Sundays

Sundays are always a strange day for me, church takes up a lot of time so we tend to just eat whatever is easy to throw together.

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Apple.
LUNCH. Veggie soup.
DINNER. Cereal! Also I ate pork crackling...which is a supposed no-no but I have to eat it! I roasted a pork joint for tomorrow and Sophie and I ate the crackling.

Snacks. cracker breads and cream cheese.

friday

BREAKFAST. Slimfast.
LUNCH. Pizza hut. One slice pizza, salad bar. 2 spoons pasta.
DINNER. BAked Cod, green beans.

Snacks. 70 cal sweet and salty snack. Special K cereal.

Thursday again.

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Banana.
LUNCH. Peanut better ( reduced fat) sandwich.
DINNER. Chick pea burgers ( which are really delicious!) baked fries. Baked beans ( yes, bad side effects)

Snack. Special K cereal. Mixed seeds and nuts ( 70 cal snack pack)

I did it..sort of.

I went walking with Sophie, not far, but fast and with purpose and it is a beginning!

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Grapes.
LUNCH. Veggie soup. ( tried making them with yellow split peas and some black eyed peas, pretty good) 10 Cal jelly.
DINNER. Pasta bolognese.

SNACK. Special K bliss cereal.

What a difference a day makes!

Wow, I made an appointment today to get weighed. I have avoided getting weighed since Christmas because I felt such a blimp, I want to avoid ever being weighed and seeing a gain. SO I have plodded from day to day sort of sticking with it and feeling very hard done by. Mutter mutter grumble moan.
Today I told myself that enough was enough, I need to get with it and be enthusiastic again. SO I called and I have an appointment for next tuesday, as soon as I made the appt, I was back on the plan. I feel excited again and am eager to see if I have lost weight. ( I think I got rid of any I may have gained over christmas. )
It feels so good to be ready to work at it again.
One strange thing that I notice every day is the shock of clothes fitting. I get my PJs out and because I have so many comfy PJs I have a lot of choice, some looser than others but suddenly all of them are loose. I look in the drawers and every evening I am amazed that I don't have to rooth though to find the comfiest. Then I realise that it is entirely in my control to make it that I never have to worry about them being tight again.
I also threw away the 'safe' jeans, my lovely at least one size too big, stretchy safe jeans. I just knew that I have to start believing that I am getting smaller, the longer I keep wering the huge baggy clothes, the longer I am going to feel huge and baggy. So they went in the bin and I haven't missed them a bit.

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Banana.
LUNCH. Crackerbreads with cream cheese and jam.
DINNER. Chicken, roasted courgettes, peppers, parsnips and tomatoes.

Snacks. Goji berry flapjack. Special K cereal.

I have increased the levels of water I am drinking too, means lots of peeing but it must be done!

Hopeless!

It feels like I update here all the time and then I see I missed a day...gah!

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST. Slimfast, Satsuma.
LUNCH. Veggie soup and crackerbreads.
DINNER. ground beef and carrots, mashed potato and sweet potato mix, cabbage.
Snack. Cheezit snack pack. 10 cal Jelly.


MONDAY.
BREAKAST Slimfast grapes.
LUNCH. Veggie soup.
DINNER. Home made beef and mushroom burgers, baked homefries and baked beans.

Snacks, Special K cereal, 10 cal Jelly.

Speaking too soon!

I has a bad day today, one of those where the ultimate goal seems too far away, I felt ugly and fat and just defeated by how long this is taking and will continue to take. A long road. The past few weeks have been on a standstill, my doing of course because I have been cheating and not giving my all to it.
I need to get weighed so I know if I have gained weight and what I have to do to rectify that.
The great thing is I am not giving up, I am not giving in to the voices that tell me I am wasting my time. If I am fat and ugly, then stuffing my face is not going to help that is it? If, in the past I have been pathetic and not able to do it, if I always give in and am never one of those success stories, well now is the time to prove that it is never too late isn't it?

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Grapes.
LUNCH. Tuna pasta salad.
DINNER. Baked beans, 2 slices toast.

Snacks, Special K cereal. Cranberries.

Good day

.At last I feel as though I am back on track, that was a tough road back onto the straight and narrow!

BREAKFAST. Slimfast. Satsuma.
LUNCH. Vegetable soup, crackerbreads.
DINNER. Soya ' fake' chicken cooked in a low fat sauce with mushrooms and garlic.
Snack. Special K cereal. Cranberries and dried mango.

Delicious.

BREAKFAST. Slimfast, Banana.
LUNCH. Vegetable soup, crackerbreads and cream cheese.
DINNER. Baked smoked haddock, roasted vegetables ( sweet potatoes, tomatoes, parsnips)
Snack. Special K cereal.

Crackerbreads.

Delicious crackers, taste great with savoury or sweet toppings, my favourite is a low fat cream cheese with black pepper or with low fat cream cheese and a scraping of strawberry jam.
19 cals each which is a great way of crunching on something without blowing the healthy eating.

Tuesday....

I am feeling pretty awful, some kind of cold/ flu thing. Yesterday I ate very little, soup and cereal seemed good.

Tuesday.
BREAKFAST Slimfast. Satsuma.
LUNCH. Sainsbury's 3 bean and tomato soup. Crackerbreads and ham.
DINNER. Beef casserole, carrots, potatoe, parsnip and carrot mash.

SNACK. Special K cereal.

Thank goodness!

The switch is flipped back on! I am as excited to get going again as I can be, looking forward to perhaps putting more thought and affort into getting fitter and thinner, feeling younger and more able to cope with the needs of 3 energetic little boys.

BREAKFAST..actualy I forgot breakfast today because I wanted to get the shopping done before the usual saturday rush. I hate missing breakfast but that feeling when it is 11 am and I realise that I haven't eaten yet is priceless, food was always first and fore most in my mind!
LUNCH. Vegetable soup, ( this batch has chick peas and some red beans in too) Crackerbreads and cream cheese. Banana.
DINNER. Roast chicken, stir fry vegetables and 2 roast potatoes. ( roasted with drizzled olive oil)
Snack Speical K cereal,

Back in the saddle again.

I'm back, boring or not I have to write what I am eating or it all goes to pot.

BREAKFAST. Slimfast.
LUNCH. Vegetable soup, crackerbreads and low fat cream cheese with turkey.
DINNER. Half fat sausages, cauliflower cheese ( made with skimmed milk and half fat strong cheddar)

Snacks, Special K cereal. Grapes. Satsuma.
It feels SO good to be back on track.