'Takeaway'

So I didn't bother posting yesterday. Yesterday was my 'treat' day and I basically just ate whatever I wanted when I wanted to without thinking about the calories. I didn't bother with the exercise either. I exercise six out of seven days a week so I don't feel bad for giving myself a day off. Especially when I still went for a walk with the dogs (my westie even deigned to honour me with her presence, go figure). 

Today I have spent the day sorting out my room. I am perpetually cleaning my room because I am such a messy person by nature. I go through a stage of having a show room clean room for like three days and then it slowly just gets messy. To the point where I'm having to pick paths to get across the room. So today I decided to clean it properly. I also went through a couple of things to try to get rid of some stuff. I always think I have more stuff than I do (well I do have a crap ton of stuff..) but I mean stuff I want to get rid of. I sorted out my entertainment corner (untangled several million wires and all my games/consoles and the like), went through my dvds and also a box of stuff I have under my bed. I got rid of some of it (by got rid I mean donated to my mum to either ebay or take to a charity shop) but there's not an awful lot of clutter. I use most of it. 

I still have my clothes to go through again. I've gone from a size 24 to a size 18 so I'm constantly having to go through my wardrobe to remind myself what I have and to weed out some of my bigger clothes. I have a steady wage and a spending habit too which doesn't help matters...I regularly go through it maybe every three-four months so I don't think that I should find too much stuff in there. But there's always a top or two which I really liked which is a size 22/24 and really is too big for me but I've kept because I loved it. So I must be brutal! 

I have done 30 of my 60 rubber rowing reps (ALLITERATION!) and I'm just waiting for my tea to go down before I crack on with the bike. Today I've probably kept within my calorie limit? I don't really know because some things aren't calorie specific. I had avocado on toast this morning (cheers Nigella) for breakfast. But it's a bloomer loaf you cut yourself so I had three small pieces. Probably about 300/400 calories all told. For dinner I had a bowl of leftover stew and another cut of bread (I've had a lot of bread today...) and a jelly to follow. The jelly is ten calories but I don't see the stew being tons because it's mostly vegetables. Maybe 200/300? With about 150 for the bread. Tea has just beek a 'take away' chow mein noodle thing from Iceland. Probably full of salt but this is the first time we've had them so I'm not too fussed. Only about 300 calories for it too which was ace (with another bit of bread..I told you it's been a bread day). Probably about 200 for the bread. Another jelly for desert with some fruit in it, like four segments of clementine so negligible calories again. 

I did have a 60 calorie packet of space invaders earlier too and I've nibbled on a couple of dark chocolate buttons. Literally like three of them out of a graze box packet I have. Graze is a website which sends you a nibble box in the post of things to eat throughout the day which you're supposed to swap with your regular snacks to be a bit healthier. They vary from around 50-200 calories each and they're pretty tasty. I do enjoy them but they're expensive at £4 a pop (the only reason I have them again is because whenever  I cancel they send me a voucher for three half price boxes and they're well worth £2). They're a novelty really, I couldn't afford to have one every day but once a week is no harm to the bank. 

One of the punnets was a dark rocky road which is cranberries, dark chocolate buttons and walnuts. Normally I hate dried fruit but cranberries and raisins I actually really like. Dried apricots remind me of like cut off areole and I just can't stomach them...Anyway, about 180 calories for the whole punnet I believe, but I've only eaten three of the buttons and a couple of walnuts so I don't know..maybe 100 ish calories.

I reckon I've worked a few of them off today. I've barely been off my feet sorting my room. Plus my planned biking and I reckon I'm good to go. I'm thinking of making another batch of sweetcorn soup tomorrow for dinner. I did enjoy it and I know what to do this time to make it better tasting so there's that. Definitely not going anywhere near the Doritos until it's done though. Those cool flavoured ones are an absolute menace to my self control...

Hopefully this week I can get back on track with my calories and actually lose a couple of pounds! Here's hoping.

For this evening however, it's good boo.