Dinkie Dawnies Dubious Diary of Downsizing, Deflation, and Debauchery

The curry was lovely! And there's enough left for dinner tomorrow too! I loosely based it on the recipe in the Curry Heaven book, but I chucked a stew pack in, some mushrooms and green beans, and a carton of passata to increase the SF. Still feeling rather stuffed lol! X
 
Evening guys x

Feeling really pleased after another good day :) Why do I find it hard to stick to plan so much when I can feel as full as I do now???!

Had a productive morning changing the sheets, doing 5 loads of washing, making veg soup, doing half an hour on the Sports Rider, showering and then cooking rice to go with the curry. I even ironed 2 pairs of jeans and a work shirt...I haven't ironed for months!!!

So I felt quite justified in doing absolutely sod all this afternoon lol! I did wave goodbye to Vicki and Matt as they drove off to start their anniversary holiday. They're staying overnight at Swindon tonight then carrying on to Centre Parks near Longleat. It was lovely to see them both so excited at going away. Vicki has even packed her swimming costume and a pair of trainers!!!

My afternoon consisted of watching Italy beat France (woo woo!) and then having a rather nice power nap! Just trying to decide what to have for tea...

I love Sunday night tv so will be snuggled up in my dressing gown, ensconced on the settee in preparation for Call The Midwife and then Mr Selfridge.

EE Day

Banana, strawberries & mango
Choc total (1/2)

SW curry
Rice
Sliced onions, tomatoes and cucumber
Mango chutney (3)

2 x wm toast (B)
Grated cheese (A)
Marmite
Defrosted fruit and yoghurt (1/2)

Mini hifi bar (3)

1 A & 1 B
7 syns
30 mins exercise
 
Sounds a good day again. Like you say I don't know why we go off plan when we can have such good food on plan, but hey I guess we all like to rebel from time to time.

Your morning sounds busy. Way more housework than I've done. Should do some but keep finding excuses not to.

We have been to longleat centre parcs. Is very hilly but so nice. They have to go to the pancake house, my favourite restaurant there!! Hope they have a fab time

Enjoy tv tonight x
 
Made it to the gym...will leave when I can find my legs and lungs...
 
Well I'm still alive! Full of aches and pains but still breathing lol!

There wasn't many people at the gym so I snuck in without anybody really noticing me! I'd decided I wasn't going to use the treadmill as I've been a bit demoralised by it on my last visits. I'd just built up to 5k last June when I left my old gym due to the work move. But when I started at the new one last month, I could only manage 1/2k :( Well today I managed 1.5k running and 1.5k walking so I was really pleased. I took Gail's advice and turned the speed down and I found it a bit easier. So I'll hopefully SLOWLY build back up to 5k and when I'm more comfortable, work on my speed. After the treadmill I did 1k cross trainer (I find that REALLY hard!), 1k rowing and 10k cycling. So all in all I was there about 1.5hrs and nearly fell down the stairs on the way out due to not being able to feel my legs!

I popped next door to Peacocks as I wanted to buy something for the young man I sponsor I'm Tanzania. Petro was only 6 when we started and he'll be 15 next month! Anyway I found a couple of nice T-shirts and a shirt for him. I also found a jumper, dress, skirt, 2 pairs of leggings, a shirt and some tights for me! I've refused to buy any new clothes up until today as I have loads that I can't get into, but I'm so fed up of squeezing myself into the same pair of jeans and jumpers that I gave in today. The clothes are so reasonably priced in there that I don't mind if I only wear them for a few months until I can fit into my others.

This afternoon I wrapped up Petros presents and wrote on his cards. Also got Mumsies magazine ready to be posted. So my first job tomorrow is to go to the post office.

Then I MIGHT go to the gym. If I'm not suffering TOO much!

Food has been good today. And I'm still stuffed from dinner time :)

Have a good Tuesday guys xxx

Red day

All bran (B1)
Milk (A1)

Home made veg soup
2 wm bread (B2)
Butter (4)

Cold boiled egg (forgot to put it in yesterday's curry!!!)

Liver and bacon
Mushrooms and onions
Parsnips
Carrots
Bns chips
Tom sauce (3)
Defrosted fruit and yoghurt (1/2)

Milky coffee (A2)

2 A's & 2 B's
7 1/2 syns
1 1/2 hrs gym
 
Forgot to say, Vicki and Matt got to Centre Parks ok and are loving it. They're planning to go fencing, water skiing, bowling, swimming, tree walking, skating and also want to play badminton, tennis and table tennis! Phew! I thought this was supposed to be a HOLIDAY lol! ;)
 
Looking good dawn :) xx
 
Morning mad gym woman!!!

Gosh you sure don't do things by halves at the gym. Well done though. Really impressive. Hope you're not too Achey today.

Glad you had another good food day. Just taking each day as it comes, varying up the plans and using your Syns helps to make you feel like you're not on a diet.

Have a good day x
 
Phew to all that work at the gym. I broke out in a sweat just reading it!
 
Lol thanks Penny and Bev!

Well being the nutter that I am, I went back to the gym this morning and basically repeated the circuit I did yesterday...walk/run, cross trainer, row and then cycle...15k in total and took 1.5hrs to complete. Must admit I struggled with the running as I'm aching all over but particularly my hips and knees, but I managed ok. It's my last day off tomorrow so I may pop in again...

After the gym I called into the tattoo place a couple of doors away to see my friend Ollie who was being inked. Bless him, it was the first time he'd been on his own and he was having the shading done on his sleeve so I stayed to chat for a while. I have to say it looked really nice! Then I found myself in Peacocks AGAIN and bought a few jumpers in their sale ;)

By the time I got home I was STARVING! That's the only trouble with this exercise lark...it gives you a HUGE appetite lol! So I had a quick lunch, tidied up a bit and managed an hours sit down before starting dinner. Actually I fell asleep! Good job it was only salad for tea tonight!

No plans for tomorrow other than POSSIBLY going to the gym. Oh and I'm going to try a green day ... My first in months!

Red day

Porridge (B1)
Milk (A1)

3 ryvitas (B2)
Philly light (A2)
Salmon
Velvet crunch (4)

Ham and egg salad
Beetroot
Salad cream (3)
Mango and defrosted fruit
Yoghurt (1/2)
Alpen bar (3)

Choc options (2)

12 1/2 syns
2 A's and 2 B's
1 1/2 hrs gym
 
Good luck with the green day chica - they don't agree with me that much as you well know. Too many carbs etc etc for my system.
 
Well the green day is going well so far. Don't know how this quorn chilli thing is going to work out lol! It looks ok, and smells ok, and ice tasted it and it seems quite nice...but I expect it to be more chewy, like meat! The other thing is that I know it's going to really fill me up. Whilst that should be a good thing, I don't like feeling that full as it makes me feel like I've done it wrong! I know it's stupid and it's all in my head cos it works, but I still feel that way lol!

Penny, can I freeze the quorn chilli? I hope so as there's blooming loads of it!!!

And yes, mad woman went to the gym again! But that's probably going to be it for a few days as I'm at work from tomorrow ... Boo!!! I found the treadmill hard today as my knees, hips and ankles are very achey but I ploughed on and walked/ran 5k...walked very fast and ran very slow lol! Then I had a go on the cross trainer and the rowing machine, but because I'd been to Argos before the gym, I had to cut my workout short due to the car park! I've had a ticket there before and certainly don't want another one!

Ok, I'm off to dish dinner up in a minute x Back later to post my food x
 
Back to update today's food

Green day

Crunchy bran (B1)
Milk (A1)

Mug shot (1/2)
Grapes

Quorn chilli con carne (delicious)
Rice
SW chips

Milky coffee (A2)
Chewy bar (B2)

2 A's & 2 B's
1/2 syn ... Didn't realise I was so short of syns as I haven't felt hungry
1hr gym
 
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