It's Now Or Never

Hey Bev, well keep being good - you look so well and trim in your piccy - don't go undoing all your good work now! :)

I've mostly been good today, though 2 syns over. The cake (11.5 syns) plus I had the SW sticky chicken which was a further 5.5 syns. Probably should have had more superfree too, but ran out of salad at lunchtime. Hey Ho, other than that it was all good.

Didn't go to the Thames Barrier in the end, but did pop over to see my parents for an hour or so which was really nice. Athletics and football tomorrow, then my C is popping round for a cuppa. Will be a case of taking fruit with me tomorrow I think. I won't be back home for lunch, we're getting to the Den early as there is a memorial service for an old player who died last week. Maybe a kebab on the way home.....
 
Eek, I'm back at work tomorrow. I'm kind of excited/nervous/dreading getting the bairn up first thing. Food hasn't been great. I think the fact I missed wi on Monday as I was cold to the bone after Brands Hatch didn't help.

So, I'm back on the horse again. Tomorrow is a new start, I'm even gonna treat myself to lunch from the canteen rather than take a pack up in with me. But I can get a jacket and salad so should be fine.
 
Thank you wg. Had a bit of a setback today. During meeting with hr and my boss first thing, I was told that they are only paying me ssp for the past 3 weeks. Meaning I'll have enough money to pay my mortgage, water bill and childminding fees. So I'll be forced to eat less as I just can't afford to do otherwise. It also means I can't afford to go to SW, but I feel kind of relieved to have that pressure taken off of me. It's stressing me out, but at the same time, in a weird way I'm kind of relishing the challenge of budgeting so severely. Work was tough, I felt like a goldfish in a bowl, but the first day is over. Half day at home tomorrow, then a full day in the office, then I'm off till next Tuesday. The worst is out of the way though, and I got through it.
 
Very well done for getting through it pinkie. Like you say, first day back is the worst. Now when you are in again it will feel more normal.
Are you sure they are allowed to only pay ssp when you are in?
It's amazing what can be done on a budget :/)
Xx
 
Morning Pinkie - sorry been awaol over the weekend. Mum arrived and things got a bit manic.
Glad that your first few days back at work went ok and as WG says, it will feel much more normal next week.
Boogers though for only paying you ssp for the last few weeks. That seems pretty mean when the stress was partly induced by them!
 
Hey girlies. Well it wasn't induced by them really, but in the end it was a major factor. Anyhoo, I'll just have to go massively in debt this month, which is annoying as one of the things I did whilst I was off was sort my money out so it wouldn't stress me out anymore. What can you do hey?

First full day in the office today - went much better, still trawling through emails though and avoided all meetings. I'll get there.

Food not great - had a load of chocolate in work. But other than that it was spot on. Hmmm.

I'll try make a point of writing my food up as of tomorrow (I'm writing on phone atm) given I won't be going to class for a month or so. I'll weigh in at Boots with my sister once a week just to help stay on track.

Right now though I am bloody pooped! Sleep beckons. Zzzzzzzzzz
Xx
 
Another week beckons. Weighed in with my wee sister and a friend at Boots last Friday; 14st 9lbs. Was fearing a lot worse to be honest. Have planned my food for the week. This will be the last meaty week for a while, it'll be a whole lotta beans after that.

So I really must get back to writing my food up (I talk to myself in my diary like this too, when I bother to write in it at least). I'm not going to SW classes (due to poverty) so have to manage it well elsewhere.

I've also set myself a couple of jobs for today, plus I have some CBT work to do. I'm in the office all day tomorrow, then a couple of days homeworking. I'm shattered already though. Ho hum.....

x
 
Right, decisive action. Today will be hard as football ko's off at 12:30, so scuppers any chances of a proper lunch. So I'm going to edit this post throughout today, so I keep track of what I'm eating, there and then. I'll take some fruit and a couple of Alpen light bars with me, and hope I can be good till teatime. Fingers crossed!

My Mum has invited me for tea which I think is cottage pie, but probably has loads of cheese in so I'll try and save my HEa for that.

Breakfast:
Branflakes (HEb), natural low fat yoghurt, mixed frozen berries.

Snacks between half eleven and half two:
2 x apples, one banana, 2 x Alpen lights (7 syns), 2 cups of tea with milk (1 syn).

Late afternoon snack (I'm getting hungry now and tea isn't for a couple of hours): another banana. Cup of tea (0.5 syns).

Tea:
Cottage pie. Was actually pretty SW friendly. Just a little bit if cheese in the mash (so my HEa) and I'll allow for a tbspn of oil (6 syns).
Followed by grapes and fat free yoghurt for pud.

Snack:
2 apples.

Total syns: 14.5

I did very well at football and avoided all the sandwiches, cakes and biscuits. Yay me.

So its now nearly eight and I've just got home. Been tempted several times to scoff on something I shouldn't, but have resisted. Stupid isn't it, that after just one day of being virtuous you can feel so much better. That said, I have a groggy head cold, so feel pretty wiped out. This may cock up my plans for a run tomorrow (along with the rain) as my breathing is a bit shallow because of it.

I've started reading back through this diary from the beginning, which is really motivating me too. So do you know what, I'm gonna go for a big loss this week - sod it 5lbs. I'm determined to kick start myself back into action. And hopefully it'll also translate into the rest of my wellbeing. Need to get my exercise back up though I really do.

I still feel a little peckish, so I may have some fruit and/or yoghurt later. Or I might just have an early night. :)
 
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Thank god I got through a day unscathed (SW wise). Gutted as I'm not running today, cold really made me feel exhausted. Going for lunch at my Mum's so need to watch out for the roast spuds.

But today's food.....

Breakfast:
Branflakes (HEb), natural low fat yoghurt, mixed frozen berries.

Lunch (eek!):
Roast pork, carrots, green beans, 2 roast potatoes (6 syns), aunt Bessie Yorkshire pud (2 syns). Followed by a little bit of apple oat crumble (6 syns), 2 tbspns of half fat creme fraiche (3 syns). A lot, but I've been honest, and I did choose 2 spuds rather than 3 and put a Yorkshire pud back as my mum gave me 2. So I'm not too hard on myself about the 3 extra syns here.

Tea:
Free vegetable and red lentil spicy soup.
Mixed berries and natural yoghurt for pud.

Small milky coffee (HEa)

Total syns: 17
 
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Today's accumulated food post....

Breakfast:
Some sour dough cake crumbs (2 syns), branflakes (heb), mixed frozen berries, natural low fat yoghurt.

Snack:
Pear

Lunch:
Salad leaves, mushrooms, low-fat supernoodles, 3 egg omelette (nom nom nom)

Snack:
2 x Viennese choc whirl (10 syns)
Boiled egg

Tea:
Packet of JS savoury rice, with frozen veg stirred in.

Later:
Milky coffee (HEa)

Total syns: 12
 
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Hiya chica - dongle working after a fashion in sunny :)eek: NOT) Cornwall.
Well done on doing your diary again. Hev's is doing hers again too as she reckons it really helps on the motivation.
I write mine on papaer - have done it now for 18 months - and it really keeps me on teh straight and narrow.
Well done for staying clear of norty stuff at football and resisting a 3rd roasty! I couldn't have.
 
Hey Bev! Thanks for posting chica, I bet you're so busy catching up with all your UK friends too :). I hope the weather was nice today down there, you could have sunbathed here it was that sunny.

Yes, it has helped motivate me again. I am trying to keep that motivation up. I've decided editing a post throughout the day is quite a useful way of me doing it. That way I can bore the lot of you. Saw my CBT lady today, I've had a bad few weeks happy-wise, but I felt better after that session. Homeworking a half day tomorrow, so need to keep my focus up for 4 hours. Really, how hard can it be!? (Very, it seems!). Ah well, baby steps and all that. Three days on the trot of SW goodness is an achievement though, so something to be happy about.
 
Ah hello WG! How are you? Well you must feel better after day 2. My stomach doesn't feel all bloated and horrid (though still very tubby unfortunately) for not eating too much of the wrong things.

4th day beckons. I'm doing salmon with taboulleh (sp?) for tea tonight......
 
Breakfast:
Branflakes (HEb), low fat natural yoghurt, mixed frozen berries.

Snack:
Apple, milky coffee (HEa)

Lunch:
Brown rice, salad leaves, pan fried salmon (bloody gorgeous).
2 x Alpen light bars (7 syns)

Tea:
Apple
Spaghetti bolognaise (all free) on a bed of salad leaves.

Snack:
Milky coffee (6 syns).

Total syns: 13

I made double portions for lunch, so now I've got tomorrow's pack up sorted too. Anddddddddd, I had a lovely long chat with Little Sausage. Was really lovely to speak to her. She's doing so well, 6 and a half stone off and motivated to get to her interim target this summer.

So, it's now the end of the day, and I've been good again. Hurrah! I am horrendously stuffed though after dinner. I probably had far too much really. But at least it was all on plan, and there was plenty of superfree in there.

I'm currently dying my hair back closer to my natural (pre-grey) colour. It was too light before rather than the darker red I had really hoped for. I'm trying to stick with 6-8 wash dyes in a bid to be kinder to my hair. Tomorrow I'm getting my legs waxed in my lunch break. So I'll be able to go swimming on Friday. They currently look like something the forestry commission would be proud of. Right now though I have some reading to catch up on for work, and snooker to watch too.
 
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Pinkie1973 said:
Hey Bev! Thanks for posting chica, I bet you're so busy catching up with all your UK friends too :). I hope the weather was nice today down there, you could have sunbathed here it was that sunny.
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Weather bleddy awful since we got here - been weeing down all the time. The sun is trying to come out today though.
Not seeing that many friends unfortunately - just the one who's 70 - mostly with family, at the MILs for 5 days and then at my mums for a couple of nights.

Well done on 3 days on plan - and you too WG on doing 2 days after a bad week. It's so blumin' hard at times. I've been so cold since we got here that I'm absolutely starving and eating all the wrong things. Actual meals are ok but I keep wanting to snack on norty things. Had a Snickers flapjack for lunch yesterday - it was gorgeous :sigh:
 
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