Bev - Yeah its a pity they don't have them up there, we're spoilt for choice with Morrisons around here! At least you know somewhere healthy to try if you see one when you're away from home! Oh and I'm definitely glad I saved syns in advanced. I found it really difficult last week to 'recover' syns after my chicken and chips splurge so never again! How are you getting on this week? Have you managed any more of the couch to 5k?
JMA - Thanks for stopping by, hope you're enjoying your holiday! I can't wait for that sub later, I was thinking about it and I haven't had any bread in over 4 weeks!! I always use my HEXB choice for cereal bars or cereal so it'll feel like a real treat! I also managed to find an even lower syned sub than my 'usual' Club, the turkey breast one is only 12 1/2 syns, so once I've used my HEXB choice that makes it 6 1/2! Result! Oh, and don't worry I'm still feeling really positive about the plan, I'm in this for a long haul so one weeks crappy loss won't put me off, if anything it's made me more determined!
Gingaling - I love the salads too! I had one for the first time a couple of months ago and couldn't believe how nice it was. After having salad yesterday and being super good so far today I'm really looking forward to my 'treat', I'm just so excited that I can have a subway without going over my syns for the day!
Princess - I'm terrible with drinking water, but maybe someone else can help. I practically live off diet soda! I know it's bad but I've found 0 cal drinks like diet coke, lilt zero, pepsi max and 7 up free are absolutely gorgeous and help with my sweet tooth cravings. When I'm further into my journey I plan on trying to cut down on them and to introduce more water, but for now I think they're helping me stay on track. Generally when I want to eat I'll have a can of diet soda first, then if I still feel hungry after I'll have some superfree or free food. It's amazing how many times a drink has taken away my food cravings!
Although I drink loads of fizzy pop it's still a huge improvement on the full fat versions I was having before I started the plan. I guess the problem for me at least is that I don't really like water or hot drinks that much (except the odd coffee), so that leaves fruit juice (a big no-no), fizzy pop, dilute drinks (which generally have more calories than fizzy in my experience, but if anyone has any suggestions of low cal ones that'd be great?) or milk (pretty synful after the HEXA has been used). Sorry that doesn't really help answer your questions princess, I guess when it comes to drinking water I'm shocking, but I do drink quite a lot throughout the day. I read somewhere that drinking a glass of water before meals can help you recognise when you're full easier and also means you're getting at least 3 glasses of water a day - worth a pop maybe? I really should try this too!
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Well the terrible sleeps were back with vengeance last night! I couldn't get off until at least 5am, which meant I slept in 'till 10.30 today and even now I still feel like a zombie! I've come to realise it's worse when I've got a lot of work on for the next day, I keep running over in my head how many articles etc I want to get done and can't relax! Now because of the fact I've wasted half my day in bed I've had to push back some of my work to tomorrow, so although I'll still meet my deadlines it's leaving it a lot more to the last minute! Grr! In future I'm really going to try my best to get my writing done as soon as I accept the job!
As much as I love writing I'm also really looking forward to starting my part time job after I get back from hols. It'll just be nice to know a regular amount of money is coming in each month and all I have to do is turn up, go to work and then come home! Will be lovely to have work colleagues again too, freelance writing is quite a solitary profession! Of course I'll still be doing my writing on the side, I genuinely do love my work most of the time, but then I'll be able to pick and choose the most interesting projects. Plus I've got my Open Uni course starting in 3 weeks, I really want to do well and it's going to be really tough. The course I'm doing is a degree level module in Human Biology, but being as I've not studied any biology in nine years it's going to be a real shock to the system!
The last thing I want is to be having to study on no sleep while worrying about writing deadlines! This new job can't start soon enough!
Anyway so far today all I've done is try and tidy the house ready for Chris's mate coming round tonight, grabbed some Hi fi bars and a peach and wrote this super long post about how busy I am without actually doing anything
Gotta love procrastination! Thankfully with my adjusted schedule I've only got 750 words to write this afternoon, then I need to be getting showered and ready to pick my friend up from work at 5 for our sub and movie night!
In case you've noticed I haven't managed ANY body magic so far this week! Thankfully I've planned a swim for tomorrow and Sunday, on Saturday I'll be spending 4 hours or so walking around a huge hospital, so I'm being cheeky and counting that!
Ooh and to end this on a positive note last night Chris's Mum told me she can definitely tell that I've lost weight, which was really nice to hear! Of course that might have been to spur me on being as she was eating fish and chips and I was sat there with a salad, but maybe there's some truth in it. I can definitely tell now, especially when I wear that size 24 dress that couldn't fit over my thighs 2 months ago!
I'll post my food diary and let you know how I got on at the cinema later, if Hannah gets popcorn I may actually kill her!
Have a good one guys! xx
