Firstly, DH did me a very nice bacon and egg buttie for my late night snack last night .. so why should I be surprised by my weight this morning? (9st 5.5lbs) ... I shouldn't be, I'm always a bit "fat" on the w/e's and try vaguely to reign it back in the week, so I should remember ... weigh on a Monday and just forget the w/e's.
He will also be doing me one tonight .... but for a different reason.
I decided we were going to have "sticky chicken drumsticks", which I dutifully made the marinade, marinated the chicken .. all he had to do was grill the damn things ..... well, I'm sorry but I don't do bloody chicken (and no, for once I'm not swearing ... it really was bloody) .... I ate a bowl of rice and retreated.
Anyway, what else ... oh I know.
DD woke up in the middle of the night, that's my good night's sleep screwed then ... thanks!
We went to a dance show this morning. I've been looking at things for her to do, she's a really outgoing child who needs some form of creative outlet. She's forever putting on her own "shows" ... so I thought this might be good. Hmmm .... it might be in a year or so. The current grouping would be too babyish.
Followed by lunch out .. now I've avoided lunch out for way too long .. so occasionally I bite the bullet and do it ... we all had a very pleasant time. I had a massive omelette with ham and cheese (and a 1000 calories .. ok, so I don't know what it contained, but it was so yummy, it must've been "bad")
Then came home, I had the grumps .. sleep deprivation is not a pretty picture, so I threw a tantrum, warning them both I was being irrational .. SO LEAVE ME ALONE (and make me a coffee please!) ... rushed off to drink a load of water.
Finally taking DD off to a food fair (yeh, sucker for punishment me, LOL ... )
And then my haircut time .... she was really good, she sat for over an hour, fairly patiently .. and then declared that I looked beautiful. She can stay .
I think my hair looks really nice. I've had it cut back into a short bob.
DH declared "I thought you were growing it long" ... and then went on to say he liked my hair .. full stop (period for you Americans!) ... whatever length, whatever colour.
My DD then told DH I was having it coloured ... pink ... she liked that idea ... I'm not quite so sure, ROFL!
This evening I've spent stripping .. again, my nails are suffering.
In the midst of this, I've also consumed 2 jaffa cakes (1pt) and something else, which I can't remember, probably cos I'm in denial, wonder what it was ... I did put sugar in my coffee when out, perhaps that was it? Or was it the fact I had a cappucino? Oh I dunno ... not sure I care that much either!!
Tomorrow is yet another day ... and I'm going to the gym, not sure whether I'll run though, depends on how the knee is feeling .. walking yes, running ... not sure, and I'm not walking on the treadmill, what a waste of time, I'd rather walk outside.
The weather has been a bit funny here today, threatening rain all day, but warm with it. Not a great combination.
When I was ready to go to the gym this evening I was in 2 minds to run outside and then go to the gym, or to do it on the treadmill.
Well folks, I made the "wrong" decision .. I went to the gym. It was sweltering (no air con) ... I managed 2km (123cals / 12:46mins, so pace 10:17) and then decided to abandon my run and start my workout.
Tricep Press: 25kg (2 sets / 15 reps)
Vertical Traction: 30kg (3 sets / 12 reps) - HARD
Chest Press: 25kg (1 set / 12 reps .. oh ok so it was 2 sets of 6 reps ... too hard!) ... followed by 20kg ( 1 set / 6 reps) .... Impossible
Stepper: Level 9 / 6 mins (49 cals)
Ab Crunches: 3 sets / 15 reps .. procrastinated less, but still struggled
Elliptical: Level 7 / 8 mins (80 cals)
And then I lost the will to live, thought that the evening was pleasant outside and walked the long way home .... 2.65 miles ... I even jogged a little of it, just because I felt like it. ...... 39 mins (pace: 14:43 / cals 184).
Came home to dinner which had been cooked by DH, delicious .. but um, he forgot the plums! D'oh!
Since then we've transferred our bedroom to another room, and I've started stripping .
Right, back to it .... just need to keep an eye on my knee methinks.
Exercise wise .... aim to go to the gym on Sunday, but it will be dependant on the weather ... if too hot, I'm going to go for a walk instead. It really wasn't pleasant in there tonight.
The birds are singing, and I have little to report on in the world of dieting from Zed42, apart from the fact that Chinese was lovely and that the box of chocolate truffles is no longer a problem *cough*.
Weight this morning, no idea, no point, always high following Chinese.
Food plans for the day:
LJ & h20 - done
Coffee x 2 with s/s milk - doing :)
Water - glaring at me
Porridge with fat free yoghurt and fruit compote - done
Dinner will be pork with a plum sauce served with rice, cooked by DH .. whilst I go to the gym. He has been handed a recipe .
Snacks if I feel that way inclined .... fresh raspberries sitting in the fridge tasting scrummy.
Exercise wise - 3 mile run (either outside if hot, inside if not) and then a good ol' fashioned workout.
This w/e I am aiming to get to the gym on Sunday, and more importantly having my hair cut on Saturday, woo hoo !! It's obviously the week for it, what with TatumsMum and GCQMom having had their's done too
Oh and I lost 1.5lbs to start that off with, so 4lbs to go ..... that's my aim for the end of July ... I am going to be at 9 stone (126lbs) dead .... even if I have to wear shorts for my WI, LOL!
But, for now ... tis Chinese and wine ..... got to have that metabolism boost y'know, LOL! (Well, that's today's excuse and I'm sticking to it firmly!)
Oh yes folks, it's July, a fresh month and tonight is a fresh WW WI ... eek.
Yesterday, I didn't get to go to the gym as DH was back too late for me to go. However, I did get my 10,000 steps in, even if my pedometer didn't like me in the middle of it.
I took DD to her music lesson and decided I would trundle around the "block" when I went to pick her up, just to get a walk in (0.88 miles according to mapmyrun) so not exactly onerous except the massively steep slope up which I went! Left home .. pedometer read 1234 steps ... got to nursery and that darned thing read 1274 steps! It had slipped on my jeans and was hanging in the wrong angle so didn't work ... I was not chuffed.
However, even excluding that 0.88 miles, I still did 10,188 steps (so in reality, more like 12,000) so with that I'm pleased.
Food yesterday ....
Egg & cress sarnies
Coffee x several
Not enough water ... dehydrated.
Wild rice salad with extra lite mayo. V nice.
Frozen strawberry yoghurt with fresh raspberries ... yummy.
Wine & Egg buttie for supper ....
Weight this morning ... 9st 3.5lbs. So it looks highly possible for a loss this week ..... fingers firmly crossed and cream cakes not to be eaten before then .
And stumbled around the block, turning into a beetroot as she went! I bumped (not quite) into one of DD's carers from nursery, I must've looked a right sight! But I care not ... I was out there and doing it .
I did 2.65 miles rather than the 3 prescribed (by me) as I missed a turn, but that's ok ... I actually ventured outside and without my jacket on ... yes folks I flashed flesh (only my arms I hasten to add), complete with my pink iPod ....
Oh pace, yeh well .. t'was outside, t'was hot ..... 11:06.
Again, I'm pleased with that. But I would like to eventually get that down to 10:00.
Having completed the run (walk, stumble) I trundled into the gym, when I realised how RED I was !!! I must've looked like a heartache in mid-action. LOL.
I did a fair workout, but ran out of puff, so here's what I did:
Chest Press: 20kg (2 sets / 12 reps) - HARD
Vertical Traction: 20kg (3 sets / 15 reps) - Manageable .. so need to increase
Rowing Machine: 1km / 6 mins / 50 cals (L5)
Ab Crunches: (3 sets / 15 reps) - lots of procrastination involved, eventually talked myself into completing it.
Tricep Press: 25kg (2 sets / 12 reps) ..... I gave up, my head was hurting, my life was getting messy.
Came home .... had a shower and hid from the dulcet tones of DD and DH arguing the bedtime run ... I took the car out and went and bought some beer and wine ... LOL
Food today:
Cheese & cucumber sandwich on HM bread
Coffee x 2 with s/s milk
Water x plenty at the gym, little outside of it
HM quiche (caramelised red onions and sundried tomatoes) with HM potato salad
2 x choc truffles (the car got serviced today and they brought chocolate, like that was going to soften the blow of a £900 service!)
Oh and DD and I did indeed go strawberry picking and there's HM strawberry ice cream sitting in the freezer .
Tomorrow I'm going to make strawberry frozen yoghurt as an alternative, wonder whether it'll taste anywhere near as good? Worth a shot eh?!?
What else have I done with my day, oh I know .... sanded one of the sash windows and taped it up ready to paint .. to discover that DD's school afternoon tomorrow has been cancelled, so that's put paid to my plans.
Which also gives me a problem going to the gym / run / whatever as DH is out all day and not sure what time he's going to be back.
Ah well ... there's always Thursday (which I've scheduled a 2 mile run for).
Right, time to sit down and chill out and do DH's finances .
I didn't snack in the end .... well, a few strawberries and slices of apple in my Pimms ... but that was all.
Weight this morning: 9st 2.25lbs ... not quite sure what sort of weight that is, but I'm taking it for today :)
And the main thing is, that sitting and blogging my way through my munchies actually worked, whether it'll work again is another story, but it worked last night. Woo hoo!
Now on the food plan, I apparently have "quiche, new potatoes and salad" .. there is one minor minor ickle flaw in that ..... I don't have any new potatoes and I'm not sure I can be bothered to make pastry. I have "wild rice salad" on the menu for tomorrow, so I may just switch the 2 things right around.
Exercise wise ... apparently I'm going to the gym for a workout following a 3 miles run ... apparently! So, that's going to be this evening.
And yes, folks I am going to do this ... otherwise I shall have to come back here with an awfully good excuse, which currently I can't think of!
My gym kit is already laid out, complete with iPod (ooh, must shove that on charge, thanks for the reminder!) and my padlock key ....
What else to do? Oh I know, make some kind of painting with DD for her pre-school as a leaving gift, gah .. not what I want to be doing today, but hey ... and if the weather's nice ... taking her strawberry picking and this afternoon ... making ice-cream. The cream is in the fridge ready to go :)
Busy, busy ... hopefully all taking my mind of aimless snacking!!
Under June and write it off as an unmitigated disaster. And then of course, I am going to focus on July, and see how I can make this a better month, a more positive one mentally & physically.
JulesR asked me if I went to the gym on Saturday, well yes, I did ... but only to do 2 miles and then beat a hasty retreat (pace: 10:04) and I didn't go on Friday, nor yesterday
Emi suggested ear plugs, thank you :) But a) if it is noise related I am useless with earplugs, I just keep on pulling them out in my sleep, which then wakes me up ... and on and on and on. Currently my sleep issues are a) having too much on my mind and b) a DD who likes to wander in at my core sleep time and completely destroy me for the next day.
I've worked on b) for the past 2 nights, oh ok, so I went and slept in the spare room and therefore had a little more sleep, and I am feeling a lot more human for it :) I also, deliberately didn't go to the gym yesterday morning whilst DH & DD were out, so that I had time to myself to slob around and I actually continued apace with a sewing project I've been meaning to do for myself for about a year ... so that made me happy :)
And in the afternoon we went for an impromptu visit to the seaside, which considering it's a 3hrs drive each way ... was going some! Fish and chips for tea .... followed by cheese on toast for Supper .... resulting in 9st 5.5lbs on the scales this morning, eek!
So, the time has come for plans for July, how to make me a happier (thinner) bunny.
The 2 things I really need to sort out are
Exercise
Late night munchies
If I'm not doing any exercise, I can't "afford" the late night munchies.
So, here we go, the plan is to go to the gym twice a week for a proper workout (either upper one day, lower the next, or if appropriately spaced all-over each time), with 2 more runs in addition.
I have just sat down and drawn myself up a grid of which days and what, so now to print it out and put it in the kitchen where it will be prominently rammed home to both myself and my DH.
Late night snackage, need to knock the takeouts on the head (barring the weekly Chinese of course, LOL), if we're going to have light night feasts, to ensure we have yumminess in the house. I don't feel so guilty about a HM bacon buttie ....
Also, to ensure more carrot / celery sticks and hummus lurking in the fridge, as they do work really well when I'm scavenging :)
In the meantime .. today:
Food plan:
lemon juice & hot water - done
Coffee x 2 with s/s ... ongoing
Water ... bottle as yet unopened, it will get drunk (1.5ltres)
Porridge with HM apple & strawberry puree, fat free yoghurt - consumed
Dinner will be pasta and veggies in a tomato sauce, quick and easy as DH is out to school this evening.
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