So, what you do is spend ALL day making bread diligently to make 2 loaves .. and then you spend the evening yakking to your DH and eating them .... with butter and HM strawberry jam.
Then you wake up in the morning and realise the enormity of what you've done and the fact that you've got WW in the evening ... d'oh!
But, OMG .. the bread was good So much better than my first attempt of last week. I'll be making that again, just perhaps not the day before WW eh!?!
Oddly enough my weight this morning was 9st 4.5lbs .... by tonight I am pretty assured of not recording a loss for the week.
Am I bothered? Well, of course I am a little bit, but then again, I haven't exactly been saintly this week, now have I?!
I would just like to not give a fig about what I'm eating and be the weight I want to be, without any effort. But, life as a grown-up dictates that I realise that this is not going to happen!
I am happy with the thought of hovering at the moment and concentrating on trying to get myself back into a regular exercise routine. That for me is important. And I do believe key to my maintaining my current weight, and perhaps when my mind is in gear, finally losing those last few pounds.
So, this afternoon I will be donning my running shoes and shuffling around the block for 2.15 (don't forget the .15, hehe!) miles, but woo it's humid today. I need to get plenty of water in this morning to ensure I'm actually in a fit state to do this!
I'll be back tonight to report my gain .. right before I have my Chinese .
DD came in for a wake-up call at around 4am. Now I know for some of you that is a good time, but let me tell you ... for me it was a VERY bad time! So, we're now having a slow start to the day. It's 10:00am here and she's just breakfasted, and I've just put my experimental bread on to prove.
Weight this morning 9st 3.5lbs. Now do you think that a) my weight yesterday was wrong or b) my weight today is due to half a bar of white chocolate and an egg buttie consumed last night?
However, do I feel guilty for these snacks? Sortof and sortof NOT ! Mainly because I had been for a run and to the gym. So I'm good with this.
Meal plan for today .... none yet. Really ought to sort one out. I did say I would've put a plan together by Monday and it's Wednesday and I am no nearer.
DD has expressed an interest in lasagne, but I'm really not sure I can be bothered to make lasagne. I may wuss out and buy a pie from the Women's Institute stall. They're home made and pretty yummy. I could do that with new potatoes and carrots & peas. Plan, done.
Lunch .... hmmmm .... it's market day so I'll get the kids something from the market. Me, I'll have porridge today I think, or at least avoid bread. I ate too much bread and too many eggs yesterday.
Thought I wouldn't put Zed in the title, it'd be nice if they went back to the old format, but obviously they can't work out how to .. bless.
Right, um ... so, what am I meant to be reporting? Oh I know ...
I WENT TO THE GYM
Oh ok, so it's not like a total surprise to the system but heck I did it .. and I'm glad I ran to the gym as doing my run on the treadmill would've been worse, and yes I know my run time was pants, I never claimed to be a pukka runner now did I ? No .. I didn't
Elliptical L8 / 8m / 90 cals Rower
Run outside pace 11:07 (dist 2.45miles / time 27:34)
Once again, she gives me the appointment card, I come home, duly transfer it into my diary and once again ... we turn up a week early.
I am going to have to give that darned receptionist a lesson in how to actually book our appointments for the same day that she writes on the appointment card. This is the 2nd time she has done this. Gah! DD then in tears because she's been looking forward to it (and getting a sticker, LOL) ....
Right, so it's 09:58 and I feel like I've been up hours. Or more to the point, awake, showered, dressed, coffee'd ....
Weight this morning: 9st 3lbs.
No idea, but it'd be nice if it stays like that for the week, wouldn't it!
I didn't do any wallpaper stripping last night, as unfortunately the ironing basket beckoned.
Tonight I'm going to go the gym at 5pm. It's planned. DH is not going to be out. He has been informed. LOL.
All I need to do is put together my gym kit.
Food plan for the day:
Lemon juice with hot water - done
Coffee with s/s milk - 1st one doing
Lunch - not yet sure, DD will want brioche, so she can have that with cheese and tomatoes, DH can have the same. Don't know what I fancy.
Dinner - sausages, mash, baked beans and onion gravy.
And no, not some namby pamby diet low fat sausages, proper full of meat, locally produced delicious scrummy sausages.
Which of course I will have .... post-gym (are you getting the gist yet ? Yes, I am going to the gym, repeat after me ... "Zed42 is going to the gym" !!)
I was looking at my record of exercise for the month of July, well, on the plus side it was better than the month of June and the month of May, but bluntly it was still pathetic.
So, it's time to get re-acquainted with the concept of "regular" exercise ... on a regular basis. I do, however, want to work out a schedule which is sustainable and fits in with the other things I want to achieve in general.
For example for me it is not realistic to be able to spend 90 mins in the gym every day, I just don't have the time for that. But I can do 90 mins in the gym twice a week, I think. And then a run twice more. I think that would be more manageable. Not sure yet, I want to think about it.
I also, don't want to feel a failure if I "only" go once in a week. As once in a week, would currently be better than I am achieving at the moment.
I need to think on this. And of course, things will change in 6wks when DD starts school too, that "ought" to give me more time.
Hmmm ..... right, time to go to the library I think.
Firstly, thanks to TatumsMum and Jenny*in*London for the gentle nag in the right direction, without whom I probably wouldn't have bothered to go for a run.
Woo hoo .. thanks for the support :)
I've been out on them there streets ... 2.15miles ... and the best bit? I ran up both hills which normally defeat me :) I did stop to walk after that, but my total walking stops were 3 and they were minor. Pace: 10:31 :)
My neighbour (ex-army) drove past me whilst I was running (thank g*d I was actually running at that point!) ... and again I bumped into him when I got home, to discover I'd been locked out of the house by my DH !! Thank you dear ... NOT!
But, whilst I'm not the world's fastest runner, at least I was out there :)
Well folks yesterday we took a trip to the Lakes ... and now I'm a lot lighter poundage wise ;) Unfortunately not of the weight type though!
We all have new walking boots, including DD who is now the proud owner of her first pair ... PINK of course!
DH in the course of one week has become the owner of his first pair of running shoes and walking boots .... it's time to kick butt ;)
I had originally scheduled myself to go for a run yesterday but due to us all going out early and coming back late, that didn't happen. I did think about going today and I still might ... we'll see. Tomorrow is a definite though.
I think I'd rather get a few "chores" out of the way today. However, as stated, we'll see ....
Foodwise yesterday was "a-hem" ....
Weight this morning: 9st 5.5lbs
So, boys and girls in order to lose 1.5lbs by Thursday, I guess I need to do something radical, like, um, actually eat "on plan" and um, do some exercise .. now there's a thought eh!
Food so far today:
Coffee x 2 with s/s milk
HM muesli with s/s milk (3.5pts)
White chocolate (2pts)
Pack of crisps (1.5pts)
Dinner will be fish, new potatoes, carrots & peas I think.
Exercise .... either 2 mile "struggle" round the block or paint 2 windows and do some wall paper stripping .... OR ... both ..... but definitely the painting.
Well folks I'm back from work .. finally. My eating has been, um, yes, well, interesting.
Weight this morning, post a delayed Chinese takeaway as DH was in withdrawal and there was no way I was going to cook after driving for that long ..... was .... 9st 5.75lbs.
I've been thinking about my weight and where I'm at, and whilst I want to be that elusive 9st (well, elusive to me currently without serious "get off bum" effort), I'm actually pretty happy with the shape I am.
I would like to get myself back to the gym and back to the running and some more walking. Because being the shape I am is more important than the number on the scale.
At work, I had 3 lots of "have you lost more weight", the answer was a "happy" ... no, I've been this weight since last November. The difference? Well, I had the right colours on for me, and some "sharp" black trousers and high heeled boots, which just elongate my legs even further. I may only be 5'4", but I have long long legs. LOL.
So, what's the plan for this week, oh y'know .. same old, same old .... lose 5lbs in 3 days .... or failing that, joking aside I would like to weigh in at around 9st 4lbs and take it from there.
Well, the WW scales recorded 9st 5.5lbs ..... mine at home record 9st 4.5lbs.
We'll go with the WW's ones for the official record. However, they weren't at my normal meeting, on my normal day, or normal time. But it's done.
Move on ....
Up half a pound and my immediate response was to take DD out for cake. I didn't of course, but I did think about it.
I have instead eaten a couple of slices of HM bread and HM strawberry jam :) The bread had to be tasted, it literally took me all day to make it yesterday and a week to make the leaven. Definitely an interesting experiment, and one I will repeat ... in another week, LOL.
Food today:
Coffee x 2 with s/s milk
2 slices of bread, butter & strawberry jam
HM Carrot & ginger soup with another slice of bread and butter.
Dinner is going to be out ..... tapas I do believe. Although, I'm now not sure I'm in the mood.
Right, best get packing I need to leave in an hour .... have a good couple of days :)
I ended up having a small piece of the white chocolate. It was extremely good and satiated those cravings. I also had a teddy bear biscuit ... again good.
Weight this morning: 8st 6.75lbs .... well, that's what my scales said .... 3 times!!!
Back in the world of reality and once I'd kicked them ..... 9st 3lbs.
Currently attempting making strawberry preserve ... but it's not setting ..... aaargh ... patience, patience ..... well I may end up with strawberry syrup LOL.
I'm going south tomorrow for work, and as per normal ... dreading it, and trying to keep myself together for it. I'll be back Friday night .... between now and then will be 2 dinners out, copious amounts of alcohol and food at work.
I'm currently debating whether to go to a WW meeting tomorrow morning. I think I will, and then it'll keep me on the straight and narrow, or at least accountable and not just thinking ... "ah well, I'm not weighin in this week so it doesn't matter".
Foodwise today:
Lots of preserve testing ;)
May take DD out for lunch as I won't be seeing her for a couple of days, so a sandwich or something
Dinner is meant to be stuffed peppers .... we'll see how motivated I am ... I want to go to the gym and the above won't work timescales wise.
Core isn't really working for me ... has to be said. However, saying that, I have eaten a lot less bread than normal .. so that's a good thing ?
And I do like the idea of incorporating more wholewheat pasta and wild rice, so that too is a good thing.
It isn't that Core wouldn't work if you applied yourself to it, I think it's just that I'm not particularly applied to anything much currently!
But I am keeping on trucking as I was looking at photo's yesterday, and the last time I lost the weight (Sept 2001) by the following Sept I'd gained a whole load of it back, and I can at least say that I WI'd in at 9st 5.5lbs last November 22nd ... and my last WW WI recorded 9st 5lbs ... so whilst not actually having lost anything much ... have maintained my "gold" weight (9st 7lbs) for 8mths.
I just would like to get to 9st .... and then see if that's maintainable. It may be that 9st 5lbs is my maintainable weight, I just don't know until I get there!
I've had my breakfast (porridge, with compote and f/f yoghurt)
I've drunk a hot water and lemon juice
I've drunk 2 coffee
I've drunk a bunch of water ... ongoing
I've had the munchies .... I want that bar of white chocolate which is sitting in the cupboard .... no I don't, yes I do .... hmmm ... I need to eat something, I'm hungry, ok ... so how about the chocolate? Hmm, instant fix, but will want to eat something else shortly after, how about the loaf of bread? Hmm, just the one slice with butter wouldn't hurt, yes, but it'd have to be 2 slices .... hmm, ok .... how about a wholewheat rice cracker ... yes, that's edible, but I want to eat more .... what? what? what? Ah I know ... I've bought some "cup-a-soups" for such an emergency ... organic chicken & veg soup .... ok, that'll do, and it'll give me more liquid too .... 64 calories / 0.2g sat fat .. so 1pt, ok, ok ... now we're rocking .... 3% chicken .... this thing is glorified skimmed milk powder with flavourings, ah well never mind, it'll fill a gap and do for lunch ... must be better prepared ... hmmm ... very salty .... how much sodium? 0.8g ... hmmm .. is that a lot or a little, doesn't sound much ..... goes and googles .... OMG 0.8g in one piddling small cup-a-soup worth 1pt of WW money ..... that's a 1/3 of my daily sodium allowance!
Things you learn eh!
But ... on the flipside, it has got rid of my cravings .. and I do want to drink more water now, LOL!
So much better than my first attempt of last week. I'll be making that again, just perhaps not the day before WW eh!?!
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