I've stuck :D

I think I'm back on track for a good loss this week. After the talking to I gave myself last week, I haven't dared to drink too much and have stuck to the plan like a good thing sticking to a plan.

Plus yesterday I exercised for England. I took the boys swimming and did 22 lengths (which is what I used to do regularly last time I was on a get fit/healthy programme, although that time I kept up exercise longer than dieting, this time I've managed both, together, at the same time - hurrah!), then in the afternoon I went downt lotty and did some weeding and digging. Today the backs of my legs are stiff as a board so I took a leisurely stroll into work rather than a I-mean-business, head-down march.

I was a little disappointed at lunchtime when I went to buy new trousers. All my work trousers are too big, but I tried on the next size down and they were too small. Nevermind, another couple of weeks and I'll be in that size. Hurrah!

Fat pussy ...

Both Fi and I stayed the same this week. I'd made some bad food choices this weekend, we were away and I didn't pig out, but I didn't do as well as I could have done.

Friday night we went out for curry. I had Chicken Dansak (like I pretty much always do). I hadn't been out for curry for ages, so kind of felt I was entitled to it. I didn't eat any poppadoms, but I did share a portion of Onion Bhajis with Andy. I also drank a few (ahem) pints of lovely lager. I did dance tho.

Saturday we were visiting Andy's kids and I had a sandwich for lunch (it was a healthy eating one, but I'm not supposed to be eating bread on the Core Plan). And in the evening, we went to Chiquito. It was supposed to be a treat. We only had 2 quarters of Andy's kids so decided to splash out on a more expensive (than we usually go to) restaurant. But neither Andy nor I really enjoyed what we had. I had:

CHICKEN POBLANo QUESADILLA Chicken and chunky vegetables in a Mexican chilli-chocolate sauce with grated cheese, baked in a flour tortilla. Served with Mexican rice and a basket of salad tossed in a sweet onion dressing. £9.45

The chilli-chocolate sauce might have been appropriate for dessert, but for main course I was expecting it to be heavier on the chilli than the chocolate. Alas it was pretty much a syrup. The chicken was barely even there. And with the extreme sweetness of the aforementioned sauce, there was no need to make the salad intensely sweet also. 0/10 Chiquito.

Andy had the same sauce on his steak and didn't enjoy it. Ben and Katie both had burgers, which Katie said were good. I did scrape as much of the sauce out of mine as poss, but I reckon I still had a major sugar overload.

Then on Sunday, after eating moderately at the eat-all-u-like breakfast, I got hungry on the drive home and succumbed to 3 crispy strips from Kentucky Fried Chicken. At the time I convinced myself that it was ok cos I wasn't having chips with it. But it wasn't.

So that was that. I deserved to not lose any weight this week and I have given myself a stiff talking to about it.

In better news - a friend just sent me this link. It's a monster cat weighing in at 33 lbs, almost exactly equivalent to what I've lost now.

Poorly Fat Girl

Thats me, ive been poorly this week and didnt even make it to fat club so i dont know if ive lost or not.
But can i just say that Donna you have done absolutely fantastically and to be honest the longer it is til i see you, the thinner you will be and im so jealous, keep it up girl xxx

I think I'm doing quite well ...

A friend emailed today and asked how I'd gone on over the Easter period. This was my response:

I've done well. I didn't have any Easter eggs to contend with. We've been away for a few days, but I just try to eat a bit less of the normal things while we're away and choose salads whenever I can. I've very uncharacteristically had a weekend with no alcohol binge too, so I'm expecting a good result this week.

We were staying with Andy's mum and dad who have tearooms in Wales. Normally I binge on all the lovely cakes she has while we're there. They also have an ice cream counter (which the kids made FULL use of). I only gave in to half a scoop of ice cream, but I had just had a tattoo and needed to boost my sugar level back up (well that's the excuse I gave Dylan anyway when he tried to stop me!!)

How about you?

Phew!

I got weighed last night and considering i was drinking from Thursday last week until Sunday i only put a pound on so im quite happy about that. I had some junk food aswell and didnt really stick to the diet but im back on track now and i dont have a rally now for 3 week so even if i lose weight regularly and only put a pound on for each rally then i wont mind!

Not a disaster ...

but MUST DO BETTER!!!!

I stayed the same. I'm not gonna beat myself up over it though, I'll just make sure I do well again this week, and avoid the dreaded buffet ;o)

I fear the bubble is about to burst ...

I knew it was going to be difficult to maintain the 6 lb loss of last week, and within a couple of days of my weigh in last week, the scales had crept back up. So I've been furiously exercising and doing my best at eating only foods on the core plan inbetween the 3 eating out occasions of this week. The first of which was an Indian Buffet. I have just realised that buffets are evil. However good you think you are being, the opportunity to fill your plate as many times as you like is just too much of a temptation. The second was an Italian Buffet. Buffets are evil. I started with salad, but then had a couple of slices of pizza. Then I just had to try and little pasta. My plan was to dance it off at the ska do we were heading to. My plan failed. Along with my 7 companions we arrived to find the do had been cancelled. So no chance to dance it off! Yesterday we went to the same Italian Buffet (for my son's birthday). This time I had a plate of salad, followed by another plate of salad with ONE slice of pizza, followed by some fruit salad. I think that was pretty good.

This week I've spent about 5 hours digging/planting at the lotty, walked about 5 hours and I managed ½ an hour of Tae Bo last night (and I managed to keep up this time!!)

Today is weigh in. If I'm very very lucky I'll have stayed the same. I think I was dehydrated last week and this week I have 'the curse'. But I do hate to make excuses, I'll just have to try harder next week.

I resisted Easter Eggs, but did eat a few chocolate buttons whilst decorating my son's birthday cake. I put Andy's Easter Egg in the fridge so it was out of my sight and I took the leftover buttons and smarties round to Clive's along with the birthday cake. Thankfully the cake was cut after we left. I would not have been able to resist it. Although the kids are on board with my diet and wouldn't have let me have any anyway.

On The Move!

Its moving, my weight is moving, hoo bloody rah!

I got on the scales last night at fat club and was so chuffed, im pleased i didnt stay though cos it was the horrible woman who doesnt listen to what you say to her cos shes only interested in herself, boo hiss!

This is all i need to get me motivated and i need to lose at least a stone before the end of April and i will be so happy, the test facing me tho is Scarborough, i know i keep going on on about it but its hard at rallies not to eat crap and drink til your full, Donna knows what i mean!

But im gonna try my bestest....

Whoop Whoop Whoop!

That's a Whoop for each 2 lbs I lost this week. For those of you out there who are not maths genii, that's a six pound loss this week. :D

Andy will credit it to the fact that he emotionally blackmailed me into going to the allotment this weekend. Mark will credit it to the fact that he told me to drink 6 pints of lager last night so that I would be dehydrated today. I credit it to the cumulative effect of being good for 12 weeks now (alcohol doesn't count) and also that I made a conscious effort to reduce portion size this week.

Hurray for me!!

Good luck for tonight Fi xx

The Weekend

I was actually quite good at the weekend, i faltered slightly on Friday night by bringing a curry to daves, it was only a small one and didnt have a creamy sauce and we had it with rice. Then on saturday i faltered again by having a kfc and then salad for tea. And a proper Sunday dinner, so trust me this was very very good of me. Im dreading next weekend when its Scarborough, lots of tempting food and drink!
Good news though on the ankle front, its getting better, its not half as swollen today and ive been walking around on it. Just need to get me bolts tightened on the bike and i'll be on it. Daves gonna sort it out for me on Friday morning.
Im not sure if im looking forward to getting weighed tomorrow, im not feeling overly confident about any loss but im gonna get weighed and then go as i have to pack for the weekend.
Good luck to both of you girlies xx