Alex's Diary - No big goals, just taking one day at a time!

I'm back :) And I'm feeling a lot better now thanks.
I must admit, I was a bit sceptical about the Nurse's advice, but it seems to have done the trick. The pressure in my head has almost gone now, and I'm hopeful that there are no more coughs, sore throats, headaches or earaches around the corner for me!

So this weekend has been a busy one really, although I didn't plan for it to be. I went to the garden centre with some friends yesterday to spend the vouchers they bought me for my birthday. After that, we went for lunch at the pub next door, and then back to their house to sit in the garden for the afternoon.
So then I went home, and within half an hour, another friend called to ask if I wanted to go to a beer festival at the local hockey club. Bad mistake!! I'd had nothing to eat since 12:30ish, but somehow didn't think that drinking about five pear Bulmers followed by vodka and diet coke would be a bad idea.
Needless to say, I'm suffering for it today - big style. And I kinda regret it because the day had been perfect up to that point, and I wasn't really in the mood for drinking to be honest! I'd also got big plans to sort my patio out, and pot my new plants today, but I doubt that'll be happening.
Grrr, why can I never drink sensibly - it's all or nothing with me!!

So not much to report on the diet front. I had a big binge day on Friday, probably because I felt so crap, and yesterday wasn't much better considering the pub lunch and copious amounts of alcohol.
I'm hoping to get back on track and rein myself in now because I think I've put a couple of pounds on since last Wednesday and I'd like to shift them before this week's weigh in (and preferably a bit more!)

Hope you're all OK xx
 
hellllooooo lovely lady! r u ok hunn? xxx
 
Helloooo :)
Yeah, I'm alright thanks....not sure why, but I seem to have gone off the boil a bit with my diary. I suppose being ill last week, and busy at the weekend meant that I wasn't really eating normally or healthily!!
So maybe I should get back to it! I'll start from yesterday:
Porridge
Oatybar
Co-op chicken & bacon pasta salad
Cadbury's chocolate cupcake (VERY nice, but 265 cals :()
Beans on toast
Rasberry ripple ice cream tub

So not a bad day, except the cake. Although I did decide to plan for it and have a lighter evening meal, so at least I was thinking it through, rather than just ramming it down the hatch as usual!

And today:
Porridge
Apple
3 jelly babies
Beans on toast (for the 3rd day running - can't you tell the cupboards are bare again!?)
2 Vegetable Grills with a jacket potato and a Laughing Cow Light
And I might have a Curly Wurly in a min

Weigh in day tomorrow, and I'm praying for a STS....up to this morning it was a 1lb gain, but I'm hoping that might vanish overnight!

Hope you're all OK xx
 
These are the grills I have - they're quite nice actually. From memory I think they come in at just over 100 calories each, and they're within the fat rules :)


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This is the blurb on the website: 4 Grills made with lightly seasoned vegetables including onion, carrots, sweetcorn, broccoli, green beans and red peppers. Grill, Oven Cook, or Fry straight from frozen. Available from Iceland, Somerfield, Cool trader, Jack Fulton and Independent stores.
 
So, it's weigh-in day today, and I lost a pound!!!!! :D :D :D
I know it's not exactly brilliant, but I was praying for a STS and expecting a gain, so I'm well chuffed with that!!
Now I need to keep the momentum going and see if I can shift a bit more for the end of the month weigh-in on Friday (which also happens to be my weigh-in day at the doctors).
My Tesco order is coming tonight. I've really gone to town on meals for the fridge/freezer, and I've ordered quite a lot of new stuff to try, so hopefully I should have no reason not to stick to it this week - except the bank holiday of course :eek:
 
Well done! That should give you plenty of incentive to keep it going. Thanks for the info on the grills, will keep a lookout for them, they look quite nice. What are your plans for the Bank Holiday?

KB x
 
Thanks KB - I'm not sure what I'm up to yet, although there's probably be alcohol involved at some point! One of my friends who lives in London coming up to see her family for the weekend so I'll probably see her at some point, and I'd like to sort my house and garden out a bit, but other than that I won't be doing much. How about you? Any plans?

Well yesterday was another pretty good day - my Tesco delivery arrived, so at least I can give up on the beans on toast for a while (4 days running - not good!) Although I was a bit disappointed that a couple of the things I'd ordered weren't in stock :(

Here's the diary for yesterday:
Porridge
Apple
Beans on toast :eek:
Oatybar
Tesco light choices beef in black bean sauce with extra stir-fry veg
WW chocolate brownie desert
 
May day is a huge deal here every year, the (quite small) town I live in has apparently the only genuine Maypole in Ireland so there is always a big may day parade, dancing round the maypole, speciality market, stalls/tombola type things. Loads of food too. Although as I say the town is quite small, we have 6 primary schools 6! :eek: and they take children from all of them to do the dancing round the maypole so it's all very nice... The town is closed to traffic and we all have a jolly old time. I really have to hope that the pig-on-a-spit people don't turn up or at least if they do that they don't bring any crackling!
Have a great day, and enjoy the bank holiday whatever you decide to do.

KB x
 
That sounds great KB, and it certainly puts my drinking/housework/gardening plans to shame! It all feels a bit dull in comparison to your plans! :) I must admit, the thought of pork & crackling did make my mouth water though...I'm glad I won't have that to resist this weekend. I bet you'll have a great time though, especially if the weather's OK :)

Today's been a bit different at work really! Along with my boss and another of the managers, I was interviewing candidates to replace my colleague who left the other week. I've never done interviewing before, but I absolutely loved it. What an eye opener!! The things that some people come out with are absolutely astounding!
We asked one of them what she understood about the job she'd applied for and she said "Well, errr, nothing really. I wasn't really clear about it so I thought I'd ask you today" WTF!!! FAIL!

So this is the food diary for today (not bad at all)
Porridge
Birds Eye healthy options chilli & wedges, with a tiny bit of grated cheese
Kiwi fruit
Tesco light choices lasagne, jacket potato with a bit of Lurpack Light
WW toffee ice cream

I don't know why, but I feel strangely flat and a bit weepy tonight :( Nothing has happened, and I've had a good day on the whole, but I started feeling a bit down when I got home from work, and I haven't snapped out of it yet.
Been thinking about R quite a bit too, which probably hasn't helped. He still hasn't been in touch, so it's looking like the whole thing has fizzled out before it even started :( I'd like to think that he wasn't spinning me a line, because a lot of the things he did/said helped a lot to boost my confidence, but I suppose I have to be realistic!
Anyway, enough moaning. I'm gonna go to bed with my book, and hope that I wake up in a better mood!
Night night x
 
:hug99::hug99::hug99: for you, hope you're feeling better today. I have times like that too and for no reason so I know where you're coming from. As for R, que sera sera and there will be something better for you round the corner, just you wait and see. At least your weight loss is all going in the right direction!

KB x
 
Hello hunny!

Sorry you are felling a lil pants! Hope you feel better after a good nights sleep! I agree with KB eff him! Things happen for a reason an the reason hes not been in touch is hes a man! Man = tooser lol :) aint that right KB? lol

Your doing sooo well with your weight loss at the min im sooo pleased for you (an green eyed monsterish :p hehe just kidding)

Hopeyou have a fab bank holiday weekend! Minewill be spent packing and slaving away after the kids! KB the may day you described sounded just like my Junior school fair! It was lovely! Hope yo have a fab weekend too!

Love katie
xxx
 
Thanks both of you for your kind words. I'm still feeling a bit crap, but hopefully I'll snap out of it soon. I'm not so bad when I'm at work, but I think I'm just letting myself dwell on things too much when I get home...I've got a night out planned for tomorrow though, so that might perk me up a bit! Really don't know why things seem so bleak at the moment, it's not even hormones!

So here's today's food diary:

Porridge
WW mexican bean soup
2 x grainy bread
Oatybar
Frosties sweets (about 80cals worth)
Mushroom risotto

And I'm just having a vodka/lime/lemonade, which will probably turn into two or three, despite the fact that it's a bit sad to drink on your own!
A WW desert will probably be involved at some point too.
 
PS I went to see the nurse tonight, and for some reason her scales weighed me even lighter than mine (they're usually only half a pound out), but I'm not complaining :)
I've got a week off work, and a few days away just before I see her next time though, so I need to build up a buffer before I go!
 
Alex_1978 said:
And I'm just having a vodka/lime/lemonade, which will probably turn into two or three, despite the fact that it's a bit sad to drink on your own!
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Ah but you're not alone, I'm here too! Also visiting our good friend Mr V, with diet coke rather than lemonade. So cheers!!

KB x
 
ahem! Mr V and diet vimto (aka cheeky vimto) is at my house tonite and boyyyy is he having a goooooood time lol

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