JanD's Maintenance Diary, wk 25 onwards.

[JanD]

Yay! You n me kid xx

 

[JanD]

DD is coming to pick up my laptop soon to take to work tonight so I won't be able to update further.

The plan is to have some mango & vlf fromage frais - I hope there's nothing more than that! xx

 

[joy1]

think I need to get a grip to, and lose them few pesky pounds, on the whole though Jan your doing great.

 

[JanD]

Thanks Joy

Tues 23rd Feb

Breakie - 2 weetabix etc

Lunch - Tin Heinz 'Big' soup - chicken & veg

1/2" square of wensleydale & cranberry cheese

Tea - Homemade lentil & carrot soup, baked chicken breast with brocolli & leek & 1/2 tin of ratatouille.

Stuffed - have eaten too much

v&cs xx

edit ... 'eat natural' kid's 'lunchie'
slice of brie (mostly rind - yuck!)

 

[Theresa6]

Gonna have to stop reading your maintenance diary Jan, its making me hungry!!

Going to be taking some tips from you when I finally feel done with TFR!

 

[kered]

I absolutely agree with Joy, on the whole, you are doing really really great Jan.

I am sure we all have shares in Vodka at the moment, reading all our diaries, that friend of ours, Mr Vodka, seems to be pretty darned regular. I am working again tonight, so no vodka for me.....lol.

 

[JanD]

Thanks Mary ..... we'd be rich if we did have those shares!!

Back to work for me tomorrow too so no alcohol till saturday .... I only have my Mother's to contend with .... ***sigh*** .... I've been there today and been fine .... it's a 'habit' thing when I'm working .... xx

 

[kered]

It definitely is a habit, and the least thing seems to trigger it off.

I will have a vodka for you tomorrow night when I have no work.

 

[JanD]

Gee thanks ....... I think ... ***scratches head*** xx

 

[joy1]

well its the demon wine with me, but going to try and be careful on this front at the weekend. ha I hope.

 

[summergurl]

Look at yous lot trying to be carefull when im planning a right weekend of it! :giggle:

 

[JanD]

Unfortunately I grabbed a piece of pumpkin seed bread, spread it with phili light and put 2 slices of ham on it before I went to bed last night. I didn't need it I just wanted it ... I'm never gonna shift these few lbs!! ..... Still, looking on the bright side - at least I remembered eating it x

Wed 24th Feb

Got up very late with starting work tonight so didn't have any breakie

Lunch - the rest of the soup I made yesterday with a slice of pumpkin seed bread, toasted. Some fruit with vlf from frais

3 plums altogether through the day
Slice of ham
teaspoon houmous

Tea - Salmon florentine with cabbage & leek mix. A kiwi with vlf from frais

Have brought to work - a tin of sainsbury's cheese & bacon pasta, a tub of pickles & gherkins and an 'eat natural' kid's lunchie.

I won't be staying long at my mother's in the morning, I need to get home to bed as I have to get up early for a hosp app. Hopefully this will stop me picking there. I'm just a little concerned about eating when I get up and then later having tea - it's like having an extra meal but I can't go out without anything. I'm thinking maybe I'll try not to have my breakie when I get in in the morning but I'm not sure if I'll manage that! xx

Edit to add - Thick slice of white bread & clover lighter

 

[summergurl]

Clover!!!! Lol

Jan if you're up longeryoure body is obv guna need more food so iwouldnt worry toomuch about having something extra. xxx

 

[JanD]

Clover!!!! Lol

Jan if you're up longeryoure body is obv guna need more food so iwouldnt worry toomuch about having something extra. xxx

Ah Yes but the lighter version Tan ... nothing to write home about imo.

Well this morning I was annoyed with myself as I had a big toblerone cookie at my mother's ....... HOWEVER! I didn't have anything when I got home - unheard of for me I went straight to bed, and I didn't have anything when I got up before going to hosp app. Pleasingly I didn't feel like anything

For tea I made a moroccan spiced stewey thing with turkey thigh pieces, onion, leek, carrots, passata and cubed sweet potatoes. It was very nice if I do say so myself. Then a pear.

I've brought the rest of that, a pear, a plum and a boots shapers snack bar to work.

So all in all it could have been worse xx

Edit - ah - and then there were the 4 squares of wholenut I had at 4am x

 

[JanD]

Fri 26th Feb

Had 2 pringles at my mothers
Breakie - Crust off sesame & pumpkin seed loaf toasted with a VERY small banana on it.
Boots shapers bar before I went to bed

Tea - Pouch of Thai green fragrant curry on bed of rocket, pear.

At mother's tonight 1/2 a kellogs 'square' chocolate caramel bar (75cals)

Have brought to work a John West salmon light lunch, a pear, a plum and an 'eat natural' kids lunchie bar.

Going to set up a new thread to start using on Monday - this one's getting too long. Need to change my signature too. I have to alter it each time I add to it now it's so long! xx

 

[JanD]

It didn't seem right to just go and delete all this detail from my signature without keeping it elsewhere so I'm copying it here. I think I may like to look at it in the future and other people may be interested in seeing the ups and downs of maintenance too.

Finished 15 wks of TFR and 2 wks of refeed at 10st 7.6lbs

Maintenance

Wk1 22/6/09 After 5 days away & some booze -2 = 50.2 on LT
Wk2 29/6 -1 =51.2 on LT (74.9 altogether) (10st 4.6lbs)
Wk3 6/7 -0.6 =51.8 (75.5)
Wk4 13/7 +0.6 =51.2 (74.9)
Wk5 20/7 -1.4 =52.6 (76.3) (10st 3.2lbs the lightest I've been on maintenance)
Wk6 27/7 +1 = 51.6 (75.3)
Wk7 03/08 +0.6 = 51 (74.7)
Wk8 10/08 -1 = 52 (75.7)
Wk9 17/8 +0.6 = 51.4 (75.1)
Wk10 24/8 -0.8 = 52.2 (75.9) (10st 3.6lbs)
Wk11 31/08 +1.4 = 50.8 (74.5)
2 wks hols 1st-15th Sept.
Wk14 21/9 +1.4 = 49.4 (73.1)
Wk15 28/9 +1.4 (AGAIN!) 48 (71.7) ( 10st 7.8lbs)
Wk16 05/10 -2.8 = 50.8 (74.5) (10st 5lbs)
Wk17 12/10 No WI
Wk18 19/10 +1.6 = 49.2 (72.9) (10st 6.6lbs)
Wk 19 26/10 No (official) WI
Wk 20 2/11 sts = 49.2 (72.9) (10st 6.6lbs)
Hols 2nd-12th
Wk 22 16/11 +1 = 48.2 (71.9)
Wk 23 23/11 -0.6 = 48.8 (72.5)
Wk 24 30/11 -2 = 50.8 (74.5) (10st 5lbs)
Wk 25 7/12 - 0.2 = 51 (74.7)
Wk 26 14/12 +1.6 = 49.4 (73.1)
Wk 27 21/12 -2.2 = 51.6 (75.3) (10st 4.2lbs)
Wk 29 4/1/10 +4.6 = 47 (70.7) (10st 8.8lbs)
Wk 30 11/1 +3.2 = 43.8 (67.5) (10st 12lbs)
Wk 31 18/1 -3.6 = 47.4 (71.1)
Wk 32 25/1 -0.2 = 47.6 (71.3) (10st 8.2lbs)
Wk 33 1/2 +1.2 = 46.4 (70.1)
Wk 34 8/2 +2.8 = 43.6 (67.3) (10st 12.2lbs the heaviest I've been on maintenance)
Wk 35 15/2 -3.8 = 47.4 (71.1)
Wk 36 22/2 +0.4 = 47 (70.7) (10st 8.8lbs)
Wk 37 1/3 -1.8lbs = 48.8 (72.5) (10st 7lbs)

 

[summergurl]

Good thinking batman! It sure will help those coming from refeed to maintainence x

 

[JanD]

Sat 27th Feb

Had the crust off a malted wheatgerm loaf toasted with clover & phili light at Mum's - 2 reasons, 1/As I left work I felt that horrible shakey feeling coming on so I would have had it for that but 2/I was going shopping as well so wasn't risking passing out

Thought I wouldn't have anything when I got in because of that ... HA! However I DID only have 1 weetabix instead of 2 with blueberies etc.

Bed all day

Tea - Chicken & chick pea tagine with lemon & coriander cous cous.

Wine xx

 

[joy1]

loved seeing your maintaining weight like that Jan, you know that's pretty damn good, cos maintaining can be so hard, to get right. After all we have to live, and have some comforts, its just geeting the balance right which it looks like you have.

 

[JanD]

Thanks Joy ..... I must say though - I don't FEEL as though I've got the balance right. It feels like going off the rails and then trying to compensate for it. I don't like describing things as a struggle - but it ain't easy! You know that yourself. I just wish it came more naturally and easily .... ah well!!, we're getting there I suppose xx