1 x chicken tikka masala with rice
1 x naan bread
1 x can of Coke
1 x glass of champagne
3 x pieces of chocolate cake with cream
6 x glasses of wine
1.5 x white bread chicken stuffing sandwiches
10 x chicken nuggets with sweet chilli sauce
3 x cheeseburgers
1 x small Mc'Ds fries
2 x large cokes
2 x caramel kit-kat's
6 x ferrero rocher
BAD weekend for food... but GREAT weekend for living!
Now, to undo the damage and get my arse up nice and early each day this week for a walk to burn off all those calories!!
Monday, 7 March 2011
Monday, 28 February 2011
Cup of tea
I just wanted to write a little bit about a good old cup of tea. I'm a big fan. I love my tea, so long as it's made to my specific requirements...
Between my family and friends, my Tea drinking is almost legendary. Not that I drink a lot you understand, just how I like it made. Some days I wont even have a cup. Other days I'll have one or maybe three.
But, I like my tea very milky with two sugars. And not skim milk either, I refuse to buy skim milk. I will drink a tea if it's not at those requirements if I'm at someone's house and I don't want to be impolite... but I won't enjoy it.
Here's how I like my tea:
When you are trying to lose weight, people always have suggestions for you.
"Why not just try it with skim milk? You won't be able to taste the difference."
Well, actually I can taste the difference, and it just doesn't taste as good frankly.
"What about using less milk then? Having that much milk anyway, you can't even taste the tea."
I've tried this too. And sometimes I do drink tea this way when visiting someone and don't want to be impolite... and, I don't enjoy it as much. I can taste the tea, and I like tea to be milky.
"Why not have it without sugar, or even just one sugar? You'll get used to it quickly."
Well, actually I have spent big chunks of my life drinking tea without sugar or even less sugar and I just don't enjoy it as much.
"Well, why not use sugar replacements?"
Hmm.. thanks for your suggestion. I've done this too. And, as per the points above, it just doesn't taste as good. Thanks though.
My boyfriend likes to joke whether I want a bit of tea with my milk. Ha ha ha, darling.
I like my tea how I like my tea. And until I stop liking it, or until I decide to drink it another way because my weight loss has plateaued then I will continue to drink it how I like it.
It's my little bit of normality... a bit of indulgence. I've given up coke, and chocolate (most of the time!), and bread, and pasta and potatoes... all things I love. Probably even more than a cup of tea.
So excuse me, I'm off to put the kettle on.
Between my family and friends, my Tea drinking is almost legendary. Not that I drink a lot you understand, just how I like it made. Some days I wont even have a cup. Other days I'll have one or maybe three.
But, I like my tea very milky with two sugars. And not skim milk either, I refuse to buy skim milk. I will drink a tea if it's not at those requirements if I'm at someone's house and I don't want to be impolite... but I won't enjoy it.
Here's how I like my tea:
When you are trying to lose weight, people always have suggestions for you.
"Why not just try it with skim milk? You won't be able to taste the difference."
Well, actually I can taste the difference, and it just doesn't taste as good frankly.
"What about using less milk then? Having that much milk anyway, you can't even taste the tea."
I've tried this too. And sometimes I do drink tea this way when visiting someone and don't want to be impolite... and, I don't enjoy it as much. I can taste the tea, and I like tea to be milky.
"Why not have it without sugar, or even just one sugar? You'll get used to it quickly."
Well, actually I have spent big chunks of my life drinking tea without sugar or even less sugar and I just don't enjoy it as much.
"Well, why not use sugar replacements?"
Hmm.. thanks for your suggestion. I've done this too. And, as per the points above, it just doesn't taste as good. Thanks though.
My boyfriend likes to joke whether I want a bit of tea with my milk. Ha ha ha, darling.
I like my tea how I like my tea. And until I stop liking it, or until I decide to drink it another way because my weight loss has plateaued then I will continue to drink it how I like it.
It's my little bit of normality... a bit of indulgence. I've given up coke, and chocolate (most of the time!), and bread, and pasta and potatoes... all things I love. Probably even more than a cup of tea.
So excuse me, I'm off to put the kettle on.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Psyching myself up to jump on the scales
So, today was weigh day and I jumped onto the Wii Fit... preparing for a bad result.
I've not been good 100% of the time, and probably not even 80%. I've had bread, pasta, cheese and far too much chocolate. But most of the time I have been sticking to avoiding the foods I know I should avoid. I have managed to stay clear of Coke (a major addiction for many years), and when I did indulge in a can a few weeks ago I was reallygutted surprised to find that I didn't actually enjoy it. I've not been drinking juice either.
Although, having said that I know I've not been drinking enough water and for some reason just the thought of drinking a plain glass of water was turning me off ?? So, I did get some Ribena syrup and have been making myself drink more water by adding some sugar flavour to it.
I was thinking... maybe it was a way of self-sabotage? Because I had put on 2lbs the week before last, I kind of just lost the will to keep going, which made me so nervous to jump on the scales last week that I just avoided it altogether. In between times, I ate even whole blocks of chocolate to myself, bowls of pasta and toasted cheese sandwiches. Not all the time, mind you. But far too often that I should have.
I had a bit of a talk to myself one night, and just reminded myself why I am putting myself through this. To have a baby. But it's also become more than that too... my back is getting bad, and my knee joints are hurting. I'm not even 30 yet.
So, I made better decisions more and more often and went for a few walks.
And although I knew I must have limited my 'damage' by this weigh in, I wasn't expecting such a good result. Yay!
Anyway, here's day two of my snack breakfast. Exchanged a banana for a kiwi fruit this morning. I loveeeeeee banana, it's my favourite fruit by far. But I'm a really fussy banana eater. I can't stand it if they are over ripe, or even just ripe. I prefer them slightly green... mmmmm. Anything else, even just the smell of someone eating a ripe banana can make me flee a room.
I also added some freshly cut up coconut today, which was really nice.
I've not been good 100% of the time, and probably not even 80%. I've had bread, pasta, cheese and far too much chocolate. But most of the time I have been sticking to avoiding the foods I know I should avoid. I have managed to stay clear of Coke (a major addiction for many years), and when I did indulge in a can a few weeks ago I was really
Although, having said that I know I've not been drinking enough water and for some reason just the thought of drinking a plain glass of water was turning me off ?? So, I did get some Ribena syrup and have been making myself drink more water by adding some sugar flavour to it.
I was thinking... maybe it was a way of self-sabotage? Because I had put on 2lbs the week before last, I kind of just lost the will to keep going, which made me so nervous to jump on the scales last week that I just avoided it altogether. In between times, I ate even whole blocks of chocolate to myself, bowls of pasta and toasted cheese sandwiches. Not all the time, mind you. But far too often that I should have.
I had a bit of a talk to myself one night, and just reminded myself why I am putting myself through this. To have a baby. But it's also become more than that too... my back is getting bad, and my knee joints are hurting. I'm not even 30 yet.
So, I made better decisions more and more often and went for a few walks.
And although I knew I must have limited my 'damage' by this weigh in, I wasn't expecting such a good result. Yay!
Anyway, here's day two of my snack breakfast. Exchanged a banana for a kiwi fruit this morning. I loveeeeeee banana, it's my favourite fruit by far. But I'm a really fussy banana eater. I can't stand it if they are over ripe, or even just ripe. I prefer them slightly green... mmmmm. Anything else, even just the smell of someone eating a ripe banana can make me flee a room.
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| Snack breakfast |
It's weigh day - No.6
Was 122.0 kgs and am now 120.4 kgs so have lost 1.6kgs
(that said, I didn't weigh in week 5, so that's 1.6kgs since week 4)
I'm also thinking of giving up weighing on the Wii Fit cause I find it incredibly frustrating to not get such accurate results. I like to measure in kgs, that's how I have always done it. The Wii gives you results on the first page with your BMI, then in kgs, and then tells you how much you lost in lbs, and then if you view your chart it shows you your losses in stones.
And, I find they never quite equal up.
As an example, last time I weighed the kg amount shown on the Wii was 122kgs. This time it was 120.4 kgs which means I lost 1.6kgs, but the Wii says I lost 4lbs since last time, which is actually 1.8kgs. I know we are talking about a difference of just 200grams, but when you are desperate for every single loss, that 200g is a lot.
(that said, I didn't weigh in week 5, so that's 1.6kgs since week 4)
I'm also thinking of giving up weighing on the Wii Fit cause I find it incredibly frustrating to not get such accurate results. I like to measure in kgs, that's how I have always done it. The Wii gives you results on the first page with your BMI, then in kgs, and then tells you how much you lost in lbs, and then if you view your chart it shows you your losses in stones.
And, I find they never quite equal up.
As an example, last time I weighed the kg amount shown on the Wii was 122kgs. This time it was 120.4 kgs which means I lost 1.6kgs, but the Wii says I lost 4lbs since last time, which is actually 1.8kgs. I know we are talking about a difference of just 200grams, but when you are desperate for every single loss, that 200g is a lot.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club, it's a great movie if you haven't seen it.
But on a serious note, breakfast for me is something I struggle with the most I think... well, aside from getting up and going for a walk before work... well, and drinking enough water.
The biggest problem I have with breakfast, is that I just don't feel hungry nor feel like eating first thing in the morning. If I make myself have breakfast, or wake up feeling like it then my default breakfast would be toast which I don't eat anymore. I can't have scrambled eggs every morning.
I was having Ready Brek made with milk, a teaspoon of cinnamon (it's reportedly good for maintaining blood sugar levels with PCOS women) and a drizzle of honey on the top microwaved for four minutes. But it's a filling meal and it takes me about half an hour to eat. I don't have that sort of time.
So, I decided yesterday that I would opt for more of a snacky type situation for breakfast. So, this is what I am having today... and I am just going to sit it on my desk at work and nibble when I'm hungry.
So, I'm having a small handful of nuts, some strawberries and a banana.
But on a serious note, breakfast for me is something I struggle with the most I think... well, aside from getting up and going for a walk before work... well, and drinking enough water.
The biggest problem I have with breakfast, is that I just don't feel hungry nor feel like eating first thing in the morning. If I make myself have breakfast, or wake up feeling like it then my default breakfast would be toast which I don't eat anymore. I can't have scrambled eggs every morning.
I was having Ready Brek made with milk, a teaspoon of cinnamon (it's reportedly good for maintaining blood sugar levels with PCOS women) and a drizzle of honey on the top microwaved for four minutes. But it's a filling meal and it takes me about half an hour to eat. I don't have that sort of time.
So, I decided yesterday that I would opt for more of a snacky type situation for breakfast. So, this is what I am having today... and I am just going to sit it on my desk at work and nibble when I'm hungry.
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| the breakfast |
So, I'm having a small handful of nuts, some strawberries and a banana.
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