Well another seven days have gone by and the halo's still there. A challenging week: department meeting biccies, a course, a show and some sad news but stayed strong.
Tuesday's department meeting called for sisterly support as the Golden Crunch Creams were rolled out and passed around. Ruth, Jo, Sheila and I stood strong in the face of temptation and munched on our fruit, maintaining a holier than thou expression for the sixty minutes of food purgatory.
Thursday was a greater challenge as I faced the temptations of a Community Cohesion course lunch with no back-up from the gals. However ... I turned away from the steak pie, roast potatoes, and rich gravy and instead embraced a plate of green salad, cucumber and tomatoes and a small helping of vegetable pasta bake. I felt soooo virtuous.
The evening had more in store for me though as I prepared to become a Supreme in support of Diana and the other ladies. Nervous as a rabbit in a fox's earth, I struggled against my usual remedy - chocolate, and opted instead for a spicy couscous salad and no fortifying alcohol. Highlight of the evening was putting on the wrong dress, one a size smaller and zipping it up with no problems :)
The week ended well with a 2lb loss. Not as substantial as last week but that was the special week of the month!! I've managed to get back into a skirt I haven't worn for two years and jeans that weren't comfortable are now easy to wear. The scale is wobbling towards a 3lb loss and that, my friends, means less of me to wobble :)))))
Saturday 6 March 2010
Saturday 27 February 2010
Day Seven in the Big Diet House
Well the funky figures are in and a week of caution has paid off - 6lbs!! I am feeling suitably proud of myself, especially as I had to make some small sacrifices to get there.
The first occurred on Wednesday when I drove the college's debating team to Callington School after school. The children were supplied with redundant sandwiches and chocolate cakes from the English department after school exam prep session. Normally I would be straight in but I had already warmed my evening meal and flasked it up so that I could eat when we got there. I felt very virtuous as I ignored the platters of food being loaded into the minibus and turned my attention to driving six little darlings to Callington without any mishaps.
On arrival I was famished and succumbed to temptation but allowed moderation to stay my hand taking only two quartered sandwiches and bypassing the cakes completely.
Once in the hall, I fell upon my tortellini like a person possessed to the disgust of Ms Stott and the accompanying rotarians. Looking back, I have to admit the meal was not that attractive reminding me of shell-less snails in a watery tomato sauce. However it tasted divine and I was sooooo hungry that I really didn't care!
The second temptation occurred on Friday evening when my darling Richard took me for an anniversary meal. Both aware that we needed to keep everything in moderation and practise our new learnt eating habits, we shared a starter with each other and the boys and for once I wasn't full before the main course arrived :) I threw caution to the wind when the main course was presented and allowed the knob of butter to melt inside my jacket potato instead of following my husband's good example and lifting some of it out. However I finished all of my salad and had no relish or dressing on it so I reasoned that in reality they cancelled each other out. Of course this is in fact what I have been doing for the last ten years and why I need to lose weight now! I need to understand that salad sandwiches for lunch do not mean that you can eat a double layer box of chocolates in the evening! Jogging for 30 minutes does not mean that you can drink two bottles of red wine!!
Desert was a dilemma but my marvellous method of equation dieting helped me out once again. Having had one glass of wine I would forgo another and have a slice of chocolate tart. Naughty Mr Walton had both - a scotch and a waffle with chocolate sauce and icecream! But then he did only have half of his pat of butter!!! See how it works :)
With all of these devillish dilemmas this week I was thrilled to step on the scales this morning and discover that I had shed the weight I had put on over Christmas. If only I could get the weeks and months back so easily!
The first occurred on Wednesday when I drove the college's debating team to Callington School after school. The children were supplied with redundant sandwiches and chocolate cakes from the English department after school exam prep session. Normally I would be straight in but I had already warmed my evening meal and flasked it up so that I could eat when we got there. I felt very virtuous as I ignored the platters of food being loaded into the minibus and turned my attention to driving six little darlings to Callington without any mishaps.
On arrival I was famished and succumbed to temptation but allowed moderation to stay my hand taking only two quartered sandwiches and bypassing the cakes completely.
Once in the hall, I fell upon my tortellini like a person possessed to the disgust of Ms Stott and the accompanying rotarians. Looking back, I have to admit the meal was not that attractive reminding me of shell-less snails in a watery tomato sauce. However it tasted divine and I was sooooo hungry that I really didn't care!
The second temptation occurred on Friday evening when my darling Richard took me for an anniversary meal. Both aware that we needed to keep everything in moderation and practise our new learnt eating habits, we shared a starter with each other and the boys and for once I wasn't full before the main course arrived :) I threw caution to the wind when the main course was presented and allowed the knob of butter to melt inside my jacket potato instead of following my husband's good example and lifting some of it out. However I finished all of my salad and had no relish or dressing on it so I reasoned that in reality they cancelled each other out. Of course this is in fact what I have been doing for the last ten years and why I need to lose weight now! I need to understand that salad sandwiches for lunch do not mean that you can eat a double layer box of chocolates in the evening! Jogging for 30 minutes does not mean that you can drink two bottles of red wine!!
Desert was a dilemma but my marvellous method of equation dieting helped me out once again. Having had one glass of wine I would forgo another and have a slice of chocolate tart. Naughty Mr Walton had both - a scotch and a waffle with chocolate sauce and icecream! But then he did only have half of his pat of butter!!! See how it works :)
With all of these devillish dilemmas this week I was thrilled to step on the scales this morning and discover that I had shed the weight I had put on over Christmas. If only I could get the weeks and months back so easily!
Monday 22 February 2010
Day 2 :)
Day two and I'm still going strong although I have encountered a problem of a rather personal nature! Having increased my vegetable intake threefold, Nature has made her presence felt in a gusty way. They were SBD but that appears to changing with every 'puff'!! I feel spooning tonight will be short lived!
Eating breakfast on a school day also means I have to get up ten minutes earlier. Something I didn't factor into this morning's schedule and spent until 9.15 trying to catch up with myself. The question is whether to go the whole hog and get up thirty minutes earlier and do some exercise and have a leisurely brekkie or just ten minutes and wolf it down? I'm not swayed towards the former as the boiler is playing up and it's going to be cold and dark at 6.30! Perhaps ease myself in with extra time for food and eat it in bed while it's winter and then crack on with some earlier mornings when it gets warmer and lighter :)
On the plus side the food is still delicious and sooooo easy. Approached my portions from a different angle this evening. My lovely sister has a portion plate which she keeps safely in a cupboard. This wonderful device measures out the healthy portions for numerous foods so this evening I tried to remember what they were and dish our meal out accordingly. Unfortunately this meant half a plate of vegetables which isn't going to help the aforementioned problem!
In all seriousness though I feel clean inside if that is possible. I'm not sure why this should be but I like it.
I know I shouldn't but I'm going to jump on the scales in the morning - just to see...
Eating breakfast on a school day also means I have to get up ten minutes earlier. Something I didn't factor into this morning's schedule and spent until 9.15 trying to catch up with myself. The question is whether to go the whole hog and get up thirty minutes earlier and do some exercise and have a leisurely brekkie or just ten minutes and wolf it down? I'm not swayed towards the former as the boiler is playing up and it's going to be cold and dark at 6.30! Perhaps ease myself in with extra time for food and eat it in bed while it's winter and then crack on with some earlier mornings when it gets warmer and lighter :)
On the plus side the food is still delicious and sooooo easy. Approached my portions from a different angle this evening. My lovely sister has a portion plate which she keeps safely in a cupboard. This wonderful device measures out the healthy portions for numerous foods so this evening I tried to remember what they were and dish our meal out accordingly. Unfortunately this meant half a plate of vegetables which isn't going to help the aforementioned problem!
In all seriousness though I feel clean inside if that is possible. I'm not sure why this should be but I like it.
I know I shouldn't but I'm going to jump on the scales in the morning - just to see...
Sunday 21 February 2010
The first step
For the past years, ten to be exact, I have battled with my weight. I've eaten cabbage soup until I turned green, I've fasted, detoxed, Slimfasted, GI-ed; you name it I've done. The results have been amazing - I've managed to yo-yo my way up to an impressive **stone.
Sharing memories and photos at a recent party revealed just how much I have gained and I was shocked and if I'm honest more than a little depressed. Four days later and a little bit of hunting on the tinternet saw me ordering a new diet plan.
Stop sniggering - this one is going to work. My problem, like a lot of other working mums, is time. This plan prepares all the food for you, boxes it up and ships it out. All you do is add the fresh fruit and veg, a little bit of milk for teas, coffees and cereals. I even managed to persuade DH to join me!
On Friday the boxes of food arrived and I spent two hours sorting through the two plans, checking contents, labelling boxes and getting excited. On Saturday I began with determination - treacle and pecan granola for breakfast, butternut squash soup with croutons for lunch and tikka masala and green beans for dinner. It was all yummy and for the most part I felt full. I had a little chocolate craving in the evning which wasn't satisfied by the chocolate chip oat biscuits and I have to admit to licking a spoonful of Nutella before bed!
Imagine my delight when I jumped on the scales this morning and discovered that I had shed 3lbs in 24 hours. If the weight loss continues at this rate I won't need the whole box!
Today's food was just as delicious - vanilla and banana porridge for breakfast, chicken and thyme soup with croutons for lunch and sausage casserole with jacket potato and broccoli for dinner. To round off a successful weekend of dieting - it's 10.20 now and there's no sign of the chocolate munchies!
Sharing memories and photos at a recent party revealed just how much I have gained and I was shocked and if I'm honest more than a little depressed. Four days later and a little bit of hunting on the tinternet saw me ordering a new diet plan.
Stop sniggering - this one is going to work. My problem, like a lot of other working mums, is time. This plan prepares all the food for you, boxes it up and ships it out. All you do is add the fresh fruit and veg, a little bit of milk for teas, coffees and cereals. I even managed to persuade DH to join me!
On Friday the boxes of food arrived and I spent two hours sorting through the two plans, checking contents, labelling boxes and getting excited. On Saturday I began with determination - treacle and pecan granola for breakfast, butternut squash soup with croutons for lunch and tikka masala and green beans for dinner. It was all yummy and for the most part I felt full. I had a little chocolate craving in the evning which wasn't satisfied by the chocolate chip oat biscuits and I have to admit to licking a spoonful of Nutella before bed!
Imagine my delight when I jumped on the scales this morning and discovered that I had shed 3lbs in 24 hours. If the weight loss continues at this rate I won't need the whole box!
Today's food was just as delicious - vanilla and banana porridge for breakfast, chicken and thyme soup with croutons for lunch and sausage casserole with jacket potato and broccoli for dinner. To round off a successful weekend of dieting - it's 10.20 now and there's no sign of the chocolate munchies!
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