Day 81 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 68.3

Todays weight: 68.9

breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: BAD PP, Onion soup.. and I ate the floater and I ate the bread with it and I downed a glass of

wine with it.. it was beautiful but oh so bad and now I feel sicky from the bread!

Dinner: fry up, bacon egg and some mushrooms and a dollop of coleslaw

snacks: a biscuit

summary: Oh dear feeling things have gone a little downhill in such a short space of time. Totally need to behave myself. I had the chinese last night and I dont remember chinese food being so much of a let down, got chicken and cashews in a peking (pure sugar) sauce and my date put loads of rice on my plate also, I didnt want to seem to picky so I had some of the rice and most of the veg, but OMG I am quite glad its not something I can say I will crave often!

Day 80 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 68.6Kg

Todays weight: 68.6Kg

breakfast: Oatbran porridge, 2 tbsps oatbran 2 tsps light cocoa and a splash of red top milk

Lunch: 2 hot dogs

Dinner: chicken tikka pieces and a little cucumber and some spring onion to season

snacks: 1 biscuit.. ahhh I am so bad at resisting my own baking :-(

summary: Well I am going to have a look at some chinese menus and obsess a little before my date tomorrow.. maybe blackbean chicken??

DAY 79 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 68.1 Kg

Todays weight: 68.6 Kg

breakfast: missed

Lunch: 2 barbeque chicken skewers

Dinner: 2 big bowls of homemade onion, leek, spring onion and carrot soup, was uber tasty!

snacks: I have been making linzer biscuits, so I tried one, I also licked the knife I was using to spread greengage jam and the other one from lemon curd, oops just comes so naturally to do!

summary: I am full of soup and sounding quite like a washing machine. Got a third date on tuesday so I am one happy little bugger.

Day 78 - PP

Yesterdays weight: anyones guess

Todays weight: 68.1Kg

breakfast: missed

Lunch: tomato soup

Dinner: went out for a meal and ended up having BBQ chicken melt (no bread) with a few chips and

salad - I was very suprised that after 3 chips that was enough for me. And okay so I had a desert, honey charlotte cake, was rather sickly but good.. I did however have a gym session in the afternoon and then went for bowling afterwards, and I only drank diet coke so no naughty wine calories.

snacks: a frankfurter

summary: Not bad.. we are having a chinese on tuesday so I shall have to have a think and choose wisely, any ideas on what isnt terrible from the chinese?? Thanks

Day 75 - PP

Yesterdays weight 78.8Kg

This mornings weight: No clue

Breakfast: coconut yogurt with a spoonful of light cocoa

Lunch: 2 sausages and 2 frankfurters. I am truly sausage mad 0_O

Dinner: venison with onion and some mozarella pearls

Snacks: a cup cake.. and a chip

Summary: but naughty but havent gone up in weight so not too bad. Got a second date tomorrow and were going for dinner. What to wear!! What to order !! and bowling after cant wait!

Day 74 - PV

Y W: 68.8

T W: 68.7

Breakfast: Chocolate porridge

Lunch: 3 slices salami, pack of sliced chicken and some roule cheese

Dinner: leek and carrot soup and 3 sausages

Snacks: mini onion focacia.. 12g carb.. my graze box holiday came to an end, I have set it for another 3 months as I do like them but not every single week!

Summary: I thought I wrote my food up yesterday, clearly not.. this weeks been something of a blur, I have been on the phone a lot and generally rushed of my feet the rest of the time so that has definately taken its toll.

Today was not going to be a fab day, but seriously I shouldnt have left the house. I walk to work, it takes about 15-20, anyhow I walked into work today with a large half breaking carboard box which contained my ill fitting uniform, it started to rain so i ended up getting to work quite quickm with wet hair and streaky makeup (I wouldnt usually use foundation but thought id make the effort,, i even straightend my hair ha ha) Got to within inches of my desk and the box which was in liquid form by then spilled the uniform contents all over, I just hope I havent left a trail of uniform along the street!

Have a good weekend guys.. fingers crossed for a loss!!

Day 73 - PV

Todays weight: 68.8Kg

Breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: 3 skinny sausages with lot fat coleslaw

Dinner: leek and carrot soup and 3 pieces smoky bacon

Snacks: a mini cheddar 1 chip of my mums plate..mm

Summary: very tired still, dont really fancy eating much just really want soup all the time.. maybe its the cold weather..

Day 72 - PP

yesterdays weight: 71.2Kg

todays weight: 70.8Kg

Breakfast: choco porridge

Lunch: 4 slices of ham with reduced fat egg sandwich filler

Dinner: 4 thin low carb sausages, spoonful goats cheese and I made my parents spiced cauliflower soup so i ended up having some, it was most delicious...Oops.

Snacks: bag of discos.. 18g of carbs

Summary: I am going out for dinner on saturday and I am deciding ahead what to have, curry... im thinking starter of smoked lamb kebabs and stir fried okra but I will ask for it all to be brought out together so I can have it as my main course.. :-)

DAY 71 - PV

so,ive not really taken this diet lark seriously over the weekend, I went out for halloween and ended up giving into chips and gravy on my way home, those carbs were so much needed!! Nom nom

weight this morn - 71.2Kg

Breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: ham and light coleslaw

Dinner: 2 burgers and light coleslaw.. full

Snacks: 1/4 a cake pop to see if it had gone off. should of spat it out I know, I was bringing them into work for a friend and didnt want to hand them over it the taste wasnt up to it.

Summary: I vow to be good till the weekend, I could do with dropping a dress size, however I have just rec'd my work uniform and its majorly unflattering due to it being miles too big, ahh well wont wear it!!

Day 70 - PV

weight: 69,9

Breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: cauliflower soup and chicken

Dinner: chicken curry micro rubbish meal, less than 20g carb

Snacks: 1 chocolate biscuit

Summary: I have done terribly the last few days, my ear infection is starting to really annoy me, and although I have had a great time I have hardly been home and just need to sleep now.

day 69 - PP

YW: 69.4KG

TW: 70.3KG

Breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: sausages

Dinner: coronation chicken, slced chicken with boursin

Snacks:1 cup cake and 2 pcs chc and yogurt

Summary: Tomorrow will be a better day.. I am going to a friends for dinner tomorrow and the night after so I think I will gain weight.

Day 68 - PV

weight yesterday; 69.5Kg

Weight today: 69.4Kg

Breakfast: Missed the boat, and really fancied some french onion soup so decided to take the time to make that for a scrumptious lunch

Lunch: Onion soup, deliciouso, my mum is getting annoyed with me for eating soup too often and wants to see me eat solid food, this in rather annoying as, I am not feeling great so really fancy soup. I have previously had a few minor issues with food, but we are talking way back, and I am on no mission to starve myself, its rather irritating, she keeps telling me how massive I was, saying I resembled the hunch back of notre dame, and now shes saying i have a scrawny neck and that I look gaunt. I still have weight to loose and I could do with out the constant criticism.

Dinner: 4... yes 4 sausages with gravy and carrots

Snacks: I made banana chocoloate ginger and walnut cupcakes for work tomorrow and I had to try one..

Summary:

Day 67 - PPish again

yesterdays weight: 69.6Kg

Todays weight: 69.5Kg

Breakfast: sleep in :0)

Lunch: mushroom soup.. I know.. Veg :-(

Dinner: major fatty boom boom! I made a chicken Korma with Rice etc, rice for the family, I had a small tsp to try and then just chicken in the sauce which did have coconut milk in, but I have checked all the carbs etc and they werent terrible, the fat however is a different matter.

Snacks: chicken satay skewers, was so hungry in town after the gym. Also a skinny mocha coffee cooler, 6 squares of diabetic chocolate

Summary: I am FULL, I have spent the day looking in charity shops for a wedding dress to alter for my halloween corpse bride costume, well some are just sooo expensive, yes there were newish dresses and im sure £400 is a fair price but some of them are right out of the eighties and had £200-300 stickers one, and they did look as though they had spent a long while in the shops.

Anyhow, thankfully I have connections, and a lovely friend of mine put two dresses aside for me, these are size 12, well heres me thinking I am 12-14 lets have a go, they do not zip up very far at all :-(, they are high necked and my boobies like to be a little free-er than that, so I am having to give them a total revamp if I am to wear them. I organised my costume last year in my head and suprise suprise nothing happened I wanted to dress like siobhan from shakspears sister stay with the tinsel on my head and the glittery suit, but hey there is a movie/film theme. To top it off, with the unfinishes dress I could not resist getting a mask of dolly's head so I maywell be dolly parton corpse bride, atleast it will be original, haha!

Day 66 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 69.8Kg

Todays weight: 69.5Kg

Starting BMI: 27.6

Todays BMI: 24.9 As of today I am just in Ideal and out of overweight category!!

Breakfast: Chocolate porridge and 2 sausages

Lunch: egg sandwich filler and ham

Dinner: roast tomato and pepper soup and courgette and halloumi frittata

Snacks: Im FULL, but perhaps a few squares of diabetic chocolate later if I fancy it.

Summary: In summary, I am thrilled to be in the 60's long may it continue, I dont want to go below 60, i am now thining 65 may be an okay place to stop where originally I thought 60-63, we shall see, but I guess I am not really a small framed person and dont carry off being too light well. Hmm we shall see! Have a good weekend all!

Day 65 - PP

Yesterdays Weight: 70Kg

Todays Weight: 69.8Kg

Breakfast: chocolate porridge

Lunch: well, my dad liked the look of my lunch so I had to improvise. Half a pack of sliced chicken with some boursin

Dinner: sausages with a little tomatoey peppery sauce, yes veg.. it did have only 11G of carbs though. and 2 boiled eggs

Snacks: salmon terrine, it was reduced and i thought, gotta get me some of that.. was rather hungry before my dinner.

Summary: well today has been okay, I havent been back to the gym yet, but feeling lots better know so really want to make the effort for the weekend!

Day 64 - PV

Yestderdays Weight: 70.9Kg

Todays Weight: 70Kg

Breakfast: Chocolate oatbran porridge, somedays its soo dry and horrid, and other days its a little watery but in the words of goldilocks it was Just right this morning!

Lunch: cafe bought brocolli soup, was okay, didnt say it was brocolli and stilton and I could figure out the other flavours really. and some chicken slices

Dinner: My mum made some brocolli and pesto soup with a glob of goats cheese in it, was good, will get everything working properly im sure. had some smoked salmon and 2 sausages, watched my dad eating a delicious cheese and onions focaccia.. mmm.

Snacks: 2 cubes of diabetic chocolate and yogurt

Day 63 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 70.6Kg

Todays weight: 70.9Kg - up again, I can feel I am carrying rather a bit of water today though so im hopefull that it will leave me soon

Breakfast: light cocoa o/b porridge, I put a scattering of coca nibs in also, not for m I dont think, I will try them again in brownies and such.

Lunch: I had half a pack of sweet chilli chicken from yesterday and a 'skinny' mocha frappe, the guy put some chocolate ice cream in it so im sure it aint skinny and will have to go elsewhere were the word skinny means skinny. Dinner: was scrummylicious, M&S chicken tikka with raita, chunks of chicken in a spieced seasoning with a raita dip and approx 3g of carbs in the pack oh and im not a fan of microwavables usually but also it was ready in under 2 minutes how could I resist! tasted as good as a takeaway! I had a cup of cucumber with this, I wasnt planning on letting andy veg in today but cucumber is rather low in carbs and Im sure a little is safe... safer than a slice of bread or a pastry anyway!

Snacks: Pepperami. I have stocked up on some diabetic chocolate from boots and its fine, I am not a huge lover of really sweet things so it works for me, may have a few cubes of that and a yogurt.

Summary: Fingers crossed for tomorrows scale session!

Day 62 - PV

Yesterdays weight: No clue, I feel very bad for missing days on blogging as I have fallen off track, i really an unable to do one with out the other

Todays weight: 70.6

Breakfast: chocolate oatbran porridge

Lunch: well.. quite a mixture, sweet chilli chicken pieces, tomato soup and my friend gave me a mushroom quiche (no pastry ofcourse) and I nibbled that also

Dinner: well, I made some veg to accompany my steak and OMG my steak smelled rancid, it was one day out but WOW!! ick! so I had my mushrooms and asparagus that i had fried with a little cream, and then I made some onion soup as I have become hooked on the stuff, i added half a glass of wine which was rather bad, and thinking about it im sure it would have tasted decent with out it. I also had a boiled egg. sounds like bits and pieces, boy was i full.. not good.

Snacks: heres when the naughties really come in, for the last 2 days I have eaten 4 squares of chocolate, FOUR, normally one or two or four once in a very blue moon but not 2 days in a row. I am still under the weather and not able to go to the gym, and im forgetting all the empty calories in my drinking session on friday.. dont know carb contents in vodka but im guessing its not the most dukan

friendly thing there is, it has to be said I am feeling very disappointed with oneself.

Summary: I have made something of a hash of my diet really, but I shall fear not. This is going to be a fabulous week and thats a promise!

Day 61 - PP

YW:70.3

TW: 70.1

Breakfast: porridge, 2 sausages and a fried egg white

Lunch: chicken slices

Dinner: 3 sausages with onion gravy.. yes an onion accidentally slipped into the mix.. Mmmmm :-)

Snacks: greek honey yogurt.. very naughty but I picked them up instead of coconut :-(

Summary: ITS THE WEEKEND :-) GET IN.. HAVE A GOOD ONE!! I would love to hear how fellow dukaners are doing?

Day 60 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 69.8Kg

todays weight: 70.3Kg

Breakfast: porridge.. my my it was dry!

Lunch: ham and egg salad, which consisted of 4 cherry toms, iceberg lettuce, 1 slice of ham cut in half and a boiled egg (m&s) and salad cream and then some diabetic chocolate

Dinner: asparagus soup and some chicken pesto thing with mozarella balls in it, coleslaw and a tomato

Snacks: pepperami

Summary: I forgot to write this last night, but I have to do it now..

Day 58 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 71.5 Kg

Todays weight: 70.8 Kg finally down again.. a weekend of drinking so isnt worth the set backs!

Breakfast: choccy porridge

Lunch: 3 chipolatas and 2 slices chicken and stuffing

Dinner: venison and mushroom soup from a tin.. and 1/12 flaxy bread comfort for a cold in the form of tinned soup, 16g of carbs. I thought about having half a can but then, im not allowed the other half tomorrow and probably wont fancy the day after.

snacks: atkins advantage bar.. has a strange flavour after a few bites

Summary: feel very drained, looking forward to the weekend.. and a lie in on sunday! :-)

Day 59 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 70.8 Kg

Todays Weight: 69.8 Kg a whole Kg gone.. that almost never happens :-)

Breakfast: Oatbran Porridge with the addition of the Light Cocoa, just right today

Lunch: Well I forgot my original lunch, so plan B was m&s Chicken skewers (15.? g carbs in 4) which I removed the red peppers from x 2, I used to eat the four but I actually stopped when I felt a bit on the full side, whereas the 4 used to just satisfy me.

Dinner: Well, I gave in to some tomatoes, 4 cherry tomatoes as I had no onion to add to my omelette, in the grand scheme of things I dont think that 4 small tomatoes has a large carb conent. In order for Ketosis apparently you are looking to consume below 50g carbs per day and I honestly dont think they will push me over that.

 light halloumi in the omelette and smoked tuna on the side

I have really been closely inspecting carbs recently and have found that a lot of the yogurts no matter how low fat and sweetend with everything but sugar arent always a low carb option, my fave coconut one is approx 10g as is the vanilla low fat one I used to get from M&S, its just a case of re-educating myself. I have also done a bit of reading on healthy carb consumption and I feel once I am past the stages and continuing with the oatbran and the 1 PP day I will be extra careful with the kind of carbs I consume, I dont want carb overdosing to be an everyday thing ever again, because lets face it we dont need them in excess and they are in a lot of naughty things! Okay so brown rice and the occaisonal spud etc isnt going to harm me, but it we actually break it down and think what the majority of people eat in the UK and a lot of the world really from start to finish in the day carbs are a huge staple, cereal, sandwiches, pasta, rice, potatoes, snacking on biscuits, cakes or crisps, there are more exciting alternatives!! .. well maybe not always, some days you really cant beat a bag of salt and vinegar.

Snacks: 1 low cal blueberry and blackcurrant jelly (under 2g carbs) 2 slices or half fat cheese with some salmon creamcheese spread on and 1/12 flaxseed and oatbran bread with some salmon and creamcheese sandwich spead, A clever idea with those flaxseed breads would be a bagel, or even like little miss contrary did, some buns.. genius!

Summary: Well, I am sorry I haven't written much this week, I am suprised I even posted. It has felt like if I dont post I will quickly lose the habit of this diet and fail, and for another I enjoy posting. I have had rather a busy week professionally dividing myself between departments so feel a little drained from that apart from my ear infection which doesnt seem to want to leave me.

The work social on friday was a great event and I behaved myself on the food most of the night, but the alcohol did flow and well, I lost count, it was something of a set back but I got straight back into it.. none of my hangover grazing, infact I managed to dodge the sore head alltogether.. spooky!

I am really looking forward to the weekend, looking forward to doing a spot of real cooking and just relaxing a little.. with a gym session or 2 slotted in somewhere :-) Any how, hope everyones week is going well also. Keep up the good work, Cookie x

Day 58 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 71.5 Kg

Todays weight: 70.8 Kg finally down again.. a weekend of drinking so isnt worth the set backs!

Breakfast: choccy porridge

Lunch: 3 chipolatas and 2 slices chicken and stuffing

Dinner: venison and mushroom soup from a tin.. and 1/12 flaxy bread comfort for a cold in the form of tinned soup, 16g of carbs. I thought about having half a can but then, im not allowed the other half tomorrow and probably wont fancy the day after.

snacks: atkins advantage bar.. has a strange flavour after a few bites

Summary: feel very drained, looking forward to the weekend.. and a lie in on sunday! :-)

Day 57 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 71.5 kg

Todays weight: 71.5kg

Breakfast: porridge

Lunch: 2 small chicken fillets, peri peri from tesco..actually rank! and some german salami to take the bad taste away!

Dinner: 4 gluten free chipolatas with a fried egg and some low sugar ketchup and brown sauce

snack: coconut yogurt with light hot choc and 2/12 of flaxy bread with a small amount of duck pate tut tut!

Summary:

Day 56 - PV

Yesterdays weight: no clue

Todays weight: 71.5 kg uh ohh

Breakfast: nothing

Lunch: tomato soup

Dinner: aubergine soup and some butternit squash and halloumi fritatta

snacks: 2/12 of the flax bread with a little butter and some pate, some lean corned beef

Summary:

Day 55- PV

Yesterdays weight: 70.3Kg

Todays weight: 70.1 Kg

Breakfast:the porridge

Lunch: oh dear, ceasar salad, 2 hot dogs, a mini donut and half a bagel, as of saturday i will be a good girl

Dinner: venison and halloumi

Summary:

Day 54 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 70.6Kg

Todays weight: 70.3Kg

Breakfast: oatbran porridge made with skim milk powder

Lunch: well i have to say.. epic fail really. it was UK cooking day and it was miserable outside so I ended up having a try of the delights on offer, I tried some cottage pie and even let a little potato pass my lips, I tried chicken curry which was scrummy, but contained veg like courgette and peppers, so not too awful. I had a banger and some powdered gravy, some multicoloured jelly, a tiny slice of quiche, a quarter of a scotch egg, and tried some huge sausage roll, mainly meat not pastry. oh and the icing off a cupcake... duh duh duhhh!

Dinner: well thought as I went so overboard I would redeem myself with a dukan dinner, I could have just had a piece of meat but noo, i insisted on making pancakes and ended up adding a spoonful of coconut flour as it wasnt going well, I managed to make a few and gosh, they were gritty, so I had a few mouthfuls of pancake and got frustrated so i ended up having a tablespoon of half fat double cream for dinner, terrible choice really but omg delicious!

Summary: enchala for a better day tomorrow!! Hope everyone else has had a good week

Day 53 - PPish

Yesterdays weight: 70.9Kg

Todays weight: 70.6Kg

Breakfast: oatbran porridge with full fat milk, eww, it was not good made me feel a little sicky all morning

Lunch: well today was latin america cooking day at work, lots of rice, rice and rice pudding, well I got out with only having a slice of banana dipped in caramel and 5 nachos, it shouldnt have been anything really, fancy having a week of food competitions and a party on the friday in which many a person will be having to fit in their formal attire! i got an email with this attachment http://caloriecount.about.com/just-say-no-refuse-food-b534255?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_20111004&utm_term=continue1 about refusing food, so I guess theres a sign, im going to have a read of it and see if I can turn around my attitude! I was looking forward to being a little naughty food wise on friday at the formal meal and maybe the breakfast the company is buying but OMG excess!!

Dinner: tin of smoked tuna with half a disc of baked goats cheese and some light mayo, was okay..

Summary: well very tired today, I dont have a cold per say or even whats been going around causing absences. I have an ear infection and am very slow and incapable of walking in a straight line so theres a good enough excuse to stay away from the drink on friday! I am going to attempt to make the pancakes with no oatbran http://dukanblogging.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-4-consolidation-oat-bran-free.html thanks to vicki for posting this recipe!

Day 52 - PP..not!

Yesterdays weight:70.6Kg

Todays weight:70.9 Kg

Breakfast: The porridge

Lunch: some goulash, a small try of lasagne 1 small puff pastry and 1 nata, terrible but people wanted me to try things

Dinner: went to a friends for dinner and a pottery lesson, I had sausage casserole and it was delicious, okay so its meant to be PP day , it had yellow and red peppers and tomatoes, was lush really!

Summary: terrible day food wise, and must go to bed as I have got a banging headache, hope this goes for tomorrow

Day 51 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 70.8Kg

Todays weight: 70.6Kg

Breakfast: lie in

Lunch: 2 pieces of the flaxseed bread with half a slice of reduced fat leerdammer, slice of ham and egg mayo made with light mayo. Mmmm!

Dinner: roasted pepper and tomato soup, meatballs

Summary: think i may be coming down with something. I went to the gym so maybe I am just tired from that. I did some weights and okay so its been almost a month since my last visit but I had to go down on the weight.. will have to build this back up again!

Day 50 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 71.1 Kg

Todays Weight: 70.8 Kg so the cake tasting hasnt caught up with me yet.. will probably hit on monday or tuesday

Breakfast: baked the special yummy flax and oatbran bread, I have been meaning to post a link to the recipe, so here it is http://charlottesdukandiet.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/recipe-oatbran-flaxmeal-foccacia-style-bread/ Thank you so much for posting this Charlotte
I had my bread fresh from the oven cut into 12 slices, I had 2 with a little light lurpack and some smoked salmon pate (smoked salmon and cream cheese mixed..from m and s)
Lunch: went out shopping and bought 2 delicious little dresses from river island and well if I end up wearing one on friday ill take a photo and add it here maybe, see if i can spot any difference from my previous photos, its so much easier when you are looking at 2 photos of yourself as opposed to looking in the mirror from one day to the next

Dinner: well, hmm. I had venison (first try) it was okay, i may have over done it slightly it was medium and i like as raw as possible but it was pleasant enough, i had light halloumi on the side and tried some of my mums baked goats cheese, it was scrumptious but not dukan friendly.
Snacks: coconut yog with light cocoa (its probably not allowed but its my absolutte fave and i have a few a week, i have compared the carb and cal content and its much the same as some of the fruit flavoured low fat yogurts)

Summary: well i had an organised day..whoppee! So I have organised my summer winter wardrobe and thin fat wardrobe, I have never realised just how much black I wear!! possibly because its supposedly slimming! One of the dresses I bought in RI today was multi coloured block stripes and a body con tube dress, unfortunately its going back as the zip stands out, looks terrible and the dress itself doesnt really need a zip, its a jersey tube, seriously! what a shame, however I am keeping the short black number

Day 49 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 71.1 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.1 Kg

Breakfast: oatbran porridge with cocoa

Lunch: 6 slices of chicken with stuffing with light coleslaw and 2 x light leerdammer

Dinner: 1 onion 1 carrot lots of chicken and brocolli in stock with chilli oil and soy

Snacks: coconut yog with light cocoa, and at work we had our cake competition and somehow a load of cake fell in my mouth.. well I had to have a little taste. I feel v guilty but I do just need to think its one day and Im back on track tomorrow.

Day 48 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 71.5 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.1 Kg

Breakfast: oatran and light choc porridge

Lunch: the rest of the coronation chicken sandwich filler, and 2 slices of low fat leerdammer and 3 small slices salami

Dinner: 2 mustard and honey chicken, my mum..ahem marks and spencers made dinner

Snacks: well i didnt snack as such but I did have a boiled sweet at work that my friend brought back from her travels and seriously I couldnt put my finger on what flavour it was, total waste of calories oh and i pinched 2 chips from my mums plate its technically okay because it wasnt on my plate right?

Summary: I have spent a full evening baking and I am thinking this cake looks weird and I feel a little embarrassed to hand this into work tomorrow but never mind.. I have lost a little today but I am sure all of the icing testing will catch up with me very shortly

Day 47 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 71.4 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.5 Kg up..

Breakfast: oatbran and light cocoa porridge

Lunch: m and s chicken and stuffing slices x 6 i used them as a sandwich with a little low fat coleslaw and reduced fat leerdammer inbetween, lush!!

Dinner: I had a strange dinner.. I CBA cooking tonight after the madeleines last night, I have to bake a banana and choccy walnut cake for work tomorrow and then some natas for monday.. :-D

I had a tablespoon of m and s coronation chicken sandwich spread and a tin of smoked tuna with a little light coleslaw and reduced fat leerdammer and some yellow pepper

Snacks:

Summary: well today was better, but not anything to report on..hmmm the weather was nice..

Day 46 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 72 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.4 Kg up down up down up down! please stay down

Breakfast: light choc oatbran porridge

Lunch: m and s piri piri chicken and a babybel x light

Dinner: venison steak in a small amount of salsa verde butter was heavenly will a little light choices halloumi

Snacks: Well I have baked 2 batches of honey and vanilla madeleines, on with flour and one gluten free. I tried the tip of one of each I can honestly say the flavour of the gluten free one is just as good as that of the ordinary one and the pictures show the gluten free is slighly paler, nothing that a metal madeleine pan wont cure hopefully. I used a silicone one and I think that hasnt heated us as much so there isnt as much browning on the molded shape as I would have liked.

I want a dukan friendly madeleine and come the weekend I can give it a go.. i live for spare time in which I can bake in

Summary: Well i can honestly say today was similar to yesterday, roll on friday!

Day 45 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 71.7 Kg

Todays Weight: 72 Kg Oh noes! I guess yet again I havent been to the loo in a few.. well until today..

just what you want to hear

Breakfast: 1/12th of the lush bread with light butter and marmite, I have noticed I am a little flatulent on the bread..

Lunch: tuna nicoise with no potatoes 1 slice ham with xtra light soft cheese

Dinner: steak with a little garlic and parsley butter, asparagus and some roast tomatoes and a little light coleslaw, i love coleslaw i would choose it any day over cake!

Snacks: pepperami and a light vanilla yogurt

Summary: hard day today, just going to right it off

Day 44 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 71.5 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.7 Kg

Breakfast: 1/12 of the flax bread with a little xl philly, marmite and slice of ham

Lunch: 1/12 flax bread with a little butter and marmite

Dinner: lamb with a small amount of smoked paprika butter and some halloumi

Snacks: coconut yogurt and light cocoa

Summary: did not leave the house today.. Hmmmm

Day 43 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 72 Kg

Todays Weight: 71.5 Kg

Breakfast: 6 X chicken and stuffing slices from m and s

Lunch: shopping in town, very tired and hungry and slipped up with an apple juice, tasted soo sweet though!

Dinner: I had a cajun tuna steak, it really was cooked to perfection! I served it with some light coleslaw which I added some carrot to and, salad and asparagus

Snacks: 1/6th of oatbran and lax bread from http://charlottesdukandiet.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/day-48-cruise-pp/#comment-1694 Oh my it was so delicious, its a little more than the recommended flax intake apparently but oh so worth it, one of those things I am incorporating and then will remove at times of stagnating weight. I had it with some light cheese a tiny bit of light butter a little marmite and a slice of ham.

Summary: Well yesterday I baked a cake and decorated half of it pretty for a friend and the other half not so good because its ending up in my dads belly anyway.. I have been making icing flowers today, seriously why I thought they'd be a doddle i'll never know. I want to post some photos but my camera is reluctant to switch on, and I seriously hope its just the battery, I dont keep cameras for very long and with this one I can honestly say I havent dropped it, wet it or sat on it so its anyones guess whats wrong with it.

Its saturday night, I should be out I guess, my girlfriends are on holiday so I guess I will allow myself out next weekend to hear all about magaluf, who knows maybe they'll be T total for a while when they get back..

Day 42 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 72 Kg

Todays Weight: 72 Kg

Breakfast: usual porridge, and work bought us breakfast which we had at 12, 2 skinny sausages and a fried egg with a little b sauce.

Lunch: chicken on skewers, wasnt too hungry really but it was too nice to waste and I am not good at wasting anything, I guess i overthink these things sometimes

Dinner: chicken in a small amount of garlic and parsely butter

Snacks: few squares of diabetic chocolate, not really a winner but i still had more than one piece.

Summary: well I didnt exactly have any veg except some pepper that was on a chicken skewer, lets call it some seasoning. However I brought in some biskwits from bucharest and well I had to taste them didnt I,, I had two small raisin biccys and a peanut butter one OMG!! Well good job Im not going out tonight because I would not be able to avoid a drink or 10 or food after that so I really cant trust myself yet! I have a dinner to go to on 7th October so I should like to be extremely well behaved until then as I have to plan for falling of the wagon a little, it is inevitable and its not about denying yourself 100% of the time, I should look at the progress I have made instead of dwelling on the negatives really, I dont eat half as much so thats good..

Day 41 - PP (..not)

Yesterdays weight: 71.4 Kg

Todays Weight: 72 Kg - I have realised its been a few days since I have been to the loo, so perhaps its

worth looking for some fybogel

Breakfast: oatbran with light choc

Lunch: chicken slices and some light egg sandwich filler

Dinner: 1 chicken schnitzel some halloumi and yes..coleslaw..im hooked on coleslaw and halloumi and OMG i would love that in a baguette.. see it could be worse?

Snacks: 3 slices salami..

Summary: so I really need to adhere to pure protein tomorrow if it kills me, or maybe have veg and then 3 pp days? im thinking one on one off is far better for me, until you cut them out you dont realise just how much of them you eat, I have always eaten healthy but I have always had large portions of veg along with meals, for instance pasta with a side salad or crudites throughout the day with dip or jacket potatoes with lots of veg on the side, which I guess there is a healthy element but now after stepping away and examining it I also realise that perhaps wasnt the healthiest choice either and the best thing for me is the train myself to eat less, eat sensible portions and definately no second or thirds! (well maybe at christmas, but only for the 1 day not for the build up to christmas and the time after it, i will end up a big pudding if i do that!)

Day 40 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 72.6 Kg

Todays weight: 71.4 Kg

Breakfast: sleep in.. back to work tomorrow

Lunch: garlic sausage with some half fat cheese slices. 1/2 a tin of smoked tuna

Dinner: chicken schnitzel and coleslaw mainly carrot, wish I hadnt though..

Snacks: Pepperami, tried some of my mums dinner a diced piece of chicken in curry sauce a floret of

romanescu and a baby corn, tried s tsp of dads lemon trifle

Summary: I feel like i have done nothing but eat..oh dear

Day 39 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73.5 - after a week of bread, rice, potato, pasta for breakfast - not too bad I guess, i tried a little of everything. I did not have large portions, I had mainly meat and cheese and a bite here and there of the carbs or just carbs at one daily meal.

Todays weight: 72.6 close to my leaving weight so I havent done too bad really, I just hope its not too difficult getting back to my regime

Breakfast: scrambled eggs x 2 and smoked proscuitto

Lunch: went shopping and bought some trainers :-)

Dinner: Naughty I know but I had lamb cooked in a little oil and then added some paprika butter, to accompany this I had some full fat halloumi which was fried in a little oil and oregano..Ooops but OMG the best meal in a while. I liked the romanian food very much, there is a lot of cabbage based dishes and tonights dinner was so tasty..

Snacks: coconut yogurt with light cocoa

Summary: after buying all the sachets of light hot choc and taking the oatbran with me again..no discipline there. I dont think my brother had a microwave but one thing was certain they would not let us make our own breakfast, they waited on us hand and foot, not something i'm used to. Anyhow, breakfasts were very pleasant we had feta cheese, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, a selection of meats and a little pasta with sweet milk, all very delicious!

I could not wait to get home as I thought I would have gained aleast 5 pounds.. I am very good at gaining weight.. lots of practice I guess. Now that i'm home I feel a little lost and would love to go back. Work again on thursday so back to reality. I hope everyone else had a good week.

Day 37 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 72 Kg

Todays weight: 72.4 Kg, it was inevitable but is still heading toward the right side of the scale

Breakfast: the usual

Lunch: pepperami and an omelette (small) which consisted of meatballs and halloumi

Dinner: another small omelette and a tuna steak and a piece of half fat cheese wrapped around smoked salmon and creamcheese sandwich filler. Well sad, I had to make a lasagne for my dad to have in and it smelt beautiful and cheesey and pastaey and creamy peppery..drooling! maybe if i get some shirataki noodles i can do something similar without the little bit of butter..

Snacks: coconut yogurt with hot choc light powder

Summary: Not a bad day, hoping to get back to 72 or maybe 72.2 for my big day tomorrow, will allow myself a few sweets on the plane because you cant fly without sweets.. you dont gain weight at that altitude surely? ha ha, excuses excuses! Well I am nearly packed and ready to go, now for some beauty sleep :-)

See you all in 6 days, hope everyone has a great week

Day 36 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 72.5 Kg

Todays weight: 72 Kg, well again if I gain a little tomorrow its no biggie :-)

Breakfast: Oat bran porridge with light hot choc

Lunch: chicken slices with light coleslaw

Dinner: half a dry chicken breast (cant beat mums cooking :-S) and some tenderstem brocolli

Snacks: babybel and mattersons chicken pieces

Summary: Again I am up and about late making cakes, this time I am making a batch of muffins for my mum wheatfree ofcourse and using the rest of the batter for a cake for my dad to have with cups of tea, it smells good and I guess I have to taste if its nice? It is my usual orange cake batter that I pretty much do in my sleep now so believe me, I have tried it.

Day 35 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 72.5 Kg

Todays weight: 72.4 Kg

Breakfast: babybel light

Lunch: smoked tuna and a little low fat salad cream.. I need to shop for cupboard ingrediants I have nothing to come back to from my holiday.. on tuesday, it was like 4 weeks ago a couple of days ago it feels :-O

Dinner: 5 beef meatballs with a tomato basil sauce, I have never been so full since like yesterday. I am thinking my appetite has definately decreased somewhat as I would usually have the portion I had tonight combined with linguine!

Snacks: coconnut yogurt mixed with low cal hot choc

Summary: Went to tesco today got loads of unhealthy food for dad for when were away, doesnt look like our fridge. Need to make him a lasagne and a few meals and a healthy treat for when were gone. got some oatbran to take with me and also some sachets of low cal hot chocolate, if im going to be naughty then I alteast want to keep to a healthy breakfast.

Out for lunch tomorrow, already trying to decide what to have.. I might just have a pack lunch and get a coffee. hmmm! but then I would like to take advantage of the veg thing and maybe get some greek salad, decisions, decisions!

Day 34 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 73 Kg

Todays weight: 72.5 Kg RESULT..so happy with that I am going to boots to get a receipt printed with that on the weigh machine!! okay so their machine I always way a little more and I have just scoffed a pound of salmon but hey it should be one of my lowest weigh ins there in years!! The pessimist/realist in me is thinking there will be a gain tomorrow but will hopefully leave me weighing less than yesterday..fingers crossed!!

Breakfast: half fat cheese with some salmony cream cheese in yum! thank god for m & s sandwich fillers (probably not the lowest in fat but i have eated in quite often and not done too badly.. the cheese is low fat and boy it tastes that way!)

Lunch: packet of smoked salmon 100g.. ugh I feel sicky smokey salmon overload!!
Saturday shopping times, going to get my boobies measured as im thinking they have shrunk somewhat..result again, I can almost reach my short arms around to fasten my bra as opposed to putting it over my head :-)
Need some trainers as the ones I bought in march are falling to pieces, obviously a sign that i walk a lot or I am so heavy that my shoes cave in..

Dinner: I made a vegetable moussakka using minced mushrooms, celery, carrot, and aubergine. I used a little cornflour and skim milk for the white sauce and half fat grated cheese, was rather yummy and had some low fat coleslaw with it, and OMG I was full so quickly I couldnt finish either!

Snacks: I may have a piece of diabetic chocolate or two later.. the coffee one is okay.

Summary: Well has been a good couple of days. I made an effort when I went out today, I put foundation on and heels, i must wear foundation like once a year I am a lazy bugger really. Felt good. Hope every one is having a wonderful weekend

Day 33 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73.1 Kg

Todays weight: 73 Kg

Breakfast: O.B porridge W S/Milk and Light Cocoa

Lunch: 1 pepperami and 2 balsamic and chilli onion and halloumi fritattas (made in a yorkshie

pudding tin 2 eggs yields 4 omelettes) Sooo tasty, recipe to follow!!
Dinner: I wasnt too enthused really, 2 venison burgers which i didnt cook for very long at all and the lovely (sure..) half fat cheese slices on top, left a bit of one though because i just wasnt that into it.

Snacks: Summary: this is the best the half fat cheese singles have tasted, i put some salmon creamcheese mousse inside and rolled it into a cigar.. was a really tasty and satisfying snack, i had 2. I also had a fruit flavour yogurt and a skinny mocha coffee cooler

Summary: Well today had been interesting, I have been quite busy. Got some money exchanged for my trip,, means its getting close. I have had the case down and started packing.. I even got the hoover out, not like me at all! I saw the lady in the cake shop and as i was walking there I was thinking I dont really have the time, anyhow it didnt all sell, infact she still had a couple of pieces on sale..eww! Not my place to tell her that its been a bit too long, surely she has a calendar and some common sense. any how she said it was nice but they dont get much call for gluten free, i think if people are aware its there and that the option is available they may be interested. surely you dont just rely on people occaisonally asking, you put it out there that such a thing is available? I had been keeping an eye, and to be honest the shop did not look busy in the heavy downpour on saturday, even less so on sunday when it wasnt open at all.. a cafe not open on a sunday in the shopping town? seriously? any how, I am a little releived that I am not tied down to making cakes on a regular basis at present, but I would like to going forward.

Dont you just feel there are so many things you want to persue and never enough time for it? really there is though, I honestly waste so much of it daydreaming.. I must do!
Sorry for the ramblings, very tired again, and should probably do some more packing whilst im on a role! and burn off the calories from that sugary stuff today!!

NAUGHTIES: Before this escapes me, I have also had a fruit pastille (green one, i love them!) and half a tsp of sugar in my coffee, i really needed it this morning and i didnt bring any sweetner out with me.

Day 32 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 73.4
Todays weight: 73.1
Breakfast: oatbran with light cocoa and skim milk - struggled to eat it, felt rather full
Lunch: pack of ham and some extra light philly, again, weird struggled to eat it but just about managed
Dinner: I had a chicken breast with some halloumi and wrapped in fat off bacon with brocolli and carrot, again felt full very quickly.
I made some little quiches with prosuitto, halloumi and chilli and balsamic onions for lunch tomorrow and tried one although i was bursting at the seams..delicious!
Snacks: few cups of tea
Summary: Well today I haven't really felt hungry at all! I am back at the weight I was before seeing dolly, however I would do it again, it was a great couple of days and well worth gaining a pound for!
I cant believe I am travelling again on wednesday, I go to Bucharest for my brothers wedding. I want to look good, and if I am honest this is the event that sparked this whole thing. Its bizarre how looking good matters so much and weight loss is always the first place i look. But hey you look better you feel better.. I dont dont think I have lost enough to feel too contented though.
Packing my case this time is a very different experience, I am not just picking out cover up clothes, there are a few things I actually like going into the mix, just hope all goes well and I can get to 72kg before 14th September.. seriously everyone cross everything for me! Thanks.. Much appreciated ;-P

Day 31 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73.4 Kg

Todays weight: 73.4 Kg

Breakfast: Oat bran porridge with light cocoa powder

Lunch: Chicken slices & extra light philly cheese

Dinner: smoked tuna, smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich spread and 2 boiled eggs

Snacks: Pepperami

Summary: very tired today, sorry for the short post.. I need sleep

Day 30 - A WHOLE MONTH (not consecutive but hey!)

Yesterdays weight: 73.5kg

Todays weight: 73.4kg ohhh so slowly

Breakfast: oatbran with skim milk and light cocoa

Lunch: 1 low fat sausage, salami, garlic sausage

Dinner: halloumi and squash omelette with salad

I have added the halloumi to the squash and garlic and 2 tsp of balsamic vinegar

Finished omelette, be careful not to overbrown the halloumi to start with as the bottom will burn a little

Some Light coleslaw with added carrot to make it go a little further and be a little lighter

What a massive plate of food! Kept me from snacking after though!

Summary: Well I had a great big salad, but hey I cant feel guilty for that surely..?

Day 29 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73.7kg

Todays weight: 73.5kg

Breakfast: oatbran with light cocoa

Lunch: 8 slices of lean ham and reduced fat egg mayo and some slices of low fat.. slightly vomit flavoured cheese

Dinner: chicken pieces covered in parmesan and oatbran with tzaziki on the side.. yes a little cucumber in there too!

Summary: Not a bad day really, crossing my fingers for the scales tomorrow. was a little bad last night and made a cup of soup, it smelled foul and tasted nasty too but I wanted it..oh dear

Day 28 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 73.7kg

Todays weight: 73.7kg

Breakfast: missed the boat again

Lunch: 2 low carb sausages, 3 strips of turkey bacon, 1 fried egg and a squirt of low ketchup, and a coffee with 2 sweetners and skim milk

Dinner: prawn salad made with light mayo, lime and lemon juice, low salt and sugar ketchup and paprika

Snacks: Skinny mocha coffee cooler

Summary: So, I haven't lost anything today but on the plus side I haven't gained. I really wanted to do another attack phase but I was really craving some kind of crunch, anyhow I did my research for lowest carb veg and green peppers, romaine lettuce, spring onions and cucumber are all quite low on the list so I thought I'd allow it, and its far better than what I was eating on my mini break thats for sure. I am thinking though,  whilst I ate all of the wrong things I did eat a smaller amount, and got full quicker. I was really full after an average piece of lasagne, normally I would go for seconds.. things are happening! All good! :-)

Yesterdays weight: no clue, it was 73kg before dolly

Todays weight: 73.7kg just a little gain considering.. i did terrible. I had butties, crisps, lasagne, egg baguette, more crisps, pints of wine, biscuits, pasta, chips, mousakka, rice, more biscuits and a burger.. uh ohh! I have no control whatso ever when it comes to these situations. I just hope I can be a little stronger when I go to bucharest in less than 2 weeks. I will bring my oatbran with me!

Breakfast: too late

Lunch: 4 sausages with a little ketchup and a fried egg

Dinner: skinny frappelatte , 2 egg omelette made with a spoonful of extra light philly, chopped spring onion to season and proscuitto. I had a little halloumi with this, was delish

 Snacks: coconut yogurt and 2 tsp of light cocoa powder

Summary: So. I have been relatively good today apart from a few naughty smints which will hardly compare to the last few days.

I am really keeping an eye on the scales and will have to be so carefull because of my last few days which I dont want to catch up with me. I have a bit of a headcold right now so will have to save the gym for monday and aim to go 3 days this week.  I am probably going to eat protein only for the next few days. I was craving green beans tonight though. Hopefully, if I have the will power I can have just protein for 5 days which will be like another attack phase, looking forward to mondays scale reading hopefully it will reveal a pound or so loss!

Good luck to everyone else who is dieting or has fallen off the wagon a little, seriously , pick yourself up and carry on. If I can do it so can you!

DAY 26 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73kg

Todays weight: 73kg

Breakfast: coconut yogurt with low fat cocoa, cup of earl grey

Lunch: so, heres where I may stray. As of now I am getting on a plane and heading to liverpool until friday. Seeing little DOLLY tonight which should be a laughm but will most probably be accompanied by some beverages and a meal out.. oh dear how will I cope with that. I am bringing in my hand luggage 2 pepperamis incase of emergencies and some mattersons chicken pieces to eat on the plane. Hope everyone does well this week, catch up soon x

Day 25 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 73.6kg

Todays weight: 73kg

Breakfast: oatbran porridge with skim milk and low cal cocoa

Lunch: mattersons chicken southern style pieces, tesco cooked chicken and a babybel

Dinner: tuna with light mayo, spring onions, tomato, halloumi cheese light

Summary: Well today I have been mad busy making a cake to sell tomorrow and I havent had time to snack win win!!

 

 

Day 24 - PP

Yesterdays weight: 73.4kg

Todays weight: 73.6kg

Breakfast: not a weekend thing

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs with salad cream  light

Dinner: 2 chicken breasts with paprika and cayenne pepper barbequey seasoning with a small amount of

passatta and low fat sour cream and a baby bel grated over it.

Summary: well those laughing cow extra lights are no laughing matter, had a go,could not go through with it though, they are such an odd texture and taste powdery, maybe ill try them in something next time. Had my mum take a few photos of me today, starting to look a little better, well in comparison to the photos I made her take of me before going on holiday

In other news I had a call back from a local cafe owner who is willing to sell my wheat free cakes, so I am starting another blog, the gluten free bakery to go alongside this one.

March 2011            

August 2011

I have also noticed my face looks slimmer too, carb face gone

Day 23 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 73.8kg

Todays weight: 73.4kg at 7.30, then I woke up again at 2pm and was 73kg..things are happening, bit annoyed of wasting the day however.

Breakfast:

Lunch: Smoked Tuna mixed with a little light mayo and a light babybel grated on top. beetroot which was marinaded in chilli, a tomato.

Dinner: I marinaded some chicken in basil, mint and parsely which i wizzed with some low fat yogurt and a little tsp of oil. then baked the chicken thighs. I made a coleslaw by finely chopping 1 carrot, 1 small celeriac and some radishes (I added a red onion at the end so as not to turn everything purple) then i mixed with 4 tablespoons of low fat plain yogurt and 2 teaspoons of light mayo and half a teaspoon of dijon mustard and a squeeze of lemon juice.

I served the chicken with the coleslaw and this should probably count as a celebration meal, I chopped 4 thin slices of reduced fat halloumi and fried that in a teaspoon of olive oil, possibly could have used a little less. Although the meal was nice i would have preffered the cheese with a more spicy tomatoey chicken perhaps in a harissa sauce.

The slaw before I added the onion

Fried Halloumi - my favorite!!

The complete meal, was very filling but tasty

snacks: cup of earl gey tea with skim milk no sugar

Summary: well, quite a positive weekend, the weight is going in the right direction. I want to lose as much as I can now, as although im hoping I dont fall of the wagon in liverpool I dont think everywhere I go there will be the options plus I would really like a drink or two. Went to tescos today, oh my god the place was packed, night mare shopping on a sunday. I went at dinner time hoping people would be at home eating sunday roasts evidently not. Got some of the slightly naughty coconut yogurts for treat times. I also ot laughing cow extra light, now I have a bad feeling about this and perhaps light was light enough.. has anyone tried this?

Day 22 - PP

yesterdays weight: 73.9kg lbs

Todays Weight: 73.8kg at my 7.30 weigh in then 73.3 after the loo a bit later ;-)

Breakfast: slept in big style

Lunch: 2 slices of extra lean corned beef and a laughing cow light, skinny frappe again the same girl and I dont think it was skinny, was too enthralled by the fit guy behind the counter to care though

Dinner: I made the other trout into fish cakes,

I took the meat from the fish, added 1 tbsp of red curry paste, a handful of parsely as I cant stand the flavour of cilantro. a small chunk of ginger and a tsp of veg oil and whizzed it into a paste then added 2 tbsps of oatbran. I made these into burgers and added a little oil to fry

 

Snacks: I have baked a chocca mocha caramel cake, and yes I had a  wee spoon lick.. uhh ohh! the things you do without even realising until its too late! a low fat yogurt and a teaspoon of the cake.WOW it was gorgeous!!

Summary: another weekend in, will hopefully get to the gym but wouldnt have minded going out for a dance, just not great at avoiding drinks whilst out, otherwise i tend to bore very easily.

Day 21 - PV

Yesterdays weight: 74.6kg

 Todays Weight: 73.9 Ohhh Yess!! i dont even care if it goes up a little tomorrow as it has been reached, so there :-)

Breakfast: porridge with the cocoa, 2 sausages and a fried egg

Lunch: 1 baby  bel light, 1 pepperami, a prawn salad with a little sauce, the whole salad read 80 calories and

less than 3g of carbs so I thought GET IN!

Dinner: What a palava! I baked a whole trout with lemon and rosemary and parsely. Well I tell you now I am not skilled with de boning and I could of sat there for hours picking out the smaller ones. so with the other baked trout the food processer is going to play a part in hopefully making a fishcake of sorts. I had the fish with some cauliflower cous couse, it didnt look ricey enough, and some grated celery and a dollop of beetroot and onion pickle.

wack in the oven

And voila, dogs dinner :-*)

Snacks: 100g cocontut yogurt which is not advertised as low fat but I have compared the fat and carb content to some of my lower fat ones and there is small difference between them, I added a little cocoa powder, heavenly bounty fix yogurt!

Summary: So two suprises today, TOM and 73.9 on the scales, the first wasnt exactly a suprise but I am suprised that I am weighing less despite this fact. who knows maybe a little less in a week once this is over. Quite a good day, went for a drink after work and had a diet coke, my gym buddy cancelled on me so stupidly I also avoided the gym, however I did go shopping after the pub with a considerable amount of bags and walk home with even more, i call that a work out.. dont you?

Day 20 - PP

yesterdays weight: 74kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.6kg lbs no 73, well, I refuse to believe my scales work and will be extra good day and hope for good things tomorrow, fingers well and truly crossed. I have looked at my chart and i have literally fluctuated between this weight and 74 for the past 10 days or so.. would like to do a little better, so no more slip ups

Breakfast: oatbran porridge with highlights hot choc powder and skim milk

Lunch: I am off to the hairdressers after work so leaving a little early, which means I will cut lunch short and only be able to eat what I bring with me, I am bringing chicken kebabs, 1 babybel light and a vanilla yogurt, looks like a little picnic! there was some red pepper on the chicken kebabs and being a piggy i scoffed the lot :-)

Dinner: 3 low fat sausages which looked so vile and my eggs broke so was very upset with dinner, no photo ;-) ugly food somehow doesnt taste as good. especially the sausages which split and the skin wouldnt come of but wouldnt stay on, seriously its awful but I honestly wanted to have a little tantrum!

Snacks:

Summary: what a poo day, roll on tomorrow, on the plus side atleast I had my hair done so thats good.

Day 19 PV

yesterdays weight: 74.1kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74kg lbs come on 73.?? come on!!

Breakfast: oatbran porridge with skim milk and low sugar cocoa

Lunch: superfood salad with get this.. lovely green crunchy bits and when I looked at the pack all was revealed.. brocolli stalk the part that if im honest i sometimes waste. I put some low fat cottage cheese in and some ham and it was lovely, I did not use the pommegranate and orange dressing either, impressed with myself there! however on the naughty side there was a spinkling of edamame and pumpkin seeds and it was heaven in my salad.

Dinner: Swamp soup (spinach and mushroom) to start

then salad and smoked mackerel - okay its not really cooking, its just chucking things together but heres a photo anyway!

Snacks: someone offered me one of those naturals snake gummy sweets and shamefully I ate two, ahh well. Now I wont be too shocked if Im not seeing the right scores on the doors tomorrow. vanilla yogurt, and light babybel

Summary: I have just finished my dinner and somehow I really want a snack, perhaps I will have some sliced ham later, no gym today or tomorrow as I am getting my hair done, specially for dolly..well not for her exactly, for the sake of going out and feeling good!

Day 18 Cruising PP

yesterdays weight: 74.6kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.1kg lbs

Breakfast: oatbran with skimmed milk and 40 calorie cocoa

Lunch: 1 pack sliced chicken, a light babybel, 1 pepperami

Dinner: 4 teriyaki beef kebabs

Snacks: 1 low fat low carb vanilla yogurt

Summary: I have been to the gym, 500 calories and weights, I have been going very slow, i used to feel the need to burn 1000 calories but since I am restricting carbs etc I am not so strict with working out and I am not going anywhere near as much I have in the past, suprisingly I would go almost everyday for a hard workout and see very minimal results at the end of it, hopefully slow and steady is the way to go!! I am really wanting to see 73.?? soon enough on the scales...comeee onnnn!!

Realisation..just remembered I had a skinny frappe although I do believe I saw the girl who served me using the blue top milk.........:-( I would normally have said something but she was just so rude to start with I did not have the time

Day 17 - PV Cruising.. still

yesterdays weight: 74.2kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.6kg lbs Nooo!

Breakfast: oatbran with 1% fat milk and a tablespoon of highlights hot chocolate, maybe less next time it tastes more salty than chocolatey if im honest!

Lunch: mattersons twisted tails, hog roast flavour was utterly manky and I wont be going there again! I got a salad from the sandwich shop, lettuce, cucumber, egg, pepper, tomato, again a few half olives and a sprinkling of feta, and a pack or pork loin slices on top,,, yummy!

Dinner: My mum made roast chicken, and I made a mushroon gravy to accompany, it was good!! I had roast beetroot and my spiraliser arrived today so i had some carrot spirals too, was lush with the gravy and the crunch ;-)

Snacks: very bad I know. Yesterday I made a gluten free, dairy free orange and almond cake, infact I made 3.. miniature cakes that is, they are about the size of a saucer and i had 1/6 of one..it was soo good!

Summary: I feel really let down by eating that cake, and im trying to rationalise that I have consumed much less calories than I was consuming each day before this diet, and it's not like I went on a mental binge, but I still feel I have failed. I hope this does not affect the next few days, i want to pick up where I left off and have no more slip ups, this week atleast.

 I am going to see dolly, yes it is a sad dream of mine to see the queen of country live. so I am sure that I will have a drink then and I will have to be extra strict now for whatever slip ups occur during that couple of days spent in liverpool... Looking forward to decent shops, we currently have choice of about 8-9 clothing stores here..

Here is the yummy orange cake, which will be great for the stableization phase, oviously I am never thinking of overdoing it, but I feel this cake is a treat and will be a treat and is only 250cals per slice and is low on sugar and carbs in comparison to other cakes, and it only used 4 ingredients.