My brand new restart diary - one step at a time

Friday 14th February 2014, Day 2, Week 7

Weight: 8st 11.0lb

Happy love day everyone!!! Sooooo glad it's Friday :D Been a long week at work (well been a bit crazy since new year but should quiten down soon).

Thanks Ging for your comments, such wise words. You are totally right, I just sometimes feel I'm stuck in a bit of a rut (spent the whole of 2013 with my weight going up &down) & so was just feeling a bit down. But at the end of the day it's all in my control & need to decide what I want - to go out, drink & eat what I like or to be slim! I need to be a bit more strict & in control - hence my plan for the week! Will still have fun, but hopefully a bit more restrained. And will try & be less moany & more positive ;)

Yesterday was about 700kcal in the end:

L: BNS falafel salad (255kcal)
Snack: Grapes (50kcal)
D: Pig cheek & veg stew (350kcal)
 
Saturday 14th February: Day 3, Week 7

Weight: 8st 9.0lb

Morning lovelies! In a great mood today :D It's Saturday, I'm out for a lovely meal tonight, & I'm really pleased with how yesterday went.

Lunchtime I was going to have another BNS falafel salad but my little Tesco didn't have any, boooooo. Almost bought a finest reduced priced sandwich which looked yum, but was good &had fruit instead.

Dinner was steamed fish on a bed of cous cous & roasted veg with a homemade tomato based sauce. Only thing that wasn't free was olive oil, which I'm using my HexB for!

I made a 1 syn chocolate cake for dessert. I adapted a delia online recipe for squidgy chcolate cakes. Whole recipe had 10g cocoa powder & that was the only synnage :) Original recipe had a filling of 8% fromage frais & masala soaked prunes which I made syn free by using ff fromage frais & finely chopped mixed berries mixed together. The cake was very light & not very cakey, so not sure I'd make it again. But for 1 syn I can't really complain :)

I had one 175ml glass dry white with the meal for 6 syns, & then 2 lindor lindt for 8 syns (bf had bought me some chocs, so would have been rude not to ;) )

That means I finished today spot on my 15 syns.

As my fast days (thurs, sun, mon, wed) will be pretty much syn free I really really hope it'll be enough for a few naughties tonight. Not planning on going crazy tho!
 
Well done on the weight loss hun your doing really we'll all food sounds lovely . I've been looking for the bn fafel salad at my local tesco. It would be handy for work as the only other options are subway, Frankie and Benny's & coop lands x
 
Hey darling well done on the single figures in the 8s :) how has it gone since? xxxx
 
JessyG24 said:
Hey darling well done on the single figures in the 8s :) how has it gone since? xxxx
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Thanks Jessy! Although I can't seem to stay there for long, lol. 2.5lb on the following day (which I was totally ok with as had an absolutely amazing night Sat :) ). But then a further whole 1lb on after my 2 fast days in a row, which I was definitely NOT ok with!!!! But not letting it erode my motivation, if anything am even more determined to be super good so that I can get back & actually in those single digits :)

X
 
Sunday 16th February 2014, Day 4 Week 7

Weight: 8st 11.4lb

Was Ok with the big gain, assumed some would be the pesky alcohol bloat. Dinner was uhhhmaazing :D I think I made good starter & main choices (fish followed by steak with salad & a small portion of mash - you order sides seperately & the mash was shared). However, this was followed by a highly calorific but equally highly yummy chocolate dessert. Plus quite a bit of alcohol - a pre-dinner drink then over a bottle of wine (I was persuaded to get a glass of white with the starter & then share a bottle of red with our mains to complement the food. Ok, ot didn't take much persuading.....) Then we just might have gone for a couple of post-dinner cocktails.... Naughty Em! But soooo worth it ;)

Anyhow, straight back on it on Sun. And boy was it hard, so tempted to go for a pub lunch after all the booze from the night before. So so glad I resisted thoygh. And after my nourishing homemade soup I actually found it alot easier.

L: Large portion homemade courgette soup (120kcal)
D: Chicken & veg stew made with 1 chicken breast (130kcal), Carrot (60kcal), leek (50kcal), fennel (35kcal), mushrooms (20kcal), onion (20kcal), garlic, stock, & basil.

Total: c.500kcal
 
Tuesday 18th February 2014: Day 6, Week 7

Weight: 8st 12.2lb


Grrr grrr grrrrrrr :cry: Almost 1lb gain from 2 fast days (Mon was fruit for lunch then quorn & veg stir fry for about 650kcal total). Realllly really hoping it was water retention or something. Woke up Mon night with stomach pains & on Tues felt exhausted & kept getting intermittant stomach pains :( Maybe this affected my weight? On the plus it meant that I didn't drink any alcohol or have dinner out so was totally on plan. Still not feeling 100% today so will wait until official WI for the moment of truth on the scales.

Will be gutted if I have a STS & even more so with a gain. However determined that whatever the result I WILL stick to plan. I know that it works & if I stick at it the scales will catch up at some point.

Also I downloaded an app where I've entered all of my lovely data points from my multiple times a week weighing & it plots a trend line & predicts your trend weight etc. Well according to this my trend weight is 11.8lb & my lowest trend weight was 11.2lb on the 29th Jan. So I'm going to use to monitor my progress in my head rather than the number on the scales. Those 9lbs had better watch out as I'm coming to get you!!!! Maybe not tomorrow WI but defo in the next couple of weeks :)

X
 
How frustrating! I reckon it will be water retention! Booze can cause that for a few days after a heavy session (also reduces your metabolism by 70%)

Keep it up and all will go your way :) xxxx
 
Thursday 20th February 2014, Day 1, Week 8

Weight: 8st 10.4lb

So, I was getting a bit paranoid that 2 fast days in a row might put my body on the verge of starvation loss & hinder rather than help my losses? So I decided to mix it up a bit!

Wednesday I tried a complete fast - just water, fruit tea, & a large cup bouillion as I needed something hot & savoury in the eve!

Thursday, aim was to stick to 800-1000kcal & food was:

B: Alpen light (70kcal)
L: Broccolli soup (100kcal)
D: Leftover pork cheek stew that I'd frozen last week (350kcal) with baby leeks (35kcal) & pak choi (30kcal)

Snacks: Milk in tea (guess 60kcal), small square cheese (50kcal), square chocolate (50kcal, 2.5 syns)

Total: c.800kcal, 2.5 syns
 
Hey huni! Don't get disheartened! You're doing amazingly well! Sounds like plotting all your data points is a plan...and hopefully you'll see the trend over the long term instead of just looking at the daily movements which should keep you positive! Remind me what's on the agenda for the weekend...lots of socialising and yumminess right?!! Xxx
 
gingaling said:
Hey huni! Don't get disheartened! You're doing amazingly well! Sounds like plotting all your data points is a plan...and hopefully you'll see the trend over the long term instead of just looking at the daily movements which should keep you positive! Remind me what's on the agenda for the weekend...lots of socialising and yumminess right?!! Xxx
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Thanks Ging! I read (in Jessys diary I think?) that your dad is due home on Mon. Such great news! Hope he's continuing to get better, as it must be hugely stressful & worrying for you. How was the big assessment at work? Hope it went well.

Yes, I love seeing my downward sloping line. I find it really helps as when I'm sticking 100% to plan but my weight goes up, as it kind of re-assures me that the numbers are going down & I'll see a drop in a couple of daus or so.

I am going to try & be good this weekend, as the next few weekends have a lot of potential for tripping me up! Plan to limit myself to 2 175ml glasses of wine tonight, lets hope I don't weaken haha.

X
 
Friday 21st February 2014, Day 2, Week 8

Green day for me for a change! Basically cos I'm eating at Nandos tonight & so won't get my 1/3rd superfree!

B: Alpen light (HexB1), mullerlight, mixed berries
L: BNS falafel salad - might be getting slightly addicted!
Snacks: Milk in teas (HexA1), cheese (HexA2), mullerlight, an entire mango (!)
D: Nandos - 1/4 chicken breast (HexB2 + 1 syn), spicy rice (2.5 syns), corn on the cob

Tonight: 2 175ml glasses dry white (12 syns)

Total syns: 15.5

Really really want a good loss this week as the next few weeks I have alot of social things to throw me off. Plan is to stay within my syns on my normal SW days (obviously not a problem on my fast days!)
 
Saturday 22nd February: Day 3, Week 8

Weight 8st 7.8lb

Morning! In another good mood today :) Prob cos it's the weekend, and the sun is out, yay! Plus I saw the lowest number on the scales since before Christmas. I'm fully aware it's likely to go back up again tomorrow but every time I see a new number I haven't seen before / seen in a long while it feels like I'm making progress :)

Plan is for a fast day today. Will be tough being a Saturday, but I am so determined at the moment. I've got quite a busy day so hope I can go without eating until this eve, cook a quick soup when I get in (as likely to be v hungry by that time!) & then have a 400-ish kcal dinner.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend :)

X

Food Update:

Milk in coffee & tea (60kcal)
Prawn & crab cakes with tomato & basil sauce (390kcal) with stir fried veg (40kcal)

Total: c.500kcal
 
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Sunday 23rd February 2014, Day 4 Week 8

Weight: 8st 8.6lb

Brunch: 2 venison sausages (apparently these are syn free!! :D Jusr 120kcal/100g & 4% fat), 2 fried eggs, ww petit pain, mushrooms, & tomatoes.

Snack: Mixed fruit salad

D: Slow braised ox cheeks with parpadelle. Red wine (12 syns, split between cooking & drinking :) ) Superfree in sauce includes onion, garlic, celery, carrot, mushrooms.
 
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Monday 23rd February 2014: Day 5, Week 8

Weight: 8st 8.6lb

Morning lovelies! Another Monday morning & a fast day today. Not yet decided whether to try a complete fast or keep to the 500kcal. Will see how I get on & update later.
 
Hey gorgeous!
Glad to see you so positive and back in those lovely single figures in the 8s!
Brunch yesterday sounds totally scrummy! When you do a complete fast do you literally love off squash/water and then a cup of soup stock or something? Do you find it affects your concentration in the day?! I just can't imagine not eating at all...I need something to look forward to to break up the day!! Xxx
 
gingaling said:
Hey gorgeous!
Glad to see you so positive and back in those lovely single figures in the 8s!
Brunch yesterday sounds totally scrummy! When you do a complete fast do you literally love off squash/water and then a cup of soup stock or something? Do you find it affects your concentration in the day?! I just can't imagine not eating at all...I need something to look forward to to break up the day!! Xxx
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Hello! :) Thank you lovely. The total fast thing isn't something I want to do reguarly, just feel in need of some major damage limitation as got a lot of things coming up that could throw me off track. I do find it pretty tough, but hoping it'll pay off.

X
 
Opal_Lily said:
Your food yesterday looked amazing!!

Where do you get the venison sausages? I've had these a few times out in restaurants but have never seen them in supermarkets, maybe I've not looked hard enough! x
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Thanks Lil. Yes, I did enjoy my food yesterday :D

I bought the sausages in Sainsburys, they were holme farms brand & there were a few holme farm venison products with it. Didn't actually set out to buy them but they'd sold out of BGTY pork sausages & I really wanted a low-syn proper meaty sausage! I've never noticed the venison ones before, but never specifically looked for them. Will defo do so in the future tho :)

X
 
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