Monday 29th November
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Weight Workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada with Philly Cheese & Ham
Lunch: Tuna Mayo & Cucumber Sandwich, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Punnet Strawberries
Dinner: BBQ Chicken Kebabs, Cous Cous, 2 Glasses Cider, Low Fat Choc Cheesecake
I wrote a nice little thread but Blogger ate it up!! Can't be bothered writing it again...but the kebabs were yummy. We cooked them on the BBQ and had dinner al fresco on the decking as it was a lovely evening.
My muscles are very sore. I can hardly walk, bend down, stretch etc. Thinking back, I might have overdone the squash a little bit!!!
Sunday 28th November
Weight: 65.8
Exercise: 1 Hr Squash
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 3 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Sofia Restaurant - Chicken & Bacon Risotto, 2 Slices Herb Bread, 2 Glasses Champagne
Dinner: Bag of Mixed Lollies, 1 Glass Cider
My bum is killing me!! - for anyone who plays squash, you will know what I'm talking about. I got a great workout from the game as Nick plays really well and had me running around the court like a lunatic. It's going to take a week before my muscles stop hurting!!
Saturday 27th November
Weight: 65.8
Exercise: 1 hr run/walk (0utside)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Ham, Cheese & Tomato Foccacia, Fizzy Lollies (out of showbag), 1/2 Packet Pretzels
Dinner: Tuna Mayo & Cucumber Sandwich, 4 Glasses Cider
Went to my dauther's school carnival today......I resisted the temptation of a hamburger with the lot & chips...smelt great though!!
There's now no more raisin bread, no more cider and no more pretzels in the house (thank god for that!!).
Friday 26th November
Weight: 66.0
Exercise: 40 Mins Treadmill - 27 Mins Run, 13 Mins Power Walk, (6.29km), 15 Mins Cross Trainer (2.59km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada with Philly Cheese & Ham
Lunch: Chicken Chow Mein, Low Fat Vanilla Yoghurt, Strawberries
Afternoon Tea: 2 Fun Size Chocolate Bars
Dinner: 2 Tuna Mayo & Cucumber Sandwiches, 1/2 bag pretzels, 2 glasses Cider
Still eating too much food, and I was tempted by the chocolate!!
The reason for the pretzels and the cider was because it was a really warm evening and I wanted to sit out on the deck with a drink and some nibbles....it's a real habit thing - once the warm weather arrives I just feel the need to relax with a drink and some nibbles!!
Thursday 25th November
Weight: 67.0
Exercise: Weight Workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: 3 Biscuits
Lunch: Ham & Low Fat Cheese in Multigrain Roll, Low Fat Apple Pie Yoghurt, Packet Choc Bullets
Afternoon Tea: Apple
Dinner: Chicken Chow Mein, 2 Slices MultiGrain Bread with W/W Margerine
I've piled the weight back on again. Didn't take long did it? But I only have myself to blame for that as I've eaten quite badly over the last week.
Funny thing is that I know exactly what I have to do to lose the weight i.e. good exercise and good eating, but actually putting it into practice is a completely different story. I have no excuse for not going to the gym, as I can go either in the mornings or the evenings at the moment, and I have tons of the right food in the fridge and cupboards, but I still choose to eat badly (and too much of it) and give myself any excuse to buy a bottle of champgane or a bottle of JD.
Just can't seem to get into the right frame of mind.
Wednesday 24th November
Weight: 66.0
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: Chicken Soup with Noodles, 3 Plain biscuits
Lunch: Ham Salad, Low Fat Trifle
Afternoon Tea: Punnet Strawberries
Snack: 2 Salada with Philly Cheese & Low Fat Cheese
Dinner:; Chicken Burger in Multigrain Roll, Chicken Burger, dipped in Tomato Sauce
Dessert: Low Fat Yoghurt
Later: Bowl of Vanilla Ice Cream
I could not stop eating today. I felt hungry the whole day. Got home from work at 4pm (finish early on Wednesdays) and just stood looking in to the cupboard for something to eat.
Vanilla Ice Cream was not necessary and I was actually going to have a cup of coffee, but then Nick mentioned that there was still some Ice-Cream in the freezer.....and that was that!!
Tuesday 23rd November
Weight: 65.8
Exercise: 30 Mins Cross Trainer (5.04km), 30 Mins Bike (13.1km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: Chicken with Noodles Soup, 1/2 Punnet Strawberries
Lunch: Ham Salad, Low Fat Vanilla Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: 1/2 Punnet Strawberries
Dinner: 2 Chicken Satay Sausages, Cous Cous, 2 Glasses Champagne
Yes I know, the champagne didn't get taken out of the fridge, so I drank it instead!! I've just read back on my earlier post saying how I was going to change my eating/drinking habits....unfortunately it hasn't happened yet!!
Monday 22nd November
Weight: 65.6
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 35 Mins Run, 25 Mins Power Walk (9.23km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: Chicken Soup with Noodles, 1/2 Punnet Strawberries
Lunch: Egg Salad, Berry Crumble
Afternoon Tea: 1/2 Punnet Strawberries
Dinner: Jacket Potato with Baked Beans & Low Fat Cheese, 2 JD & Diet Coke
Still can't say no to the alcohol!! I was offered a drink when I got home and of course I said yes without even blinking an eye!! And then I had another one! Really need to get control of this drinking....need more willpower to say No thanks!!
Sunday 21st November
Weight: 65.6
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie, 2 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Chocettes, BBQ Shapes, Peanuts
Dinner: White Bread Roll with W/W Margerine, Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Cream, 3 JD & Diet Coke
I look back on this weekend as my "hitting the wall" phase. Not sure if anyone gets to this stage, but for me it's all about realising that things have got out of hand again and doing something about it.
I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge which I'm going to take out and put in the cupboard....I don't drink warm champagne, and as long as it's not in the fridge, I won't drink it. I have made the decision that I will not any more alcohol until the company xmas do!
I am also not going to eat chocolate, biscuits, lollies ice cream etc etc if I can help it (remember that I am very weak willed when it comes to this sort of thing), but I'm going to try my hardest to steer clear of it all (work being my main problem area).
I really want to lose this excess 5kg that I'm carrying, and I've set my target for the end of the year. If I can do this, I know that I won't put it back on again, but it's getting there that's going to be the battle!
I force myself to get up every morning at 5.45am to get down the gym and work my body hard, only to destroy all that hard work by eating so much crap. Imagine what weight I'd be now if I wasn't eating the junk? I'm sure I'd be at my goal weight!
Saturday 20th November
Weight: 65.2
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Golden Syrup
Lunch: 4 Slices Raisin Toast with W/W Margerine, Salted Peanuts, 2 Glasses Champagne
Pre Dinner Munchies: Cashews & Peanuts, BBQ Shapes, Kettle Chips
Dinner: Sausage, T-Bone Steak, Coleslaw, Salad, Egg, 2 Glasses Champagen
After Dinner: Profitoroles with Choc Ice Cream & Vanilla Ice Cream, Cadbury Chocettes, 2 Glasses Champagne
This is not good!!! I really went to town tonight. Had friends over for a BBQ and really pigged out!! I could have made this a much more weight loss happy feed, but I used it instead as an excuse to eat lots of rubbish!! I have now learnt my lesson and this will not happen again!!
Friday 19th November
Weight: 65.2
Exercise: Weight workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 1 Slice Toast with W/W Margerine, 1 Bowl Nutrigrain
Morning Tea: Packet Choc Bullets
Lunch: Toasted Banana Sandwich, Low Fat Apple Pie Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Ham & Low Fat Cheese
Dinner: Roast Chicken Wholemeal Roll with Philly Cream Cheese, 3 x JD & Diet Coke
Late Snack: 2 x Cocktails (no idea what they were) Wholemeal Roll with Philly Cream Cheese & Lemon Curd
No veggies!!! Gotta get back into eating them regularly. It's not as if I don't like them 'cos I do, it's just that...well...can't really think of a reason not to eat them!!
Thursday 18th November
Weight: 64.8
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 56 Mins Run, 4 Min Power Walk (10.07km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Croissants
Morning Tea: 2 Cream Biscuits, 1 Plain Biscuit
Lunch: 2 Ham & Cheese Toasted Sandwiches, 1 Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, Apple , 2 Cream Biscuits
Dinner: Soft Serve Ice Cream, Pork in Tomato Pesto with Pasta
Gotta stop eating those biscuits. I normally bring something to eat for morning tea, yet I still manage to convince myself that I need someting sweet to eat with the cup of coffee!!
We went to Ikea this evening and their Ice Creams are only 50c and they are quite small. To be honest it didn't really taste very nice.....but of course I still ate it!!
Wednesday 17th November
Weight: 64.6
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - Run (10.21km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of Allbran & Nutrigrain (mixed together)
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Low Fat Cheese
Lunch: 2 Tuna Mayo & Cucumber Sandwiches, Low Fat Apple Pie Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: 2 Cream Biscuits
Dinner: 2 1/2 Sausages, Mashed Potato, Baked Beans
I did it, I did it.....I ran over 10km this morning, and in an hour too....feel really good now. If I do that every day I'll be really happy!! It seems to have quite a big impact on my weight too, which is great. Just need to bring the food intake back into line and I may actually see some good weight loss.
I have definitely toned up as well. I used to have those fat bits that hung over the back of my bra....okay they wern't huge but they were there. And as my bras were tighter than they used to be becuase of my weight gain, it really showed. I am now a bit happier to wear t-shirts knowing that my fat bits have reduced considerably!!
Just need to do some major work on the belly now!!
Tuesday 16th November
Weight: 65.4
Exercise: 20 Mins Cross Trainer (3.13km), 15 Mins Treadmill - Run (2.55km), 15 Mins Bike (6.58km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Golden Syrup
Morning Tea: Packet of Skittles, 2 Cream Biscuits
Lunch: 2 Tuna Mayo & Cucumber Sandwiches, Low Fat Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Punnet Strawberries, 2 Cream Biscuits
Dinner: Chicken Chow Mein, Low Fat Choc Mousse
I probably didn't need to eat 2 tuna sandwiches, but when I was making them in the morning they looked so good that my mind just said "I want two of them". They were really nice.
Didn't get my full hour at the gym this morning as I was running a bit late, so I had to reduce the amount of time on each of the pieces of equipment that I used. I could have gone to the gym when I got home but I didn't.....total lazy cow that I am!!
Monday 15th November
Weight: 65.4
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 55 Min Run, 5 Min Power Walk (9.91km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada with Ham & Low Fat Cheese, 1 Choc Cream Biscuit
Lunch: Chicken Schnitzel, Cauliflower & Broccoli with White Sauce, 1 Low Fat Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Apple
Dinner: Minced Steak with Spices on Brown Rice
So my weight is already reflecting the binge over the weekend. Doesn't take long does it?
I am so nearly at a pace where I can run 10km in an hour. Just need to up it a little bit more to get over that 10km mark.
Desparately need to get into some good eating this week!!
Sunday 14th November
Weight: 65.0
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: Sausage in 1 Slice Bread
Lunch: Chicken Schnitzel, Broccoli & Cauliflower in White Sauce
Afternoon Tea: 1/2 Whip, 2 Choc Donuts, Handful Maltesers
Dinner: Bowl of Nutrigrain, Sultana Bran & All Bran (all mixed together)
Well that was a disaster. Didn't go to the gym this morning due to time restraints (and the fact that I woke up late), then the afternoon choc binge really knocked me for six!! All I could think of was chocolate. I drove to the supermarket specifically to buy it too!!! And then when I got there I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted, and of course I ended up buying lots!
Saturday 13th November
Weight: 64.8
Exercise: Weight Workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Small bowl of Nutrigrain, 2 Slices Toast
Lunch: Can Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup, 2 Slices Toast
Dinner: 2 Dim Sims, 2 Potato Cakes, Small bowl of Chips, Low Fat Choc Mousse, 3 Glasses Champagne
I have no willpower....as soon as Nick mentions the word, chips, pizza, eating out, instead of thinking, "probably not a good idea", I automatically think "yep that sounds great"!! I had plenty of food at home that I could have eaten, but instead I go for the lazy, add to weight option!!
Friday 12th November
Weight: 64.6
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 50 Mins Run, 10 Mins Power Walk (9.58km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada with Low Fat Cheese
Lunch: Minced Steak with Spices, Mashed Potato, Low Fat Yoghurt, 1 Piece Choc Fudge Brownie
Afternoon Tea: Punnet Strawberries, 1 Biscuit
Dinner: Chicken & Cashews with Saffron Rice, 1 JD & Diet Coke
I so nearly ate one of those little mini chocolate bars today. What I just can't get into my head is that fruit is just as nice as chocolate!!! I had tons of it on my desk. Not sure if I should have eaten the whole punnet of Strawberries, but it was better than eating the chocolate!!
Still got blisters on my feet but at least I put the bandaids in the right place this time. The bandaids rubbed the blisters a bit, but it wasn't too uncomfortable that I couldn't run.
Thursday 11th November
Weight: 64.4
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 40 Mins Run, 20 Mins Power Walk (9.10km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Small bowl of Porridge with Golden Syrup
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Bread Roll with Cheese Spread, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt, Nutri Grain Bar
Afternoon Tea: 3 Cream Centred Biscuits, Mandarin
Dinner: 2 Crumbed Chicken Balls with Cheese & Broccoli Sauce, Mashed Potato
Dessert: 2 JD & Diet Coke, 2 Pieces Choc Fudge Brownie
Two things went wrong at the gym this morning!! I so wanted to run further than I did this on the treadmill, but unfortunately I got a blister on my foot yesterday and so I put a bandaid on it this morning, but in my not quite awake state I didn't put it right over the blister so as soon as I started running it aggrivated the blister again, so I had to walk instead of run.
And don't you just hate it when you need to go to the loo!! I was almost finished and it just kind of hit me, but as I only had 10 minutes to go I held on, but it really takes away your concentration!!!
I went shopping after work and I was hungry.....big mistake!! I did limit the bad food to the choc fudge brownies...but there were 8 pieces of them!!
Wednesday 10th November
Weight: 64.8
Exercise: 60 Min Treadmill - 50 Min Run, 10 Min Power Walk (9.26km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Porridge with Golden Syrup
Morning Tea: 2 Salada with Low Fat Cheese
Lunch: Minced Steak with Spices & Brown Rice, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Lemon Curd Sandwich, 3 Fruit Bars (small little things!!)
Dinner: Bread Roll with W/W Margerine
Late Snack: Coloured Popcorn
So another run at the gym this morning. I might consider running each morning as it really burns alot of calories and I always feel that I get more out of a run than I do from either weights or the cross trainer, bike or rowing machine.
Maybe I'll even consider going to the gym in the evenings to do the weights etc.....I did say maybe!!
Tuesday 9th November
Weight: 64.8
Exercise: 60 Mins Treadmill - 40 Mins Run, 20 Mins Walk (8.78km)
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Ham & Low Fat Cheese
Late Morning Tea: Cream of Chicken Cup a Soup
Lunch: Chicken & Pumpkin Risotto, Pumpkin, Broccoli & Cauliflower Mash, Low Fat Lemon Torte Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Punnet of Strawberries
Dinner: Minced Steak with spices & Brown Rice, 2 JD & Diet Coke
Can't seem to resist the lure of the JD at the moment. It's so nice to come home and sit down with a cold drink!!
The run on the treadmill was great. Felt quite good afterwards, even if I did look like I'd just run a marathon when I got off the treadmill!!
Monday 8th November
Weight: 66.2
Exercise: Weight Workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Ham & Low Fat Cheese
Lunch: Chicken & Pumpkin Risotto, Low Fat Chocolate Mousse
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin, Apple, 2 Biscuits
Dinner: Chicken & Pumpkin Risotto, Broccoli, Pumpkin & Cauliflower Mash
So I'm back at the gym again. Feels good too.
I had a real sugar craving this afternoon and was eyeing off those fun size chocolate bars (yes they're still here!!) and I did manage to resist, but ended up putting my hand in the biscuit tin instead. At least they were only plain ones.....
Sunday 7th November
Weight: 65.6
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Lunch: 4 Slices Hawaiian Pizza (Ham, Cheese & Pineapple), 1 JD & Diet Coke
Dinner: 4 Slices Grain Toast with W/W Margerine
That's 5 days now without doing any exercise....not good! I'm already feeling past the point of missing the gym (doesn't take long does it!!). I'll be back down the gym tomorrow as Nick is at home again, so there's no excuse!!
Pizza......yes well....just a spur of the moment decision that I now regret as the pizza was pretty average (Dominoes).
Saturday 6th November
Weight: 66.0
Exercise: NO
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Grain Toast with W/W Margerine
Lunch: Slice Grain Bread with W/W Margerine, Packet Chocolate Coated Licorice Balls
Dinner: Grain Roll with Ham, Packet Picnic Chocettes, 2 JD & Diet Coke
BAD, BAD, BAD.....can't say any more than that! This whole week has been a big disappointment foodwise. Not sure of the reason, but it was just one of those weeks! Way too much bread today, but it's just such an easy source of food when there's not much time.....well when I say there's not much time, I really mean that I can't be bothered cooking anything!!
Friday 5th November
Weight: 65.8
Exercise: No
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Grian Toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Low Fat Cheese
Lunch: Chinese: Fried Rice, Teryaki Chicken, Beef in Black Bean Sauce
Afternoon Tea: Apple Scroll
Dinner: Chicken Chow Mein (Homemade)
Looks like most of my hard work over the last month has just been blown out of the window. Can't believe that it takes so long to lose any weight, and within 3 days I've put most of it back on again!! Just not fair!!
Thursday 4th November
Weight: 65.8
Exercise: Lifting Champagne Glass all day!!
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Croissant
Lunch: Don't Ask......
Dinner: Too much crap!!!
Okay so I'm not going to specifically list every single thing that I ate, as there's just too much stuff to list. Needless to say most of it wasn't good, including the champagne!!
But I did have a fantastic time at Oaks Day, and I can now say that I have had the experience of being there!!
Wednesday 3rd November
Weight: 64.2
Exercise:
Food Intake:
Breakfast: 2 Slices of grain toast with W/W Margerine
Morning Tea: Chicken & Veg Soup with Croutons
Lunch: 2 Salada Biscuits with Ham & Low Fat Cheese, Low Fat Lemon Meringue Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: Mandarin
Dinner: Chicken in Lite Three Cheese Sauce, Pasta, 4 Choc Chip Cookies
Was doing so well until those pesky Cookies appeared.....and I probably had a bit too much of the pasta because I was so hungry by the time it was ready. Oh well, what's a girl to do???
Tuesday 2nd November
Weight: 64.4
Exercise: 1 hour run/walk (outside), Mowed Lawn
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana
Lunch: Sausage, steak, potato salad, pasta salad, green salad, chips, BBQ Shapes, 2 x Choc Truffles, 1 Choc Chip Cookie, 6 Glasses Champagne
Dinner: No
Ohhhhh I feel awful!! Too much alcohol....yuck!
Monday 1st November
Weight: 64.9
Exercise: Weight workout, Situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie
Morning Tea: 2 Salada Biscuits with Low Fat Cream Cheese Spread
Lunch: Toasted Ham & Cheese Grain Sandwich, Low Fat Lemon Torte Yoghurt
Afternoon Tea: 3/4 Punnet Strawberries
Dinner: Chicken & Pumpkin Risotto (home made), Low Fat Lemon & Raspberry Yoghurt
So the weekend's bad eating is now showing on the scales!!
Because I liked the Risotto at the Pub so much, I decided to make it myself when I got home from work tonight. I didn't have any sage so had to use mixed herbs and it did alter the taste a little bit....and the rice wasn't cooked enough but it took forever and I couldn't wait any more, I was starving!!
Sunday 31st October
Weight: 64.4
Exercise: 20 Mins Cross Trainer (3.6km), 20 Mins Treadmill - Run (3.33km), 20 Mins Cycle (8.77km), situps
Food Intake:
Breakfast: Banana Smoothie, 2 Slices Grain Toast with W/W Margerine.
Lunch: Chicken, Sage & Pumpkin Risotto, 2 Glasses Champagne
Afternoon Tea: Slice of Mars Bar Cake with Ice Cream & Cream, Glass Champagne
Dinner: Nothing
Well that's blown my run of saying NO to chocolate. It was delicious though, but now I'm going to have to work extra hard to make up for it. Might cut down on my food intake this week, although with it being Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday and Oaks Day on Thursday (which I'm going to), there's bound to be plenty of champagne flowing!! I feel this is not going to be a good week!!
