Lovely food and a stress filled day

Just a quick post as I am having a really stressy work day which is causing me to tear my hair out, not what you need on a Friday! The upside is, I've been so busy, I've barely thought about food, which is something normally occupying my mind constantly.

Talking of food, dinner at the Boxwood Cafe last night was absolutely amazing. We had an early table booked at 6pm so I'd had a late breakfast and no lunch in preparation for a gastronomic delight. As a result I was completely starving by the time we arrived, the G&T and Champagne Cocktail on arrival probably weren't the best idea I have ever had as I felt somewhat fuzzy headed when being shown to the table. I polished off a couple of (miniscule) warm rolls whilst perusing the menu to try and line the stomach a bit. We got a little starter of Pumpkin soup from the Chef which was amazing - I imagine full of cream as it tasted fairly gorgeous. I then opted for a pea and leek tart for starter (so cheesey and gorgeous) and Chicken Milanese for main. Both completely lush. No dessert for me, but much wine. Ooooops. So I reckon even with my Spinning and banked points, I am facing a defecit of around 8 points. Should be able to get that back at some point, although tomorrow may add to that!

A friend from home is arriving tonight so I really need to leave work on time to pick her up, but I am sat here waiting for our India team to get back to me on something that "HAS" to be installed today. Why does everything suddenly become an urgency at 1530 on a Friday?

Pub tonight but no alcohol and something light if we do eat out, I am feeling stuffed today and I am not really sure why. Stress causing my stomach to rebel perhaps!

Have a good weekend all!

Scale disbelief

3.5lbs off!! After yesterday's sneaky peak and Yo-Yo status, I wasn't overly confident - especially given I've been a few points over this week and indulged in a few too many alcohol points. Get me!

So that's 52lbs now gone. I'm doing a little jiggy happy dance which isn't overly becoming. 7lbs off in 2 weeks - almost unheard of for me!

I am determined to try and continue to be as good as I can. Tomorrow is Matt's birthday and we're off to Gordon Ramsay's Boxwood Cafe for dinner as they've a special offer on. I've already salivated over the menu and I can't see how I can be overly good! Plan is to go Spinning tonight (yuck) and bank as many points as I can in preparation. We've also got a lunch on Saturday with a load of friends which is likely to be a boozy affair - more point banking required. But I am feeling completely and utterly positive at the moment, I am even relishing a bit of exercise tonight.

I wonder if aliens have invaded my body, it's amazing what a couple of good weeks in a row can do for your mental state. Long may it continue.

Scale YoYo

I made it to the gym last night but my enthusiasm was somewhat lacking. I find Monday's a struggle at the best of times - just getting out of bed is an effort especially when the weather is dreary, whoever decided we should work a 5 day week and have 2 days off was mental. Surely it should be the other way round.

The gym was packed as per the Monday night norm. It's so frustrating and I end up wasting my time wandering around waiting for machines instead of just getting on with my workout so I spend twice as long doing half as much. I think I need to go swimming or attend a class on a Monday from now on.

Dinner was random, I'd taken steak out of the freezer so had that but was really craving rice and veg with curry sauce for some reason - so that became my side dish, I appear to have an addiction to Bisto Chip Shop Curry Sauce at the moment. Worrying. I ended up banking 5 points which still leaves me with 7 to make up - most unlikely today I think but not the end of the world.

One other pleasantry yesterday - after weeks of trying, I've finally managed to find myself a pair of Slouch fit jeans in a size 20. Nothing majorly exciting clearly but it had become somewhat of a mission. Nowhere seems to have this style anymore, and I am all for the skinny jean, but with my thighs, you sometimes just need something a bit more roomy. Good old Matalan came up trumps. I was cursing in Next as they sell up to a size 24 - but not in store. Clearly they don't want fat bottomed women cluttering their ailses.

I had a little bit of scale trauma this morning, I hopped on to see if there was any movement - and there was, 4lbs up. Cue me running around the bathroom in some sort of mad woman fashion and proclaiming a deep hatred for my body. Jumped back on and I was only 2lbs up. Still mad woman stylee. Stomped off to the shower and decided to give the scales another go - same weight I was last week. WTF is that all about?? These are WW scales and they hadn't moved in between my flailing around - unless of course all my stomping caused me to shed a few pounds. So not sure what to expect tomorrow really. Fingers crossed the scales are kind.

Off to my friend's house for dinner tonight but she has promised me WW friendly fare so all should be good. One day at a time etc. etc.

Another weekend, another defecit

I managed to recover from the hangover from hell and lack of sleep on Friday and force myself to meet Matt after work for a quick Lime and Soda - no booze for me thank you. The gym didn't happen, but I did manage a couple of rounds of Just Dance on the Wii in order to energise my lazy self. Homemade pizzas for dinner and a couple of films and it was a perfect Friday night for my hungover self.

Saturday, I actually slept in until 10am which is completely unheard of for me. I must have been in dire need of sleep after the poisoning of my body on Thursday night. Did 30 minutes on the treadclimber at the gym which felt really good along with some more exercises to try and sort out the knee. All in all, a fairly good start to the day. Drove up to the Midlands and grabbed a low fat sarnie from Tesco for the jounrey, you could see my halo shining a mile off. We spent a few hours with Matt's brother who seems to be in fairly good spirits despite being housebound for the forseeable future and then we headed over to our hotel. Dinner at the Bilash Restaurant in Wolverhampton was totally amazing - if you are ever around that area you should try it. The portions were fairly small and I reckon I just about came in on points food wise as I had Chicken Shaslick, a tiny spoonful of Lamb Curry and a bit of Naan - it was the alcohol that caused the issues. A few glasses of wine and couple of Amarettos to finish saw me 6 points over. I never learn do I?

Yesterday wasn't much better, we had breakfast at the hotel but I didn't really eat much of it as I was still feeling really full from the night before so a bit of bacon and a slice of toast for me. I then had an unfortunate incident mid afternoon with a Krispy Kreme doughnut and a Croissant which cost me a staggering 15 points. Clever or what? Dinner was Roast Chicken with Veg and a few chips cooked in the Tefal Actifry - it's first outing since I got it for Xmas. Most impressed - 'proper' chips for minimal points.

So here we are at Monday with a 12 point defecit. I've planned 18 points worth of food for the day (I get 26) and I am planning to hit the gym later - although Monday's at the gym are hideous as the world and his wife seems to feel the need to work out. Anyway, no excuses, I shall be there, even if I have to queue for the carpark and all of the machines.

Hoepfully I'll make up the defecit by Wednesday, but I am not hopeful for that 1.5lbs off to get to 50lbs. I seem to feel the need to sabotage myself every time I near a milestone. One day at a time though, so long as I don't gain this week, I'll be happy.

So today will be a good day, although the guy behind me is currently polishing off a Samosa for breakfast and the smell is killing me. I am currently channelling all of my energy into not stealing it from him. My Muller Light and an apple just isn't doing it for me. Harumph. PMA etc. etc.

Self inflicted struggle

I am struggling today as I very wisely used my 12 points last night on Wine, instead of the Poached Salmon Salad I was going to have. Not very clever am I? Met my friend after work and we popped to her local - where I had 2 lime and sodas as I was driving... very sensible. Then we decided we fancied a drink, so I drove us into town as it's half way between our houses - abandoned my car and ended up consuming the best part of a bottle and a half of wine. Oh dear.

I got home around 1am and Matt ever so kindly got up at 6am this morning which meant I woke up too. Ouch. I then had to get ready at breakneck speed so Matt could drop me off at my abadoned car which was thankfully still in one piece. I caught sight of myself in the mirror after I'd been at work for a few hours and I clearly applied my make with my eyes shut, I look like a cross between Lilly Savage and Aunt Sally.

I feel really hungry so far, but I've managed to limit myself. Porridge for breakfast with skimmed milk and 2 babybel lights. Lunch has been a roll with Roast Beef and Salad and a packet of crips but I want more food! I'm drinking loads of water to try and flush out the evil alcohol. I am going to the gym tonight, but not going to do Spinning, I think I'd hurl on the handlebars. A leisurely 20 minutes on the treadclimber and then some more leg weights I think since my thighs seem to be less painful.

Going to make Pizzas tonight so I can be reasonably healthy with that. I need to try and bank a few points for tomorrow as well. Talk about making life difficult for yourself. Silly girl.

Lead legs

So apparently its overkill to do 100 repititions of all of the leg weight machines at the gym - especially after you've just done 20 minutes on the tread climber. No bloody wonder I can barely walk. I never use those weight machine things (and I've no common sense) so I just kept on going until it was too hard to continue. So my inner thighs, outer thighs and just generally every part of my thigh is screaming at me still. Needless to say I didn't make Spinning last night given I am actually finding it fairly difficult to even use the blooming toilet. Who'd have thought a few little leg squeezes could inflict so much pain.

Instead of Spinning last night, I opted for the pub. A fair swap I think you'll agree. I had 2 Vodkas with Slimline tonic and opted for Roasted Rump of Lamb with Veg and a Red Wine sauce. If I'd have stopped there all would have been good - but Matt ordered cheese for dessert (I ordered NOTHING) and I couldn't resist picking at bits off his plate. Grrr - so 3.5 over for yesterday, but I am fairly confident I can get that back with a bit of exercise at some point. Cheese is officially evil.

I bought the below top yesterday in an attempt to stop the constant black. It's a size 16 which is a bit of an NSV, I pretty much always buy at least an 18 and when they didn't have that yesterday I automatically picked up the 20 - I guess I need to realise I am actually getting a bit smaller! I also bought a pair of jeans in the Evans sale - I am now officially fitting easily into size 20 which is still huge but given I was in a size 24 (and sometimes a 26) at the start of last year, I guess it's progress . It's good to start noticing a difference in my clothes even if I can't see one in the mirror.

Meeting a friend for dinner tonight but I've already decided to go for a Salad of some description and I've 12 points left so I reckon all should be good.

Plan is to go Spinning tomorrow if I've regained the use of my thighs and then cook a healthy alternative to the Friday Night Takeaway. Off to Wolverhampton on Saturday to see Matt's Incapacitated Brother(I am refusing to clean for him this weekend!) so we'll be spending the night in a hotel and heading out for a curry at a really nice restaurant. I am already planning to eat as much low or zero pointed food as I can during the day so I can enjoy my meal. Planning is definitely required me thinks.

Really want that 1.5 off this week to get that 50lb loss, I've been trying to get it for blooming months!

Back in the game

Fanbloodytastic! I lost 3.5 pounds this week which takes me back to my lowest weight before Xmas, back to 48.5 pounds off. The food diary, although somewhat tedious, definitely helped me stay on track and focus on making better choices. If you are struggling, give it a go.

So the aim for this week is to get 1.5lbs off, to reach my 50lbs gone. I've a couple of nights out planned, but not as much on as this past week so fingers crossed I can do it.

My legs are like lead today after the gym last night, I literally had to crawl out of bed this morning. I was going to go Spinning tonight but I am not sure I'll manage. I've booked in so I'll see how the day progresses... talking myself out of it already!

Food for the day is planned and should see me banking a couple of points. It's good to feel back in control.