I don't often feel truly grumpy, but this evening, I do ....
I think it's the overwhelming feeling of so much to do, in such a short period of time.
Sometimes I do feel that going on holiday, is more hassle than it's worth. Especially as the week is going to be without t'internet access (well, I may have 3G on my 'phone, but that'll be it !)
I've been working today, which when that was over, meant me catching up on DH's paperwork ... and I've yet to do the household bills .... and we won't mention the ironing ... nor the fact I haven't started my project yet. I have to have completed the proposal at the very least by Sept 6th ....
I dragged myself off to the gym this evening. I wasn't in the mood, I couldn't motivate myself, I didn't do the whole workout, I cheated myself, but on the flipside, I actually went, I did some and then I sat in the sauna, which was a relaxing 10 mins :)
I came out of the gym, to torrential rain, thunder and lightening. It hasn't done much to improve my mood either!
I did come home to DH having actually cooked, something other than chilli or pasta ... HURRAH !
See, me being grumpy did pay off, when I grumped that he only ever cooked pasta or got takeout ... he cooked pork goulash with rice, it was rather tasty, included veggies, and was low fat.
I, still, craved cheese and onion pie, after MotherGeek mentioned it this afternoon. I'm not sure what kind of cheese and onion pie she was hankering for, but for me, mine is made with mashed potato, onion and strong cheddar, served with an onion gravy, cabbage and carrots ....
Guess what I'm cooking for dinner tomorrow ;)
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
School shoes ... how hard can it be ?!
This weekend has been busy ... hence my lack of blog presence. Hope you all had a good one too ?
Today, was the dreaded day of going "school shoe" shopping .... how it is arduous, full of peril, boredom and general expense.
Today, was no exception.
The key to school shoe shopping for the Autumn term, is to leave it as late as possible. If you are not a parent of a school age child, or never been one, you may wonder why ...
If, however, you are, or have been, you will understand.
Summer hols .... they grow ... they grow more than they do at any other time of the year. Proven fact.
So, buy too early and you're bound to discover that they have a growth spurt a week after you've bought them. Aim to buy at the last minute, will guarantee a lack of availability.
We're off on hols next week ... so it was today, or never.
Diligently, we got a ticket from the queuing system ... 10 numbers ahead of where they were dealing with, patiently we waited ... and waited ... and waited .... ffs, how hard is it to fit a pair of shoes on a child's feet ...
And then it was our turn .... my speedy aim ... was thwarted, by DD's feet .... 15 pairs of shoes later, and we have a pair, which almost fits ... the sales assistant, was patience unlimited, all of the staff were run off their feet, politeness unlimited .... I, on, the other hand, suggested to DD that I could either bind her feet, let her go to school barefoot, or cut a foot off ...
I would not like to be a shoe sales person pre-school .... it was horrible.
I consoled myself, with new nail varnishes to compensate ;)
Today, was the dreaded day of going "school shoe" shopping .... how it is arduous, full of peril, boredom and general expense.
Today, was no exception.
The key to school shoe shopping for the Autumn term, is to leave it as late as possible. If you are not a parent of a school age child, or never been one, you may wonder why ...
If, however, you are, or have been, you will understand.
Summer hols .... they grow ... they grow more than they do at any other time of the year. Proven fact.
So, buy too early and you're bound to discover that they have a growth spurt a week after you've bought them. Aim to buy at the last minute, will guarantee a lack of availability.
We're off on hols next week ... so it was today, or never.
Diligently, we got a ticket from the queuing system ... 10 numbers ahead of where they were dealing with, patiently we waited ... and waited ... and waited .... ffs, how hard is it to fit a pair of shoes on a child's feet ...
And then it was our turn .... my speedy aim ... was thwarted, by DD's feet .... 15 pairs of shoes later, and we have a pair, which almost fits ... the sales assistant, was patience unlimited, all of the staff were run off their feet, politeness unlimited .... I, on, the other hand, suggested to DD that I could either bind her feet, let her go to school barefoot, or cut a foot off ...
I would not like to be a shoe sales person pre-school .... it was horrible.
I consoled myself, with new nail varnishes to compensate ;)
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Good morning !!
Well, food wise, I was "good" for most of the day, and then went out for dinner.
I am not begrudging my dinner in the slightest, it is very rarely DH and I manage to go our without our DD, and therefore, date night, was a good night ...
We went to a new (to us) restaurant Panama Hatty's , had a sampler starter to share, with steak fajitas for my main, washed down with a couple of Alabama Slammer's and a Mai Tai, ....
Quick review - pleasantly busy, good service, spot on decor, reasonably paced, would definitely return, and may even take DD on another occasion.
Rather delicious, but back to it today !
I haven't yet taken my weight, but after last night, I know it will be up, so not unduly desperate to get on the scales, LOL ...
Food today ... not yet sure, dinner I'm planning on being chilli with jacket spuds, that is, if I have any HM chilli in the freezer, as I certainly don't have any mince currently, and I would prefer to eat what we already have in.
I also, need to make some bread. We have none in the house.
We went to visit Caudwell's Mill a couple of weeks ago, and I bought some of their six seeded flour (or was it 5, I don't recall off the top of my head), but I am looking forward to seeing how it bakes (and of course - tastes!)
If I get off my proverbial soon and get going, we could even have fresh rolls for lunch ... ok, ok, I'm moving !!
I am not begrudging my dinner in the slightest, it is very rarely DH and I manage to go our without our DD, and therefore, date night, was a good night ...
We went to a new (to us) restaurant Panama Hatty's , had a sampler starter to share, with steak fajitas for my main, washed down with a couple of Alabama Slammer's and a Mai Tai, ....
Quick review - pleasantly busy, good service, spot on decor, reasonably paced, would definitely return, and may even take DD on another occasion.
Rather delicious, but back to it today !
I haven't yet taken my weight, but after last night, I know it will be up, so not unduly desperate to get on the scales, LOL ...
Food today ... not yet sure, dinner I'm planning on being chilli with jacket spuds, that is, if I have any HM chilli in the freezer, as I certainly don't have any mince currently, and I would prefer to eat what we already have in.
I also, need to make some bread. We have none in the house.
We went to visit Caudwell's Mill a couple of weeks ago, and I bought some of their six seeded flour (or was it 5, I don't recall off the top of my head), but I am looking forward to seeing how it bakes (and of course - tastes!)
If I get off my proverbial soon and get going, we could even have fresh rolls for lunch ... ok, ok, I'm moving !!
Friday, 19 August 2011
Reasons to be cheerful ...
Or rather ...reasons to stay focussed on this weightloss journey of mine.
"Be Able to"
"Be Able to"
- Wear my wedding ring again
- Paint my toe nails without great effort
- Wear a skirt without looking like I'm almost due to give birth
- Buy clothes with confidence
- Run again without fear of hurting myself
- Chase my daughter round the park whilst she's learning to ride
- Reduce my blood pressure, before anyone insists on putting me on medication
- Get toned without a layer of fat on top
- Walk upstairs without feeling out of puff
- Stay alive for longer than my father (53)
- To be able to show off my legs before I get too old !!!
Random thoughts
Be warned, there is no definite coherence this morning in my ramblings.
For a while I've been musing this, there is a woman I know, who has been overweight for all of her adult life, and a part of her adolescence too. To this end, she has done incredibly well to turn this around for herself, and found the focus and determination required to lose the weight and gain fitness.
But at the same time, I see her child being fed sugary rubbish on a lot of occasions, yes, yes, I know that seeing a snapshot of a child's life via photo's will only show a part of the story, and perhaps the child eats a well balanced diet the rest of the time .... but, I also see the size of the child, and the woman's partner .... and I suspect not.
I've yo-yo'd with my weight since, forever, well, about 13, when a girl told me I had the hugest backside she'd ever encountered. That comment hit a chord. The fact that a) I was a perfectly good size, hell, I had a 24" waist and b) I wasn't the one who became an aneroxic, now was I .... thanks for that transference onto me, thanks ... thanks a lot ....
But I digress ...
My point being, as a parent, I have a responsibility, well, many responsibilities, but let's focus on one for the moment.
The one I am focussing on, is the one where I bring my child up on a healthy, balanced, diet, knowing that certain things are great for you, certain things should be eaten in moderation .. etc., etc., my child has a balanced diet, my child eats it's veggies, it's fruits, grains, meat, also eats sweet, sugary, chocolatey things ...
I've been criticised by some on the way I've brought my child up. In the sense, that I brought her up with healthy snacks from day one, her snacks have always been of the route of carrot sticks, diced peppers, blueberries, grapes, breadsticks .... not of the fizz and sweet variety. As a baby, she ate to be alive, not to fill up on chocolate, for what nutrients was that going to provide for her ? As an older child, she eats not only to grow, but also to enjoy, she does have sweets / crisps on occasion, they are not banned food, nor are they "treat" only food, but they are what they are.
She is a gorgeous, healthy, weight wise - there is not a scrap of fat on her that she doesn't need, nor is she scrawny ...
Those people who "criticised" me, when she was a baby, have all turned around, and remarked on how well she has grown up, and how they'd wished they'd done the same for their children, how their children have temper tantrums when they don't get their "snacks", how they "steal" from the cupboards, that they won't eat their dinners (well, if you will feed them ten tonne of junk just before a meal, no, I'm not surprised they won't eat their dinner ... d'ur!)
Yes, I told you there was no coherence to my ramblings. I guess I was just annoyed when that woman was "pleased" that she had to buy her child school uniform which was in an age older than the child, because of it's size ... due to width, not height.
Back, to my own diet ramblings later, and perhaps I can take my own parental advice and apply it to myself.
(Weight down a tad more today, hurrah!!)
For a while I've been musing this, there is a woman I know, who has been overweight for all of her adult life, and a part of her adolescence too. To this end, she has done incredibly well to turn this around for herself, and found the focus and determination required to lose the weight and gain fitness.
But at the same time, I see her child being fed sugary rubbish on a lot of occasions, yes, yes, I know that seeing a snapshot of a child's life via photo's will only show a part of the story, and perhaps the child eats a well balanced diet the rest of the time .... but, I also see the size of the child, and the woman's partner .... and I suspect not.
I've yo-yo'd with my weight since, forever, well, about 13, when a girl told me I had the hugest backside she'd ever encountered. That comment hit a chord. The fact that a) I was a perfectly good size, hell, I had a 24" waist and b) I wasn't the one who became an aneroxic, now was I .... thanks for that transference onto me, thanks ... thanks a lot ....
But I digress ...
My point being, as a parent, I have a responsibility, well, many responsibilities, but let's focus on one for the moment.
The one I am focussing on, is the one where I bring my child up on a healthy, balanced, diet, knowing that certain things are great for you, certain things should be eaten in moderation .. etc., etc., my child has a balanced diet, my child eats it's veggies, it's fruits, grains, meat, also eats sweet, sugary, chocolatey things ...
I've been criticised by some on the way I've brought my child up. In the sense, that I brought her up with healthy snacks from day one, her snacks have always been of the route of carrot sticks, diced peppers, blueberries, grapes, breadsticks .... not of the fizz and sweet variety. As a baby, she ate to be alive, not to fill up on chocolate, for what nutrients was that going to provide for her ? As an older child, she eats not only to grow, but also to enjoy, she does have sweets / crisps on occasion, they are not banned food, nor are they "treat" only food, but they are what they are.
She is a gorgeous, healthy, weight wise - there is not a scrap of fat on her that she doesn't need, nor is she scrawny ...
Those people who "criticised" me, when she was a baby, have all turned around, and remarked on how well she has grown up, and how they'd wished they'd done the same for their children, how their children have temper tantrums when they don't get their "snacks", how they "steal" from the cupboards, that they won't eat their dinners (well, if you will feed them ten tonne of junk just before a meal, no, I'm not surprised they won't eat their dinner ... d'ur!)
Yes, I told you there was no coherence to my ramblings. I guess I was just annoyed when that woman was "pleased" that she had to buy her child school uniform which was in an age older than the child, because of it's size ... due to width, not height.
Back, to my own diet ramblings later, and perhaps I can take my own parental advice and apply it to myself.
(Weight down a tad more today, hurrah!!)
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Day 4 - Am I thin yet?
Ok, ok, so the initial honeymoon period is wearing thin, and it's only day 4 !
On the upside, I am tracking my food, more and more diligently, it's not to say that my calories / fat / fibre / protein levels are at the right ones, it just means I am being more accountable, to myself, and attempting to count / track everything.
That way, I can truly say to myself, yes, today was a successful day, or oops ... need to work on this one.
So far, I've been above in calories everyday, according to what the site tells me I need to be at in order to lose weight, when I say above, I only mean by about 100 calories, but even so.
It's when you start to track the pints of squash, etc., that you realise how quickly it all adds up.
Interestingly, DH is still on board, and this morning I sent him on a "smoothie ingredients" shopping run, as he had one of my smoothies on Tuesday, and was impressed how it filled him up nicely, without bloating him out, enough to keep him going through the gym session.
So, this evening after work, I shall whizz up a couple, then we're both off to the gym together ..... following it with dinner of prawn linguine with a sweet chilli philly sauce.
Food plan today:
1.5ltres of water (ongoing, and glaring at me in a bottle on my desk!)
2 x coffee with s/s milk (consumed and tracked)
2 small white bread rolls with 1oz of taleggio & pea tops in one, 1/2oz of brie with pea tops in the other (brunch)
Fruit smoothie (banana, blueberries, psyllium husk powder, fat free yoghurt, tsp honey)
Prawn linguine with sweet chilli philly
So, no, not thin yet .... but planning on it !
On the upside, I am tracking my food, more and more diligently, it's not to say that my calories / fat / fibre / protein levels are at the right ones, it just means I am being more accountable, to myself, and attempting to count / track everything.
That way, I can truly say to myself, yes, today was a successful day, or oops ... need to work on this one.
So far, I've been above in calories everyday, according to what the site tells me I need to be at in order to lose weight, when I say above, I only mean by about 100 calories, but even so.
It's when you start to track the pints of squash, etc., that you realise how quickly it all adds up.
Interestingly, DH is still on board, and this morning I sent him on a "smoothie ingredients" shopping run, as he had one of my smoothies on Tuesday, and was impressed how it filled him up nicely, without bloating him out, enough to keep him going through the gym session.
So, this evening after work, I shall whizz up a couple, then we're both off to the gym together ..... following it with dinner of prawn linguine with a sweet chilli philly sauce.
Food plan today:
1.5ltres of water (ongoing, and glaring at me in a bottle on my desk!)
2 x coffee with s/s milk (consumed and tracked)
2 small white bread rolls with 1oz of taleggio & pea tops in one, 1/2oz of brie with pea tops in the other (brunch)
Fruit smoothie (banana, blueberries, psyllium husk powder, fat free yoghurt, tsp honey)
Prawn linguine with sweet chilli philly
So, no, not thin yet .... but planning on it !
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Funny ol' day ...
Foodwise ... I've been more aware of what I've been eating / drinking, even if what I've eaten / drunk hasn't been the greatest.
I was at the hands of my mother for lunch, and she was excited we were over ... the bowl of cream on the Eton Mess, I tried to avoid, without insulting her.
The fried sausages / onions .... sigh
Dinner was "pie" ... pie, we'd bought pre-diet, which had way too much fat in it, but was a) rather delicious and b) better that the curry we'd have normally have gone for in the situation of the day
weight ... a smidgeon more down .... HURRAH ...
I had my hair cut today, I don't like it ... actually, I like the hair cut, I don't like how fat it makes my face ... so, there's only one answer to that .... lose the fat face !!
I was at the hands of my mother for lunch, and she was excited we were over ... the bowl of cream on the Eton Mess, I tried to avoid, without insulting her.
The fried sausages / onions .... sigh
Dinner was "pie" ... pie, we'd bought pre-diet, which had way too much fat in it, but was a) rather delicious and b) better that the curry we'd have normally have gone for in the situation of the day
weight ... a smidgeon more down .... HURRAH ...
I had my hair cut today, I don't like it ... actually, I like the hair cut, I don't like how fat it makes my face ... so, there's only one answer to that .... lose the fat face !!
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Harry Potter ....
Today, we're off to the cinema to see the final Harry Potter in 3D ... this should be an experience, hopefully, a good one !
DD, is squeamish when it comes to watching "Finding Nemo" type films in the cinema, nay, anywhere, but especially the cineman, but she has read all the HP books (several times), and seen all the other movies, and has thoroughly enjoyed them ... so fingers crossed, that is a successful visit to the cinema !
Gym .... well, after many delays (DH's car broke down), I made it to the gym ... OMFG, I am unfit.
How did I go from being able to do an hour at the gym, indeed a half marathon last year (albeit slowly), to barely managing 10 mins on the elliptical, 10 mins on the treadmill, and 1 (yes, I said "1" :( ) minute on the rower.
Oh well, I did it, it can only get easier with practice ... and I did have a rather nice sauna afterwards .... to come home and wolf down the curry and rice, which was good !
In the afternoon, I did make a smoothie, and smuggled in some psyllium husk powder, to bulk up the fibre content, it was amazingly drinkable ! But, I do think I need to get some more berries in the house to add to them.
Today, my weight was down a smidgeon, but I'll take a smidgeon at a time :) At least it was down, and not up!
Food intake today:
2 x coffee with s/s milk
2 "six seeded" rolls, 1 with venison & avocado (no butter !), and 1 with avocado and a slice of mature cheddar (again, no butter !)
Dinner will be spaghetti bolognaise, the HM bolognaise is out of the freezer defrosting gently. This means DH can have some when he comes back from the gym, DD and I can eat earlier :)
A day at a time, an hour at a time ....
DD, is squeamish when it comes to watching "Finding Nemo" type films in the cinema, nay, anywhere, but especially the cineman, but she has read all the HP books (several times), and seen all the other movies, and has thoroughly enjoyed them ... so fingers crossed, that is a successful visit to the cinema !
Gym .... well, after many delays (DH's car broke down), I made it to the gym ... OMFG, I am unfit.
How did I go from being able to do an hour at the gym, indeed a half marathon last year (albeit slowly), to barely managing 10 mins on the elliptical, 10 mins on the treadmill, and 1 (yes, I said "1" :( ) minute on the rower.
Oh well, I did it, it can only get easier with practice ... and I did have a rather nice sauna afterwards .... to come home and wolf down the curry and rice, which was good !
In the afternoon, I did make a smoothie, and smuggled in some psyllium husk powder, to bulk up the fibre content, it was amazingly drinkable ! But, I do think I need to get some more berries in the house to add to them.
Today, my weight was down a smidgeon, but I'll take a smidgeon at a time :) At least it was down, and not up!
Food intake today:
2 x coffee with s/s milk
2 "six seeded" rolls, 1 with venison & avocado (no butter !), and 1 with avocado and a slice of mature cheddar (again, no butter !)
Dinner will be spaghetti bolognaise, the HM bolognaise is out of the freezer defrosting gently. This means DH can have some when he comes back from the gym, DD and I can eat earlier :)
A day at a time, an hour at a time ....
Monday, 15 August 2011
I am hungry....
In an attempt to ignore the groaning mentally that I am currently doing, I thought I would blog.
Lunch was a disaster, what I thought was carrot/lentil soup, was in fact .... chicken stock. Which I vainly attempted to add water to and pretend it was chicken soup, was just too salty for me .... so half consumed, third poured all over my desk, and a sixth poured down the sink.
I have also calculated that my overall weightloss target is 56lbs, that is a whole sack of potatoes I am putting my body under extra stress of.
Not a cheery thought.
But, with the fact that my blood pressure is raised, it doesn't look like I have an awful lot of choice in the matter now, does it ? I do not want to have to go to the GP's and be put on bp tablets, like my mother.
No, I do not.
On a positive, proactive vein ... I have got dinner out of the freezer for tonight, 2 HM turkey curries, made at Christmas, so about time we ate them !
And a vague menu plan for the next few days (all subject to change, of course!), but using what we have in the house:
Mon - Turkey curry / rice
Tues - Spaghetti bolognaise
Wed - Beef pie and veggies
Thurs - Prawn linguine
Fri - eating out, will make best choices I can
Sat - Jacket potatoes / chilli
Sun - Marinaded pork chops / veggies / new potatoes
Mon - Chicken breasts (not yet sure what I'll do with them!)
Tue - HM Cottage Pie
Wed - Baked salmon fillets / veggies
And whilst I've been wittering here, I've been drinking my water, and yes, the craving has passed for the moment ....
I will be making a smoothie for a snack later (and therefore smuggle those bananas in, LOL)
Lunch was a disaster, what I thought was carrot/lentil soup, was in fact .... chicken stock. Which I vainly attempted to add water to and pretend it was chicken soup, was just too salty for me .... so half consumed, third poured all over my desk, and a sixth poured down the sink.
I have also calculated that my overall weightloss target is 56lbs, that is a whole sack of potatoes I am putting my body under extra stress of.
Not a cheery thought.
But, with the fact that my blood pressure is raised, it doesn't look like I have an awful lot of choice in the matter now, does it ? I do not want to have to go to the GP's and be put on bp tablets, like my mother.
No, I do not.
On a positive, proactive vein ... I have got dinner out of the freezer for tonight, 2 HM turkey curries, made at Christmas, so about time we ate them !
And a vague menu plan for the next few days (all subject to change, of course!), but using what we have in the house:
Mon - Turkey curry / rice
Tues - Spaghetti bolognaise
Wed - Beef pie and veggies
Thurs - Prawn linguine
Fri - eating out, will make best choices I can
Sat - Jacket potatoes / chilli
Sun - Marinaded pork chops / veggies / new potatoes
Mon - Chicken breasts (not yet sure what I'll do with them!)
Tue - HM Cottage Pie
Wed - Baked salmon fillets / veggies
And whilst I've been wittering here, I've been drinking my water, and yes, the craving has passed for the moment ....
I will be making a smoothie for a snack later (and therefore smuggle those bananas in, LOL)
And so Monday arrives...
Back to work after a glorious week off ....
At least one minute into being back and it felt like I'd never been away .... Ah well, 2 more weeks, and I have another week off ... gotta love the Summer !
Yesterday DD wanted to go swimming again, so I duly obliged. Which means I have been swimming more in one week, than the previous 2 years put together ....
This evening, I am going to "hit the gym", albeit at a slow, sedentary pace.
10 mins - elliptical
10 mins - rower
10 mins - treadmill
Ab curls - 3 sets of 10 reps
And then .... the pool, and the sauna and steam room :)
Yesterday's food intake:
Coffee x 2, maybe 3 ? But I used less coffee in each drink, I've been using 2 spoons per mug, I used 1.
Squash x 2 pints
Water x 1 pint, and a 500 ml bottle
Lunch was HM garlic bread (2 slices of baguette), 3 slices of pizza (thin crust)
Dinner was lamb steak, cooked on the "health grill", with potato wedges (cooked in olive oil), served with savoy cabbage and carrots ....
Wine
I've told DH our immediate target is to cut the saturated fat and sodium levels.
I believe that by doing that, plus exercising, we ought to see a result pretty soon.
I've got to get back into the habit of cooking and exercising, as I know, that when I've managed to do that, the rest is pretty straightforward .... but, the habit forming is tough, so one day at a time is my motto.
Food today .....
Breakfast - low fat fig & date yoghurt with sunflower seeds
Lunch - not sure, but as we have no bread, I'm favouring the soup option. I have in the freezer both HM carrot with red lentil and leek and potato ... so one of those I feel.
Dinner - Now dinner is the toughie, and this is the one I need to play with ... if one of us is going to the gym, do we eat before or after, or separately ? Bearing in mind we have to cook for DD anyways.
I think for dinner tonight, I may just get some pork out of the freezer, chop up some veggies, and throw a low fat curry sauce over it, let it marinade, and shove it in the oven before I go, getting DH to do some rice, as I'm about to leave the gym.
If I need a snack before the gym, I need to think about that ... I have apples (they bore me), grapes, low fat yoghurt, bananas (really not keen on bananas!), so perhaps, not for today, but perhaps I need to look for healthy flapjack type of recipe.
And so my musing goes on ....
At least one minute into being back and it felt like I'd never been away .... Ah well, 2 more weeks, and I have another week off ... gotta love the Summer !
Yesterday DD wanted to go swimming again, so I duly obliged. Which means I have been swimming more in one week, than the previous 2 years put together ....
This evening, I am going to "hit the gym", albeit at a slow, sedentary pace.
10 mins - elliptical
10 mins - rower
10 mins - treadmill
Ab curls - 3 sets of 10 reps
And then .... the pool, and the sauna and steam room :)
Yesterday's food intake:
Coffee x 2, maybe 3 ? But I used less coffee in each drink, I've been using 2 spoons per mug, I used 1.
Squash x 2 pints
Water x 1 pint, and a 500 ml bottle
Lunch was HM garlic bread (2 slices of baguette), 3 slices of pizza (thin crust)
Dinner was lamb steak, cooked on the "health grill", with potato wedges (cooked in olive oil), served with savoy cabbage and carrots ....
Wine
I've told DH our immediate target is to cut the saturated fat and sodium levels.
I believe that by doing that, plus exercising, we ought to see a result pretty soon.
I've got to get back into the habit of cooking and exercising, as I know, that when I've managed to do that, the rest is pretty straightforward .... but, the habit forming is tough, so one day at a time is my motto.
Food today .....
Breakfast - low fat fig & date yoghurt with sunflower seeds
Lunch - not sure, but as we have no bread, I'm favouring the soup option. I have in the freezer both HM carrot with red lentil and leek and potato ... so one of those I feel.
Dinner - Now dinner is the toughie, and this is the one I need to play with ... if one of us is going to the gym, do we eat before or after, or separately ? Bearing in mind we have to cook for DD anyways.
I think for dinner tonight, I may just get some pork out of the freezer, chop up some veggies, and throw a low fat curry sauce over it, let it marinade, and shove it in the oven before I go, getting DH to do some rice, as I'm about to leave the gym.
If I need a snack before the gym, I need to think about that ... I have apples (they bore me), grapes, low fat yoghurt, bananas (really not keen on bananas!), so perhaps, not for today, but perhaps I need to look for healthy flapjack type of recipe.
And so my musing goes on ....
Sunday, 14 August 2011
One month till the big "four o" !
There are certain birthdays which you remember more than others ... for example, I remember my 13th (I got given a briefcase ????), I remember my 18th .... my 21st (that was seriously uninspiring), my 25th (I dreaded being a quarter of a century, but we turned it around by having a massive house party and announced our engagement :) ), 30th ... was good, I'd lost weight, felt confident and DH spoiled me rotten ... since then though birthday's have been a little "nothingy" ...
So, I approach this years, when I will be turning a corner, the great "40" .. apparently, all my friend's seem to have been doing this for the last year, they've been celebrating with parties, or just generally celebrating ... but I don't want a party.
Why don't I want a party ... well, bluntly I am the largest / heaviest / most unfit I've ever been, and I don't want everyone thinking "what a heffalump" .. and yes, I know, my friends wouldn't think that, after all, if they thought that .. then they wouldn't be friends (see, getting old gives you some insight ;) ).
Well, in an attempt to turn my life around, I've joined a gym, in fact, I've made the family join the gym ... kind, me, eh :)
I do have a separate diet blog, on a dieting site, which I used for several years, made some great buddies, but having returned there this week, all I see are "bots", "spam", the regulars are all gone, and there don't seem to be new ones around either really ....
I don't know where they've gone .... when did they leave the party ? Do they feel the same way about my disappearance ?!
So, I thought I'd turn this blog into the replacement for the other one, and perhaps find some likeminded bloggers along the way .... first I have to work out how to do that !?
So, I approach this years, when I will be turning a corner, the great "40" .. apparently, all my friend's seem to have been doing this for the last year, they've been celebrating with parties, or just generally celebrating ... but I don't want a party.
Why don't I want a party ... well, bluntly I am the largest / heaviest / most unfit I've ever been, and I don't want everyone thinking "what a heffalump" .. and yes, I know, my friends wouldn't think that, after all, if they thought that .. then they wouldn't be friends (see, getting old gives you some insight ;) ).
Well, in an attempt to turn my life around, I've joined a gym, in fact, I've made the family join the gym ... kind, me, eh :)
I do have a separate diet blog, on a dieting site, which I used for several years, made some great buddies, but having returned there this week, all I see are "bots", "spam", the regulars are all gone, and there don't seem to be new ones around either really ....
I don't know where they've gone .... when did they leave the party ? Do they feel the same way about my disappearance ?!
So, I thought I'd turn this blog into the replacement for the other one, and perhaps find some likeminded bloggers along the way .... first I have to work out how to do that !?
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