Day 6

So as expected because of the weekend and inevitable lye ins the diet has gone to pit slightly.

I weighed myself when I woke up before it all went wrong. 76.8, so a 1.8 kilo loss over 5 days, not amazing but i'll take it.

Breakfast - I slept in so I missed this

Mid snack - blueberries and x 6 small salmon and cream cheese appetisers

Lunch - we went to subway and the other half had a foot long chicken temptation with sweet onion sauce, of which I had a bite.

I asked for a tuna salad box and was hoping for cheese and lots of southwest sauce, didn't get any cheese and they were being very stingy with the sauce so I think diet wise this was a good choice, it included to tablespoons of tuna mayo, lettuce, green peppers, some chopped olives, pickles, jalapeños, onion and cucumber.

Snack - x2 celery sticks with 30g soft cheese and wrapped with x3 slices ham

Dinner - Chocolate shake

So the other half ordered dominoes to eat whilst I enjoyed my shake although I did offer to cook him some dinner.

It arrived and I am not keen on the pizza but I love the garlic bread, of which he saved me 2 pieces which I accepted.. Doh! They were so good.

Now I'm eating strawberries..

Hopefully tomorrow will be better

Cookie x

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 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 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 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 16 - Pure Protein Cruise!

yesterdays weight: 74.2kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74kg lbs, little by litte

Breakfast: sliced topside, bresola 5 slices

Lunch: 1 tin tuna mixed with low fat salad cream and 1 light babybel grated on top

Dinner:  2 oatbran coated chicken escalopes with lots of spices and 1 tbsp low salt and sugar

Snacks: skinny frappe

Summary: tried on some clothes and they are feeling looser, done some measurements and I have lost a few inches :-) The most important thing in this really. lost almost 3 inches from my waist which for 2 weeks of not too hard work is a good result! Happy days!

yesterdays weight: 74.6kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.5kg lbs 100g of weight loss this week, finally..its pretty shocking really so I need to assess where i’m going wrong!

Breakfast: bowl of oatbran porridge with tsp of cocoa pwder and 1% fat milk, we ordered in from work, 2 fried eggs and two sausages so I wont be suprised if the scales are reading high the next few days

Lunch: I have made some chicken nuggets to bring to work with ketchup and unlike yesterdays omelette quiche my dad did not decide they look nice, I’ll have them. but they are scrummy, I did have to hide them in the fridge

Dinner: I have my katsu curry left, although today is no veg day, I cant have the apsaragus and I shall have to strain the veg from the sauce, not to worry really, all under control. I did not have the asparagus.. but i cba removing the carrot from the sauce

Snacks: I got offered a choccy biccy but I said no..thank you

Summary: I need to do some shopping, I am allowed veggies tomorrow and I would really like to make a cottage pie topped with celeriac mash, hopefully the family will eat this without fuss.

Shopping list
celeriac - makes great coleslaw also, low fat feta if such a thing exists, oat bran, babybel light - were allowed these right??, smoked salmon, 1 whole trout.

Chicken Katsu Curry sans rice

Ingredients - serves 2

spray of oil
2 chicken escalopes or breasts
1 egg
3 tablespoons of oat bran
2 tsp curry powder
1 tsp chilli powder
0.5 ground corriander
1 garam masala
few sprigs of rosemary chopped

sauce
whole bulb of roasted garlic (it is sweet and you wont require any sugar in cooking), alternatively just use 3 cloves of chopped fresh garlic
carrots chopped into fine squares
half a white onion chopped finely
It would have been nice with a chopped stick of celery
3 cups of chicken stock
few twists black pepper
1 tsp of corn flour
1 spray oil
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp curry powder
0.5 tsp chili powder

serve with some veg on a PV day, goes great with asparagus, spring onions, spinach, pickles whatever you fancy!

Step 1. add 2 tsp of the oatbran to the egg and whisk, add 1 tsp of curry powder and the rest of the herbs and spices and whisk.

step 2. dip the chicken in the egg mix, then spoon on the remaining oatbran with the other tsp of curry powder mixed in and black pepper.

step 3. spray a pan and fry the coated chicken

step 4. whilst you chicken is frying spray a small non stick skillet and fry up some onions until starting to soften, then add the cubed carrot and celery if you desire.

step 4. add the spices and the corn flour, mix until incorporated with the veg,

step 5. add the chicken stock and leave to simmer until thickens, you can strain this but i decided to leave the carrot in, less hassle really.

Day 13 - PV -And the GYM

yesterdays weight: 74.6kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.6kg lbs the scales were switching from 74.3 - 74.6, thought id go for the higher one in case, as i could not bear a gain tomorrow

 Breakfast: naughty I know, oatbran porridge with 1% fat milk mixed with 1/2 tsp cocoa powder

Lunch: I went to a sanwich shop and got a salad box with greek salad, beetroot, onion, a boiled egg, lettuce, peppers and tomatoe..the bad bits were the feta which were few and far between and the olives had about 3 olive halves, and put some low fat cottage cheese and roast chicken on, it was delish and very filling, didnt neet to eat again until 7. I also got a 45 minute work out in and burnt 500 cals on the stepper, cross trainer and treadmill - and I did some weights too! :-)

Dinner: I feel terribly guilty because this tasted so so good but looking at it I really cant see it being awful. I make chicken Katsu curry and served it with asparagus which had got to be one of my favorite veggies! I will post the recipe, its very similar to the chicken schnitzel but with a sauce and I have added different herbs and spices to the batter and oatbran. any how I had one chicken escalope breast piece a serving of sauce which was made with carrots and onions fried in a spray of oil and used a tsp of cornflour. the recipe makes two, I still have a portion of chicken and sauce and asparagus left for tomorrows dinner, which will be useful if I get to the gym again.

Snacks:

Summary: I feel bad about a few tiny pieces of feta, a.5 olives and about 4 sprays of olive oil and Im just hoping that my workout has made up for those things.

I feel great however that I have returned to the gym, I was going very regularly and then went on holiday, after that I got a sinus infection, followed by an ear infection, a huge mouth ulcer and another ear infection so I have enless excuses not to go. If i'm not going now that is just pure laziness, its so difficult getting back into a routine.

Recipe for spinach and bacon omelette

Ingredients

2 slices of bacon cut into squares with a small amount of fat left on to fry instead of oil
1/2 a red onion
2 cups of spinach
4 whole eggs
2 cups of skim milk
seasoning with salt and pepper

1. fry the bacon until starting to brown and produce a little oil, then fry the chopped onion until soft

2. Once the bacon and onions are cooked and softened, season and add the spinach, leave this to wilt down.

3. Whisk the eggs and the milk, add the fried mixture to the bottom of an over dish then pour on the egg mixture

4. Bake in the oven at approx 180c for 20-25 minutes

5. remove from oven and Voila!!

6. Slice it up! Okay so there is no pie crust and its not very thick, yes it reminds you of an omelette.. me also

Day 12 - Day 2 'Cruise' PP

yesterdays weight: 74.7kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.6kg lbs back to where i was the other day but it is a loss i guess in the grand scheme of things thats okay in my books!

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with 2 slices extra lean corned beef

Lunch: 4 slices lean sliced ham and a pot of passionfruit mousse, this had a weird funny taste and i could not for the life of me fathom what it could possibly be - however I did notice it had rice flour in and was loaded with carbs..wrong move to check the labels after consumption!

Dinner: 2 venison burgers, i really like them but they do leave me with a slightly oily mouth which is odd because looking at the label they arent loaded with fat like a lot of other burgers on the market. I had some spring onion and a chopped gherkin to garnish, were allowed to use these things for seasoning right..just happens that the seasoning looked remarkably like a salad.

Snacks: 3 pieces beef jerky. small pieces they do remind me of doggy treats.

Summary: All in all not a bad day, was in a meeting most of the afternoon so I did not have chance to snack which is always good, productive and not snacking..go me!

feeling super organised as I have already made my quiche for lunch tomorrow. recipe and pictures to follow

Day 11 - Day 1 of 'Cruise' PV

yesterdays weight: 74.9kg lbs

Todays Weight: 74.7kg lbs

 Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with 2 slices garlic sausage in and a laughing cow light

Lunch: peach activia yogurt, a pack sliced chicken, 1 100g pack of mini hotdogs..very naughty much more fat than chicken.

Dinner: Dukan oatbran chicken schnitzel, even more delicious today and accompanied by some spinach, asparagus and a salad of tomato and spring onion - easily the best meal I have had in 11 days!

Snacks: 1 chocolate drop, someone kindly offered me one and before I knew it it was in my mouth..Oops and a less than 5% fat chocolate mousse

Summary: Bit of a naughty day really. I wont be upset if I have gained a pound tomorrow, any more however and I shall be outraged, Ha ha! I am dreaming of all of my favorite foods and thinking up recipes, Katsu curry.. I need a dukan version of this and with the schnitzel recipe and the cauliflower rice I may be onto a winner! Spaghetti bolognaise, I am thinking of purchasing a spiraliser so I can make courgette, carrot and squash pasta which sounds promising too. looking to the future and hopefully a further couple of pounds loss!

            Here is a picture of the chicken schnitzel from tonight and last night

Day 10 of 'Attack' Dukan

yesterdays weight: 74.6kg lbs


Todays Weight: 74.9kg lbs


Breakfast: 1 low fat gluten free sausage & oatbran porridge with a little pouring yogurt - due to my gain today I have decided to leave the agave nectar out for a few days and use only for emergencies.. i guess that kind of slip up is better than a full blown peice of cheesecake etc.


Lunch: 4 chicken legs with skin off, I was trying desperately not to get the orange coloured cajun spice on my face as I thought it not a good look for the office and for my induction to my new job role, not the impression I would go out of my way to give.


Dinner: 2 chicken escalopes I made chicken schnitzel with oatbran it was lovely!! I will post the recipe!! I did use less than half a tsp oil to fry them but could do it with spray oil, I will try baking tomorrow and do a comparisson.


Snacks: 1 low fat strawberry yogurt, half a pack of chicken slices and 2 slices of garlic sausage from m & s, naughty but i looked and it is relatively low in cals and its a childhood favorite.


Summary: I could have done better today, I will try harder tomorrow, especially if I am faced with another gain. I would love to be one of those people who can weigh once a week but I would be wondering and possibly go a little more off track than I can, hopefully keeping a close eye will keep me in check..thats my excuse and i'm sticking to it.


I am excited about vegetables tomorrow!!! salad here i come!