had to buy an emergency toothbrush and some listerine this morning as I didn't dare talk to anyone in the office. I'm sat here wondering what else I might have forgotten, but at first glance I seem to be fully clothed and I've not just mascara'ed one eye (I've done that before - and with blonde eyelashes, that's not the best look!) so here's hoping it's a temporary bout of insanity.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
What a difference a day makes....
Yesterday - a fairly good day. Breakfast caused me a few issues as I wasn't prepared and ended up with a 9 point sandwich, however I pulled it back, got all my fruit and veg in and went for a 40 minute walk along the river with Matt after work. I was wearing my Reebok Easytone which are supposed to help tone up one's bum and thighs more, but apart from feeling a bit wobbly, I can't say I noticed a massive difference. I was fairly sweaty once we got home as Matt was hungry so he had me walking at twice my normal speed - not a bad thing I guess. It was such a nice day yesterday I was actually in a good mood on a Monday for once.
Today - not such a good day. Breakfast and Lunch all planned. I managed to 'forget' that I'd eaten my planned packet of Monster Munch at 11am and snaffled another packet with my sandwich - not overly clever. Then I went for a coffee and I seem to have inadvertently inhaled a Caramel Shortbread. I convinced myself once it was ordered that I'd only eat half... well I didn't. I ate it all and now I feel a bit sick. That leaves me with about 4 points for dinner - which would be ok if I wasn't off to a friends house tonight. She knows I am a serial Weight Watcher and is cooking a Veggie Shepherds Pie which I imagine won't do too much damage, but it's clearly not going to be 4 points. Oh well, I shall brave the scales tomorrow and see what's what. I need a bloody good kick.
I really wanted to get myself to 16 stone something by the time we go to Croatia (or not as the case may be thanks to Bloody British Airways.... but that's a whole other rant) however, that's only 2 weeks away and I can't see me getting 6 pounds off at the rate I am currently going. I guess I just need to focus less on the number on the scales and concentrate on how I feel and how my clothes fit.
Wish me luck for tomorrow people, another gain and I may well resort to drastic measures - such as sewing my gob shut for a week.
Today - not such a good day. Breakfast and Lunch all planned. I managed to 'forget' that I'd eaten my planned packet of Monster Munch at 11am and snaffled another packet with my sandwich - not overly clever. Then I went for a coffee and I seem to have inadvertently inhaled a Caramel Shortbread. I convinced myself once it was ordered that I'd only eat half... well I didn't. I ate it all and now I feel a bit sick. That leaves me with about 4 points for dinner - which would be ok if I wasn't off to a friends house tonight. She knows I am a serial Weight Watcher and is cooking a Veggie Shepherds Pie which I imagine won't do too much damage, but it's clearly not going to be 4 points. Oh well, I shall brave the scales tomorrow and see what's what. I need a bloody good kick.
I really wanted to get myself to 16 stone something by the time we go to Croatia (or not as the case may be thanks to Bloody British Airways.... but that's a whole other rant) however, that's only 2 weeks away and I can't see me getting 6 pounds off at the rate I am currently going. I guess I just need to focus less on the number on the scales and concentrate on how I feel and how my clothes fit.
Wish me luck for tomorrow people, another gain and I may well resort to drastic measures - such as sewing my gob shut for a week.
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Shoe Sunday
Sunday night - probably another monumental defecit on the points front - but I've actually not pointed since Friday morning and I actually don't feel the usual guilt about it. After a week of dysentry, I was finally feeling back to normal yesterday morning and it's fair to say I've made up for it since then.
Matt took me for lunch yesterday to apologise for us having to cancel our Edinburgh trip. Bless him, his job is really stressful and he works all the hours God sends so I think he was fairly gutted to have to cancel, but we've actually had a really nice weekend with no plans for once. I managed a 3 course lunch of the most gorgeous food and half a bottle of prosecco, which meant I didn't eat for the rest of the day. Stomach issues somewhat forgotten. Last night we stayed in and watched crap TV and played on the Wii. T'was lovely.
Today I've indulged in a spot of retail therapy with my best mate. I ended up buying the most ridiculous pair of shoes which I will only be able to wear if I sit down the whole time since I live in flats. I have a tendancy to walk like a man in drag in anything higher than an inch. However, they are gorgeous and I am a sucker for shoes and all things animal print, I've visions of me wearing these with the dress I bought earlier (which is far too tight) so I need to buckle down and get this blooming weight off!
Food today hasn't been great, I've had a bacon sandwich and a KFC. Ahem. I've had a little hop on the scales and they seem to be down, but I'm under no illusions. They are bound to hop back up by Wednesday unless I get myself back on track.
So here's to a couple of good days. I may have to force myself to the gym tomorrow - let's not push it though... One step at a time and all that - and they are very unsteady steps in my new shoes!
Matt took me for lunch yesterday to apologise for us having to cancel our Edinburgh trip. Bless him, his job is really stressful and he works all the hours God sends so I think he was fairly gutted to have to cancel, but we've actually had a really nice weekend with no plans for once. I managed a 3 course lunch of the most gorgeous food and half a bottle of prosecco, which meant I didn't eat for the rest of the day. Stomach issues somewhat forgotten. Last night we stayed in and watched crap TV and played on the Wii. T'was lovely.
Today I've indulged in a spot of retail therapy with my best mate. I ended up buying the most ridiculous pair of shoes which I will only be able to wear if I sit down the whole time since I live in flats. I have a tendancy to walk like a man in drag in anything higher than an inch. However, they are gorgeous and I am a sucker for shoes and all things animal print, I've visions of me wearing these with the dress I bought earlier (which is far too tight) so I need to buckle down and get this blooming weight off!
Food today hasn't been great, I've had a bacon sandwich and a KFC. Ahem. I've had a little hop on the scales and they seem to be down, but I'm under no illusions. They are bound to hop back up by Wednesday unless I get myself back on track.
So here's to a couple of good days. I may have to force myself to the gym tomorrow - let's not push it though... One step at a time and all that - and they are very unsteady steps in my new shoes!
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Normal service almost resumed
Yesterday ended up being an enforced good day on the food front. The dysentry was still in full flow (pardon the pun) so I ended up being sent home from work at lunchtime as my boss seemed to think I was in labour given the wincing I was doing. I had myself a little snooze in the afternoon and lots of water and I woke up feeling a bit improved.
Today I am almost back to normal, I've still got cramps and things aren't quite right, but peppermint capsules and peppermint tea seem to be doing the trick and just in case you are wondering - they also make your wind smell minty. I've managed some toast this morning and some chicken soup for lunch - my mother used to always feed me that when I was ill. Tonight I'm off to a fashion evening at House of Fraser so I'm meeting a few friends for dinner in Strada first. I reckon I'll just be having pasta with a tomato sauce or something equally as inoffensive.
I had been trying to save points since we were supposed to go to Edinburgh tomorrow for the Scotland v England game. I say supposed to, as we've had to cancel today. Not overly happy about it as we've had it planned since last April, but 2 of Matt's team at work have called in sick and they have loads on - since he's the boss he has to cover for them - which means we can't take a half day tomorrow and he'll certainly have to work all weekend. One of those things I suppose, but really frustrating. He doesn't earn enough to compensate for all of the crap he has to put up with.
So not sure what to do at the weekend now. I guess a quiet one won't go amiss. I'm certainly giving booze a swerve since I've been suffering from gut rot so I'm fairly hopeful that this week will shape up to be a good one. Hopefully those 2.5 pesky pounds will do one.
Today I am almost back to normal, I've still got cramps and things aren't quite right, but peppermint capsules and peppermint tea seem to be doing the trick and just in case you are wondering - they also make your wind smell minty. I've managed some toast this morning and some chicken soup for lunch - my mother used to always feed me that when I was ill. Tonight I'm off to a fashion evening at House of Fraser so I'm meeting a few friends for dinner in Strada first. I reckon I'll just be having pasta with a tomato sauce or something equally as inoffensive.
I had been trying to save points since we were supposed to go to Edinburgh tomorrow for the Scotland v England game. I say supposed to, as we've had to cancel today. Not overly happy about it as we've had it planned since last April, but 2 of Matt's team at work have called in sick and they have loads on - since he's the boss he has to cover for them - which means we can't take a half day tomorrow and he'll certainly have to work all weekend. One of those things I suppose, but really frustrating. He doesn't earn enough to compensate for all of the crap he has to put up with.
So not sure what to do at the weekend now. I guess a quiet one won't go amiss. I'm certainly giving booze a swerve since I've been suffering from gut rot so I'm fairly hopeful that this week will shape up to be a good one. Hopefully those 2.5 pesky pounds will do one.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Bad times
I knew it'd not be good - 2.5lbs on. Harumph. Even though I've been having problems the last couple of weeks, it's still disheartening to see the scales go up. I feel complete and utter frustration with myself and my body. Still, it's better than it could have been, after 9 days of constipation and 36 hours of dysentry, my body doesn't really know what's going on.
Still not feeling the best today, but I suppose that will stop me consoling myself with food. I could do with a few days in bed, but my colleague is on holiday this week and I would end up wracked with guilt if I didn't come into work. Far too conscientious me.
So I guess I need to just take it one day at a time. Food today is likely to stay limited while my stomach continues to cramp and Spinning tonight is not going to happen. Early night again I think.
I'm planning a bit of a wander at lunchtime as a consolation for lack of Spinning - if my tights will stay up that is. They seem to have this annoying habit of hanging around my knees, not such a good look and somewhat annoying! I've spent most of the morning trying to pull them back up without flashing too much of my nether regions. Attractive I can assure you.
Right then, off for a peppermint tea and to get on with some work. I know I said I'd try and be a bit more chipper today, but this is as good as it get's when I am in self pity mode. Sorry folks, I shall be smiley tomorrow....
Still not feeling the best today, but I suppose that will stop me consoling myself with food. I could do with a few days in bed, but my colleague is on holiday this week and I would end up wracked with guilt if I didn't come into work. Far too conscientious me.
So I guess I need to just take it one day at a time. Food today is likely to stay limited while my stomach continues to cramp and Spinning tonight is not going to happen. Early night again I think.
I'm planning a bit of a wander at lunchtime as a consolation for lack of Spinning - if my tights will stay up that is. They seem to have this annoying habit of hanging around my knees, not such a good look and somewhat annoying! I've spent most of the morning trying to pull them back up without flashing too much of my nether regions. Attractive I can assure you.
Right then, off for a peppermint tea and to get on with some work. I know I said I'd try and be a bit more chipper today, but this is as good as it get's when I am in self pity mode. Sorry folks, I shall be smiley tomorrow....
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Be careful what you wish for
Oh my goodness me. I am ill and feeling more than a bit sorry for myself. I seem to have either a) poisoned myself b) caught some form of stomach lurgy or c) gone into labour with a child I had no idea I was carrying.
I reckon option b) is the safest bet, I visited a friend last night who'd been off sick with a stomach bug but assured me she was feeling fine. Hmmmm, I have not been feeling fine since 3am this morning. Stomach cramps are officially hideous, but on the plus side, the toilet issues I was suffering are now long forgotten, to be replaced by issues at the other side of the spectrum. Gah!
Anyway, I'm still not hopeful of a loss tomorrow despite my dodgy WW scales showing me at 16stone 12 this morning (i.e. 5 pounds off my last official WI and 10 pounds off the last dodgy WI) ... that's most definitely a temporary glitch. Although I've eaten nothing all day today as even drinking water is sending my stupid stomach into all sorts of spasms.
In other none bowel related news, both my dresses arrived and aren't as hideous as first expected. The nicer one is a bit too tight at the moment for my pear shape, but I reckon it might be ok if I get a bit more weight off. I'm going to keep looking however for something a bit more weddingy.
Right then, I am off to wallow in a vat of self pity. I promise to be a bit more chipper tomorrow, despite what the scales of doom show me.
I reckon option b) is the safest bet, I visited a friend last night who'd been off sick with a stomach bug but assured me she was feeling fine. Hmmmm, I have not been feeling fine since 3am this morning. Stomach cramps are officially hideous, but on the plus side, the toilet issues I was suffering are now long forgotten, to be replaced by issues at the other side of the spectrum. Gah!
Anyway, I'm still not hopeful of a loss tomorrow despite my dodgy WW scales showing me at 16stone 12 this morning (i.e. 5 pounds off my last official WI and 10 pounds off the last dodgy WI) ... that's most definitely a temporary glitch. Although I've eaten nothing all day today as even drinking water is sending my stupid stomach into all sorts of spasms.
In other none bowel related news, both my dresses arrived and aren't as hideous as first expected. The nicer one is a bit too tight at the moment for my pear shape, but I reckon it might be ok if I get a bit more weight off. I'm going to keep looking however for something a bit more weddingy.
Right then, I am off to wallow in a vat of self pity. I promise to be a bit more chipper tomorrow, despite what the scales of doom show me.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Weekend round up
Monday morning - another weekend of excess and another feeling of impending doom about WI on Wednesday. Last Wednesday and Thursday were really good days, good food choices and a bit of exercise. Friday was fairly atrocious, the whole toilet situation was really getting me down so I decided that eating crap was the way forward - my body usually repels such stuff these days so I was hopeful (or just kidding myself). Fairly stupid really since we had friends coming round for dinner and I'd spent a lot of time deciding on a WW friendly menu. I made a lovely Lamb, Cranberry and Port Hotpot which was only 8.5 points a serving, but I'd ruined myself before I even got to that point. I also drank too much as usual, so that saw me reaching the dizzy heights of 55 points for Friday. Clever me!
Saturday was slightly better, Matt had a ticket for the QPR v West Brom game so I accompanied him but took myself off to Westfield for the first time. I worked at the BBC for 18 months while they were building the place and it opened about a month after I left. Most definitely a good thing as I'd have bankrupted myself working opposite that place every day. I walked round for about 3 hours and I was totally exhausted by the end. We ate in a Malaysian restaurant for dinner, I probably didn't make the best choices but the portions were fairly miniscule so I don't think too much damage was done.
I decided since I'd lost a bit of weight to get myself measured in M&S and treat myself to some new bra's. After waiting for 30 minutes, I was greated by the most useless woman measuring me. I was there wearing a 38G which is pretty much a perfect fit, she measured me at a 42E - which seemed a bit daft given I've lost nearly 4 stone. My back boobs have pretty much disappeared, I didn't expect an increase of 4 inches. Needless to say the 42E was completely wrong on me, hanging off my body and the cup size was about the same size as my head. Her answer - stick to the size you already have. I probably could have worked that out for myself.
Yesterday morning I went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the treadclimber which was fairly painful and then some weights to try and strengthen my legs. My knee seems to be getting more crunchy and a bit sore at times, so chances are I am going to have to get that checked out. We then met friends for dinner at Mya Lacarte which was totally amazing as usual. Once again, we drank far too much. The only saving grace was that lunch was the only meal consumed yesterday.
So today, I seem to have a 10 point defecit to make up before Wednesday. I am still suffering a few toilet related issues (still not quite right but you don't need all that information!) so I feel fairly bloated and heavy still. I'll have to go and face the scales, but it's not going to be pleasant viewing. I am relying on Lactulose to try and get me back on the straight and narrow before the week is out. Here's hoping.
Off for a massage tonight to try and sort out my back - seriously I am 33 going on 63 today, then meeting a friend afterwards for Knitting Club (see I told you I was going on 63...). Not sure what we'll do about dinner, but I've got to try and limit myself to about 6 or 7 points (an unfortunate run in with some Love Hearts this morning..). Tomorrow night I will hit the gym and try and earn a few BP's so I am hopefully back on an even keel by Wednesday.
Given the self sabotage and my useless bowel - it's going to take a minor miracle for the scales not to be up 3 or 4 pounds, most depressing.
Saturday was slightly better, Matt had a ticket for the QPR v West Brom game so I accompanied him but took myself off to Westfield for the first time. I worked at the BBC for 18 months while they were building the place and it opened about a month after I left. Most definitely a good thing as I'd have bankrupted myself working opposite that place every day. I walked round for about 3 hours and I was totally exhausted by the end. We ate in a Malaysian restaurant for dinner, I probably didn't make the best choices but the portions were fairly miniscule so I don't think too much damage was done.
I decided since I'd lost a bit of weight to get myself measured in M&S and treat myself to some new bra's. After waiting for 30 minutes, I was greated by the most useless woman measuring me. I was there wearing a 38G which is pretty much a perfect fit, she measured me at a 42E - which seemed a bit daft given I've lost nearly 4 stone. My back boobs have pretty much disappeared, I didn't expect an increase of 4 inches. Needless to say the 42E was completely wrong on me, hanging off my body and the cup size was about the same size as my head. Her answer - stick to the size you already have. I probably could have worked that out for myself.
Yesterday morning I went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the treadclimber which was fairly painful and then some weights to try and strengthen my legs. My knee seems to be getting more crunchy and a bit sore at times, so chances are I am going to have to get that checked out. We then met friends for dinner at Mya Lacarte which was totally amazing as usual. Once again, we drank far too much. The only saving grace was that lunch was the only meal consumed yesterday.
So today, I seem to have a 10 point defecit to make up before Wednesday. I am still suffering a few toilet related issues (still not quite right but you don't need all that information!) so I feel fairly bloated and heavy still. I'll have to go and face the scales, but it's not going to be pleasant viewing. I am relying on Lactulose to try and get me back on the straight and narrow before the week is out. Here's hoping.
Off for a massage tonight to try and sort out my back - seriously I am 33 going on 63 today, then meeting a friend afterwards for Knitting Club (see I told you I was going on 63...). Not sure what we'll do about dinner, but I've got to try and limit myself to about 6 or 7 points (an unfortunate run in with some Love Hearts this morning..). Tomorrow night I will hit the gym and try and earn a few BP's so I am hopefully back on an even keel by Wednesday.
Given the self sabotage and my useless bowel - it's going to take a minor miracle for the scales not to be up 3 or 4 pounds, most depressing.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Randomness
Thanks everyone for your comments yesterday - I a now armed with a number of remedies which I intend to try which will hopefully do the trick. Still no luck so far, but I'll spare you all any more details. Not sure I need to turn this into a blog about my toilet habits!
I headed to the gym last night for Spinning, only to find no Spin Instructor, so I did a bit of half hearted peddaling, my exercise motivation is still severly lacking so it was a fairly feeble attempt. Must try harder. We ended up ordering Chinese once we got home, but to be honest, I am not feeling overly like stuffing my face at the moment given I currently feel like I have inhaled a sapce hopper so I was able to stay within points without too much trauma.
Today is shaping up to be another fairly decent day. I've just had an Innocent Veg Pot for lunch and it was bloody lovely, you have to try these if you are stuck for a quick and healthy lunch, much more satisfying than a low fat sarnie, plus 3 of your 5 a day - Bargain! Someone has very kindly stuck the remnants of an office buffet behind me but I am managing to ignore the sandwiches and cakes so far. Although the cakes do look bloody lovely. Ho hum.
In other news, I've a couple of weddings this year so I have purchased myself 2 dresses as an incentive to get a few more pounds off. They are both in a size 18 which should fit me now at a push - but another half a stone would definitely help.
The first one, I love, but I fear since most of my weight is on my thighs, this would take some industrial strength spanx to keep things in check. This model even manages to look all thighs in it so I imagine I'll be a right horror!
The second one is a bit more forgiving.... but I don't like it as much. Anyway, I may hate them both when they arrive.....
Is it wrong to wear black for a wedding?? If I decide on either of these, I'll wear coloured accessories. I'm not ready to go parading myself in head to toe colour just yet! I'll keep my eyes out for something a bit more wedding friendly as these may end up going back.
Off out with friends for Dinner tonight, I think we're heading to Pizza Express so I can have one of the Leggera Pizzas which should allow me to bank a few points for the weekend. The scales are predictably still showing me 3 pounds up on last week which is disheartening but I'll try and ignore it for now.
I headed to the gym last night for Spinning, only to find no Spin Instructor, so I did a bit of half hearted peddaling, my exercise motivation is still severly lacking so it was a fairly feeble attempt. Must try harder. We ended up ordering Chinese once we got home, but to be honest, I am not feeling overly like stuffing my face at the moment given I currently feel like I have inhaled a sapce hopper so I was able to stay within points without too much trauma.
Today is shaping up to be another fairly decent day. I've just had an Innocent Veg Pot for lunch and it was bloody lovely, you have to try these if you are stuck for a quick and healthy lunch, much more satisfying than a low fat sarnie, plus 3 of your 5 a day - Bargain! Someone has very kindly stuck the remnants of an office buffet behind me but I am managing to ignore the sandwiches and cakes so far. Although the cakes do look bloody lovely. Ho hum.
In other news, I've a couple of weddings this year so I have purchased myself 2 dresses as an incentive to get a few more pounds off. They are both in a size 18 which should fit me now at a push - but another half a stone would definitely help.
The first one, I love, but I fear since most of my weight is on my thighs, this would take some industrial strength spanx to keep things in check. This model even manages to look all thighs in it so I imagine I'll be a right horror!
The second one is a bit more forgiving.... but I don't like it as much. Anyway, I may hate them both when they arrive.....
Is it wrong to wear black for a wedding?? If I decide on either of these, I'll wear coloured accessories. I'm not ready to go parading myself in head to toe colour just yet! I'll keep my eyes out for something a bit more wedding friendly as these may end up going back.
Off out with friends for Dinner tonight, I think we're heading to Pizza Express so I can have one of the Leggera Pizzas which should allow me to bank a few points for the weekend. The scales are predictably still showing me 3 pounds up on last week which is disheartening but I'll try and ignore it for now.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Scale avoidance
I'm not weighing in today, I've even come to work in Jeans so I won't go to my class as I can't very well strip down to my G-String in a room full of strangers (I normally wear a flimsy dress that weighs as little as possible and I've even thought about removing my underwear before). I'm not avoiding the scales because I've had a particularly bad week. I had an 18 point defecit by Sunday, but I've pulled all but 2 of those back, however a quick jump on my scales shows I am currently 4 pounds heavier than I was last week.
Here comes the "Too Much Information" bit... I haven't been to the loo since Saturday - if you get my drift. I feel awful and bloated and look like I am pregnant and clearly the scales would show a gain because of this which even though I know it wouldn't be a true gain, it would knock me somewhat. And my journey so far this year has been somewhat unsteady as it is.
I don't know what to do about this 'situation', I've increased my water and fibre intake, tried prunes and senna, and WW Fruities, tried strong coffee and a bit more exercise and last night I resorted to a laxative - still nothing. My body seems set to frustrate me this week! Maybe I need a hot curry and a few pints of lager to get things moving???
Anyway, I'm sure the situation will resolve itself eventually and I am determined to have a good week. I'm going Spinning tonight and food is planned for the next few days so that should keep me on the straight and narrow. I've a few social engagements which require a bit of planning but I should manage to stay on track.
I'm 4 pounds away from losing 4 stone and its 4 weeks today til we head off to Croatia, so that's my current focus, but I am very much still taking it one day at a time.
If anyone has any tips for my little issue - they'd be most appreciated!
Here comes the "Too Much Information" bit... I haven't been to the loo since Saturday - if you get my drift. I feel awful and bloated and look like I am pregnant and clearly the scales would show a gain because of this which even though I know it wouldn't be a true gain, it would knock me somewhat. And my journey so far this year has been somewhat unsteady as it is.
I don't know what to do about this 'situation', I've increased my water and fibre intake, tried prunes and senna, and WW Fruities, tried strong coffee and a bit more exercise and last night I resorted to a laxative - still nothing. My body seems set to frustrate me this week! Maybe I need a hot curry and a few pints of lager to get things moving???
Anyway, I'm sure the situation will resolve itself eventually and I am determined to have a good week. I'm going Spinning tonight and food is planned for the next few days so that should keep me on the straight and narrow. I've a few social engagements which require a bit of planning but I should manage to stay on track.
I'm 4 pounds away from losing 4 stone and its 4 weeks today til we head off to Croatia, so that's my current focus, but I am very much still taking it one day at a time.
If anyone has any tips for my little issue - they'd be most appreciated!
Monday, 1 March 2010
Creamy delight
Just a little rave about something I stumbled across in Waitrose today whilst trying to decide what I fancied for lunch (not a good idea to go to Waitrose when hungry as you come out £45 worse off with still no clue of what to eat).
I'm a bit of a cream fiend and I am always trying to find ways of making food taste creamy without it actually being millions of points. I love pasta with creamy sauces but have never quite managed to find anything that worked - I think I now have the answer.
Angel Technology Heartily Healthy Cream - The whole carton of 250ml works out at 8.5 points.
I'm not sure it's something I'd pour over my apple crumble but in a sauce I think we have a winner.
I made a mushroom sauce tonight and it's lovely. Dry fried some mushrooms with a bit of onion and garlic, added half a chicken oxo cube and some water and simmered it down, then added a couple of spoonfuls of the cream and a bit of parsley and simmered it again til it all thickened up - creamy mushroom sauce for 1.5 points. Bargain!
I'm a bit of a cream fiend and I am always trying to find ways of making food taste creamy without it actually being millions of points. I love pasta with creamy sauces but have never quite managed to find anything that worked - I think I now have the answer.
Angel Technology Heartily Healthy Cream - The whole carton of 250ml works out at 8.5 points.
I'm not sure it's something I'd pour over my apple crumble but in a sauce I think we have a winner.
I made a mushroom sauce tonight and it's lovely. Dry fried some mushrooms with a bit of onion and garlic, added half a chicken oxo cube and some water and simmered it down, then added a couple of spoonfuls of the cream and a bit of parsley and simmered it again til it all thickened up - creamy mushroom sauce for 1.5 points. Bargain!
Deja Vu
I seem to be in a permanent state of catch up following the weekends at the moment. Too many social events getting in the way of my diet of late. Friday night I was ok, I'd not really eaten a lot during the day as work was fairly mental and I decided not to drink when we went to the pub so I managed to pull back a few points from dinner on Thursday.
Saturday was a diet disaster really. We had a wardrobe delivered at 0545am on Saturday morning so as a result I was bloody shattered all day - obviously Matt was completely oblivious to the doorbell or the 2 burly men huffing and puffing in the hallway. We had lunch planned with friends from 1pm which saw us stumbling home at 1030pm after a few comedy moments along the way. It was Matt's birthday celebration Part 2 so I'll blame him if I have a gain this week :) I was still mindful of what I ate, but I definitely drank way too much. All day drinking is not big or clever.
Yesterday was much better, as I a managed to save 6 points. Dropped my friend off at the train station and then spent the day assembling furniture and clearing out my wardrobe - a mammoth job I have been putting off for months. I now have a big pile of stuff to stick on ebay when I can find a bit of spare time.
I'm working from home today as I had a 6am start. I'm going to plan food for the next couple of days and try and head to the gym if I don't crash and burn before then. I seemed to have turned into a raging insomniac over the weekend. I look really run down, my skin is really dry but spotty at the same time which is frustrating and I've developed some sort of allergy to our flat, I've not stopped sneezing since yesterday morning but not in an ill kind of way - most definitely in an itchy nose kind of way. I even woke up during the night with a massive sneezing fit. Not overly good I can tell you!
I've decided to make a concerted effort to cut out alcohol during March. It's 4 weeks on Wednesday until we head off to Croatia so my aim is to drink as little as possible until then. March is a fairly busy month but I am sure cutting out the booze will help me stay on track and make me feel a little bit more energised. It can't do me any harm anyway!
Saturday was a diet disaster really. We had a wardrobe delivered at 0545am on Saturday morning so as a result I was bloody shattered all day - obviously Matt was completely oblivious to the doorbell or the 2 burly men huffing and puffing in the hallway. We had lunch planned with friends from 1pm which saw us stumbling home at 1030pm after a few comedy moments along the way. It was Matt's birthday celebration Part 2 so I'll blame him if I have a gain this week :) I was still mindful of what I ate, but I definitely drank way too much. All day drinking is not big or clever.
Yesterday was much better, as I a managed to save 6 points. Dropped my friend off at the train station and then spent the day assembling furniture and clearing out my wardrobe - a mammoth job I have been putting off for months. I now have a big pile of stuff to stick on ebay when I can find a bit of spare time.
I'm working from home today as I had a 6am start. I'm going to plan food for the next couple of days and try and head to the gym if I don't crash and burn before then. I seemed to have turned into a raging insomniac over the weekend. I look really run down, my skin is really dry but spotty at the same time which is frustrating and I've developed some sort of allergy to our flat, I've not stopped sneezing since yesterday morning but not in an ill kind of way - most definitely in an itchy nose kind of way. I even woke up during the night with a massive sneezing fit. Not overly good I can tell you!
I've decided to make a concerted effort to cut out alcohol during March. It's 4 weeks on Wednesday until we head off to Croatia so my aim is to drink as little as possible until then. March is a fairly busy month but I am sure cutting out the booze will help me stay on track and make me feel a little bit more energised. It can't do me any harm anyway!
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