I know Day 9 isn't quite something brag about while other blogs are well past Day 700, however what I mean is "Wow! Doesn't time fly!" - Those 9 days really have flown by which is great as normally I find while dieting time just drags as slowly as it can. Clearly I'm enjoying the start of this journey which is good news ^_^ It takes 30 days to break a habit they say (and some others disagree, but for the sake of argument, let's just accept this suggestion), so that means in 3 weeks time my new healthy eating should be second nature and old eating habits slowly will start becoming a thing of the past.. in theory!
Today we managed to reserve our jacket potatoes with the cafe to make sure they didn't sell out (as we get lunch quite late), which they were happy to do - they were even happy to weigh the cheese and make sure it was 28 grams (the exact amount allowed in Slimming World as a "Healthy A" option), how great is that for Customer Service? We're going back tomorrow and I have a feeling I'm going to be going there every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lunch time for a very long time to come!
I still have the gym dilemma but earlier on at work I started really feeling like I needed a work out and made the decision that I would go tomorrow morning. However, even if I fall asleep this second I will only get 8 hours and 9 minutes sleep, giving me the next 9 minutes to finish this post, pack a gym kit and hit the hay! Loretta makes a good point in her comment on my previous post in that; "Lack of sleep causes a rise in cortisol. Cortisol makes it extremely hard to lose weight." - Based on this I'm going to go to bed shortly and if when I wake up I really feel tired (let's say it takes me the next 2 hours to actually get to sleep). Then I'm not going to go. Hopefully I don't use this as a back up excuse if I just can't be bothered though!
I also have a plan to wake me up! I find that I'm a nightmare for waking up because I love my bed so much, I keep pressing snooze until I literally have to get up or I'll be late for work. However, I also know that if I splash water on my face, that's it - I'm definitely awake. So tonight I'm going to leave a wet flannel in a bowl on my bedside cabinet next to my alarm, then before hitting snooze, I'm going to wipe my face with it in the morning... which I think will stop me going back to sleep in case I do decide it's time to hit the gym (we shall see!).
Anywho, better dash if I want to stand a chance at getting enough sleep, so I'll leave you with my food summary:
Breakfast: Mullerlight
Lunch: Jacket potatoe with cheese & beans and a side salad
Dinner: Omlette with a small amount of reduced-fat cheese & 4 Quorn sausages
(seeing a pattern in my eating yet? :-p)
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Day 8: Business as usual
So today was my first day back at work after the weekend and the start of week 2. I grabbed a Mullerlight for breakfast before running out the door and had a bit of a hiccup at lunch (again).
The little cafe (that's about a 20 minute walk there and back, who sell jacket potatoes) were closed because it was Sunday! This presents me with a Sunday dilemma, I'll have to work on finding somewhere that do amazing salads or something for Sundays. Today though it caught me off guard last minute so I just bought a tuna baguette and a bag of Snack-a-Jacks again, whilst this isn't ideal on Slimming World, I had this for lunch twice last week and still lost 16lbs, so I figure it can't be all that bad! Plus for the next three days my jacket potato cafe will be open so lunch won't be an issue.
Been thinking a little negatively today, I think it's because I've been sat underneath an Air Conditioning vent blowing cold air directly on to my forehead (in an already cold office, while it's wet and cold outside too) and after a few hours this started a migraine which I'm still suffering with now (fingers crossed I sleep it off as I really can't afford time off work!). This has made me a little grumpy so I've not been my uber-motivated self today, nevertheless I had a healthy dinner when I got home and, excluding the lunch situation which was partly out of my control, I've stuck to the diet religiously.
One of my guy friends from work is trying to talk me in to waking up early on Mondays & Tuesdays and going to the gym with him before our shift, leaving Sunday & Wednesday as the only days I don't go to the gym. Whilst this sounds great and I do enjoy the gym enough to go that often, this would mean waking up at 6.30am, going to the gym, doing an 11 hour shift at work, finishing at 9pm and getting home for 9.30pm. Now.. if I want to get anywhere near 8 hours sleep, that basically means immediately eating and going to bed on a full stomach. No time to blog, clean, or.. well, do anything. I'm not sure about that. Think it's worth it or think I'd be better of getting better sleep and just working hard on the 3 days I do go to the gym during my weekend?
I'm really in two minds about it, on one hand it is a lot to ask with the length of my shifts and I really don't want to get behind with blogging or miss out on sleep (particularly when working out so regularly), on the other hand I should really take every opportunity to get down the gym, I do enjoy it when I'm there and I think about inspiring posts like this one, with points like "I love knowing that by 7am Sunday morning I have accomplished more in my day than most people do in their weekends, even if it means sacrificing sleep." - She does have a very good point. I'm just not sure whether it's a good day idea considering the length of my shifts - it would literally mean no "me time" at all for those two days.
Anyway that's the gym/work dilemma, now I'm off to bed before this migraine takes over completely, before I go though, I'll finish with a quick food summary.
Breakfast: 1x Mullerlight
Lunch: Tuna salad baguette with a pack of Snack-a-Jacks
Dinner: Vegetable stir fry with soy sauce & 5x Quorn sausages (had to throw half of this away as was too full!)
Naughty: Stole a very small Yorkshire Pudding from my housemates dinner!
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The little cafe (that's about a 20 minute walk there and back, who sell jacket potatoes) were closed because it was Sunday! This presents me with a Sunday dilemma, I'll have to work on finding somewhere that do amazing salads or something for Sundays. Today though it caught me off guard last minute so I just bought a tuna baguette and a bag of Snack-a-Jacks again, whilst this isn't ideal on Slimming World, I had this for lunch twice last week and still lost 16lbs, so I figure it can't be all that bad! Plus for the next three days my jacket potato cafe will be open so lunch won't be an issue.
Been thinking a little negatively today, I think it's because I've been sat underneath an Air Conditioning vent blowing cold air directly on to my forehead (in an already cold office, while it's wet and cold outside too) and after a few hours this started a migraine which I'm still suffering with now (fingers crossed I sleep it off as I really can't afford time off work!). This has made me a little grumpy so I've not been my uber-motivated self today, nevertheless I had a healthy dinner when I got home and, excluding the lunch situation which was partly out of my control, I've stuck to the diet religiously.
One of my guy friends from work is trying to talk me in to waking up early on Mondays & Tuesdays and going to the gym with him before our shift, leaving Sunday & Wednesday as the only days I don't go to the gym. Whilst this sounds great and I do enjoy the gym enough to go that often, this would mean waking up at 6.30am, going to the gym, doing an 11 hour shift at work, finishing at 9pm and getting home for 9.30pm. Now.. if I want to get anywhere near 8 hours sleep, that basically means immediately eating and going to bed on a full stomach. No time to blog, clean, or.. well, do anything. I'm not sure about that. Think it's worth it or think I'd be better of getting better sleep and just working hard on the 3 days I do go to the gym during my weekend?
I'm really in two minds about it, on one hand it is a lot to ask with the length of my shifts and I really don't want to get behind with blogging or miss out on sleep (particularly when working out so regularly), on the other hand I should really take every opportunity to get down the gym, I do enjoy it when I'm there and I think about inspiring posts like this one, with points like "I love knowing that by 7am Sunday morning I have accomplished more in my day than most people do in their weekends, even if it means sacrificing sleep." - She does have a very good point. I'm just not sure whether it's a good day idea considering the length of my shifts - it would literally mean no "me time" at all for those two days.
Anyway that's the gym/work dilemma, now I'm off to bed before this migraine takes over completely, before I go though, I'll finish with a quick food summary.
Breakfast: 1x Mullerlight
Lunch: Tuna salad baguette with a pack of Snack-a-Jacks
Dinner: Vegetable stir fry with soy sauce & 5x Quorn sausages (had to throw half of this away as was too full!)
Naughty: Stole a very small Yorkshire Pudding from my housemates dinner!
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Day 7: Looking Forward
What a fabulous day to finish off a wonderfully healthy weekend. I'm still in shock regarding the 16lb loss, I know that isn't a healthy amount to lose but... well it's not like I've stopped eating and exercise can only be good for you so I don't really see anything I'm doing as particularly dangerous, if it is I'm sure I'll soon find out!
After I weighed in I had some lunch and then packed my bag and went to the gym and as I walked through town filled with post-weigh-in positivity, I found myself doing a lot of looking forward.
I went past all the shops that do nice clothes and thought "I can't wait until I can shop there" (right now none of them would stock my size and I'm forced into the cheaper shops that sell generic, basic clothing where I still have to buy the largest size they sell). Then I realised something. I had thought "I can't wait until I can shop there" whereas normally I would have thought "I wish I could shop there".
Subconsciously I have acknowledged that wishing is no longer needed, change is inevitable, now it's just a matter of time. This is a good day.
Food Summary:
Breakfast: 3x Mullerlight
Lunch: 2x Jacket potatoes with beans & reduced fat cheese
Dinner: Vegetable stir fry with Quorn sausages & omlette
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After I weighed in I had some lunch and then packed my bag and went to the gym and as I walked through town filled with post-weigh-in positivity, I found myself doing a lot of looking forward.
I went past all the shops that do nice clothes and thought "I can't wait until I can shop there" (right now none of them would stock my size and I'm forced into the cheaper shops that sell generic, basic clothing where I still have to buy the largest size they sell). Then I realised something. I had thought "I can't wait until I can shop there" whereas normally I would have thought "I wish I could shop there".
Subconsciously I have acknowledged that wishing is no longer needed, change is inevitable, now it's just a matter of time. This is a good day.
Food Summary:
Breakfast: 3x Mullerlight
Lunch: 2x Jacket potatoes with beans & reduced fat cheese
Dinner: Vegetable stir fry with Quorn sausages & omlette
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Day 7: Week 1 Results
It's that time, it's that time, finally it's that time! I've stuck to the diet for a whole week now which means I am officially "on" the diet and haven't relapsed or decided to put it off a couple of weeks, this means serious business!
I prefer to get weighed early in the day, before I have clothes, food or workouts impacting the results, so that every week the weigh-ins are accurate. As I normally post my blog post at the end of the day though (to review how the day was, look at my diet, etc), I've decided I will make 2 posts on results days, one very quickly after weigh-in to share what the scales said and another one at the end of the day.
Now if you've read my first post, you may recall that I had already eaten 2 baguettes and drank a litre of sprite the first morning I weighed in (as I hadn't started the diet at that point), so please consider the fact I have not done that this week, which may mean this weeks results are a tad higher than expected, but all the same... drum roll please...
I have just weighed in and can confirm that after 7 days I have lost... 16lbs!
That's right, the scales displayed 125.1kg, so that means I am now 275.7lbs, or 19st, 9.7lbs - I'm under 20 stone again!
Granted, maybe 4 pounds or so of that was the baguettes and sprite, but who cares, still a pretty amazing result, I'm a tad flabbergasted actually! Anywho, just wanted to share the news, it's certainly going to keep me motivated in the gym later!
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I prefer to get weighed early in the day, before I have clothes, food or workouts impacting the results, so that every week the weigh-ins are accurate. As I normally post my blog post at the end of the day though (to review how the day was, look at my diet, etc), I've decided I will make 2 posts on results days, one very quickly after weigh-in to share what the scales said and another one at the end of the day.
Now if you've read my first post, you may recall that I had already eaten 2 baguettes and drank a litre of sprite the first morning I weighed in (as I hadn't started the diet at that point), so please consider the fact I have not done that this week, which may mean this weeks results are a tad higher than expected, but all the same... drum roll please...
I have just weighed in and can confirm that after 7 days I have lost... 16lbs!
That's right, the scales displayed 125.1kg, so that means I am now 275.7lbs, or 19st, 9.7lbs - I'm under 20 stone again!
Granted, maybe 4 pounds or so of that was the baguettes and sprite, but who cares, still a pretty amazing result, I'm a tad flabbergasted actually! Anywho, just wanted to share the news, it's certainly going to keep me motivated in the gym later!
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Day 6: Too exhausted to eat
Wow. I can't remember the last time I was this exhausted!
I woke up and went to the gym with my friend again this morning but neither of us were really feeling it - thankfully the work-out lifted my mood but beforehand I really would have preferred a day in bed. Whilst the work-out (which was primarily cross-trainer & rowing machine based again) lifted my mood a tad it completely knocked me out, I was so exhausted that I could barely muster the energy to towel dry after my shower! (I did of course... wondering out of the gym drenched or naked may have been a bit weird)
From there we went on to Wagamama for lunch again, can't afford to keep doing that but if I hadn't have done so today I'm not sure I could have walked home!
We then parted ways and I went home to a bit of a pig sty. I had two days of gym clothes and a few other bits that needed washing, the washing up was about 4 days worth and piling up (as battle of the housemates was ongoing and no-one had caved in and done it yet), the bin was overflowing, yuck, yuck, yuck! I chilled out for a little while to regain my strength and then went to work and have done all my laundry, the dishes, took the bins out and blitzed the living room and kitchen, they're sparkling as we speak.
By the time all of the above was over with I looked at the clock and saw it was already 10pm! Given that it was already so late and I had such a lovely clean kitchen, one I certainly didn't intend to spoil and without the energy to do more washing up, nor the will to cook in all honesty, I decided against the lovely massive cooked meal I had planned (Slimming World chips, omlette, Quorn sausages, etc) and instead opted for a Mullerlight and some strawberries before retiring to do some blogging.
I can't believe how much the gym and cleaning have taken it out of me today - the worst bit is I'll be at the gym again in about 12 hours doing it all again! C'est la vie.
I woke up and went to the gym with my friend again this morning but neither of us were really feeling it - thankfully the work-out lifted my mood but beforehand I really would have preferred a day in bed. Whilst the work-out (which was primarily cross-trainer & rowing machine based again) lifted my mood a tad it completely knocked me out, I was so exhausted that I could barely muster the energy to towel dry after my shower! (I did of course... wondering out of the gym drenched or naked may have been a bit weird)
From there we went on to Wagamama for lunch again, can't afford to keep doing that but if I hadn't have done so today I'm not sure I could have walked home!
We then parted ways and I went home to a bit of a pig sty. I had two days of gym clothes and a few other bits that needed washing, the washing up was about 4 days worth and piling up (as battle of the housemates was ongoing and no-one had caved in and done it yet), the bin was overflowing, yuck, yuck, yuck! I chilled out for a little while to regain my strength and then went to work and have done all my laundry, the dishes, took the bins out and blitzed the living room and kitchen, they're sparkling as we speak.
By the time all of the above was over with I looked at the clock and saw it was already 10pm! Given that it was already so late and I had such a lovely clean kitchen, one I certainly didn't intend to spoil and without the energy to do more washing up, nor the will to cook in all honesty, I decided against the lovely massive cooked meal I had planned (Slimming World chips, omlette, Quorn sausages, etc) and instead opted for a Mullerlight and some strawberries before retiring to do some blogging.
I can't believe how much the gym and cleaning have taken it out of me today - the worst bit is I'll be at the gym again in about 12 hours doing it all again! C'est la vie.
Food Summary:
Breakfast: Grapes
Lunch: Yasai Yaki Soba & Soy Sauce again, then Low-Fat Frozen Yoghurt with Berries... again
Dinner: Mullerlight & Strawberries
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Day 5: Nothing tastes as good
Well, we no doubt all know the infamous Kate Moss motto, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" and I've seriously had to hold on to that today. Oh yes, it's the first day off work I've had since I restarted my journey and the challenges and choices flooded in thick and fast!
I woke up and went to collect my friend to go to the gym, we did a little shopping, she didn't have any gym shoes or clothes so we needed to kit her out before we could go, however on the way to the gym we realised we were both starving. This was good choice number 1. I recommended we go to Wagamama (a Japanese style restaurant that's so healthy their slogan is "Positive Eating, Positive Living") and I had a noodle & vegetable dish cooked on a gridle -Which is perfectly fine on my diet, excluding any small amount of oil they used on the gridle (however I did specifically request as little as possible if they were going to use oil). We then ordered dessert and I went for the low-fat frozen yoghurt with berries, this is a bit more of an issue but it was certainly the healthiest choice out of all the desserts.
So we went the gym, where I performed good choice number 2. My friend hadn't worked out in a while (As you've probably guessed from our need to buy her some gym gear) and really wanted to give up long before she should have, as she really was capable of pushing a little bit further, it was laziness telling her to stop and go to the jacuzzi, not physical inability. So after we'd done a bit of cross-trainer and used the rowing machine, rather than give in and take an early jacuzzi, I managed to keep us both motivated so that we doubled the row and even did another 15 minutes of the cross-trainer before we called it a day.
After the gym we went back to her house to make dinner for her, her boyfriend and myself. Good choice number 3. They had roasted vegetables with feta cheese, bacon and a pita bread, whilst this isn't the most unhealthy dish in the world it wouldn't have been allowed on Slimming World and would have broken my diet, so I just had the roasted vegetables and politely declined everything else! Then we decided we'd go back to mine for a few drinks and a chill out.
Good choice number 4. Rather than having beer or wine, which I really do love and could quite happily have drunk excessively, I recommended that we buy vodka and diet coke (as I can get away with a bit of vodka, it's only 2.5 syns per 25ml and I'm allowed around 10 syns a day). I was poured a large vodka and diet coke (around 2 shots so half the days syns) and then I made sure I made all my drinks after that and from that point onwards I secretly had the diet coke on it's own, so only drank 2 shots of vodka in total!
Finally, my housemate came home with one of our friends and they told me they were going out for a night on the tiles and absolutely insisted I went with them, but my first post from 5 days ago, Sweat, was inspired by nights out and the fact that I simply don't enjoy them because I'm overweight. I remembered this post and thought about all the negative results of going out (it would also have impacted tomorrows gym and diet, etc), and then I made good choice number 5. I didn't go with them. Instead my friends went home, my housemate went out clubbing and I went upstairs to write this blog post! Aren't you proud? I know you're proud. I'm quite proud too. ^_^
You know what's weird though? In spite of the numerous potential sabotage attempts I encountered today and all of my good choices, I still feel guilty for that small amount of vodka (which I'm actually allowed on this diet), the small amount of oil that will have been used for the vegetable and roasted veg (which I'm probably also allowed as I imagine it was no more than my 5 remaining syns) and the dessert (which to be honest, I can't justify).
All in all though I think today could have gone catastrophically, it could have really knocked me off the wagon and back to square one, had I have drank what I actually wanted to drink or chosen to go out no doubt the gym would be cancelled for both tomorrow and the day after and I'd be getting a full Irish breakfast at some stage tomorrow - however all of this has been avoided!
Let's hope I can survive the attacks in store for me tomorrow...
Finally, just for my reference, a quick food summary:
Breakfast - Mullerlight
Lunch - Yasai Yaki Soba & Soy Sauce, Low-Fat Frozen Yoghurt with Berries
Dinner - Roasted Vegetables
Naughty - 1x Vodka (approx 2 shots) & Diet Coke
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I woke up and went to collect my friend to go to the gym, we did a little shopping, she didn't have any gym shoes or clothes so we needed to kit her out before we could go, however on the way to the gym we realised we were both starving. This was good choice number 1. I recommended we go to Wagamama (a Japanese style restaurant that's so healthy their slogan is "Positive Eating, Positive Living") and I had a noodle & vegetable dish cooked on a gridle -Which is perfectly fine on my diet, excluding any small amount of oil they used on the gridle (however I did specifically request as little as possible if they were going to use oil). We then ordered dessert and I went for the low-fat frozen yoghurt with berries, this is a bit more of an issue but it was certainly the healthiest choice out of all the desserts.
So we went the gym, where I performed good choice number 2. My friend hadn't worked out in a while (As you've probably guessed from our need to buy her some gym gear) and really wanted to give up long before she should have, as she really was capable of pushing a little bit further, it was laziness telling her to stop and go to the jacuzzi, not physical inability. So after we'd done a bit of cross-trainer and used the rowing machine, rather than give in and take an early jacuzzi, I managed to keep us both motivated so that we doubled the row and even did another 15 minutes of the cross-trainer before we called it a day.
After the gym we went back to her house to make dinner for her, her boyfriend and myself. Good choice number 3. They had roasted vegetables with feta cheese, bacon and a pita bread, whilst this isn't the most unhealthy dish in the world it wouldn't have been allowed on Slimming World and would have broken my diet, so I just had the roasted vegetables and politely declined everything else! Then we decided we'd go back to mine for a few drinks and a chill out.
Good choice number 4. Rather than having beer or wine, which I really do love and could quite happily have drunk excessively, I recommended that we buy vodka and diet coke (as I can get away with a bit of vodka, it's only 2.5 syns per 25ml and I'm allowed around 10 syns a day). I was poured a large vodka and diet coke (around 2 shots so half the days syns) and then I made sure I made all my drinks after that and from that point onwards I secretly had the diet coke on it's own, so only drank 2 shots of vodka in total!
Finally, my housemate came home with one of our friends and they told me they were going out for a night on the tiles and absolutely insisted I went with them, but my first post from 5 days ago, Sweat, was inspired by nights out and the fact that I simply don't enjoy them because I'm overweight. I remembered this post and thought about all the negative results of going out (it would also have impacted tomorrows gym and diet, etc), and then I made good choice number 5. I didn't go with them. Instead my friends went home, my housemate went out clubbing and I went upstairs to write this blog post! Aren't you proud? I know you're proud. I'm quite proud too. ^_^
You know what's weird though? In spite of the numerous potential sabotage attempts I encountered today and all of my good choices, I still feel guilty for that small amount of vodka (which I'm actually allowed on this diet), the small amount of oil that will have been used for the vegetable and roasted veg (which I'm probably also allowed as I imagine it was no more than my 5 remaining syns) and the dessert (which to be honest, I can't justify).
All in all though I think today could have gone catastrophically, it could have really knocked me off the wagon and back to square one, had I have drank what I actually wanted to drink or chosen to go out no doubt the gym would be cancelled for both tomorrow and the day after and I'd be getting a full Irish breakfast at some stage tomorrow - however all of this has been avoided!
Let's hope I can survive the attacks in store for me tomorrow...
Finally, just for my reference, a quick food summary:
Breakfast - Mullerlight
Lunch - Yasai Yaki Soba & Soy Sauce, Low-Fat Frozen Yoghurt with Berries
Dinner - Roasted Vegetables
Naughty - 1x Vodka (approx 2 shots) & Diet Coke
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Day 4: Nothing to Report
Well, today was much the same as the three days prior in that it was another 11 hour shift and I'm afraid my work days are going to be the boring blogs days as I really don't have time to do anything other than eat, sleep and work!
Looking forward to tomorrow and going to the gym with my friend though! It will be the first time I've been to the gym in a month or two so I'm a little nervous (which sounds crazy considering this time two years ago I was working at a gym) - I think that's normal. It's normal right? If you've had a long time off you just feel guilty and worried about going back, silly things like being concerned that the staff will be thinking about the fact they haven't seen you in a long time as you pass them on the walk shame to the changing rooms? Maybe it's just me but it puts me off.
In fact, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had intended to go last Saturday (the same day I made my first blog post about sweat), however this fear managed to prevent my visit! I guess it's good that I've arranged to meet my friend tomorrow to go with her as I'll have someone else holding my hand for my first trip back, although I'll no doubt be pretending that it's me supporting her tomorrow, between you and me, it will totally be the other way round.
Food time! Although I don't want to continuously blog about what I've eaten each day (as if I were reading someones blog where all they talk about is what they've eaten, I wouldn't be reading it very long), I do want to keep a record of what I eat for myself just so I can look back at my good weeks and bad weeks to assess what I was doing differently, consider it a food diary for my own reference that you can access should you wish to. What I think I'm going to do though, so I don't bore people with my food diary who aren't all that interested, is start posting what I've eaten in a little summary so that people can skip it. Anyway, without further ado, here is todays summary:
Breafkast: Nothing (I know, I know, I'm terrible)
Lunch: Went for a jacket potato but they were out! Had to have a vegetarian breakfast instead (mushrooms, tomato, beans, egg, potato) - all of those I'm allowed unlimited amounts of with Slimming World however the oil they were cooked in is obviously not so good, although I did ask them to use as little as possible!
Dinner: Reduced cheese omlette with Slimming World chips and 4 Quorn sausages
Dessert: Mullerlight
Not all that bad, really should have had breakfast but I just find it so difficult to find the time on these shifts - Must start making the time regardless though - need to keep my stove burning!
Really looking forward to Sundays weigh-in to see how I've done after my first week, I reckon my gym visits over the next 3 days may give unpredictable results but we shall see, anyway, time for bed!
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Looking forward to tomorrow and going to the gym with my friend though! It will be the first time I've been to the gym in a month or two so I'm a little nervous (which sounds crazy considering this time two years ago I was working at a gym) - I think that's normal. It's normal right? If you've had a long time off you just feel guilty and worried about going back, silly things like being concerned that the staff will be thinking about the fact they haven't seen you in a long time as you pass them on the walk shame to the changing rooms? Maybe it's just me but it puts me off.
In fact, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had intended to go last Saturday (the same day I made my first blog post about sweat), however this fear managed to prevent my visit! I guess it's good that I've arranged to meet my friend tomorrow to go with her as I'll have someone else holding my hand for my first trip back, although I'll no doubt be pretending that it's me supporting her tomorrow, between you and me, it will totally be the other way round.
Food time! Although I don't want to continuously blog about what I've eaten each day (as if I were reading someones blog where all they talk about is what they've eaten, I wouldn't be reading it very long), I do want to keep a record of what I eat for myself just so I can look back at my good weeks and bad weeks to assess what I was doing differently, consider it a food diary for my own reference that you can access should you wish to. What I think I'm going to do though, so I don't bore people with my food diary who aren't all that interested, is start posting what I've eaten in a little summary so that people can skip it. Anyway, without further ado, here is todays summary:
Breafkast: Nothing (I know, I know, I'm terrible)
Lunch: Went for a jacket potato but they were out! Had to have a vegetarian breakfast instead (mushrooms, tomato, beans, egg, potato) - all of those I'm allowed unlimited amounts of with Slimming World however the oil they were cooked in is obviously not so good, although I did ask them to use as little as possible!
Dinner: Reduced cheese omlette with Slimming World chips and 4 Quorn sausages
Dessert: Mullerlight
Not all that bad, really should have had breakfast but I just find it so difficult to find the time on these shifts - Must start making the time regardless though - need to keep my stove burning!
Really looking forward to Sundays weigh-in to see how I've done after my first week, I reckon my gym visits over the next 3 days may give unpredictable results but we shall see, anyway, time for bed!
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