Monday 30th August
Weight: 66.8
Exercise: No
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Bacon, 2 Fried Eggs
Morning Tea: Tasty Cheese
Lunch: Ham, Boiled Egg & Salad with Mayo, Strawberries & Cream
Dinner: Fried Courgettes, Onion & Bacon Bits
Well I got through today with not too many problems. I'm not even feeling hungry but know that I have to keep eating for this to do any good.
Didn't get the chance to go to the gym as Nick started work early and I was too tired to go after work. Needed sleep more than exercise!!
Sunday 29th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Not today
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Low Carb Pancakes with Lemon Juice & Splenda
Lunch: 2 Spicy Tomato & Beef Sausages, Coleslaw, 1 1/2 Boiled Eggs
Afternoon Tea: Cheese & Mixed Nuts
Dinner: Shepherds Pie (no Potato Topping), 3 Glasses Champagne
So far so good. Not too bad trying to think of things to eat at the moment, but I'll need to start baking things in advance as Low Carb eating means having to be organised with food. Need to get cooking!!!
Saturday 28th August
Weight: 66.4
Exercise: Day Off
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Bacon, 2 Fried Eggs
Lunch: Large Piece Tasty Cheese
Dinner: 1 Spicy Beef & Tomato Sausage, 2 Hamburgers, 1/2 boiled egg, coleslaw, salad, grated cheese
Dessert: Strawberries & Light Cream, 1 bottle Champagne
So my first day of low carb went really well. Had my sister and her lot over for a BBQ, so it was quite easy to stick to the plan.
Friday 27th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Treadmill - 25 Mins Running, 35 Mins Power Walking (8.23km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: 2 Butternut Snap Biscuits
Late Morning Tea: White Bread Roll with W/W Margerine & Fat Reduced Cream Cheese
Lunch: Toasted Sandwich with Banana & Splenda on Grain Bread, Low Fat Strawberry Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: Tuna Mayo & Salad, 1 Bottle Champagne
Late Snack: 1/2 Bag Salted Mixed Nuts
So my last day with low fat food. Tomorrow begins the low carb regime. Bought the nuts to eat during the week, but they got opened by Nick and that was that. Sat watching TV munching through the rest of the bag!!
Thursday 26th August
Weight: 67.2
Exercise: 20 Mins Cross Trainer (3.05km) 10 Mins Rowing Machine (2040m) 20 Mins Bike (8.4km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 1 Croissant, 1 Bowl Sultana Bran with Milk
Morning Tea: Special K Cereal Bar
Late Morning Tea: Banana
Lunch: White Roll with Ham & Tomato, Low Fat Strawberry Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: 2 Mandarins
Dinner: Shepherds Pie (minus Potato topping), Peas, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Roast Pumpkin
Well I did it - I avoided the chocolate today!!! It was a hard slog though.
Have decided to go back to Low Carb and see if it makes a difference. Not sure if this is the right thing to do but I'm going to start on Saturday and see if it changes anything.
Wednesday 25th August
Weight: 67.2
Exercise: Weight Workout, Situps, Treadmill - 15 Mins Power Walking (1.83km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: Special K Cereal Bar
Lunch: Grain Roll with Chicken & Tomato, Low Fat Vanilla Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Banana & Walnut Cake, GIANT Freddo Frog
Dinner: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Roast Pumpkin, Roast Chicken & Gravy
I can't do it....just can't leave that chocolate alone. It's just sitting there, calling out to me. What do I do?? How do I stop myself from eating it???
I always take enough food with me to work so that I'm never hungry, but there's just this period of time where I really crave chocolate. And I just give in to it every time.
Tuesday 24th August
Weight: 67.6
Exercise: Treadmill - 30 Mins Running, 30 Mins Power Walking (8.79km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Sultana Bran with Milk, 1 Croissant
Morning Tea: 4 VitaWheats with Low Fat Philli Cream Cheese & Fat Reduced Cheese
Late Morning Tea: Mandarin
Lunch: Grain Roll with Chicken & Cheese, Low Fat Lemon Cheesecake Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Banana, GIANT Freddo Frog
Dinner: Tuna Salad
Late Snack: 2 Slices Banana & Walnut Cake
I had these bananas that I needed to use, so I made a Banana & Walnut Cake....stupidly I also ate alot of it!!!
I wish they'd move the fundraising chocolate. It's way too close to my desk for comfort and I can see it all the time - it's right in my view. Need to be strong, need to be strong!!!
Monday 23rd August
Weight: 67.6
Exercise: 15 Mins Cross Trainer (2.29km), 15 Mins Bike (6.6km), 10 Mins Rowing (2070m), Sit Ups
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: Special K Cereal Bar
Late Morning Tea: Banana
Lunch: Can Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup, 2 Slices Grain Bread with W/W Margerine, Low Fat Lemon Cheesecake Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, GIANT Caramello Koala
Dinner: Grilled Chicken Breast with Mashed Potato, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Gravy.
I was doing so well until somebody brought the fundraiser chocolates into work. I held off until the very last minute, but it got to about 3pm and that sweet tooth took over again......just couldn't talk myself out of it!!
Sunday 22nd August
Weight: No idea, but probably not good due to food intake over last 2 days!
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Starbucks Cinnamon Bun
Lunch: Smoken Joes Cafe - Lamb Risotto, Hot Chips from Alanas plate, 2 JD & Diet Cokes
Dinner: 1/2 Can JD & Coke
Hate to think how much I weigh now. It'll have to wait until tomorrow.
The weekend was spent in the City. Stayed overnight in a swanky hotel, so that's the reason for the pretty crap food intake (and I suppose if you look closely there was alot of alcohol too!!)
The start of a new week - time to wipe the slate clean and start again!!
Saturday 21st August
Weight: 65.6
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Brown Toast with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Chinese - Chicken Teryaki, Sweet & Sour Pork, Fried Rice
Afternoon Tea: 6 Toffees covered in Dark Choc, 1 Bottle Champagne
Dinner: Chicken Souvlaki , 2 JD & Diet Coke, 1 Ruski
Late Snack: 3 Belgian Chocolates
So today was a total write off. I think the only good thing I put in my mouth was the lettuce and tomato out of the souvlaki!!
I think that I can only put my pigout down to the fact that I have lost some weight and I thought that would justify the eating.....unfortunately my conscience is kicking me in the bum, so telling me otherwise!!!
Friday 20th August
Weight: 66.2
Exercise: 15 Mins Cross Trainer (2.2km) 10 Mins Rowing Machine (2013M) 15 Mins Cycle (6.1km) Sit Ups
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: 2 Milk Biscuits
Late Morning Tea: Banana
Lunch: Spaghetti Bolognese, W/W Fruit of the Forest Cereal Bar
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: 4 MINI Wagon Wheels, 2 Cans JD & Coke
How can you lose a kilo in one day??? Something happened overnight though. Thankyou Whoosh Fairy. Just need to keep doing what I'm doing I suppose - apart from the weekend binges - really need to cut them out!!
So what does she do - goes and eats chocolate & downs alcohol!!! Will I ever learn????
Thursday 19th August
Weight: 67.2
Exercise: Treadmill (7.9km) - 20 Mins Running, 40 Mins Power Walking
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl Sultana Bran & Milk
Morning Tea: W/W Fruit of the Forest Cereal Bar
Late Morning Tea: Banana
Lunch: Spaghetti Bolognese
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: Tuna Mayonaise Salad
Pretty good day for food. Nothing junky. Still no change on the weight though.....where is that whoosh fairy????
Wednesday 18th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Weight Work Out
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: 4 VitaWheats with Ham
Late Morning Tea: Banana
Lunch: Can Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup, 2 Slices Grain Bread with W/W Margerine, Low Fat Vanilla Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognese with a sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese
Late Snack: Hot Chocolate
So why am I not losing any weight? I just can't figure it out. I'm working my butt off at the gym, trying to curb the bad eating and I'm just not seeing any results at all.
I do feel like I'm toning up a bit but it's a bit depressing when those scales just won't move at all. Oh well, just keep plodding on. I'm sure the whoosh fairy will come by soon!!!
Tuesday 17th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Treadmill (7.73km) - 45 Min Power Walking, 15 Min Running
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl Sultana Bran with Milk
Morning Tea: 4 Crispbreads with Low Fat Cheese
Late Morning Tea: Banana, 2 Plain Biscuits
Lunch: Grain Roll with Chicken Meat & Tomato, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: 2 Teryaki Chicken Satay Sticks with Cous Cous
Late Snack: Hot Chocolate
Well I think I did pretty well today foodwise, although I could have done without the biscuits but my sweet tooth kicked in and I couldn't stop myself from putting my hand in the biscuit tin. I wish they wouldn't have them at work as it's so easy to just walk over and grab one....or ten!!!
Monday 16th August
Weight: 67.2
Exercise: Weights Workout, 15 Mins Cross Trainer
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices grain toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: 4 Crispbreads with Low Fat Cheese
Morning Tea: W/W Fruit of the Forest Cereal Bar
Lunch: Grain Roll with Chicken Meat & Tomato
Afternoon Tea: Bag Marshmallows
Dinner: Tuna Mayonaise Salad
I was so craving something sweet today. Had to go up the street at Lunchtime to get a lottery ticket and before I knew it, I had a bag of Marshmallows in my hand......suppose it was better than a bar of chocolate!!!!
Sunday 15th August
Weight: 67.2
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 3 Mini Croissants
Lunch: FoodCourt - Small Plate Chinese (Fried Rice, Sweet & Sour Pork, Mongolian Beef), few hot chips
Dessert: Scoop Baileys Ice Cream, Scoop Choc Chip IceCream
Now the croissants were really small, so 3 really wasn't many - even Alana had 3!!!
Nothing I can say about the Chinese - really fancied it.....and it was lovely, but I did restrict myself to a small plate.
The IceCream I blame Nick for. I thought we were just buying a cone for Alana but then Nick made noises about buying some, so I just had to have some too!!!
Note though that I didn't have any dinner as I was so full of junk food!!
Saturday 14th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Treadmill - 45 Mins Power Walk, 15 Mins Running, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Sultana Bran with Milk
Lunch: Can of Potato & Bacon Soup with Brown Bread Roll with W/W Margerine
Afternoon Tea: 2 Toffeepop biscuits
Dinner: Chicken Schnitzel with Lite Alfredo Pasta
Late Snack: 4 Toffeepop Biscuits, Can JD & Coke
Not too bad if I do say so myself. The toffeepops were our weekend treat.....much better than the big bag of chocolates I'd wanted to pick up. And I thought I was very restrained by only having one can of JD.....note the lack of Champagne. I didn't buy a bottle as I didn't really have any reason to drink, other than it was the weekend!!!
Friday 13th August
Weight: 66.8
Exercise: Treadmill - 50 Mins Power Walking, 10 Mins Running
Food Intake
Breakfast: Bowl Sultana Bran with Milk
Early Morning Tea: Slice Birthday Cake (Sponge with LOTS of Cream)
Morning Tea: 4 Crisp Wheats with W/W Margerine & Ham
Lunch: Can Chicken & Vegetable Soup,2 Slices Grain Bread with W/W Margerine
Afternoon Tea: Banana, Mandarin
Late Afternoon Tea: Few Triangles Pineapple, Handful of Potato Chips, 2 Glasses Champagne
Dinner: Tuna Mayo Salad, Bag Picnic Chocettes, Can JD & Coke
What started out as a good food day turned into a bit of a mess. Someone at work had a birthday so I HAD to have a piece of cake. Then we went to Toms party and was offered Champagne....anyone who knows me understands that the words champagne and no just don't go together!!! At least I said no to the offer of more birthday cake!!
Now the bag of Picnic Chocettes was because I'd had a couple of glasses of champagne and then got the munchies....and the only reason I was able to buy them was because I'd stopped at the supermaket to buy the cans of JD....so it was an easy option for me to pick up the chocettes at the same time......I suppose in my favour it is the weekend now!!!!
Thursday 12th August
Weight: 67.4
Exercise: Weights Workout, 5 Minutes Rowing, 10 Minutes Cross Trainer
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 3 Weetbix with Milk & Sprinkle of Sugar
Morning Tea: Banana Bread with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Ham, Cheese & Tomato Foccacia, 1/2 Slice Grain Bread with Butter
Afternoon Tea: Grain Bread Roll with W/W Margerine
Dinner: Chicken with Satay Rice
I'd brought my can of soup with me for lunch, but things went askew when a meeting at work took longer than expected and we couldn't eat lunch at the table, so me & Margaret went out for lunch. The foccacia was dripping in Butter, but I didn't know this until it arrived at the table!!
A bit too much bread today I think!
Wednesday 11th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: 5 Min Power Walk, 15 Min Running, 20 Min Cross Trainer, Sit-ups
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 3 Weetbix with Milk & Sprinkle of Sugar
Morning Tea: 2 x plain biscuits
Late Morning Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Lunch: Left Over Chicken Teryaki Honey with Brown Rice, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, Banana, 2 x plain biscuits
Dinner: 2 Broccoli & Cheese Filled Crumbed Chicken Balls with Broccoli, Cauliflower and Mashed Potato
I really should have only had one of the the chicken balls, but they're so nice that I easily managed to fit two of them in.
Oh yeah, about the biscuits. Well I was really really looking for chocolate, but I used the biscuits as a substitute. If I hadn't the chocolate craving would have won out and I'd now be feeling really guilty about it all.....but I'm not!!!
Tuesday 10th August
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Weight Workout at Gym, 10 Minutes Rowing
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Weetbix with Milk & Sprinkle of Brown Sugar
Morning Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Lunch: Toasted Chicken & Tomato Sandwich, Low Fat Vanilla Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, Banana, 1/2 small packet soft lollies
Dinner: Chicken in Teryaki Honey Sauce & Brown Rice, slice of Banana Bread with butter
Getting back into the rythmn of the gym now. It still kills me getting up at 5.45am but at least I know that if I don't feel like going after work, I've already done some exercise already, and if I do go after work, it's a bonus!!
This afternoon I was really craving something sweet and at the front desk at work they have this box of chocolates and lollies.....I did manage to only eat 1/2 the bag of lollies as I shared them with Margaret.....and it was a small bag too!! Another pat on the back for me I think as I could have happily eaten the whole lot.....in about 2 minutes flat!!!
Monday 9th August
Weight: 67.8
Exercise: 15 Min Running Machine, 15 Min Cycle Machine, 15 Min Cross Trainer
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Muesli with 1 weetbix & Milk (small sprinkle brown sugar)
Morning Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Lunch: Chicken & Tomato Toasted Sandwich, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: Chicken & Veg Stir Fry with Hoi Sin Sauce, Slice of Banana Bread with Butter
Well I made it down the gym this morning and even managed not to die coughing!!!
I tried to keep the food intake down today but couldn't resist that bit of banana bread while I was making dinner.
It mustn't be to Nick's taste though as there is still plenty left!!!
Sunday 8th August
Weight: 67.8
Exercise: Weight Workout at the gym
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 slices brown toast with lemon curd
Morning Tea: Slice of banana bread with w/w margerine
Lunch: Leftover Special Fried Rice, White Roll with Ham
Afternoon Tea: Choc Wedge, Mini Packet Cheese & Bacon Balls, 2 Glasses Champagne
Dinner: Slice of Banana Bread with butter
Can't believe how much my weight has gone up in just one day. I'm sure that some of it is due to my water intake yesterday. Drank a litre at the gym yesterday morning and nearly a litre last night before I went to bed.....hangover cure!!!
Not a great day food wise, but I'm now back into being good mode. No more alcohol unless it's for a special reason and no more junky food....unless there's a good reason too!!
Saturday 7th August
Weight: 66.6
Exercise: 15 Min Running Machine, 15 Min Cycle, 15 Min Cross Trainer
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Croissant
Lunch: White Bread Roll with Ham & Tomato
Dinner: Big Plate of Chinese Takeaway food, prawn crackers, 4 glasses champagne, choc wedge Icecream, 4 Chocolate biscuits.
Well I managed to drag myself out of my sick bed and get my bum down the gym this morning. Felt like I'd done a 3 hour marathon rather than just a 45 minute workout!! I also signed up for a 12 month membership while I was there.
So dinner was a bit of a blowout. My sister and her lot came round and they're such a fussy lot that it was chinese or pizza! I thought chinese would be the better option.....so the biscuits and Icecream wern't chinese food, but I just didn't think about what I was putting in my mouth at the time.....just shoved it right in. Silly thing was that I wasn't hungry at all and didn't really enjoy them that much either.....god I'm so stupid sometimes!!!
Friday 6th August
Weight: 66.6
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Milk & Splenda
Morning Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Lunch: Can Beef Stockpot Soup & a slice brown bread with butter
Dinner: Ham & Cheese Tortellini with Creamy Tomato Sauce, White Bread Roll with W/W Margerine, Can of JD & Dry Ginger Ale
Saw the JD & Dry Ginger Ale out of the corner of my eye while we were in the Bottle Shop. Had to at least try it.....and it's not bad actually!!
Thursday 5th August
Weight: 66.6
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of Porridge with Milk & sprinkle of Splenda
Lunch: Ham & Tomato Brown Bread Sandwich
Afternoon Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Dinner: Chicken Breast & Satay Rice
While we were out buying the meat, which is in the food court, I really wanted to buy lunch there. There's so much stuff to choose from, mostly junky food that wouldn't have done me any good. But Nick was great at talking me out of it, so came home and had my sandwich instead!!
Wednesday 4th August
Weight: 67.2
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of Sultana Bran
Morning Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Late Morning Tea: 4 Wheat Breads with Roast Pork & Philli Cream Cheese
Lunch: Brown Bread Roll with Cheese
Afternoon Tea: Weight Watchers Apple Crumble Cereal Bar
Dinner: Can of Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup & 1 1/2 Brown Rolls with Butter
One of my better days food wise apart from the bread rolls. They were so yummy though and really really fresh too - just couldn't help myself.
Tuesday 3rd August
Weight: 67.0
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Brown Toast with Lemon Curd
Lunch: Bayswater Hotel - Chicken Parmigiana with Chips & Salad, Glass Champagne
Dinner: 1/4 Hawaiian Pizza (homemade)
Dessert: Weight Watchers Lemon Sponge Pudding
Okay so I wasn't feeling too great today - I think it was post-op shock or something like that. When I ordered the Chicken Parmigiana the woman who took the order asked if I wanted Chips & Salad or Vegetables. Me being the little piggy that I am went for the chips & salad even though a little voice inside my head was saying "order the veggies, order the veggies", but out of my mouth came the words "Chips please!!".
The pizza was one of those fresh ones that you can buy from the Supermarket. It was okay, but next time we decide to have pizza, I'm going to order a take away as they're exactly the same price and 10 times nicer!!
Monday 2nd August
Weight: 67.0
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 4 x Crispbreads with Tasty Cheese & Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Late Morning Tea: Banana, Caramello Koala
Lunch: Brown Roll with Roast Pork and Carrot,
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, McDonalds Oreo McFlurry
Dinner: Bowl Sultana Bran & Milk, 2 Glasses Champagne
I was feeling really crappy when I came in to work this morning and the temptation was just too much. My body was craving chocolate and I just had to fill that need, hence the Caramello Koala.
What happened with the McDonalds McFlurry was that I finished work early and had to catch the train home, but missed it by a minute and the next one wasn't due for 1/2 hour. My throat hurt loads and it was all I could think would ease the pain....throat lozenges didn't even enter my head!!
The champagne was from the weekend and just had to be drunk...enough said!!
Sunday 1st August
Weight: 67.4
Exercise: None - don't feel very well today - flu like symptoms
Food Intake
Breakfast: 3 Crepe Pancakes with Lemon & Splenda
Lunch: McDonalds Chicken Foccacia, Large Chips
Afternoon Tea: Small bag Potato Chips, Glass Champagne
Dinner: Glass Champagne, Brown Roll with Roast Pork
We'd promised Alana that we were going to have McDonalds today and I did try and find the healthiest option....chips don't count do they???
Not a very good day food or drink wise. I thought the champagne might make me feel better.....just made me go to sleep on the couch and wake up with sore head!! (dehydrated I think).
Saturday 31st July
Weight: 66.4
Exercise: Weights at the gym, 5 minute cross trainer
Food Intake
Breakfast: 2 Slices Grain Toast with Lemon Curd
Lunch: 3 Weetbix with Milk & Splenda
Afternoon Tea: Marshmallows
Dinner: 3 Dim Sims, Bag Chips, handful Potato Chips, 2 Cans Bourbon & Coke
Late Snack: Marshmallows
There's not much good food to eat at the footy so I decided to just enjoy it and worry later. I was going to drink champagne but it was so expensive for such a small glass that I went for the bourban instead. At least it took me more than 5 minutes to drink it, which the champagne wouldn't have....so a good choice I think!!
