My bad kilo is back again

I presume. I can tell because my black trousers are too tight and I can only just do them up.

I put this down to a bank holiday weekend. Now, I can't promise that this is faithful recollection of what I ate.

corn on the cob with lots of butter
Goats cheese souffles with green beans and tomato and nasturtium salad
Summer fruit compote with ice cream
Pizza (a whole massive one for me)
Grilled sardines
Aubergine, tomato and cheese pasta
Lots of bread and oil
Wine - prob about 3 bottles
Beer - prob about 5 pints and 5 cans
Lots more summer fruit compote with yoghurt
Lots of toast with butter and jam and cheese
Tuna sandwich
Rice crispie cake
Pistachio nuts
Home made burgers with onion rings, potato salad and green salad

Oh the shame. At least it's the last bank holiday until Christmas.

I confess...

...to all the bad stuff I ate on the weekend.

2 glasses of wine
2.5 pints lager
Chocolate souffle
Apple and plum crumble (my main meal on Saturday!)
Huge Sunday lunch
2 portions of bonkers American baked cheesecake
Massive Chinese take-away
Cheese pasty
Carrot cake
Massive scoff-fest birthday three course meal

Bleurgh. I started today with yoghurt, water and walking, and that's how it will be for the next two weeks.

Only 12 days to the Cream Tea Tour of Cornwall, so 12 days of being the Diet Angel and the Exercise Saint!

Hello

It is SO Friday today and there is a bank holiday on Monday so no work for 3 whole days.

Hurrah!

Sunflower toast with blueberries
Veg and cheese bakes with fried potatoes and veg
Apricot flapjack
Cheese and tomatoe omelette with home grown tomatoes (v nice)
2 pieces sunflower bread
Banana

So not bad, but a bit crap with fruit and veg. But organic box coming tonight.

Have a lovely, lovely weekend everyone and a big happy birthday to Emma. A big CAKEY birthday to Emma.

Fruity Encounter

I've been rubbish with my fruit intake recently, so this morning nd got up and juiced the giant pink grapefruit I got in my organic box. Lush! And I don't normally like grapefruit.

Yesterday's food wasn't too bad by recent standards.

Toast and blueberry spread
Jacket potato with beans and cheese
Apricot flapjack
Thai green veg curry and rice
Lots of licking of fingers while making cornflake cakes!

Here's to a cake-filled (er, I mean salad-filled) weekend!

I'm back!

Hello everyone.

I too am having a happy day. It must be the moon or something. Emma and I have just been to celebrate by eating an apricot yoghurt flapjack.

I had a lovely day off yesterday and saw my mother who said I looked really fit and healthy. I saw my friend Tanja who said I looked 'glowing' and that when I used to work with her, I used to look grey all the time.

Mind you, foodwise I have been a bit of a devil. I can't remember all of it but I'll just give you the, um, highlights (this is two days of food, not just one so maybe not so bad).

Duck dumplings, chicken whatsits and salmon fishcakes from Wagamama
2 Japanese beers
3 pints Stella
Thai beef curry
1 can of Stella
3 pieces of toast. Yummy sunflower bread.
Piece of cherry shortbread
Tuna crostini
Half a bottle of wine
Fiorentina pizza

Can't remember anymore, so I've missed out on one lunch and one breakfast. Continue to have a happy day everyone!

Positive Vibes

I'm having one of those rare, but very nice days, where I feel quite positive and not too bad about myself.

However, in an act of extreme naughtiness, Dave and I went out for a meal last night.

Porridge with figs, seeds and maple syrup
Orange
Apple
Potato, kale and butter bean soup
Glass of beer
Spinach bruschetta
Pasta with aubergines, tomato and mozzarella
Bit of cake (it's nearly finished)

So after my bank holiday splurge weekend is over, I'm going to lose that final 7 lbs and then I'll be happy! Maybe. Then I just have to get a fake tan, new hair and a replacement face, and I'll be sorted!

Pizza night

It was a pizza night last night, so it didn't go too well yesterday. Although I didn't drink much, so I redeemed myself slightly.

Toast with fruit spread
Jacket with beans and cheese
Orange
Carrot cake
Bruschetta
Vegetable pizza
Half bottle of wine
Lots of water and green tea

Plus 25 minutes swimming, 50 minutes walking.

Ooo, doesn't sound all that bad when I write it down.

Big, Fat, Ugly Trout

That's how I feel today. And I have a bloody insect bite in the middle of my forehead to top it all off.

Very quick blog

Sorry, I don't have time to do a proper blog today. I had quite a good day yesterday until about 9.30 when I walked to the shop, bought a packet of maltesers then crushed them and emptied them onto about a litre of vanilla icecream.

Oops.

Will blog properly on Thursday if I have time. Have a days holiday tomorrow. Way hay!

No point blogging

I've been bad since yesterday - wine, kettle chips, tiramasu, a flapjack.

I am now off to the V festival, where I will consume lots of chips and beer.

Bye!

All loud on the domestic front

Well, it was a bad food day again. I don't know what came over me. And I am no domestic goddess. This morning I came downstairs and found that I'd dyed all of our white towels pink and that all of our sunflowers have blown down. Which is a great shame.

I am just doing our online chat with random students from all over the world and boy have we had some nutters this morning. I am currently chatting with someone who has said (in response to my question 'where are you from?') "from the giant of Africa, that's Nigeria for you dear". And I have been called Madam more times today than I would care to be called in the rest of my life.

Anyway. Yesterday I ate:
A banana
An Apple
2 x pears
Leftover macaroni cheese
2 x scones with jam and cream
2 x toast and butter
Venison steaks with carrots, broccoli and mashed potato

And I did no exercise cos I was knackered and lay on the sofa all night watching v small gymnasts or swimmers. And felt guilty. And I want to look like Amanda Beard. So a bad, bad day.

I'm getting quite concerned aboutthis bloke I am chatting with. He keeps saying 'thatz gr8'.

I'm not going to post my food

from yesterday. It was a true Yargler. It involved 2 lunches, a mountain of cheese, no exercise and some red wine.

Oops.

However, I've had a bit of a bitch of a morning. I had to get up at 5.50 to get into work for 7.20 (busiest day of the year for us higher education types). During that short period I got half a contact lens trapped in my eye and got given some fashion advice from a tramp. I was walking past the tramps on the way to the station and one said 'love, you've got your cardigan on inside out'. I panicked, because it was before 7am in the morning and mistakes like that have been known to happen. But I didn't have it on inside out. He then pointed me out to all his trampy friends and said 'that daft cow is going to work with her cardigan on inside out'. And they all laughed. So, fashion advice from a tramp.

Not great, not bad

I was appalled yesterday when my skirt blew up in a gust of wind, revealing my very wobbly pale legs to the world - ming! I hate my legs so much. My knees - no matter how much exercise I do - are flabby and wobbly and just yuk. Bleurgh.

4 apricots
2 granary toast and peanut butter
Bruschetta
Pasta pesto
Tomato and chard pie
Broccoli
Last bit of carrot cake
Green tea
White tea
Lots of water

But I did 50 minutes walking and 30 minutes swimming.

Three Little Cakes

Once upon a time, there were three little cakes - a carrot cake, an apricot yoghurt-topped flapjack and a raspberry and banana muffin.

These cakes were quite happy in their homes - the cake tin, the display counter in a university restaurant, and the trendy bohemian coffee shop full of girls wearing nice boots.

But it was a horrible rainy day, and ladies everywhere were feeling a bit down because they couldn't wear floaty skirts and sandals, and their hair went all frizzy in the damp.

So one lady - who has always had a lot of loves for little cakeys - decided that the only way to cheer herself up was by maybe having a cake. So she did. For breakfast.

She felt better instantly, as she tasted the lovely cream cheese icing of the carrot cake melting in her mouth. "Oh, how decadent," she thought, "Dining on cake at this hour."

But later in the day, the rain continued. Her colleague had a hangover and she wanted to cheer him up. So she took him to the campus coffee shop for a nice cuppa and a flapjack. Oh, the delight as she tasted that first syrup-coated oat cluster! She had never felt this happy before.

Later that evening, it was dark and cold. The rain was still falling. She went to the aforementioned boho coffee house, where she was faced with many cakey delights of the chocolate, coffee, banana and vanilla varieties. In a glass jar on the counter, was a very lonely looking muffin. So she ate that too.

The next day, she felt very guilty indeed and swore never to eat cake again. Well, not until the weekend at least!

It's a Yargler

Ooops.

Porridge with blubes, seeds and soya milk
3x Green tea
3x plums
Courgette, pepper and manchego tart
Ratatouille
Banana
Bread and hummous
Half a fried halloumi cheese starter
Half a calamari starter
Kleftiko (some chips and some rice, but not much)
2x kir royales
Half a carafe of house red
2x pints of Stella

I have a little bit of a head on me this morning. But it was a birthday. And WHY do we always choose the most fattening starters on the menu?

I only managed 12600 steps as well. And I didn't bring my gym kit in today as I knew I would be too yargled to go. So, will have to do lots of jumping up and down in the toilets to get my steps up.

A bit nibbly

So much for being full of energy. I went to the gym yesterday lunch time and I managed to do 17200 steps. And when I got home I didn't sit down until 9pm. I made dinner, washed up, made a carrot cake and then made a courgette and red pepper tart for today's lunch. I was so knackered by all of that I fell asleep on the sofa in front of Bad Girls. At work however, when I was feeling more energetic and got caught by a temp dancing in the toilets. I also got caught skipping along the corridor by the psychology man who lives opposite. Oh well.

Strawb smoothie
Nuts and dried fruit
Green tea x3
Plums x3
Apple
Marrow casserole and baked potato
2x pumpkin and emmenthal crackers with low fat cream cheese
Packet of count on us pretzels
Stir fried tofu and veggies (mushrooms, kale, carrots, green beans) with noodles
V small piece of courgette and red pepper tart (made for today's lunch. Oops)

So not bad in terms of nutrition, but too much snacking whilst waiting for dinner to cook.

Inspired

Inspired by Bex's fab blogging yesterday, I felt all positive and devised my own little plan of adopting 'healthy living' as opposed to 'dieting'. Got my organic box coming tonight, so I'm going to do loads of healthy, yummy cooking for the rest of the week.

I had a bad case of PMT yesterday, so did well to avoid buying mounds of chocolate on my way home from work.

Bagel with fruit spread
Banana
Quorn bolognaise
Orange
Green tea x 2
White tea x 1
Loads of water
A bizarre mixture of little bits of food: vine leaves, leftover stuffed spring green, houmous, w'meal pitta, coleslaw, feta, lettuce, tomato
Carrot cake

Plus three miles walking, 30 minutes swimming.

Usual weekend trauma

I made a lovely strawberry mascarpone tart and it was lush. I ate too much of it. I also ate a pizza, 3 cans of stella, 2 bottles of wine, some cheese, rather a lot of bread and lots of other very naughty things.

However, last week I did the grand total of 108,900 steps! Wow! I am going to aim to do 120,000 this week. Lots and lots of walking.

I am trying a different mental approach this week. I was writing down yesterday why I wanted to be thin and the answers I got were: to wear nice clothes, to have more energy, to feel more confident and to have more sex. However, I then thought why is being overweight stopping me being like this. So instead I am going to wear nice clothes anyway, have more energy by sleeping, exercising and eating well, feel more confident by practising at feeling confident and have more sex by having more sex. And then, maybe as a by product I will get thinner. Whaddya reckon? Or am I off on another psychobabble tangent? I will let you know how it goes.

It is M's birthday tomorrow and we are going out for dinner to a Greek restaurant and he wants me to make him a cake. Bugger.

Not too disastrous

Well, for once, the weekend wasn't entirely disastrous. Not much alcohol and not too bad on the food (apart from cake and ice cream!). Managed to fit in some exercise too - swimming, lots of walking and a gardening session.

Friday
Two toast with spinach and almond pate
White tea
Halloumi and sweet potato casserole
Yoghurt with figs and seeds
Orange
About 3 litres of water

Then I went out for a meal and had LOTS of food!
Stuffed tomato
Half a bruschetta with spinach and parmesan
Pasta with aubergine tomato and mozzarella
Few spoons of Italian cheesecake
3 glasses red wine

Saturday
Toast and blueberry fruit spread
2 stuffed vine leaves, houmous, one w'meal pitta, salad (lettuce, tomato, avocado, feta, olives)
Beans and cheese on toast
Yoghurt with seeds and figs
Lots of water and green tea

Sunday
Banana and berry smoothie
Toast and marmite
Baked spring greens with cous cous stuffing
1.5 w'meal pitta
Little tub of ice cream at cinema
Spaghetti bolognaise
Carrot cake
Lots of water and green tea

Aims for this week:
No alcohol until the weekend
No coffee
At least 3 litres of water every day
Eight portions fruit and veg every day
Walk to work and back daily
Swim three times

What is wrong with me?

It's just not going well at the moment. Think it's becasue I'm quite busy, so quite disorganised when it comes to preparing meals.

2 oranges
2 apples
White tea x 2
Loads of water
Jacket potato with beans and cheese
Halloumi and sweet potato casserole
Ciabatta
Teeny bit of ice cream with maple syrup
Glass of wine

And now it's the weekend, so I sense more naughtiness coming up. Need something to motivate me - fast!

Oooh I am worthy

I am bright and perky and probably very irritating this morning. I have already been for a 45 minute run up the river where I saw lots of cormorants fishing. And I've already done 9000 steps and it's not even 9am!

I did 15000 steps yesterday.

Porridge with nuts, seeds, yoghurt, dried fruit and soya milk
Green tea x4
Apple
Pear
Tomato and feta tart with green salad
Banana
Piece of toast with butter
Broad bean and green bean soup with sundried tomatoes and olives
Piece of bread and butter
Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

Lots of fruit and veg. So why am I all spotty?

Morning Everyone

I went to the gym last night and I worked so hard I was actually dripping sweat on the floor. There, I bet you really wanted to know that first thing in the morning.

I managed an hour and 10 minutes in the gym, 16600 steps and not bad food. Apart from the pastry.

Strawb smoothie
Piece of sunflower bread and butter (yummy bread delivered from organic veg place)
Pear
Green tea x3
Left over chicken and veg risotto with avocado
Apple
Banana
Piece sunflower toast and butter
Tomato and feta tart with green beans and broccoli

Lots of fruit and veg in there.

Curry dreams

I went out for curry last night, and at 5AM I realised why I don't eat it very often - I had the curry dreams. Tossing and turning, a big ball of spicy curry in my tummy - bleurgh.

2 toast and Moroccan chickpea pate
White tea
Blackcurrant tea
2 litres water, plus 2 big glasses water
2 apples
Orange
2 toast with spinach and almond pate
2 mini cakey things (office birthday)
Mixed Indian veggie starters
1 popadom
Lentil dhansak, matar paneer, saag aloo (all shared)
Pilau Rice (shared)
Teeny bit of peshwari nan bread
2 glasses of wine
Bottle of beer

Bloody hell, that's a lot of food!

However, I think I got my quota of eight fruit and veg in, plus my 2-litres of water, and I didn't drink coffee or eat processed food. Hurrah!

And I did swimming and walking. And I got chatted up in the steam room at the gym. By a 24-year-old. While I was wearing a swimming costume. Wow!

Shall we go on YAWYE?

Dr Gillian is looking for victims for her next series. We could apply as a 'blog' and ask for advice on surviving the weekends/eating for energy (as we all have busy lives etc).

What do you reckon?

Maybe they will do a New York special and fly us all out there to see Vicks!

Emergency list

Looking back at my recent blogs, I haven't been eating very well at all, so here is my emergency plan.

*Eat at least 8 portions of fruit or veg each day
*Drink at least 2 litres of water daily
*Only drink tea, no coffee
*Only eat 'processed' food (ie Quorn) once a week

Phew, I feel better already!

I love my veg box

I got a marrow, kale, leek, onions, carrots, red pepper, courgette, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, broccoli, broad beans, french beans and string beans, a grapefruit, bananas, kiwi fruits, apples and pears. And all for £16. The trick is now to work out what to cook with it all. Any ideas for marrow anyone?

Yesterday I did 15000 steps. Exactly. I had to pace round the bedroom for about 5 minutes before I got into bed, but I got there.

Food wise was a bit snacky with something totally random thrown in.

Porridge with nuts, seeds, yog, dried fruit and soya milk
Green tea x3
3x emmenthal and pumpkin crackers, 2 of which were spread with mushroom pate
Quinoa salad with beans and feta cheese
Banana
Yoghurt
Hard boiled egg (why? how? what was I thinking?)
Risotto with chicken, mushrooms, onions, leek and kale (last 3 items from veg box)
Pear

Not bad apart from the 3 crackers and the hard boiled egg.

I'm evil

I had my parents round for dinner and my mum brought dessert round!

Porridge with seeds, figs and honey
Leek and potato soup
Vegetable fajitas with salsa, guacamole, refried beans, tortilla chips, teeny bit of sour cream and cheese
Apple tart and cream
Glass of wine

This has got to stop! I don't even like creamy or cheesy things much so I don't know why I'm eating them! Luckily, as I'm doing lots of exercise, all this scoffing hasn't made me gain any weight (yet!).

Well, not bad apart from the chocolate

and the crackers.

I did 17100 steps and went to the gym. I have set myself of 100000 steps this week. And will up by 10000 a week from now on.

Foodwise, I wasn't so good. I just got really, really hungry yesterday.

Strawb and banana smoothie
Fruit salad
Green tea x3
Chickpea dhal and green salad
Smarties choc bar (v nice but SO bad)
3 x pumpkin seed and emmenthal crackers with mushroom pate on (oops)
Grilled chicken on stir fried noodles and veg
Small pot Rachel's organic bio yoghurt
Small Green and Blacks maya gold chocolate bar

I think it's a long long time since I had two chocolate bars in a day. Will try not to have any more this week.

Today I am going to do lots of steps and have a nice quinoa salad for lunch.

I bought a Gillian McKeith 'Love Bar' from the health food shop. M and I are going to try it at the weekend!

Three-cake-a-day habit

Well, it all went wrong yesterday.

After the cakefest detailed below, my main meal of the day consisted of:

Glass of wine
Handful of peanuts
Quorn burger in a bun
More carrot cake

However, I did swim for 30 minutes and walk for 50 minutes, so maybe that made up for it somehow?

Everyone's blogs were quite inspiring yesterday though, so I will read them all again now, and be healthy girl for the rest of the week!

I confess...

It's 3.30pm and I have eaten the following:

2 toast with blueberry jam
Apricot yoghurt-topped flapjack
Mixed salad
Carrot cake

Which means more cake than proper food. Think I might be sick.

I used to think

that cocaine was God's way of telling you you had too much money. It's not, it's M&S fruit salads. £2.99!!!!!!!

But we have run out of fruit until fruit box gets here tomorrow and M&S is the only place on the way to work that sells fruit.

Bloody hell though.

A girlie time

I think I had the girliest weekend ever in the history of weekends. Friday night, I bought Elle magazine on my way home from work, then spent the evening reading that, painting my toenails and doing a face mask.

Saturday, Bex and I had our v girlie day, then I went home and watched Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion on video.

Then I played the role of perfect wifey all day Sunday, tidying up, baking a cake and preparing a meal for Dave's family.

And I drank pink wine twice!

Bad things I ate/drank:
A bottle and a bit of wine
Three Belgian beers
Half a pizza
Carrot cake

Aims for the week:
Walk lots
Swim lots
Scrub thighs lots in an attempt to reduce hideous cellulite which is spreading by the day!

There was good and bad in my weekend

Hello! Feeling a bit Monday ish today. Maybe has something to do with the bottle of red wine I drank last night. Tired, more than Yargle though.

Well, I had a lovely day on Saturday. Emma and I met at 9.30 and we did about 45 minutes in the gym, then went swimming. And sat in the jacuzzi and steam room for a lot as well. But a very good start. Then we had lunch at a lovely Italian restaurant and I had v fattening things. But no pudding. That came later. We then went to see 13 Going on 30 which was great and made me cry. Then we went shopping and I bought a pair of boots which are brown suede and very comfy. Then we went to the Belgian beer place and had Belgian beers. Then I met Martin and his nephew Jake and we went for burger and chips and then went to see Garfield, which is a bad film, but the cat has a nice fat furry tummy. So, even though lots of v fattening food, I did lots of exercise and managed to do 15200 steps.

On Sunday, I went shopping again and bought a handbag. It's purple suede. I'd post links to them but the Clarks website isn't working. Grrrr. We went to the Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon and played at being lions and Christians. I was a lion. I managed to do 13800 steps yesterday. I did eat more bread than was necessary and a random hot dog managed to creep in. But not bad all in all.

Am going to weigh at lunchtime at the gym. Fingers crossed, but think I will be the same as last week.

Here's to a good week everyone!

Pedometer trouble

I had a bit of a dilemma today with my pedometer. You are supposed to clip it onto the waist band of your trousers for it to work properly. Well, what to do when you are wearing a dress? Clip it to your knickers, obviously. This worked fine all morning as I was wearing a thong and it fitted on very well.

I went to the gym this lunchtime and changed my knickers from a thong to a pair of shorts kind of thing. The bloody thing won't clip onto these cos the material keeps rolling down cos I am too fat. So I have clipped it to the middle bit of my bra where it stays. However, I noticed that it is not registering my steps, unless I walk in a particular way that makes my boobs wobble. So if anyone sees my walking funny, you'll know why.

Was all of this too much information?

This nonsense must end

Right, I've come to the end of my tether with myself. I am so normous I can't even get into my largest trousers. I am in a dress today which nicely illustrates that my stomach now sticks out more then my boobs. And with boobs the size of mine, that isn't good. I can also feel my stomachs wobbling when I walk. At a guess, I reckon I've put on 3lb since Monday, so that's over half a stone in 10 days. Eeeeekkkkk.

So, a plan is required.
Stop drinking
Keep on with the pedometer, and maybe up to 15000 a day target, rather than 10K
Have ordered the fruit and veg box like Emma, so maybe have a very vegetarian week. Will drink lots of veg juices as well
Have an active, energetic weekend and go swimming and to the gym
Start reading the Lighten Up book again as I found that useful and lost a fair bit of weight when I did that
Educate my mind a little more - do more gothic studies reading to keep mind off food
Try not to get into hormonal strops with husband (which makes me stuff face)
Try not to see any relatives, as this always involves food

Anyway, yesterday was quite bad.

Porridge with blubes, yog, nuts and seeds
Green tea x2
Chilli, chips, rice, beans and carrots (oops, but chips looked so nice)
Nectarine
Yoghurt
Orange ice lolly (was v hot)
Pretzels (have got into habit of eating them on walk home)
Bottle of wine (well, we were having dinner in the garden and it was a lovely evening)
Feta, spinach and pea salad
Tomato and olive salad
Italian herb bread (way too much of it I'm afraid)

So only about 1500 calories over my daily recommended amount. What is the matter with me?????? Did 11800 steps though, although failed to go to the gym cos it was so hot.

But, will stop hating myself and start eating lots of nice fruit and veg to feel better.

I don't know what happened to me

Something strange has happened to me. I can't stop eating, but whenever I do eat something, I feel really sick afterwards. Bleurgh! At least it's helping me keep my portions quite small.

'Oats So Simple' with soy milk
Jacket potato with quinoa, tomato and bean salad
Fat-free raspberry yoghurt
Teeny sliver of b'day cake
Apple, Plum, Apricot
Chickpea and griddled halloumi salad
Ice cream (eek!) with maple syrup (double eek!)
Teeny glass of wine, which I didn't finish

Bit lacking in exercise yesterday. Only walked 1.5 miles.

This weekend it should be fairly easy to be good, as I don't think alcohol will feature at all, and Dave's working Fri and Sat night, so no big weekend scoff meals either. Just me, home alone, with a lettuce leaf and some celery... boo... sob... wail...

I too had monster dinner

and had to lie down on the floor gently moaning.

2 crumpets with butter
blubes and yoghurt
banana
ham and bean salad
wholemeal pitta bread
nectarine
yoghurt
pretzels
5 and a half pints of lager
1 popadum with chutneys
1 small mixed starter (bits of chicken, potato, mini onion bahjee)
Chicken and spinach curry
keema pilaw rice (never had that before and was yum, though probably over 1000 calories).
So, if I could do an ashamed emoticon here I would. Feeling very sheepish.

And only did 6400 steps.

Feeling a bit better emotionally though, so maybe will have a good day today.

Good then bad

Had a saintly day...

2 granary toast and marmite
3 apricots
2 mini plums
Vegetable curry

Then it all went horribly wrong in the evening...

One 'penguin' biscuit (don't even like them so don't know why I ate it)
Garlic bread with cheese
Spinach and ricotta tortellini
A handful of chips
Half a creme brulee

Oh dear.

I felt really gross afterwards, and had to lie on the floor taking deep breaths. So everytime I want to have a scoff-fest, I will think of that hideous feeling.

Sorry not been blogging

Have just been eating too much and stuffing myself with cake and feel a bit silly posting all of it as it would run to several pages.

Just having a silly emotional thing going on at the moment and can't get my head round being on a diet. I am not eating really really bad things, just too much of the good ones (although last night's amaretto cake and cream doesn't fit into that category!).

Am doing very well on the steps front. Did 11500 on Monday and 18500 yesterday, so am well up on my 70000 a week target.

Will try and get back on track with the food soon. Trouble is am going out for dinner 4 times this week. Oops.

Nice box

I had my first organic fruit and vegetable box delivered yesterday! It's so exciting, like getting a present once a week, because you just don't know what's going to be in it. Anyway, I got apples, plums, apricots, oranges, kiwis, mango, potatoes, green beans, broad beans, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli, courgettes, carrots, onions, spring greens, kale - it's fab! And all that cost just £16. No excuse for nor healthy eating now.

Anyway, was caught off guard by some scones in the office yesterday, but it was all fairly good apart from that.

Porridge with honey, figs, pumpkin and sunflower seeds
Quinoa and bean salad
Scone with blackcurrant jam (eek!)
Piece of toast with chickpea pate
Broad bean pilaff with almonds (made with beans from organic veggie box!)
Glass of wine

Plus played badminton for 45 minutes and walking 1.5 miles. It's my nan's birthday today, so we're off to a pub for a meal. I must not eat chips!

A good start

Had a good day yesterday, helped immensely by the fact that everything I ate made me feel a bit sick afterwards. Working in a stupidly hot office sometimes has its benefits!

Yoghurt with figs, maple syrup, sunflower and pumpkin seeds
Jacket potato with beans and cheese
Tiny ramekin of quinoa and bean salad (new recipe so had to taste it!)
Vegetable curry

Plus swimming and walking.

Dave and I are playing badminton tonight, which should be quite amusing as we haven't played for about two years and I have no hand/eye co-ordination.

I can't possibly post what I ate

As I was feeling miserable, horrid and hungover for most of the weekend, I ate and drank far too much. Being full of fear and self loathing made me hide in the kitchen and stuff.

I am going to weigh at lunchtime and I reckon I've put on about 5lb, making me heavier than when we started this blog.

This week I will:
walk 10000 steps every day (I've got a new pedometer!)
Go to the gym 3 times
Not drink until Friday
Eat a lot more fruit and veg
Eat comforting things that are healthy (soups etc)

Weekends

Well, it wasn't all bad but I didn't manage the 'only one bad day' thing. It was a bad Friday evening and a bad Saturday, unfortunately. I'm going to bold all the bad things to shock myself into healthy mode!

Friday
Toast and blueberry all-fruit jam
Asparagus soup and toast
Packet of crisps
3.5 pints
Glass of wine
Leftover rice and peas

Saturday
Toast and peanut butter
Brie and spinach tart with salad and chips
Bad buffet food (involving lots of greasy indian snacks)
One pint, three small glasses of wine

Sunday
Tomatoes, beans, toast, scrambled egg, two hash browns
Huge mixed salad with brown bread
Pasta with pesto and roasted veg
Jaffa cakes

Still, managed to pull off my goals for last week:
* Walk to station and back daily
Did eight times out of eight!

*Exercise four times
Three swimming sessions and a big long walk

*Make healthy choices when eating out
Yes, apart from Saturday!

This week's goals:
*Daily walking
*Exercise four times
*Make healthy choices
*Cut down on alcohol