Oh dear

Things have NOT BEEN GOING WELL.

I've had the most disastrous couple of weeks in fact more than disastrous. A very good friend of mine has been going through some terrible stuff and I've been helping her out. This has meant everything from sitting up with her drinking wine and lamenting the rubbish life throws at you to a midnight stint in A&E. I've been beyond busy at work and well, suffice to say it's all come crashing in.

I KNOW my pitfalls, I KNOW if I don't plan then it all goes wrong and I KNOW that if I feel low or tired then I'm more likely to eat crap. I KNOW all this so why do I let myself get into the same cycle again and again.

I am ashamed to say I've gained 6lbs in the last 2 weeks, ok so PMT can account for some of that but not the rest. If I ever want to be lighter and less elephant like then I need to get my head back around this. The last few weeks I've hated being this size and more self-conscious than ever.

So I've been planning, my fridge is free of naughty things and I'm ready to go. My meal plan for the next week is as follows

Monday : Cold roast chicken with herbed rice and asparagus
Tuesday : Roasted gammon with Jersey Royals and vegetables
Wednesday : Tuna and bean salad
Thursday : Salmon tikka naan
Friday : Spicy prawn fried rice

Wish me luck !!

Week 3, a bad week and a brain dump.

This week has been totally and utterly written off. It started ok with a well planned but point-tastic weekend. Then from Tuesday night in, it's been a disaster. I have been supporting a very good friend through some truely awful things and it culminated on Friday night sitting in A&E with her for 4 hours. Dinner Friday night was Heinz spaghetti on toast and 4 jaffa cakes eaten at 11.45pm when I got home.

Personally I'm not feeling in a strong place  and I either don't WANT to eat because I'm too tired/nauseous/fed up (delete as appropriate) or I just can't be bothered. The other bad thing is the temptation to binge but luckily for me this hasn't reared it's head. I just feel too nauseous currently.

This all tolled is NOT GOOD NEWS when you're trying to diet. Yesterday I didn't weigh in through choice as I knew I would have gained and I just couldn't face it. I had a big Indian blowout last night and a 10 hour sleep so I feel a little better but still fragile and not sure if I'm up to all the planning etc.

On the flip side I know I have to do this but when you're feeling exhausted, your kids are ripping lumps out of each other, you have to work and everyone seems to want a bit of you it's tough to get the balance.

Normal service will be resumed shortly.

Feeling the drag...

I know I'm tired as I've had a lot going on this week. I'm also anxious about upcoming work things, all good I might add but still enough to make me doubt myself. My children are playing up which is also stressing me out and it's coming up to THAT time of the month. All in all a recipe for diet disaster !

I am trying to be good. I'm trying to point everything although the two buffet lunches supplied by the courses I've had to attend this week didn't come easy. One was purely deep-fried things/things on sticks/mayo laden sandwiches. So I didn't starve I had to make the best of a bad bunch and tried to eat cautiously but there wasn't even a sniff of a salad - some nice fruit kebabs for afters though !!

So, stupid me I go and stand on the scales this morning which of course show a small midweek gain. I kick myself and then promptly go off to Costa for a bacon roll and vanilla latte. Ok, so it's all pointed in and I'm within daily points but I HATE my relationship with food. It's done now, but in trying to get everything done before picking the smallest small up from nursery I missed my swimming slot, again. The exercise bike it is for me later then. Got to fly school run and bigger small is having a friend over for tea - now no nibbling the leftovers...

Week 2 result and looking forward

and yes, I was right. I stayed the same. Still I'm not too disheartened as I did have a good loss in my first week and overall I've lost 1st 1lb  and got my 5% - hurrah !!

So this week I'm ready to do battle. My weekend as normal has been quite point heavy including a McDonalds and a small piece of cake today. It's all been pointed though rather than chucking caution to the wind and I also went out on a 4 mile bike ride today. Might not sound like much but I'm breaking my arse in gently !!

This week's meal plan is

S: Slow cooked chilli
S: Spanish chicken one pot
M: Mushroom omelette with new potatoes and salad
T: Chicken tikka skewers with pitta and more salad
W: Crispy chicken, new potatoes and vegetables
T: Sausages with jacket potatoes and beans
F: Chicken parmigiana with homemade chips and salad

Having looked at that it's very potato heavy which is unusual for me !

Menu and recipes can be found on Sugar & Spice. How ironic that I should write a food blog and a diet blog.

Week 2

God, what a week ! This week has been interesting as I've been back to work after 6 weeks off ill. As a result I've not been planning very well and the good start on the exercise front has tailed off somewhat. Pizza and chocolate has crept in and I'll be lucky this week to manage a "stay-the-same".

So, my resolutions for next week are :

1) To stick to my daily points
2) Drink my 2l of water a day and remember to take my vitamins
3) Fit in at least 2 exercise sessions over the week

Watch this space !

Week 1 weigh in

Ok so this happened on Saturday and I'm a little late posting this but.....

4lbs off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I'm rather chuffed about this if you can't tell ! I didn't find the week easy but things I did that worked were

1) Point EVERYTHING
2) Eat all my weekly points
3) Drink 1.5-2l of water a day
4) Did 3 lots of exercise
5) Kept visualising my goal

I've now lost 15lbs and I've got my first stone and my 5% goal. Part of this was about goal setting and more of this to come. I'm not expecting a loss like this every week but it's given me a good kick start really and the confidence that I can do it.