overfed and underpaid

Thursday night dinner was 5% low fat 5 bean chili in Wetherspoons... and say 6 gin and diet tonics and 2 bulleit and cokes.

Friday: did lots of housework, dinner was HM pasta sauce (chili / red pepper / tomato) w/ mushroom tortellini.

Saturday: went out for dinner - Salmon on pasta in Hard Rock cafe. 2 x leffe, 2 x wine.

Sunday: went out for lunch - aubergine and mozzarella melt on sour dough bun, pasta and pesto and mushrooms for dinner (wholemeal)

Monday: leftover pasta in an egg frittatta. CORNETTO!

Tuesday: back on wagon. Breakfast: toasted roll w/ lime marmalade, Activia yoghurt
Lunch: HM soup, brown roll
Snack: rice crackers / dried apricots
Dinner: HM chicken balti, rice, cucumber & red pepper salad
Snack: 2/5ths of a WISPA!

Wednesday: museli w/ semi skimmed
Lunch: Salad w/ leftover rice, baby toms, Activia yoghurt
Snack: rice crackers / dried apricots
Dinner: cod steaks, parsley sauce, wedges, veg

Don't think i'll have lost this week

TUESDAY:
Breakfast: 1 x brown roll w/ extra light philadelphia
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: leftover chicken/cheese/broccoli pasta bake, pineapple
Dinner: low fat garlic and herb cheese stuffed chicken breasts, veg, basmati rice
Desert: Pineapple

WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: 1 x brown roll, poached egg and HP Sauce
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: salad, rice noodles, muller light, 3 x ryvitas w/ extra light philadelphia
Dinner: low fat sausage casserole (2.5 sausages), mash potato, pineapple
Snack: literally 1/8th of a Penguin (corner nibble) and a Babybel

THURSDAY:
Breakfast: 1 x brown roll w/ extra light philadelphia
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: tuna / salad / strawberry yoghurt

Out tonight for a friends birthday. Lots of gin I think! x

MONDAY:
Breakfast: 1 x brown roll w/ extra light philadelphia
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: salad (celery, chinese leaf, red cabbage) w/ 1 portion of rice noodles, muller light and 1 x extra light laughing cow triangle.
Dinner: chicken, cheese and broccoli pasta bake. Pineapple for dessert (shared a bowl with my OH) = ate slightly too much pasta but was wholewheat, made with skimmed milk and not too much cheese

TUESDAY:
Breakfast: 1 x brown roll w/ extra light philadelphia
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: leftover chicken/cheese/broccoli pasta bake, pineapple
Dinner: low fat garlic and herb cheese stuffed chicken breasts, veg, chips for OH

Was intending to walk to Balham this morning, but Northern line was dead so figured i'd get the bus to Brixton as normal.

Firstly - I lost weight again on Friday, am down to 95.8kg, so a 4.2kg / 10.5 pounds loss.

And now an update list:

THURSDAY
Breakfast: brown wholemeal roll w/ poached egg and HP sauce
Lunch: tuna, salad (not much salad) with steam bag of rice / veg. Low fat peach yoghurt
Dinner: Mushroom tortellini in mushroom and tomato sauce, 1 brown garlic bread roll and 1/2 a 50/50 garlic roll

FRIDAY
Breakfast: ryvita w/ philadelphia
Lunch: Wholemeal noodles, sesame seeds (from Crussh) and mango madness smoothie, yoghurt
Snack: seeds etc, 1 x mini cadbury's dairy milk from box of Heroes
Dinner: HM lasagne, 1 slice of garlic bread (tiny), 2 glasses of rose (sorry, at OH's parents house)

SATURDAY:
Breakfast: banana
Dinner: Ate out at Greyhound pub - chicken breast, new potato gratin, tomatoes and grilled courgettes. 1 x small slice of pizza, small slice of cake, 8 x gin and diet tonics? glass of wine (was out celebrating!!!)

SUNDAY:
Breakfast: 2 x bacon (grilled), tomatoes, mushroom, poached egg, sausage
Lunch: Slow roast opork, veg, 2 x potatoes
Desert: slice of cake (small)
Snack: rice noodles (1 portion, 0.6g fat), Babybel

And MONDAY. Am back on the wagon - is hard to be good at other peoples houses, as am not in control of it all

Breakfast: 1 x brown roll w/ extra light philadelphia
Snack: seeds/dried apricot / raisins/cashews
Lunch: salad (celery, chinese leaf, red cabbage) w/ 1 portion of rice noodles, muller light and 1 x extra light laughing cow triangle.
Dinner: chicken, cheese and broccoli pasta bake. Pineapple for dessert.

Well, OH's Birthday was a naughty day:

Breakfast: 4 (yes, FOUR) crumpets
Lunch: leftover veggie lasagne
Dinner: steak en croute (well, beef wellington) w/ my chutney relish inside puff pastry,
w/ mash potatoes Duchess style (grilled cheese on top), baby sweetcorn, asparagus, sugar snap peas. Desert: Lemonlicious M&S thing for me (low fat).
Snack: pineapple / raspberries
Drinks: raspberry fizz

and Wednesday was a good day:

Breakfast: 3 x ryvita with extra light philadelphia, green tea w/ lemon
Lunch: tuna, salad, lemon muller light yoghurt, sunflower seeds for a snack
Dinner: sainsburys fishermans pie, basmati rice, mixed veg
Desert: Sugar free jelly
Snack: handful of OH's leftover popcorn
Drinks: green tea, water, peach water and small glass of diet dandelion and burdock

and Thursday:

Breakfast: brown wholemeal roll w/ poached egg and HP sauce
Lunch: tuna, salad (not much salad) with steam bag of rice / veg. Low fat peach yoghurt
Dinner: Mushroom tortellini in mushroom and tomato sauce, 1 x brown roll made garlicy and small amount of salad (all that's left - away for weekend)
Snack: will get some cashews / raisins and ricecakes at lunch

...the day has gone as planned, but i have felt really quite ill and a bit upset stomachy. Went out at lunch to do some shoping for my boys birthday... so tomorrow's dinner menu is now:

Steak en croute with my chutney relish inside puff pastry, w/ mash potatoes Duchess style, baby sweetcorn, asparagus, sugar snap peas. For desert, I have profiteroles for my OH (I could make these, but no point as I'm not eating them!) and a Lemonlicious M&S thing for me (low fat). Have crumpets for breakfast (his favourite). We've got a bottle of raspberry fizz and some fresh raspberries / pineapple too.

Naughty day really, cos of the pastry... but will have a light lunch. x

If my memory serves me correctly, i had 2 x 100% chicken burgers for dinner on Friday, with 1 x brown roll, salad, and 6 potato wedges. With sugar free jelly for desert.

Saturday: Poached egg on brown roll for breakfast, chicken skewers in red pepper sauce and small amount of rice for dinner, snacked at party - 1 slice of veggie pizza, 1 chocolate muffin, 1/2 packet of hula hoops - and a lot of gin and diet tonic.

Sunday: baked beans on toast at cafe, muffin, 2 x small tuna rolls, HM veggie lasagne and bread.

And back on the wagon:

MONDAY
Breakfast: museli, semi skimmed, green tea
Lunch: leftover HM lasagne, seeds
Dinner: Cod steak, parsley sauce, veg?

Weighed myself today and was 96, which would have been much worse x

...what I said below, I just had a M&S Mini Lemon muffin. Tiny though, and I enjoyed every tiny bit. x

Breakfast: poached egg / HP sauce and black pepper on wholemeal roll
Lunch: tuna, salad, sugar free raspberry jelly

No urge for ryvita or anything, quite full. Finishing work at 4pm. Didn't have a mango smoothie (246 cals, no fat), had 2 x gin and diet tonics (approx 114 cals, no fat). Hurrah! x

Morning.

Firstly, yesterday:

Breakfast: wholemeal roll w/ light philadelphia. Green tea
Snack: small bag of cashews / raisins / sunflower seeds
Lunch: leftover home made curry / rice, grapes, baby toms, mango yoghurt
Snack: 3 x rice cakes
Dinner: mushroom tortellini in tomato and ricotta sauce, salad
Snack: 4 x rice pringles from OH's tube

Should have had less tortellini and more salad, but was yummy.

Today:

Breakfast: poached egg / HP sauce and black pepper on wholemeal roll
Lunch: tuna, salad, sugar free raspberry jelly
Snack: 4 x ryvita with philadelphia light
Dinner: 1 x birds eye 100% chicken burger, brown roll, salad, few potato wedges

This weekend we're throwing a party for OH's 27th Birthday. Am drinking diet tonic and gin, and alternating every gin for a plain tonic (with a slice of lime, of course). Will ignore most of the nibbles too.

Think we're having Saturday dinner at Nandos, so having Nandos salad w/ grilled chicken and sweetcorn. If still hungry, fat free frozen yoghurt. Diet coke. Haven't had diet coke in ages! Good ol' water normally! x

Oh and by the way - total weight loss is now 4.2kg, 9 pounds x

WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: wholemeal roll w/ 1 x poached egg and HP sauce
Lunch: salad (baby toms, celery, carrot, red pepper, cucumber, red cabbage, chinese leaf, sweetcorn niblets), mango low fat yoghurt, small pot of blueberries and red grapes
Dinner: Home made chicken curry, rice, microwaved poppadoms
Desert: blueberries w/ angel delight (vanilla - not low sugar one. Bad.)
Snacks: rice cakes and green tea!

THURSDAY:
Breakfast: wholemeal roll w/ light philadelphia. Green tea
Snack: small bag of cashews / raisins / sunflower seeds
Lunch: leftover home made curry / rice, grapes, baby toms, mango yoghurt
Dinner: mushroom tortellini in tomato and ricotta sauce, salad

No extra walking today, have blistered heels - did clean the bathroom before work though

I walked from home to Brixton in 41 minutes this morning... which is:

Distance: 2.3 miles / 3.7 km
Walking time: 34 mins fast / 46 mins medium / 69 mins slow
Calorie burn: 200 fast / 188 medium / 176 slow

So, for 41 minutes i'm guesting about 193 calories burnt. My feet hurt.

Morning

TUESDAY:
Breakfast: 2 x wholemeal toast w/ philadelphia light on, green tea, cranberry juice
Lunch: leftover wholemeal tuna / sweetcorn pasta (sensible sized amount!), low fat yoghurt, raspberries and pineapple, 2 grapes
Snacks: 2 x rice cakes, 3 x chewy maomi sweetie balls
Dinner: WHOLE thin, healthy ish, garlic chicken pizza (700 cals for whole thing)

WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: wholemeal roll w/ 1 x poached egg and HP sauce
Lunch: salad (baby toms, celery, carrot, red pepper, cucumber, red cabbage, chinese leaf, sweetcorn niblets), mango low fat yoghurt, small pot of blueberries and red grapes
Dinner: Home made chicken curry, rice, microwaved poppadoms
Desert: blueberries? maybe w/ angel delight (vanilla?)
Snacks: rice cakes and green tea!

Am still contemplating walking to the station, but haven't put the thought into action yet x

So, Monday was:

Breakfast: 2 x wholemeal toast w/ philadelphia light on, 2 x green tea
Snack: small pot of seeds / dried apricots / cashews and raisins
Lunch: Salad (plain, cucumber, baby toms, red cabbage, chinese leaf, red pepper, carrot and celery, Laughing Cow extra low fat triangle, Pineapple, raspberries, low fat Mango yoghurt
Snack: 2 x rice cake, 1 x shortbread biscuit
Dinner: Tuna pasta (wholemeal) w/ sweetcorn, pineapple and raspberries for desert

PLUS: had at least 5 green teas and 1/5 litres of water at work.

And thus today:

Breakfast: 2 x wholemeal toast w/ philadelphia light on, green tea, cranberry juice
Lunch: leftover wholemeal tuna / sweetcorn pasta (sensible sized amount!), low fat yoghurt, raspberries and pineapple
Dinner: 1/2 a thin, healthy ish, garlic chicken pizza and salad

Weighed myself today. I know I shouldn't have, as it's not Friday, but i'm 95.8kg... so have lost 4.2kg which is over 9 pounds. Am happy!

Well, it's Monday. I have a little to confess about the weekend, but nothing too bad.

FRIDAY
We had a chinese takeaway to celebrate OH's new job - but I chose chicken in black bean sauce and boiled rice. Had 3 prawn crackers and 1/4 of sesame prawn toast too. Plus 2 Gin and Tonics (diet of course, and small).

SATURDAY
Went to Sainsburys at the crack of dawn.
Breakfast: 2 x wholemeal toast with Laughing Cow extra light cheese triangle spread on. Lunch: Low Fat Muffin that I made. Pineapple. Dinner: 1 x BBQ pork chop, few potato wedges, salad, sweetcorn

SUNDAY
Small almond pastry, pineapple, Starbucks Thai Chai Latte
Dinner: Salmon encroute (HM) with Phildalphia light and lime / black pepper inside, with Lime and Coriander rice, veg and leftover salad / corn on the cob from Saturday

PLUS lots of green tea - have got the OH liking it with Cranberry too!

And thus today:
Breakfast: 2 x wholemeal toast w/ philadelphia light on, 2 x green tea
Snack: small pot of seeds / dried apricots / cashews and raisins
Lunch: Salad (plain, cucumber, baby toms, red cabbage, chinese leaf, red pepper, carrot and celery)
Pineapple, raspberries, low fat Mango yoghurt
Dinner: No idea.

xx