As predicted

I am suffering a major hangover today, Oh my good God.

I've discovered I am not equipped to deal with 3 hours sleep on a school night and still function at a human level the next day. When you find yourself dancing to Ultravox at 3am in a ceiling carpeted club in Soho on a Thursday night and wake up about 4 hours later in your mates spare room, still fully clothed with an overriding taste of stale wine, you have to wonder what sort of day Friday will be.

Still I made good choices food wise - well if you count not bothering to eat anything at all as a good choice. I did however consume wine in such vast quantities that it must've contributed towards one of my 5 a day.

I've succumbed to a Greggs Cheese Pastie this morning - 7 points and it was actually pretty rank - or maybe thats just the wine I can still taste.

I wonder if I can get away with a little snooze in the toilets at some point, I find a toilet roll can double up as a decent pillow under these circumstances. At my age I really should know better.

Diet Coke OD

I am buzzing this afternoon and I have just realised I have completely OD'd on Diet Coke. My mouth tastes blooming awful, like I've been sucking on bag of spanners or something. Gah. I have at most 3 cans per week normally, but I appear to have guzzled my way through 3 sodding cans of the stuff today. What's that all about? My brain just isn't in gear this week - a combination of too much work to do and not enough sleep.

Last night I didn't go to my usual spinning class since the new boiler had been installed and I couldn't wait to get home and clean the place (how sad does that sound??) I cannot believe how much mess one (admittedly rather fit) man can create. Matt didn't go out on Tuesday so he decided he would last night instead and left me to a shed load of mess. Cheers mate! I spent 2 hours refilling cupboards, cleaning working surfaces, hoovering and washing floors, painting walls and replumbing various kitchen appliances. I think I was sweating more than I would have been at spinning! How exciting my life is. I did end up eating some left over Chinese for dinner, but I had 18 points left by that point and there really wasn't very much left. Reckon thats 4 points banked for yesterday. Matt cleverly forgot his keys so that was me awake at midnight and then I had to listen to his drunken ramblings for the next 20 minutes followed by him snoring like a truffle pig thereafter. Remind me why men and women choose to cohabit??

Tonight I am meeting uni friends in London, I've not seen the boys for nearly 2 years which is an absolute shocker considering we all live fairly close. I guess these things happen when they find wives and produce offspring, sad all the same though. Should be a good one, but the email banter has started and alcohol seems to be featuring largely! I think we're off for dim sum as well so I should be able to make wise choices. I anticpate a large hangover tomorrow.

Went for lunch today with one of the girls from work - I avoided all my absolute favourites and had a plain toasted bagel instead. Not overly inspiring or tasty. I was trying not to drool over her mozzarella, bacon, chicken and pesto combination which looked flipping gorgeous. I had to restrain myself from licking her plate clean once she was done. Kidding of course, I have some manners :)

Not going home tonight so food tomorrow will all be bought, I hope I don't have any hangover demons telling me a bacon and egg sarnie and a KFC is the only cure. I'm not sure the stale box of fruit and fibre I have in my desk drawer will cut it really.

Right then, back to the grind.

Moaning

So as predicted, I didn't get to WI today thanks to a stupid meeting about absolutely nothing of any interest at all. I don't feel like I've had a particularly good week food wise but I am really feeling frustrated that I can't see if there has been any damage or if all of the exercise I have done this week has paid off.

On the positive side, I did go to the gym last night despite having no energy at all. However, that was more to do with the fact we are having a new boiler fitted and therefore have no hot water this morning so I needed a shower last night!! Although once I was there I did actually bother to do something and worked up a bit of a sweat. I also got weighed on the scales at the gym and they had me the same as WW - which I guess is good given I normally weigh in on a morning and bare foot, not an evening (after a cake binge) wearing trainers.

This morning got off to a bad start, I woke up at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep. I am stressing over my flat which needs a new tenant and nothing seems to be happening on that front. I still have tenant for a couple of months so its not so pressing, but I really wish someone else would just decide to take it off my hands for another year so I can then sell the blooming thing! Anyone want to rent a 2 bed flat in Surrey????

My journey to work almost finished me off as well. Picture the scene. 3 lanes of traffic at a roundabout with traffic lights. The left lane, just for turning left, The middle lane for turning left and going straight on, and the right hand lane, for going straight on and turning right. All of which is clearly marked on the road. So, I am sat in the middle lane as I do every morning to turn left. Traffic lights turn green and off I go - except the stupid old woman in the left hand lane decides she is going straight on..... No indication, no waiting for me to get where I am going, just ploughs on ahead completely oblivious to me and everyone else. I missed her by about an inch. The guy behind then nearly ploughed into the back of me considering he was also trying to turn left. The worst thing is, I beeped at her and screeched to a halt, but she still was none the wiser. I mean seriously, if you aren't aware of other road users then don't flipping well drive. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I think I have just about stopped shaking.

Phew, glad thats off my chest.

This week is looking a bit hectic on the social front - out tomorrow in London, Friends birthday on Saturday and then lunch on Sunday with other friends and another dinner out on Tuesday. I am going to have to try really hard to conserve points prior to that and try and do a bit of exercise where possible. Its never easy is it??

Right, another stupid meeting to go to. Not actually sure when I am supposed to fit some proper work in??!

Note to self

DO NOT BUY WW BELGIAN CHOCOLATE SLICES EVER AGAIN!!!



Far too nice and my willpower around them seems to totally disappear. 3 cakes in one day is too much by anyones standards even if its only 4.5 points worth. I don't even particularly like cakes or sweet stuff, but these things are just too lush. Best get my fat arse down the gym tonight to negate the damage.

Stupid moist, chocolatey, gooey cakes. EVIL.

No WI??

I've just realised I'm unlikely to make WI this week thanks to sodding, stupid, crappy work. I normally WI at 10am on a Wednesday morning about 2 mins from my office. However thanks to the world and his wife being on holiday this week, I've got meetings to attend about meetings and that sort of nonsensical crap.

I've checked for other classes near me on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and none of them I can reasonably make thanks to sodding, stupid, crappy work. Arse. Can you tell I'm not having the best of days??

There is no point in me weighing in on our home scales as I can lose 1 stone in a day just by clipping my finger nails according to them.

Oh well, another 9 days I suppose until I can see if I am any nearer to my holiday goal. Must banish that demon in my head telling me to relax a bit if I've got more time....

Harumph.

Weeked musings

I've had a weekend of doing very little, but I don't feel like I've been overly good. Friday's little snooze meant I didn't actually eat that much until dinner time - but then we did have pie and chips and mushy peas. I pointed it all and came in with points to spare, but I can't help but feel it will have an impact on my weight this week. I need to get out of the mindset that existing on Veg is the only to lose weight.

Yesterday I made it to the gym and actually felt quite up to it for once. I'd planned 30 mins of cardio and a bit of weights, but ended up doing 50 mins of cardio instead. I even managed to run for 6 minutes in total - not exactly an achievement, but my fitness is definitely improved. 20 mins on the treadclimber nearly finished me off I have to say, my thighs were burning.

We were flipping famished after that and headed off to Wagamama. I was all set to go for something healthy, but couldn't resist the Chicken Katsu Curry - 14 points but worth every lovely mouthful. Last night I just had a stir fry and then got tempted by a bottle of Rose. Not ideal. 3 glasses later, I was over points which wasn't helped by a few ritz crackers and some Boursin light. Doh. All of my BP's therefore used.

Today has been slightly better, we played tennis for an hour this morning. I'm still utterly crap and spend most of my time running around trying to retrieve the balls for all sorts of random places, but its the taking part that counts - allegedly.

Work this week will be testing. I really need to make sure I am prepared so I am not tempted to eat shit to get me through the days. Fingers crossed.

Perspective

I can't believe how the sad news of someone you've never met, but whose blog you follow, can have such an impact on you. I genuinely cried yesterday when I read Jen's entry about her mum, I can't begin to imagine what she must be going through. Put's life into perspective.