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 !!
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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 !?
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Happy Tuesday :)
Well, since my last post, I've been for that particular trundle, and I did a mile .... and survived! And even been out twice more, with 4 miles each time.
I've just taken a look in our fridges and was pleasantly surprised, to see that in the fridge in the hall, it was full of prepped dinners and leftovers .... yes, folks, this means we've been cooking and not getting takeout .... ok, ok, so it does only mean we've cooked 2 nights, but I have got tonight's prepped and ready to pop in the oven .... homemade chicken & mushroom crumble.
Recipe to follow, well, not exactly a recipe as it doesn't contain measurements, but an indication of what's in it :)
Leftover chicken, from Sunday's roast
Homemade chicken stock, from a previous roast
Reduced fat creme fraiche
Butter
Flour
Mushrooms
Asparagus
Crumble topping (flour, butter, oats)
Destructions:
Crumble:
Twice the amount of flour to butter (I used about 6oz flour) .... butter slightly softened, flour - I used wholemeal.
Rub together until you've formed what look like breadcrumbs.
Put to one side.
Sauce:
Put a knob of butter into a heavy based saucepan over a low heat until melted.
Add enough flour until you have formed a thick paste.
Add the stock, slowly and keep stirring, to stop any lumps forming.
Take off the heat, allow to cool slightly, add in a dollop of creme fraiche.
Season to taste.
Meanwhile - filling ....
Chop asparagus and scatter into your ramekins (or whatever container you want to use, today, I used 3 small clay pots, as we're all eating at different times!)
Distribute leftover chicken
Chop a few button mushrooms (or whatever type of mushrooms you fancy!) and pop into containers
Pour sauce over your chicken mix ....
Top with crumble mix, and finally add a few oats ...
Put into fan oven at around 180c for 30 mins ..... or until topping looks light brown in colour.
Today is going to be served with carrots, dwarf corn and mange tout.
I've just taken a look in our fridges and was pleasantly surprised, to see that in the fridge in the hall, it was full of prepped dinners and leftovers .... yes, folks, this means we've been cooking and not getting takeout .... ok, ok, so it does only mean we've cooked 2 nights, but I have got tonight's prepped and ready to pop in the oven .... homemade chicken & mushroom crumble.
Recipe to follow, well, not exactly a recipe as it doesn't contain measurements, but an indication of what's in it :)
Leftover chicken, from Sunday's roast
Homemade chicken stock, from a previous roast
Reduced fat creme fraiche
Butter
Flour
Mushrooms
Asparagus
Crumble topping (flour, butter, oats)
Destructions:
Crumble:
Twice the amount of flour to butter (I used about 6oz flour) .... butter slightly softened, flour - I used wholemeal.
Rub together until you've formed what look like breadcrumbs.
Put to one side.
Sauce:
Put a knob of butter into a heavy based saucepan over a low heat until melted.
Add enough flour until you have formed a thick paste.
Add the stock, slowly and keep stirring, to stop any lumps forming.
Take off the heat, allow to cool slightly, add in a dollop of creme fraiche.
Season to taste.
Meanwhile - filling ....
Chop asparagus and scatter into your ramekins (or whatever container you want to use, today, I used 3 small clay pots, as we're all eating at different times!)
Distribute leftover chicken
Chop a few button mushrooms (or whatever type of mushrooms you fancy!) and pop into containers
Pour sauce over your chicken mix ....
Top with crumble mix, and finally add a few oats ...
Put into fan oven at around 180c for 30 mins ..... or until topping looks light brown in colour.
Today is going to be served with carrots, dwarf corn and mange tout.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Whoa, nearly the end of March?
Who stole the first quarter of the year? Own up ... now!
Ok, as in typical fashion I have been asleep for the Winter, but now, finally, I do believe Spring may be here.
After all, I've finally planted my tomato and cucumber seeds ....
So, with that in mind, I've plugged my poor languishing Garmin on to charge, I've put on my heart monitor, my fat workout clothes, and today for the first time since my half marathon in November, I shall go for a tentative shuffle along the pavements.
I am not going to kid myself that it is either going to be pretty or fast, or indeed anything more than middle aged, overweight woman, wobbling up a road and down again, but if I never get out there and get stuck in, it will only get worse, until I get to the point, that they may take me to the top of the hill, push me down and I roll like a dumpling.....
So, today's goal:
Weight this morning in workout clothing, minus trainers: 12st 10.5lbs (178.5lbs / 81.13kg)
Ok, as in typical fashion I have been asleep for the Winter, but now, finally, I do believe Spring may be here.
After all, I've finally planted my tomato and cucumber seeds ....
So, with that in mind, I've plugged my poor languishing Garmin on to charge, I've put on my heart monitor, my fat workout clothes, and today for the first time since my half marathon in November, I shall go for a tentative shuffle along the pavements.
I am not going to kid myself that it is either going to be pretty or fast, or indeed anything more than middle aged, overweight woman, wobbling up a road and down again, but if I never get out there and get stuck in, it will only get worse, until I get to the point, that they may take me to the top of the hill, push me down and I roll like a dumpling.....
So, today's goal:
Just get out there, and complete one mile.
Weight this morning in workout clothing, minus trainers: 12st 10.5lbs (178.5lbs / 81.13kg)
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