WI worries and wedding outfits

Hmmmm, not sure why I am worrying myself already, WI isn't til Wednesday, but I've already got that sinking feeling when I think of stepping on the scales. I've been almost saintly with the exception of Friday night, which I think I've already made up for.... So whats the trauma?? I think my uneasy feeling is down to lack of WI last week and the unexpected gain the week before. I am not sure I can cope with the scales being stubborn this week. Its TOTM so I am liable to be a proper girl and get all emotional if things don't go my way!

Oh well, no point worrying before I actually have the trauma! Typical me.

Decided to do a bit of Wii fit yesterday, only to find the batteries had gone on both the board and in the remotes (that's how long its been since I last did it!) so I did a bit of half hearted Wii Sports - boxing, tennis and bowling after removing a couple of batteries from the TV remote... I had a very lazy day on Saturday, but it was much needed.

Yesterday was pretty much the same, although I took the plunge and ordered my dress for my friends wedding which is the day before we go on holiday. I don't think it will fit me yet, but I've got just under 11 weeks to make sure it does.

I don't think there is a lot of room for manoeuvre with this - so I have to be saintly!

Can't believe its Monday already :(

Food for today:

B: 2 x toast with Lurpak Lighter
L: Chilli Beef Salad + Packet of Monster Munch
D: Some sort of Roast Veg and Chicken Thigh concoction which I am yet to finalise. Could be a disaster!
S: WW Coconut Whip Bar, Apple

That leaves me 7 points to play with.... I sometimes feel like I am eating for the sake of it, but I am already at 27 saved points this week (mainly BPs) and my worrying head is telling me not to starve myself... ha ha ha, yeah right! I am sure I can force a few more down my neck before I leave work.

Going to try and make the gym tonight - no excuses not to, other than laziness!

Right then, back to the grind. Only 3 hours til hometime!

Mojitos

Feeling ever so slighty hungover and lethargic today. Had a great night out with the girls, far too many mojitos and some dim sum (no clue how to point that!!) and a fair few vodka tonics. We ended up in some club in Soho which resembled a grannies living room... the ceiling was even carpeted!! It was literally the size of a living room and full of chintz. Good music though and a fair few throwbacks to my uni days, I did a bit of dancing and clocked up 6 BPs on the Pedometer. Result. I was somewhat incapacitated by new shoes however, which did their level best to slice off my toes - how can something so cute looking cause me such misery??I even wore a dress last night - with a pair of leggings mind you, but a dress all the same. I don't know what's come over me!

Stayed at my mate's last night, which just reminds me I forgot to point the slice of peanut butter and toast I had when we got in... She cooked us breakfast on the BBQ this morning so I had a sausage, egg and bacon sarnie - not overly good points wise but much needed.

Got home around lunch time and had a little nap - well when I say little it ended up being 2.5 hours. Matt's away this weeked so got the flat to myself which is probably a good thing today! Just going to veg on the sofa tonight with a massive bowl of cheesey pasta bake and watch rubbish tv. Lovely. I think attempting anything else could be dangerous. I've already managed to burn myself, embed glass in my thumb and slip over in the bath. Me, a liability???

Right, lets hope I don't do myself anymore damage between now and bed time.

What you can do with a bag of spinach, half a leek and an onion

is make a very green no point soup! Looks like a bowl of slime but its actually very tasty.... honest :)


Thats the downside of exercising this morning, I've been ravenous all day. I've had 2 litres of water in an attempt to get rid of the belly rumbles but my pitta for lunch didn't even touch the sides so I had to get creative - not something I am normally very good at. We've not got much in the fridge so I bunged what we did have in an pan, added some garlic salt and stock and whizzed it all up. Hey Presto - hopefully the end to rumble tum. Plus its got to be good for me with that sort of greeness :)

Nigella eat your heart out.

Woman on a mission!

Wait for it.... I have been spinning this morning! Yes that's correct, I actually dragged my backside out of bed at 0630 this morning to go to a 0700 spin class. Get me! It wasn't actually as hard as I thought it would be, although I was sweating profusely and my legs seemed to lose all coordination the minute I stepped off the bike but I did it!

I'm now feeling strangely smug. I'm working from home today which is a blessing as I still resemble an overripe tomato but at least I can go out tonight and enjoy myself safe in the knowledge that I have earnt 10 Bonus Points already.

Wooohooo.

I am blooming knackered now like, I might need a lunchtime snooze :)

Heading into London tonight to meet the girls, really looking forward to it as its been a while since we all got together. Another friend is also down from Newcastle for work so she's going to meet us too. We're off to Ping Pong for Dim Sum so I can probably indulge in a few dumplings that resemble alien life forms. I might even treat myself to a few cheeky cocktails. Woah girl!

Right, I had better actually get on with work since that's what I actually supposed to be doing.

Happy Friday all.

Spinning hurts

I'd forgotten how much it pains me! Class was really hard last night since its been about 2 weeks since I was last there, but I did the whole class and I was a right a lovely shade of beetroot by the end and very sweaty - lovely. My new padded shorts don't seem to offer that much comfort other than the feeling of wearing a very large nappy and cutting off my circulation given that XXXL is approximately a size 16 - which I am clearly not.

I really want to be fitter - not less because we live at the top of a hill and it kills me everytime I walk up the blooming thing.


Actually from that picture it hardly looks like a hill at all, but I am always out of breath by the time I get to the top.

Managed to resist the pub last night after spinning - mainly because I'd forgotten my towel at the gym and I really couldn't inflict my minging state on anyone, plus I'd been 'persuaded' (not that it takes much) to go to the pub for lunch yesterday. Anyway, still came in under points for the day so yay to me.

Today is once again all planned - rather random breakfast which was meant to be yesterdays lunch (pitta with falafel and houmous), left over lasagne for lunch and then reduced fat Kiev and Rustic Fries for dinner with salad. I'm a planning machine at the moment. Leaves me 9 points for snacks so I'll definitely be trying to save at least 4 for tomorrow nights booziness.

Bottled it....

Bad I know, but I cannot face WI this morning. I have been feeling so positive of late and I know another gain would set me right back so I am going to focus on being saintly for the next 7 days and pray that it pays dividends next Wednesday. Here's hoping!

I am spinning tonight for the first time in a couple of weeks so thats going to hurt me muchly, but it can be my punishment for wimping out of WI! Today is all planned, breakfast of crumpets, lunch of pitta bread with mini falafel, reduced fat houmous and salad, snacks from my graze box and I've made a WW friendly lasagne for tea. That still leaves me 9 points to play with so its a good start! Its only 11 weeks til my holiday and I NEED to lose at least a stone by then so no more fannying about.

I've woken up with my shoulder feeling like I've been top spin bowling in my sleep, I had physio on Monday and I seem to be in more pain than normal. Not sure thats how its meant to work? Ho hum. I am sporting the scent of Deep Heat right now (well aloe heat cream but it smells the same) which is not overly attractive. Might keep those dratted mosquitoes away from me anyhoo.

No excuses this week, am out on Friday with the girls, but I will stick to Vodka and Slimline and I will make sure I have a good few points saved up until then. Other than that there is absolutely nothing that should get in the way. If I write all this down, I might actually believe it :)

Right then, I am off for my second litre of water. Polish that halo lady...........

Weekend away

How very depressing to be back at work. Had Thursday and Friday off and went to Bath and Bristol for the weekend. Had such a lovely time, but I think the diet may well have suffered! I didn't stuff my face in my usual manner, but I really wasn't overly good at pointing. I am going to try and remember most of the stuff that passed my lips and point it all up this morning... once I have trawled through the hundreds of emails I've had after 2 days off.

I guess my saving grace over the past 4 days has been the amount of walking we did - according to my dodgy WW pedometer I clocked up 41.5 bonus points, but I'm reckoning this has to be wrong and is likely to be about half of that... still its better than nothing. I didn't drink masses of wine as would be the norm and stuck to Vodka and slimline and I tried to avoid chips and pasties wherever possible!

I am almost tempted to give WI a swerve this week after my gain last week, I am slightly worried another gain will send me on a downwards spiral... anyway, we'll see how I feel after a couple of days being back on track.

Last night I seem to have been a 4 course meal for some hideous little mosquito, I am going to have to spend most of today trying not to scratch myself silly. Blooming evil creatures!

Tonight is my last night out of 12 in a row, I am very much looking forward to getting back into a routine and being able to get back to the gym. Something I never thought I'd say!

Right, had better get on with the task of reading through my emails in case I missed something massively interesting while I was away.... how long til my next holiday???