Half good, half bad

A weekend of mixed eating for me. I still struggle with weekends and seem to battle against adopting a "Sod it" attitude. Friday, despite a 6 course meal, I managed to stay pretty much within points. The Chris Horridge Menu at L'Ortolan is all about nutrition which means it's fairly healthy food - I enjoyed it, but I am not entirely sure I want healthy when I am eating out. Is that bad??? This was coupled with a few glasses of vino (nothing like the 10 glasses we had the last time we did a tasting menu there). So all in all, fairly good, considering it could have been a dieting disaster. Below is the menu we troffed our way through:

• Essence of kiwi-tomato, parmesan and truffle gnocchi
  
  
• Cured pigeon, zest puree, broccoli shoots and young leaves
  
  
• ‘Balm glazed seabass, tarragon cream and herb powders
  
  
• Lamb rump, broad beans, honey comb and cinnamon
  
  
• Kefir berry soup, basil jelly and mango petal paper
  
  
• Chocolate-cherry ‘cuboid’, verbena snow and coriander

All of which were minuscule portions, but filling all the same.

Saturday morning I tackled the hill of hell 5 times in a 20 minute period. It hurt. A lot. I get out of breath walking up it once, so 5 times was a bit of a killer. I'm told interval training is great for one's fitness... so this could be a new fixture for me since it's only 20 minutes of my life. I shall be attempting it again tomorrow.

We went for breakfast after exercising and I had a skinny latte and a bacon sandwich while Matt tucked into a Full English. I wasn't jealous. Much. I then drove over to Twickenham to meet my friend Caroline for lunch at a lovely little Italian Restaurant. I opted for Chicken Milanese, which was breaded Chicken served with Spaghetti Pomodoro. Not bad at all. A tiny sliver of Victoria Sponge with a cuppa in her garden mid afternoon rounded off my eats for the day. We had a few drinks near Clapham for my friend's hubby's birthday afterwards, but I was driving so stuck to Lime and Soda. A really good Saturday for me on the points front for once.

Yesterday was a disaster. I couldn't sleep, so was up at 6am after 5 hours in bed. I then ate a slice of toast and peanut butter with a coffee to try and give myself a bit of a boost. Once Matt dragged himself out of bed at 1030am, I cooked scrambled eggs on sourdough toast. Followed this with more coffee, a mini cupcake and then a meat feast for lunch (Lamb Chop, Burger, Pork and Scrumpy Sausage and Salad). We watched 2 films (Duplicity - Good and District 9 - Dreadful) and drank a couple of bottles of Vino in the process... I think I had around 40 points yesterday and I have no idea why I felt the need for such gluttony. Harumph.

That see's me with a 4 point deficit today which I can make up, but I've used all my Bonus Points, which is bloody annoying. So who knows what tomorrow night will bring?

Annoyed.