Monday, 4 March 2013

Week 10, Day 1

Really not had a very good last couple of weeks. Got on the scales, and I had gained 2lbs. Nor surprising really as over the weekend I have had a takeaway curry,a tex-mex meal out, all washed down with gallons of alcohol. Feeling very bloated and tired today, not at all happy with myself. I have got back on track today after a fashion, and I hope I can keep it up. However going out for a leaving do on Friday, which is in a pub with a buffet :(

On the plus side, I have been doing some bidding on e-bay again, and have picked up a couple of healthy bargains, which I am collecting tonight – a mini stepper for £2.20 and a cross trainer for £16.00! I’m just hoping I can get the cross trainer in the back of the car! I have also bought a set of dumbbells for the Wii for £1, but that only went through today, so haven’t made arrangements to collect those yet. So if nothing else I will have some body magic.

Breakfast
Grapes

Snack
French Fries – 4 Syns

Lunch
Bread roll – HeB
Ham
Apple


Snack
French Fries – 4 Syns


Tea
Jacket Potato
Cottage Cheese
Salad leaves
Tomato

Water
X X X X

Syns for day - 8 . Syns for week so far – 8 /15
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) –
Exercise -

Monday, 18 February 2013

Week 8, Day.1
Weigh In – 16st 0lbs
Weight Lost – 16lbs

Had a fairly hefty weekend, lots of wine and crap. Went out on Friday and got mightily drunk, and followed it up with Fish, chips and peas from the chippy. Fortunately I was too drunk to eat most of it, so just ate the fish and a few of the chips and peas, leaving the rest. A bottle of wine on Saturday, although the food I ate wasn’t bad, and another last night, along with chocolate and Starbursts. :(

Spent most of the time over the weekend ‘scanning’ recipes and other slimming stuff from magazines using my phone and saving them onto my computer. DH is insisting I get rid of my library of old slimming magazines (although I hate doing it!) so this is the only way of keeping my recipe collection. There are some wonderful recipes in the most recent Slimming World magazine that I will have to try.

Thought I would try the Tesco Piri Piri cottage cheese with my lunch (syn free). Probably won’t have it again as it nearly blew my head off! Too spicy for me!

Breakfast
Pineapple

Snack
French Fries – 4 syns

Lunch
Jacket Potato
Piri Piri Cottage Cheese
Chicken
Salad

Banana
Apple

Snack
French Fries - 4 syns

Tea
Spaghetti Bolognese with added carrot
Cheese

Syns

Water
X X X X X X

Syns for day - 8 syns . Syns for week so far – 8 /15
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) – 16 / 84
Exercise -

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Week 7, Day 4.
Syns Carried Forward 87

Valentine’s Day!

Woke up and exchanged cards this morning with DH. I had bought him a singing, dancing monkey, that sang ‘close to you’ by the Carpenters, which caused quite a bit of amusement, but no gift forthcoming from him :(. Went into work, and after lunch received a message that there was someone in reception to see me – it was a delivery of the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from DH. I was well pleased.


















Planned a meal for the evening, and DH came home with a couple of bottles of wine, so that set the tone for the evening – I can resist anything but temptation!

Breakfast
Pear

Snack
French Fries – 4 syns

Lunch
Jacket Potato
Baked Beans
Diet Coke

Tea
Chicken
Potatoes
Cauliflower
Peas
Sweetcorn
Gravy – 2 syns
Onion Sauce – 2 syns

Syns
Rose wine – 27 syns

Water
X X X X
X X

Syns for day - 31 . Syns for week so far –122 /105
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) –
Exercise -

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Week 7, Day 3
Syns carried forward - 45/30

Started the day off well.  10 minutes of free step, followed by Weetabix and milk for breakfast - go me!  Lots of arm swinging whilst doing the Wii step, to maximise the exercise, and did the last 2 minutes at the highest speed that it would go.

I spent a little time on Amazon and e-bay last night.  I bought myself a charging dock for my Wii remote and some boxing gloves that go with the Wii boxing - the remote fits into the glove, and they are weighted to give extra exercise.  I will get rid of the bingo wings!

Got to work this morning in a relatively good mood (must have been the exercise), but that soon came to an end. The bitching continues unabated. It is really starting to get to me, and I am beginning to wonder how long I can stand it. It’s a shame really, as it is just one person in the office who brings it down for everyone – when they are off the atmosphere is totally different, much more friendly and relaxed. We have copies of the latest vacancies come round on a regular basis, but as I said yesterday I don’t have any holidays left until April, so I can’t take time off for interviews. So, 7 more weeks until I can start looking seriously.

DH was away on business and not home until late, so another 10 minutes free step on the Wii, again with the last 2 minutes at the highest speed.  But when he came home he was clutching a bottle of rose wine.  Well, it would have been rude not too, wouldnt it?

Breakfast
Weetabix - HeB
Milk - HeA

Snack
Blackberries
Pomegranate
French Fries – 4 syns

Lunch
Ham
Bread Roll – HeB
Apple

Snack
French Fries - 4 syns
Banana
Diet Coke

Tea
Jacket potato
Left over stew from last night

Syns
Rose wine - 24 syns

Water
X X X X X X

Syns for day - 32 . Syns for week so far – 87/18
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) – 14 / 86
Exercise - Wii - 2 x 10mins free step with riser

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Week 7, Day 2.

Syns Carried Forward – 13/15

Did an experiment on the Wii this morning and weighed myself twice, once whilst the Wii step was on the step riser, and once whilst it was on the floor. It weighs me 1lb heavier whilst on the riser than on the floor, so to keep continuity I will keep weighing with the step on the floor. The good news is that I have lost one of the pounds that I gained over the weekend, so only 2 more to go. DH (being an engineer) decided a few days ago to work out how much extra energy is expended by having to step up the extra 3 inches to account for the riser, as obviously the Wii only calculates the number of steps, and the calories used to step that number of steps, not the extra effort required. Apparently (and I don’t know how he worked it out) it takes 4.5 times as much energy per step!

Whilst I was preparing the vegetables for last night’s tea, I did a load of carrots, mushrooms and onions, and so we have a beef casserole bubbling away in the slow cooker for tonight’s tea. I think I will do it with potatoes, cabbage and possibly cauliflower, so packed with free food.

I had a pounding headache again this morning. But again, I am not drinking enough water, and need to desperately bump up my intake again. However most people in the office are complaining of headaches again today – perhaps we have a sick office!  Mind you, it didn't help that the soul sucking bitches of the office were on form again.  Why do some people feel the need to be downright witches?  One of the guys in the office commented that his partner had bought the Hypnotic Gastric Band book.  I said 'I've got that'.  All sorts of bitchy comments ensued, including comments that 'people shouldn't eat too much fruit, because it's bad for them'.  This coming from the person who loudly stated that'my fitness instructor says that if you want something sweet you should eat a biscuit, not fruit, as you know exactly how many calories there are in a biscuit!'  I sometimes can't get my breath!  I will continue eating loads of fruit, instead of the biscuits they keep stuffing in their gobs.  It wouldn't be so bad if they both looked like twiggy, but one of them makes me look positively skinny, and must be at least a size 30!  Anyway, rant and my bitchiness over, but this is the main reason for my vodka consumption tonight.

Called in Tesco on the way home for a couple of bits, and had a quick look in the electronics section.  They had some Wii accessories - baseball bat, tennis racket, steering wheel and golf club, in a set for 87p!  Bought one for myself and one for the grandchildren.  Just need to find the disk with the games on now.

Breakfast
Blackberries

Snack
French Fries – 4 syns
Diet Coke

Lunch
Jacket potato
Cottage Cheese
Salad – lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, cabbage

Freddo Frog – 5 syns

Snack
French Fries - 4 syns

Tea
Beef casserole - beef, onions, carrots, mushrooms, oxo, gravy granules (1 syn my portion)
Mashed potatoes
Cauliflower
Cabbage

Syns
Vodka & diet Cherry Coke - 18 syns

Water
XXXX

Syns for day - 32 . Syns for week so far – 45/60
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) – 14/86
Exercise - 10 mins free step - Wii + riser.

Monday, 11 February 2013

Week 7, Day 1.
Weigh in – 16st 2lb

I had a very long weekend away, Friday night and Saturday in Nottingham, Saturday evening and night in Burton on Trent. Home on Sunday, but a visit to the pub on Sunday afternoon. So we had three meals out, Mexican on Friday night, burger and chips in Weatherspoons on Saturday lunch and a gorgeous Italian meal on Saturday night. None of which were at all Slimming World friendly, and we all washed down with copious amounts of alcohol. Top this off with a visit to the pub on Sunday, where they had a buffet on with pork pie, sausage rolls and little pasties. All of this resulted in a 3lb gain. Sadly all well deserved. :(

So back on track as from today, and try to pull back the 3lb (plus a little bit more). I have noticed one thing; I don’t know if it is the alcohol or the higher fat foods that have caused it, but I have had a very unsettled stomach all weekend and today. Another reason to stick to the SW plan!

Breakfast
Pineapple
Grapes

Snack
French Fries – 4 syns
Freddo Frog – 5 syns

Lunch
Batchelors Savoury Rice – beef
Banana
Muller Light yoghurt.

Snack
French Fries – 4 syns

Tea
‘Zinger’ chicken
Roast vegetables – Carrot, sweet potato, butternut squash, potato, parsnip.
Diet cherry coke

Water
X X X X X X

Syns for day - 13. Syns for week so far – 13/92
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) – 13/87
Exercise - Nil

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Week 5, Day 4.
Syns brought forward 31.5 /45

After a couple of weeks with no stomach problems whatsoever, I had really bad
stomach problems last night, feeling really bloated and stomach-achey. Woke up
this morning still not feeling right, after a fairly uncomfortable night. The only thing I
can think that may have caused it is the high fat chips on Tuesday night – everything
else I have eaten has been fairly light.

I bought a copy of the new Weight Watchers magazine on my way in to work this
morning; more for inspiration than anything else, as they sometimes have some
really good SW adaptable recipes. There was a free ‘chocolate’ bar on the front.
Very nice, but I am not sure it was worth the 4 syns (76 calories) it ‘cost’.

Read the Paul McKenna book from cover to cover last night, and watched
the ‘Havening’ DVD. Think I have got the basics, and I will make time either tonight
or this weekend to listen to the hypnosis CD – I will ask DH to put it onto my MP3
player for me.

Breakfast
Carrot sticks
Grapes

Snack
Weight Watchers Chewy Toffee Popcorn Bar – 4 syns
French Fries – 4 syns

Lunch
Bread roll – HeB
Chicken
French Fries – 4 syns
Raspberries
Muller Light Yoghurt

Tea

Syns

Water
X X X X X X X X

Syns for day - 12. Syns for week so far – /
Weight lost/Weight still to lose (lbs) –
Exercise -