My immune system crapped out on me today. It's like 'ohh you're going adventuring tomorrow? Here, take a cold with you, you'll love it'. No, no I would not. I fell asleep last night thinking how bloody thirsty I was, and woke up with a gritty and painful throat. Cheers timing, you win at everything.
Oh well, I haven't seen the friend I'm visiting for a while so I can share it with him. I'm sure he'll enjoy that. It meant that I was dead against exercising today but then we'd had spag bol for tea and that's another one of those meals I feel like I'm constantly under valuing calorie wise, so I thought it would be for the best. That and I am not going to be doing much exercising past trecking around and sightseeing in good old Bristol town for the next few days. I'm not going to be eating an awful lot though, and what I do eat will probably be salads and stuff that hopefully won't set my stomach off. I don't want to be dealing with that for three days.
So I hauled my arse onto that bike and did my 40 minutes, and felt pretty crap the entire time I was doing it. But I'm hoping if I just keep moving and don't stop and feel sorry for myself for too long it might just be a 24 hour thing and bugger off..here's hoping. At least it's not like a 12 hour coach ride I have to deal with tomorrow. Just 2.5 which will be easy. I'll probably just nap. Doesn't matter if I end up sitting next to someone (although I'd rather not) because it's only for a few hours..I'll just be an antisocial Sally and put my earphones in..
I think I've done alright calorie wise today. I had a small bowl of gluten free muesli and soy milk for breakfast. It's really powdery and I wasn't convinced by it when I added the milk. It went like mush and I'm very much a texture girl. But it was surprisingly delicious. It had a really silky sort of mouth feel and was really quite tasty even with the soy milk. Dinner was a tin of tomatoes with a gluten free roll and biscuits. Around 500 I think it worked out at. Just over maybe. Then tea was spag bol like I said. I also had a couple more biscuits with some tea a little while ago because I felt a bit peckish..only to feel instantly sick because of this cold. That's one good thing I guess. I don't feel like eating when I'm ill so maybe it'll work well with the not eating because of my stomach over the weekend.
We'll see anyways. Right I'm going to have to bail because I haven't finished packing (shut up).
Good boo and I'll see you in a couple of days!
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Monday, 25 February 2013
THIRTEEEEENNN!
It has happened! Granted by half a pound...but I am now in the category of 13 stone something! My goodness. I haven't been 13 stone something since I was a teenager..ten years at least I reckon. So that was a nice little surprise this morning.
I got on the scales and I'd lost two pounds. Down from 14 stone 1.5 pounds to 13 stone 13.5 pounds. How exciting! Thing is though, I am going to see a friend of mine at the weekend and I doubt I'm going to stick to my calories, even with my picky eating now when I'm with people, because we will be partaking of alcoholic beverages for the full weekend I shouldn't wonder. But still, I am excited to know that I can get there. Just a little more hard work.
Losing two pounds this week feels pretty good considering I didn't think I was going to have a loss. But then I always feel like I have over eaten. I haven't today mind. I did have a celebratory Snickers bar but it was within my calories. I had rye toast this morning with jam and butter and a handful of grapes. Dinner has just been the Snickers and four Ryvita with ham and salad stuff. So yeah, within my 600 calories fo sho. Plus tea tonight is going to be chicken with rice aaanddd vegetables maybe. Something like that. So I'm well fine today.
I'm about to go do my exercise. Usually I blog after it so I can say whether I was successful in doing it but I know I'm going to right now because I'm motivated to. I didn't implement my plan of eating slowly today because I went to town after work, and then mum surprised me with a trip to Morrisons..so I didn't get home til after two and I was pretty hungry. I'm fine right now however. I'd like to be able to suppress my hunger cravings with my fake coffee, but the other evening I had one and it made me feel so very sick. I don't know why. Maybe it was too late or too sweet. I have no idea. But I do know that it has made me wary of drinking it. Much as I would like to.
Anyway I think that will do for now. Uneventful day at best aside from somewhat reaching a milestone. I'm off from work now for a week which will be blissful, but I am going to have to not boredom eat all day. Although, I did manage to go six weeks and lose a stone when I was post surgery stuck at home recovering. And I was a lot more bored then, trust me.
Toodle pip!
I got on the scales and I'd lost two pounds. Down from 14 stone 1.5 pounds to 13 stone 13.5 pounds. How exciting! Thing is though, I am going to see a friend of mine at the weekend and I doubt I'm going to stick to my calories, even with my picky eating now when I'm with people, because we will be partaking of alcoholic beverages for the full weekend I shouldn't wonder. But still, I am excited to know that I can get there. Just a little more hard work.
Losing two pounds this week feels pretty good considering I didn't think I was going to have a loss. But then I always feel like I have over eaten. I haven't today mind. I did have a celebratory Snickers bar but it was within my calories. I had rye toast this morning with jam and butter and a handful of grapes. Dinner has just been the Snickers and four Ryvita with ham and salad stuff. So yeah, within my 600 calories fo sho. Plus tea tonight is going to be chicken with rice aaanddd vegetables maybe. Something like that. So I'm well fine today.
I'm about to go do my exercise. Usually I blog after it so I can say whether I was successful in doing it but I know I'm going to right now because I'm motivated to. I didn't implement my plan of eating slowly today because I went to town after work, and then mum surprised me with a trip to Morrisons..so I didn't get home til after two and I was pretty hungry. I'm fine right now however. I'd like to be able to suppress my hunger cravings with my fake coffee, but the other evening I had one and it made me feel so very sick. I don't know why. Maybe it was too late or too sweet. I have no idea. But I do know that it has made me wary of drinking it. Much as I would like to.
Anyway I think that will do for now. Uneventful day at best aside from somewhat reaching a milestone. I'm off from work now for a week which will be blissful, but I am going to have to not boredom eat all day. Although, I did manage to go six weeks and lose a stone when I was post surgery stuck at home recovering. And I was a lot more bored then, trust me.
Toodle pip!
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Dat roast
Sunday is pretty much a lather, rinse repeat affair these days...insomuch as I get home from work, get presented with a plate of roast amazingness and then inevitably fall asleep by accident in a post roastie coma type incident.
I have eaten quite a bit today....I had another cereal bar thing with a minneola for my breakfast with another banana for break at work. I swear, one of the girls had brought in a freshly made crusty, cut it yourself loaf and made doorstop toast for everyone. I almost ate my own hand it smelled so good. I didn't have any of course, hardcore moding the wheat thing as I am. But I wanted it so bad. I settled for my banana however like a good little dieter. Got home and there was an epic roast waiting for me. Now I've said before I have no idea how many calories are in a roast..I did a little digging into the veg side of it today...as in I googled to find the calorie content, and it was pretty minimal as you might expect. So I don't know if I ate over say 600 calories of roasties and beef and gravy..I just don't know. It seems like it shouldn't top 700 calories but it might. I had a lot of roasties though. I can't help myself..and I refuse to as well. We only have them once a week after all.
Then, like I say, I passed out (post watching the first episode of series two of Sherlock...I forgot how much I loved it). I woke up all cosy and tired and a little bit cross eyed with zero intention of exercising a little bit later. Sunday used to be my rest day but then that changed to a Wednesday so I don't have an excuse not to be honest. But I was absolutely refusing to at the moment I woke up. I was very much in that 'don't care if I'm fat forever, I'm cosy' mindset. But a little later after I had woke up I plucked up enough gumption to pick my fat ass up and plonk it on the bike.
Post shower (this was getting on for nine o' clock at this point) I figured tea would be a good idea. I had four Ryvita, ham and a selection of salads to top them followed by a soy yoghurt thing which came in around 400 calories I think..so I had a couple of gluten free jaffas and a green tea a bit later after that.
So like I say, I have eaten a fair whack today but, roast depending, I could be within the black. That and depending on how many calories that bike burns..which I still don't know. I am planning on buying an upgraded rowing machine..but at the moment I have three people I'm visiting over the next month or so all over the country so my finances are pretty tied. I'm flirting with the idea of whacking it on my credit card but I literally just paid that beast off which took me several months...don't think my poor heart could take loading it up again. We'll see though. I mean what I really need to do is just get used to being hungry...
I'm also trying a new tactic with my eating. I tend to be hungry when I get in and just eat my 500/600 calories for dinner fairly rapidly. I feel, not hungry but, almost unsatisfied when I finish but I reckon that's just my brain used to having tastier food at dinner time than my diet allows. And then, about a half an hour later I feel stuffed. So what I'm planning on doing is one, slowing down when I eat because I know I eat quickly. And two, eating in bursts. I'm going to have whatever main component of the meal first, followed by maybe twenty minutes and then the 'desert' bit, followed by another twenty minutes and then some fruit if I want it. I'll give it a bash from tomorrow and see if that helps any.
Anyway, tomorrow is weigh day again. Hopefully I will have dropped some weight although I feel I have plateaued for months and months here and I'm doing basically the same thing..I might just start skipping breakfast again. I know it's the best meal of the day or whatever, but it just makes me absolutely starving by break time and also, is 200 wasted calories. We'll see. Depends on the scales.
Good boo and good night x
I have eaten quite a bit today....I had another cereal bar thing with a minneola for my breakfast with another banana for break at work. I swear, one of the girls had brought in a freshly made crusty, cut it yourself loaf and made doorstop toast for everyone. I almost ate my own hand it smelled so good. I didn't have any of course, hardcore moding the wheat thing as I am. But I wanted it so bad. I settled for my banana however like a good little dieter. Got home and there was an epic roast waiting for me. Now I've said before I have no idea how many calories are in a roast..I did a little digging into the veg side of it today...as in I googled to find the calorie content, and it was pretty minimal as you might expect. So I don't know if I ate over say 600 calories of roasties and beef and gravy..I just don't know. It seems like it shouldn't top 700 calories but it might. I had a lot of roasties though. I can't help myself..and I refuse to as well. We only have them once a week after all.
Then, like I say, I passed out (post watching the first episode of series two of Sherlock...I forgot how much I loved it). I woke up all cosy and tired and a little bit cross eyed with zero intention of exercising a little bit later. Sunday used to be my rest day but then that changed to a Wednesday so I don't have an excuse not to be honest. But I was absolutely refusing to at the moment I woke up. I was very much in that 'don't care if I'm fat forever, I'm cosy' mindset. But a little later after I had woke up I plucked up enough gumption to pick my fat ass up and plonk it on the bike.
Post shower (this was getting on for nine o' clock at this point) I figured tea would be a good idea. I had four Ryvita, ham and a selection of salads to top them followed by a soy yoghurt thing which came in around 400 calories I think..so I had a couple of gluten free jaffas and a green tea a bit later after that.
So like I say, I have eaten a fair whack today but, roast depending, I could be within the black. That and depending on how many calories that bike burns..which I still don't know. I am planning on buying an upgraded rowing machine..but at the moment I have three people I'm visiting over the next month or so all over the country so my finances are pretty tied. I'm flirting with the idea of whacking it on my credit card but I literally just paid that beast off which took me several months...don't think my poor heart could take loading it up again. We'll see though. I mean what I really need to do is just get used to being hungry...
I'm also trying a new tactic with my eating. I tend to be hungry when I get in and just eat my 500/600 calories for dinner fairly rapidly. I feel, not hungry but, almost unsatisfied when I finish but I reckon that's just my brain used to having tastier food at dinner time than my diet allows. And then, about a half an hour later I feel stuffed. So what I'm planning on doing is one, slowing down when I eat because I know I eat quickly. And two, eating in bursts. I'm going to have whatever main component of the meal first, followed by maybe twenty minutes and then the 'desert' bit, followed by another twenty minutes and then some fruit if I want it. I'll give it a bash from tomorrow and see if that helps any.
Anyway, tomorrow is weigh day again. Hopefully I will have dropped some weight although I feel I have plateaued for months and months here and I'm doing basically the same thing..I might just start skipping breakfast again. I know it's the best meal of the day or whatever, but it just makes me absolutely starving by break time and also, is 200 wasted calories. We'll see. Depends on the scales.
Good boo and good night x
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Burger
So I dropped the ball a little today. I was absolutely starving at work. Breakfast was a cereal bar thing and a giant weird tangerine I didn't know existed called a minneola (seriously they blew my mind, they're like orange sized tangerines). I find the days I bother to eat breakfast are the ones I end up ravenous by dinner time...so I took a banana to work as well. Didn't do jack, I was still marving when it came to home time. And I swear, I was planning out my Ryvita in the car and then my dad said they'd been to a farmer's market today and bought burgers...so I got home to this monster of a house burger. Gluten free roll, burger, bit of cheese, onions, mushrooms and a whole load of salad. I have no idea how many calories it came in at to be honest..well I know the bun is around 250 and the salad can't be more than maybe 20-30...but then there's the rest of it.
But never mind. I also decided to try the gluten free cookies mum had bought me with a cup of tea as well..so I'm not doing good at all today thinking about it. I did, however, already do my exercise for the day. I'm pretty hungry right now again. My saving grace could have been what I had for tea...but I know it's a sausage casserole and mash so it's not going to be on the lower end of the calorie scale. Oh well, not like we have burgers every day is it?
So I don't know this week. I feel like I have been doing good but the scales will tell I suppose. I'm sure this biking doesn't burn as many calories as I've read about. It should be like 400 but I don't know. I mean it's not mega intensive the ride that I do, but I alternate between three different levels of difficulty and I end up pretty sweaty by the end and I'm fairly fit despite my size. My heart rate about doubles as well..but I just don't know that it's burning all that many calories.
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the compliments I have been getting recently..compliments and comments. I mean, I have literally been about this size now for must be five/six months. I have been around the 14 stone 5-9 pound range. And yet recently, after losing only the best part of six pounds since Christmas, I have had three people comment on my weight loss. People I see every day at work. 'Oo you're wasting away'. This from someone I see three times a week..I don't know. It's crazy. Part of me loves the affirmation that this weight loss is showing (I know that after five stone I have lost a massive chunk of myself..and yet I look in the mirror and it doesn't look so vastly different) and part of me HATES the attention. One of the maintenance guys was chatting to me about how much I've lost and the like for about five minutes and I squirmed the entire time.
Anyway, enough of that nonsense. I need to stop thinking about the weight I have lost and crack on with losing some more!
Sounds like a plan. For now though, good boo.
But never mind. I also decided to try the gluten free cookies mum had bought me with a cup of tea as well..so I'm not doing good at all today thinking about it. I did, however, already do my exercise for the day. I'm pretty hungry right now again. My saving grace could have been what I had for tea...but I know it's a sausage casserole and mash so it's not going to be on the lower end of the calorie scale. Oh well, not like we have burgers every day is it?
So I don't know this week. I feel like I have been doing good but the scales will tell I suppose. I'm sure this biking doesn't burn as many calories as I've read about. It should be like 400 but I don't know. I mean it's not mega intensive the ride that I do, but I alternate between three different levels of difficulty and I end up pretty sweaty by the end and I'm fairly fit despite my size. My heart rate about doubles as well..but I just don't know that it's burning all that many calories.
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the compliments I have been getting recently..compliments and comments. I mean, I have literally been about this size now for must be five/six months. I have been around the 14 stone 5-9 pound range. And yet recently, after losing only the best part of six pounds since Christmas, I have had three people comment on my weight loss. People I see every day at work. 'Oo you're wasting away'. This from someone I see three times a week..I don't know. It's crazy. Part of me loves the affirmation that this weight loss is showing (I know that after five stone I have lost a massive chunk of myself..and yet I look in the mirror and it doesn't look so vastly different) and part of me HATES the attention. One of the maintenance guys was chatting to me about how much I've lost and the like for about five minutes and I squirmed the entire time.
Anyway, enough of that nonsense. I need to stop thinking about the weight I have lost and crack on with losing some more!
Sounds like a plan. For now though, good boo.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Spring Clean
Good lord. I have spent a day and a half fully gutting my room and cleaning. Good thing my actual job isn't being a cleaner right...right?...shit.
This house we rent is properly damp. It's got terrible insulation, the seams on all the windows are rotting and the roof has a leak. So needless to say there's quite a bit of mould about and it can really get the jump on you if you're not paying attention. Which I haven't been doing in my bedroom if I'm honest. I do a cosmetic sort of clean on it often because I'm a messy person by nature. There's always something on my floor and usually I just let it build up and up until it gets to a point where it annoys me and then I clean. Because of the theatre stuff I just haven't bothered doing even that to be honest so it was a bit of a state. But then it had also started to smell. Just mould and wet and not nice. So I figured I would do a full on spring clean on my days off and by George I did.
We went and bought a load of cleaning stuff post work on Tuesday and I was going to start it the Wednesday but I got a bee in my bonnet as I am prone to doing. So I started it after dinner on the Tuesday. Pulling out my bed and everything, it was pretty grotty behind it. I don't know how often people pull their furniture out to clean but I don't do it ever usually..which I know is kind of gross but I bet I'm not alone. So there was a lot of mould and more dust and I absolutely beasted it. Then it got to a point where I was like sod it, that's enough..and as usual my plans went to hell as I couldn't be bothered doing it on the Wednesday either! So it was Thursday's problem and I tackled that bitch straight on! I literally woke up rather late, had a dinner of soup and a gluten free ciabatta (I wish they could make bread stuff that doesn't have the consistency of stale) and cracked on! And I basically haven't stopped. Apart from for a green tea break with a snack of a gluten free cereal bar and jaffa cakes.
I think I have kept within my calories for the day because aside from a few grapes and my tea that's all I have eaten. Only thing was, tea was (gluten free again) pasta and I had a big old portion of it. So probably a little over my 700 calories but I have also exercised as well as being on the go all day so I should be fine. My stomach has behaved today..I don't know if it has anything to do with the decaf coffee..I missed out on having one today and it was fine...but I don't know. I think I'm grasping at straws at this point.
Right my fingers are about to fall off I am so cold (and only wearing a towel again so I may actually go put on some pjs before I freeze to death..). Wind is whistling through these crappy windows. I swear, I am on the cold side of the house too so it just doesn't warm up at any point during the day.
I'm going to go get a brew and maybe an apple and have myself a relaxed sort of an evening. I have very much earned it!
Good boo.
This house we rent is properly damp. It's got terrible insulation, the seams on all the windows are rotting and the roof has a leak. So needless to say there's quite a bit of mould about and it can really get the jump on you if you're not paying attention. Which I haven't been doing in my bedroom if I'm honest. I do a cosmetic sort of clean on it often because I'm a messy person by nature. There's always something on my floor and usually I just let it build up and up until it gets to a point where it annoys me and then I clean. Because of the theatre stuff I just haven't bothered doing even that to be honest so it was a bit of a state. But then it had also started to smell. Just mould and wet and not nice. So I figured I would do a full on spring clean on my days off and by George I did.
We went and bought a load of cleaning stuff post work on Tuesday and I was going to start it the Wednesday but I got a bee in my bonnet as I am prone to doing. So I started it after dinner on the Tuesday. Pulling out my bed and everything, it was pretty grotty behind it. I don't know how often people pull their furniture out to clean but I don't do it ever usually..which I know is kind of gross but I bet I'm not alone. So there was a lot of mould and more dust and I absolutely beasted it. Then it got to a point where I was like sod it, that's enough..and as usual my plans went to hell as I couldn't be bothered doing it on the Wednesday either! So it was Thursday's problem and I tackled that bitch straight on! I literally woke up rather late, had a dinner of soup and a gluten free ciabatta (I wish they could make bread stuff that doesn't have the consistency of stale) and cracked on! And I basically haven't stopped. Apart from for a green tea break with a snack of a gluten free cereal bar and jaffa cakes.
I think I have kept within my calories for the day because aside from a few grapes and my tea that's all I have eaten. Only thing was, tea was (gluten free again) pasta and I had a big old portion of it. So probably a little over my 700 calories but I have also exercised as well as being on the go all day so I should be fine. My stomach has behaved today..I don't know if it has anything to do with the decaf coffee..I missed out on having one today and it was fine...but I don't know. I think I'm grasping at straws at this point.
Right my fingers are about to fall off I am so cold (and only wearing a towel again so I may actually go put on some pjs before I freeze to death..). Wind is whistling through these crappy windows. I swear, I am on the cold side of the house too so it just doesn't warm up at any point during the day.
I'm going to go get a brew and maybe an apple and have myself a relaxed sort of an evening. I have very much earned it!
Good boo.
Monday, 18 February 2013
Huzzah
At last, a loss...now granted it was only the pound that I put on last week but still. Right direction. I think I have done ok today. I got over excited at dinner time at the prospect of mini eggs and had about 100 calories worth. But I did exercise so I should be covered.
I had an oaty gluten free bar thing this morning for breakfast, with a banana. I don't know why but recently bananas have been my go to fruit. I go through phases like that. Sometimes apples, sometimes bananas and sometimes none at all. But I had another one for dinner along with some Japanese rice crackers and piri piri hummus, a soy yoghurt and the mini eggs. Tea was a somewhat calorific affair too. I had two small jacket potatoes with fat free cottage cheese, chorizo, peppers and mushrooms. I think I would have been fine had I just had the one potato but I was hungry..
Like I say though I have exercised, and aside from a genuine pinch of cheese I haven't eaten anything else today at all. Much as I wanted to apply a Snickers and salt and vinegar crisps to my face. I didn't though, hurrah for self control! Especially since I am genuinely a little heartsick at the moment. Entirely having boy trouble and resisting the urge to just eat my feelings. No pity party though, I refuse to do it! So I am going to enjoy that Snickers come cheat day. Hot fake coffee with a Snickers. Lush.
Mum got me a shake weight today...now anyone who has been on the internet long enough will remember them being ridiculed online for being absolutely unintentionally hilarious. I had to suppress a snort when she gave me it. She has no idea. And there's no way I'm demonstrating it to her. I have used it though. And ridiculous movements aside, it did work my arms till they hurt so it might not be such a bad thing to use...behind closed doors and curtains. I'm not sure what my neighbours would think of it..
Right, to be honest, writing this was just procrastination for not having a shower..so I should really go do that before it gets any later.
For now, good boo.
I had an oaty gluten free bar thing this morning for breakfast, with a banana. I don't know why but recently bananas have been my go to fruit. I go through phases like that. Sometimes apples, sometimes bananas and sometimes none at all. But I had another one for dinner along with some Japanese rice crackers and piri piri hummus, a soy yoghurt and the mini eggs. Tea was a somewhat calorific affair too. I had two small jacket potatoes with fat free cottage cheese, chorizo, peppers and mushrooms. I think I would have been fine had I just had the one potato but I was hungry..
Like I say though I have exercised, and aside from a genuine pinch of cheese I haven't eaten anything else today at all. Much as I wanted to apply a Snickers and salt and vinegar crisps to my face. I didn't though, hurrah for self control! Especially since I am genuinely a little heartsick at the moment. Entirely having boy trouble and resisting the urge to just eat my feelings. No pity party though, I refuse to do it! So I am going to enjoy that Snickers come cheat day. Hot fake coffee with a Snickers. Lush.
Mum got me a shake weight today...now anyone who has been on the internet long enough will remember them being ridiculed online for being absolutely unintentionally hilarious. I had to suppress a snort when she gave me it. She has no idea. And there's no way I'm demonstrating it to her. I have used it though. And ridiculous movements aside, it did work my arms till they hurt so it might not be such a bad thing to use...behind closed doors and curtains. I'm not sure what my neighbours would think of it..
Right, to be honest, writing this was just procrastination for not having a shower..so I should really go do that before it gets any later.
For now, good boo.
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Pretty sleepy..
Yeah I left this one till last minute again..oops. So much nothing happening in my evenings I just get caught up in it apparently..
I think I've had a good day today. I have been battling off the urge to just stick my face in my chocolate stash allll the damn day. But I haven't so yay for me. We did, however, have a curry for tea so I don't have a clue how many calories that was. Other than that I had a gluten free cereal bar thing for breakfast followed by a banana at break at work. Dinner was a gluten free sandwich thing which didn't taste terrible. I had another gluten free cereal type thing with that and a jelly. And then the curry for tea...with another banana.
I have done my exercise today..much as I didn't want to. The last ten minutes were an absolute struggle. I genuinely almost had to glue myself to the seat to stay on. Blew through it though and now it is time for sleeps. I should be asleep like as of an hour ago but I have been chatting with my friend via several social media platforms all night trying to fix my life. I miss the hell out of her. I used to live with her at uni, along with a bunch of other reprobates, and ever since moving out I've missed having them and especially her about.
She's always there for me to chat to but it's different from in person. But anyway, yeah, lots of talking with her over stupid issues and massive issues and all the ones inbetween.
I think I'll leave it there tonight before I go spewing up my life history and don't get to bed for another hour.
For tonight, good boo.
I think I've had a good day today. I have been battling off the urge to just stick my face in my chocolate stash allll the damn day. But I haven't so yay for me. We did, however, have a curry for tea so I don't have a clue how many calories that was. Other than that I had a gluten free cereal bar thing for breakfast followed by a banana at break at work. Dinner was a gluten free sandwich thing which didn't taste terrible. I had another gluten free cereal type thing with that and a jelly. And then the curry for tea...with another banana.
I have done my exercise today..much as I didn't want to. The last ten minutes were an absolute struggle. I genuinely almost had to glue myself to the seat to stay on. Blew through it though and now it is time for sleeps. I should be asleep like as of an hour ago but I have been chatting with my friend via several social media platforms all night trying to fix my life. I miss the hell out of her. I used to live with her at uni, along with a bunch of other reprobates, and ever since moving out I've missed having them and especially her about.
She's always there for me to chat to but it's different from in person. But anyway, yeah, lots of talking with her over stupid issues and massive issues and all the ones inbetween.
I think I'll leave it there tonight before I go spewing up my life history and don't get to bed for another hour.
For tonight, good boo.
Friday, 15 February 2013
Malteasersss D:
I don't know how often I've explained my love for Malteasers, specifically the easter bunny treats they do this time of year. But I have been on this wheat free adventure for a little while and got informed by my celiac friend that they're now off limits to me :( Toh noes. They're my favourite! I've already had to veto so much and now my favourite sweets.
I will though if I have to. I'm hardcore moding this for a couple of weeks to see if it makes a difference. Thankfully the epic bloating I was having during the show and rehearsals has died down, leading me to thinking that stress does indeed make it worse. I just need to chill the fuck out clearly. I half wish I lived on my own at the moment because it would be so much easier to just buy the stuff I know I can have. My mum, bless her heart, went out today and got me two big bags full of gluten free snacks and treats and crackers and the like. Absolute star. She's taking this in her stride although she also bought me a southern fried chicken for tea lol. We'll get there. It's a new thing not just for me.
Anyway today has gone well food wise. I had a gluten free toasted English muffin with jam for breakfast with a yoghurt drink, and as it's payday I took mum for dinner in Morrisons. I had a prawn jacket potato..which did have the sauce on it which may account for my slightly bloated belly currently. I don't really know. I'm not hardcoring dairy because my lactose intolerant friend, who is affected quite badly, says she still has chocolate and cheese and the like..just not loads of it. I also had a couple of mum's chips because she can't finish her food ever on account of her gastric bypass. Not a lot though, maybe five. Tea was the chicken..I'd scraped all the coating off so I only had the meat. I know it still would have been contaminated by the flour somewhat, but I was pretty thorough. That came with some roasties and a salad. I'm surprisingly full considering.
I've also had a couple of chocolate coated rice snack things. I was checking them out. It said it was around 170 calories for the bag and I only ate two of them so I'm guessing they weren't much each. Other than that I think that's me calorie wise today. Maybe some nibbley things I have forgotten but nothing springs to mind apart from a couple of grapes. I walked the dog tonight too as well as my usual exercise and work on top of that so I'm guessing I should be covered.
I think maybe cutting down at dinner time is my way forward. I don't ever really know how many calories are in the meals my mum makes. I always guesstimate around 700 but I clearly must be going over somewhere along the line because I've plateaued again. I just need to work a little harder is all.
Right I think that'll do for the night. I'm off to find some cosy pjs and watch me some Walking Dead. I'd only watched the first season previously so I decided to rewatch that and then catch up to whatever is going on now. And I have blasted through it all in about three days!
For tonight though, good boo!
I will though if I have to. I'm hardcore moding this for a couple of weeks to see if it makes a difference. Thankfully the epic bloating I was having during the show and rehearsals has died down, leading me to thinking that stress does indeed make it worse. I just need to chill the fuck out clearly. I half wish I lived on my own at the moment because it would be so much easier to just buy the stuff I know I can have. My mum, bless her heart, went out today and got me two big bags full of gluten free snacks and treats and crackers and the like. Absolute star. She's taking this in her stride although she also bought me a southern fried chicken for tea lol. We'll get there. It's a new thing not just for me.
Anyway today has gone well food wise. I had a gluten free toasted English muffin with jam for breakfast with a yoghurt drink, and as it's payday I took mum for dinner in Morrisons. I had a prawn jacket potato..which did have the sauce on it which may account for my slightly bloated belly currently. I don't really know. I'm not hardcoring dairy because my lactose intolerant friend, who is affected quite badly, says she still has chocolate and cheese and the like..just not loads of it. I also had a couple of mum's chips because she can't finish her food ever on account of her gastric bypass. Not a lot though, maybe five. Tea was the chicken..I'd scraped all the coating off so I only had the meat. I know it still would have been contaminated by the flour somewhat, but I was pretty thorough. That came with some roasties and a salad. I'm surprisingly full considering.
I've also had a couple of chocolate coated rice snack things. I was checking them out. It said it was around 170 calories for the bag and I only ate two of them so I'm guessing they weren't much each. Other than that I think that's me calorie wise today. Maybe some nibbley things I have forgotten but nothing springs to mind apart from a couple of grapes. I walked the dog tonight too as well as my usual exercise and work on top of that so I'm guessing I should be covered.
I think maybe cutting down at dinner time is my way forward. I don't ever really know how many calories are in the meals my mum makes. I always guesstimate around 700 but I clearly must be going over somewhere along the line because I've plateaued again. I just need to work a little harder is all.
Right I think that'll do for the night. I'm off to find some cosy pjs and watch me some Walking Dead. I'd only watched the first season previously so I decided to rewatch that and then catch up to whatever is going on now. And I have blasted through it all in about three days!
For tonight though, good boo!
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Pork Tenderloin
So I went away yesterday/today as I mentioned. It wasn't specifically for valentine's day but it just so happened to fall around there abouts funnily enough. I had an awesome time and I'm prettyyy sure I even managed to keep inside my calories maybe.
Yesterday was cheat day after all so I'm not too bothered about that. But like I mentioned I hate having to deal with my stomach when I'm not at home. Breakfast was chocolate..which I know is terrible but was still within 200 calories. Dinner was two Ryvita with a slice of ham on each so easily under 100. I just didn't want to eat! I can't trust my digestive system to not be a bastard quite frankly. When we reached the hotel we went for a walk and then drinks before tea. I only had a half a cider and I was already well away having not eaten much that day. We went for tea in this amazing cafe. It was well upmarket and the service was awesome. The waitress was falling over herself to be helpful. My travel buddy is a celiac and I am trying to cut out wheat and dairy currently so going gluten free when I'm eating out is the easiest way to manage. Turned out all the dishes on the menu could be prepared gluten free as they were cooked to order. I had a pork tenderloin with black pudding on a bed of some vegetable I don't remember the name of..ignorant I know but it was my first time coming across it.
The waitress also brought us gluten free dinner rolls and a couple of chocolates at the end of the meal, mine being a dairy free version. Absolute star. She was so helpful. My stomach did growl at me a little bit post food but I think it might have been the result of me not really eating for the day and then having a decadent meal with a half a bottle of wine. We went out post food for some more drinks, just a couple of cocktails really. I didn't need much after the wine. I'm such a lightweight these days. That is where the calories would have counted I think but again, it was cheat day and I hadn't indulged during the entire morning/afternoon so it might have evened out.
Today was a day out along the seaside. Amazingly random sunny day too it was really unexpected. I even took my coat off for a while! We'd skipped breakfast and dinner was fish and chips...I know AGAIN. Terrible of me but at the same time, tea has been a stew so I think I'm good calorie wise. I had a piece of fruit earlier as well and that's about it. I haven't exercised today but we did do an awful lot of walking..let's just count that shall we. I'll get back onto it tomorrow. I don't often get to gallivant around the country (although I have an awful lot of that coming up shortly funnily enough) so I don't mind having the odd treat. I need to figure this belly thing out though. I don't think eating just Ryvita for the best part of the day is incredibly healthy to be honest. But it's my only solution.
Right, I'm off to get dry and sort out my work uniform for tomorrow...boo. I have had an amazing two days but at the same time it doesn't feel like I've had any time off from work! Still, wouldn't trade it.
For now though, good boo!
Yesterday was cheat day after all so I'm not too bothered about that. But like I mentioned I hate having to deal with my stomach when I'm not at home. Breakfast was chocolate..which I know is terrible but was still within 200 calories. Dinner was two Ryvita with a slice of ham on each so easily under 100. I just didn't want to eat! I can't trust my digestive system to not be a bastard quite frankly. When we reached the hotel we went for a walk and then drinks before tea. I only had a half a cider and I was already well away having not eaten much that day. We went for tea in this amazing cafe. It was well upmarket and the service was awesome. The waitress was falling over herself to be helpful. My travel buddy is a celiac and I am trying to cut out wheat and dairy currently so going gluten free when I'm eating out is the easiest way to manage. Turned out all the dishes on the menu could be prepared gluten free as they were cooked to order. I had a pork tenderloin with black pudding on a bed of some vegetable I don't remember the name of..ignorant I know but it was my first time coming across it.
The waitress also brought us gluten free dinner rolls and a couple of chocolates at the end of the meal, mine being a dairy free version. Absolute star. She was so helpful. My stomach did growl at me a little bit post food but I think it might have been the result of me not really eating for the day and then having a decadent meal with a half a bottle of wine. We went out post food for some more drinks, just a couple of cocktails really. I didn't need much after the wine. I'm such a lightweight these days. That is where the calories would have counted I think but again, it was cheat day and I hadn't indulged during the entire morning/afternoon so it might have evened out.
Today was a day out along the seaside. Amazingly random sunny day too it was really unexpected. I even took my coat off for a while! We'd skipped breakfast and dinner was fish and chips...I know AGAIN. Terrible of me but at the same time, tea has been a stew so I think I'm good calorie wise. I had a piece of fruit earlier as well and that's about it. I haven't exercised today but we did do an awful lot of walking..let's just count that shall we. I'll get back onto it tomorrow. I don't often get to gallivant around the country (although I have an awful lot of that coming up shortly funnily enough) so I don't mind having the odd treat. I need to figure this belly thing out though. I don't think eating just Ryvita for the best part of the day is incredibly healthy to be honest. But it's my only solution.
Right, I'm off to get dry and sort out my work uniform for tomorrow...boo. I have had an amazing two days but at the same time it doesn't feel like I've had any time off from work! Still, wouldn't trade it.
For now though, good boo!
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Fish and Chips..
So I was presented with a plate of fish and chips the second I got off the bike today. I'm sure someone somewhere laughed. Oh well. They're supposed to be around 700 calories so that's about right for my evening meal. Didn't have any bread and butter which I usually would have; one, because I didn't have the calories left and two, because I'm trying to go wheat free...which I know is in the batter of the fish and also the batter of the pancake I ate later...
Right so I'm not hardcore moding this wheat thing yet and I should be. I'm planning to as of tomorrow. No cakes or biscuits and the like or anything else which is wheat related..I've already done bread. Which was surprisingly easy considering how much I used to eat the stuff. Sandwiches I just haven't bothered with really. I have everything on Ryvita for the most part now. They have replaced bread thinking about it. Dinner today was a cuppa soup thing with some Ryvita and a soy yoghurt. So yeah, they're used in place of bread for the most part. I also have some gluten free stuff which I've mentioned but I don't reach for that as much because to be frank, it's pretty bad.
But yeah I am going to give it a go. Apparently it takes like six weeks to see the benefit so we'll see. I hope I can figure out the trigger foods for this thing because it's tiring me out for the most part.
Anyway, I'd had some cereal this morning for breakfast and aside from dinner and tea I haven't eaten anything...apart from the pancake. But it is pancake day! And it was only a small American style one. With blueberries in it. I was going to make myself another one but I vetoed it. Aren't I (vaguely) good!
It is pancake day after all. Anyway I'm going to leave it there for tonight. I'm off on an adventure tomorrow till Thursday so there won't be an update for a little bit. I don't plan on eating an awful lot tomorrow even though it's technically my cheat day..I hate eating a lot when I'm not at home to deal with any stomach side effects now. Plus the fact that my travel partner does not need to be subjected to my stomach being a little bitch.
For tonight, good boo!
Right so I'm not hardcore moding this wheat thing yet and I should be. I'm planning to as of tomorrow. No cakes or biscuits and the like or anything else which is wheat related..I've already done bread. Which was surprisingly easy considering how much I used to eat the stuff. Sandwiches I just haven't bothered with really. I have everything on Ryvita for the most part now. They have replaced bread thinking about it. Dinner today was a cuppa soup thing with some Ryvita and a soy yoghurt. So yeah, they're used in place of bread for the most part. I also have some gluten free stuff which I've mentioned but I don't reach for that as much because to be frank, it's pretty bad.
But yeah I am going to give it a go. Apparently it takes like six weeks to see the benefit so we'll see. I hope I can figure out the trigger foods for this thing because it's tiring me out for the most part.
Anyway, I'd had some cereal this morning for breakfast and aside from dinner and tea I haven't eaten anything...apart from the pancake. But it is pancake day! And it was only a small American style one. With blueberries in it. I was going to make myself another one but I vetoed it. Aren't I (vaguely) good!
It is pancake day after all. Anyway I'm going to leave it there for tonight. I'm off on an adventure tomorrow till Thursday so there won't be an update for a little bit. I don't plan on eating an awful lot tomorrow even though it's technically my cheat day..I hate eating a lot when I'm not at home to deal with any stomach side effects now. Plus the fact that my travel partner does not need to be subjected to my stomach being a little bitch.
For tonight, good boo!
Monday, 11 February 2013
And again.
So I did put on a bit of weight. Only a pound though. Not to be unexpected with my recent week. Like I said, I had no time for exercise. I'm back on the wagon today though. I've kept within my calories I think (I had a spag bol for tea and I just don't know how much it works out calorie wise), and I've done all my exercise for the day.
Now I'm sitting with a cold Irn Bru (diet) and the Walking Dead which I am re-watching in preparation for catching up with the current series. I'm pretty bushed right now as well. A little bleary eyed. Still tired from last weeks ministrations. I've not had a chance to catch up on my missing sleep yet seeing as my working week started on Saturday (I took the awesome step of taking Friday off). I ended up napping sitting up earlier on when I had scheduled my bike in and figured I wasn't going to bother exercising today. But I pushed on thankfully. Glad I did now.
I'm entirely muddled here haha. I've just sat staring at Walking Dead and not paying the slightest bit of attention to this screen. I think that's a good sign to wrap it up for tonight. A little update is better than no update at all!
So for tonight, I reckon it's good boo.
Now I'm sitting with a cold Irn Bru (diet) and the Walking Dead which I am re-watching in preparation for catching up with the current series. I'm pretty bushed right now as well. A little bleary eyed. Still tired from last weeks ministrations. I've not had a chance to catch up on my missing sleep yet seeing as my working week started on Saturday (I took the awesome step of taking Friday off). I ended up napping sitting up earlier on when I had scheduled my bike in and figured I wasn't going to bother exercising today. But I pushed on thankfully. Glad I did now.
I'm entirely muddled here haha. I've just sat staring at Walking Dead and not paying the slightest bit of attention to this screen. I think that's a good sign to wrap it up for tonight. A little update is better than no update at all!
So for tonight, I reckon it's good boo.
Sunday, 10 February 2013
I'm back!
So the show is done! Finished and complete. Packed houses every night of about 180 people and they all, bar a few in the matinee, loved it. They were absolutely cracking me up with how much they laughed and even cheered at some parts! Amazing, really. My one line a night (and two on matinee day) was fine. I didn't bugger up anything the entire time apart from forgetting one prop but other than that a complete success. And today is my first proper evening of having nothing to do in about a month, and I'm loving it. It is quiet after so many evenings of being surrounded by about 10 people a night and having a lot of backstage banter with the blokes and my fellow assistant stage managers. But it's nice to have my life back again.
I am probably going to have put some weight on this week however. I haven't done any exercise I don't think..bar perhaps one or two days. I just didn't have the time nor the inclination! Yesterday I had work from 8-2, then straight to the theatre for the matinee performance. Then hanging around the theatre until the evening performance, followed by the get out, which means packing everything and dismantling the set. Which took about an hour and a half. All told about a 16 hour day and I didn't get home until about 11.30pm. With a 7am start this morning, even though I've had the time to exercise post work today, I figured I deserved a day off.
Added to that, there's the no cake/chocolate challenge for the week. Which was a complete success. I wanted to keep a sort of diary going about it this week but I just haven't had the time to squeeze a post in. But needless to say not one scrap of chocolate or cake crossed my lips. Where I will fall down on the calories is that I was having my dinner and then having a snack pre-show because my stomach has been kicking up a right fuss with all the stress and excitement this week. So I didn't want to eat my evening meal before I dealt with the production in the hopes of calming the effects. Which it did but it also meant I was pretty much snacking before the show (only on Ryvita and fruit however) and then eating my evening meal around 11pm. Plus the lack of exercise, I'm pretty sure will mean I've put on a couple of pounds. Hopefully not too big a set back.
However, the not eating cake and chocolate for a week thing has shown me how easy it is to go without it. I'm not saying I'm cutting it out of my diet forever because frankly, with the dairy and now the wheat I'm not going to have much left to eat if I keep cutting stuff out. But I reckon I might have a couple of chocolate free days a week. Even if I do replace them with honey or something there's still a lot less calories and sometimes can be a lot more satisfying.
Right anyway, I think that will do for now. I'm still on a high from the show even if I'm completely knackered right now. I'm going to go have a long shower and then tackle a bit of my room, which has gotten into a frankly shocking state since I haven't been bothered with it for weeks.
For this evening, good boo.
I am probably going to have put some weight on this week however. I haven't done any exercise I don't think..bar perhaps one or two days. I just didn't have the time nor the inclination! Yesterday I had work from 8-2, then straight to the theatre for the matinee performance. Then hanging around the theatre until the evening performance, followed by the get out, which means packing everything and dismantling the set. Which took about an hour and a half. All told about a 16 hour day and I didn't get home until about 11.30pm. With a 7am start this morning, even though I've had the time to exercise post work today, I figured I deserved a day off.
Added to that, there's the no cake/chocolate challenge for the week. Which was a complete success. I wanted to keep a sort of diary going about it this week but I just haven't had the time to squeeze a post in. But needless to say not one scrap of chocolate or cake crossed my lips. Where I will fall down on the calories is that I was having my dinner and then having a snack pre-show because my stomach has been kicking up a right fuss with all the stress and excitement this week. So I didn't want to eat my evening meal before I dealt with the production in the hopes of calming the effects. Which it did but it also meant I was pretty much snacking before the show (only on Ryvita and fruit however) and then eating my evening meal around 11pm. Plus the lack of exercise, I'm pretty sure will mean I've put on a couple of pounds. Hopefully not too big a set back.
However, the not eating cake and chocolate for a week thing has shown me how easy it is to go without it. I'm not saying I'm cutting it out of my diet forever because frankly, with the dairy and now the wheat I'm not going to have much left to eat if I keep cutting stuff out. But I reckon I might have a couple of chocolate free days a week. Even if I do replace them with honey or something there's still a lot less calories and sometimes can be a lot more satisfying.
Right anyway, I think that will do for now. I'm still on a high from the show even if I'm completely knackered right now. I'm going to go have a long shower and then tackle a bit of my room, which has gotten into a frankly shocking state since I haven't been bothered with it for weeks.
For this evening, good boo.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Broken
I am so broken and achy. My lord. I went to work this morning from eight till two and then skipped straight from there to the theatre until five. We were doing the technical rehearsal (where they run the play and figure out the lighting/music and cues) and it went well thank goodness. The last tech I went to over ran by almost two hours and stopped and started the entire way through.
It means though that I am broken. I can hardly move my left shoulder it's so achy. And my neck it shot too. I have to look down at my script a lot to check my cues as well and I don't realise how much it screws me over until I have done it lots. Still, must not complain. I do love it! (Not going to lie though, I'm looking forward to having my evenings back very much).
Still, my hectic schedule should be doing good with my diet. I barely have time to eat! Breakfast was a ham sandwich..which I know is mental but I grabbed it on the go as I was making my dinner for today. I couldn't be arsed to make my packed lunch last night and left it till this morning..and then slept in quite predictably. So I literally whacked two bits of gluten free bread together (which incidentally tastes like stale arse) with a bit of ham and boom. Dinner sorted. And seeing as it was to hand I decided to have one for breakfast too. Only it was with one piece of bread. A ham rollover as one of my very good friends calls it. I also had a yoghurt and a tangerine...pretty much exactly what I had for dinner too thinking about it.
I've just come home to a pretty epic sunday lunch which I have destroyed and am currently digesting. I'm jonesing for a coffee and something with chocolate all over it but I'm resisting. There is a lovely girl...young lady..I don't know, a bird on youtube (we're about the same age) who I watch an awful lot and love to pieces..not in a creepy way. Her channel is dexterity bonus should you ever want to find her. Anyway, she does a show called coffee time because she drinks coffee alllll the time and it just happens to be a good moment for a 'chat'. As it happens, she's doing a sort of collective caffeine free week this week with 'her' community and because I'm already caffeine free on accounts of my knackered belly, I have substituted caffeine for sweets and cake. So for this week from today until the 9th I'm not going to eat any sort of sweet or chocolate bar type thing. I'm not giving up sugar mind. I plan on changing it so I eat either fruit or honey on something instead. Swapping my snacks really. I'm going to see how it goes because I have such a sweet tooth all of a sudden recently. Hopefully though it can help me with this diet thing. I've managed it well today so far. The only 'sweet' things I've eaten are the yoghurts.
I'm planning on maybe some honey on a Ryvita later with a coffee which should come in around 50 calories. Not an awful lot compared to chocolate!
Anyways. I think that's enough for now. I'm going to get into my pjs and not move my arm/neck for the rest of the night. For now though, good boo!
It means though that I am broken. I can hardly move my left shoulder it's so achy. And my neck it shot too. I have to look down at my script a lot to check my cues as well and I don't realise how much it screws me over until I have done it lots. Still, must not complain. I do love it! (Not going to lie though, I'm looking forward to having my evenings back very much).
Still, my hectic schedule should be doing good with my diet. I barely have time to eat! Breakfast was a ham sandwich..which I know is mental but I grabbed it on the go as I was making my dinner for today. I couldn't be arsed to make my packed lunch last night and left it till this morning..and then slept in quite predictably. So I literally whacked two bits of gluten free bread together (which incidentally tastes like stale arse) with a bit of ham and boom. Dinner sorted. And seeing as it was to hand I decided to have one for breakfast too. Only it was with one piece of bread. A ham rollover as one of my very good friends calls it. I also had a yoghurt and a tangerine...pretty much exactly what I had for dinner too thinking about it.
I've just come home to a pretty epic sunday lunch which I have destroyed and am currently digesting. I'm jonesing for a coffee and something with chocolate all over it but I'm resisting. There is a lovely girl...young lady..I don't know, a bird on youtube (we're about the same age) who I watch an awful lot and love to pieces..not in a creepy way. Her channel is dexterity bonus should you ever want to find her. Anyway, she does a show called coffee time because she drinks coffee alllll the time and it just happens to be a good moment for a 'chat'. As it happens, she's doing a sort of collective caffeine free week this week with 'her' community and because I'm already caffeine free on accounts of my knackered belly, I have substituted caffeine for sweets and cake. So for this week from today until the 9th I'm not going to eat any sort of sweet or chocolate bar type thing. I'm not giving up sugar mind. I plan on changing it so I eat either fruit or honey on something instead. Swapping my snacks really. I'm going to see how it goes because I have such a sweet tooth all of a sudden recently. Hopefully though it can help me with this diet thing. I've managed it well today so far. The only 'sweet' things I've eaten are the yoghurts.
I'm planning on maybe some honey on a Ryvita later with a coffee which should come in around 50 calories. Not an awful lot compared to chocolate!
Anyways. I think that's enough for now. I'm going to get into my pjs and not move my arm/neck for the rest of the night. For now though, good boo!
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Cake :|
My lord I want to put my face in a cake mum made today! I tell you, it took all my will power not to just have a massive slice of it. I contented myself with sticking my finger in some of the melted chocolate..and with a coffee and a malteasers bunny instead. Calorie trade off which also helps out with my chocolate CRAVINNGGG.
I'm also refusing to exercise this weekend. I know, terrible of me. But the amdram group I work with has their run of shows next week so this weekend is packed. I had work this morning from seven till two and then had to go straight from work to the theatre for the get in. As it happens I was only there till half four instead of six thankfully. But I got home pretty bushed and then had to cook tea too.
Food wise I've been pretty good. I had a soy yoghurt and tangerine this morning because I basically left it too late to make anything resembling a proper breakfast. I grabbed dinner on the run which was Ryvita (made last night) with cheese, a little pickle and butter, another soy yoghurt and another tangerine. I know cheese is pretty terrible but it was honestly a pinch per Ryvita. Couldn't have added up to more than maybe two-three tablespoons. Tea has been a giant stir fry made by my fair hands...well it was stir fry packs and a sauce sachet but c'mon I've been busy all day! I reckon the calories add up to about 600 in that if I'm being a bit liberal. The vegetables were nothing basically. I shared it with my dad so it was maybe 40 calories for a half a pack of stir fry veg to get a general veggie idea. I'm totally stuffed too and due an early-ish night so that should be me food wise for the day. If I get hungry again I'll just have another big decaff coffee.
Other than that I don't think I have eaten anything. Oh no, I had a humbug earlier to. And that lick of chocolate cake. But I just can't be arsed on the bike. I spent this morning throwing myself round the building at work sorting shit out so I think that should have cancelled out a few of the calories. But I have been good! And I didn't eat cake. Much as I desperately want some! I swear this diet thing would be infinitely more easy if I lived on my own/with housemates. No cake to tempt me...Although when I did live with housemates at uni, we adopted the fairly regular practice of Sunday tea and cake. Made always by the fair hands of the most accomplished baker. Amazing, but a predicament.
He also made an amazing syllabub too which I both drool, and clutch my stomach with sympathy at the memory of now I can't handle dairy anymore. My stomach is rumbling currently post stir fry but nothing I can't handle currently. It has kicked off big time this week every evening at rehearsals, but typically the night I don't have to go it seems to be fine. Touch wood. Makes me think the two could be connected. My tension headaches are back because of it again too. My face goes numb in places and I get quite lightheaded at the same time. It's dying off now but I don't know. Stress maybe? It is a sold out show every evening!
Anyway, I feel I will go put my pjs on and get myself into the lounge position for the rest of the evening. I'm currently finding it hard to feel guilty about my lack of exercise...we'll see it bite me in my fat ass come Monday weigh in..
For this evening though, good boo.
I'm also refusing to exercise this weekend. I know, terrible of me. But the amdram group I work with has their run of shows next week so this weekend is packed. I had work this morning from seven till two and then had to go straight from work to the theatre for the get in. As it happens I was only there till half four instead of six thankfully. But I got home pretty bushed and then had to cook tea too.
Food wise I've been pretty good. I had a soy yoghurt and tangerine this morning because I basically left it too late to make anything resembling a proper breakfast. I grabbed dinner on the run which was Ryvita (made last night) with cheese, a little pickle and butter, another soy yoghurt and another tangerine. I know cheese is pretty terrible but it was honestly a pinch per Ryvita. Couldn't have added up to more than maybe two-three tablespoons. Tea has been a giant stir fry made by my fair hands...well it was stir fry packs and a sauce sachet but c'mon I've been busy all day! I reckon the calories add up to about 600 in that if I'm being a bit liberal. The vegetables were nothing basically. I shared it with my dad so it was maybe 40 calories for a half a pack of stir fry veg to get a general veggie idea. I'm totally stuffed too and due an early-ish night so that should be me food wise for the day. If I get hungry again I'll just have another big decaff coffee.
Other than that I don't think I have eaten anything. Oh no, I had a humbug earlier to. And that lick of chocolate cake. But I just can't be arsed on the bike. I spent this morning throwing myself round the building at work sorting shit out so I think that should have cancelled out a few of the calories. But I have been good! And I didn't eat cake. Much as I desperately want some! I swear this diet thing would be infinitely more easy if I lived on my own/with housemates. No cake to tempt me...Although when I did live with housemates at uni, we adopted the fairly regular practice of Sunday tea and cake. Made always by the fair hands of the most accomplished baker. Amazing, but a predicament.
He also made an amazing syllabub too which I both drool, and clutch my stomach with sympathy at the memory of now I can't handle dairy anymore. My stomach is rumbling currently post stir fry but nothing I can't handle currently. It has kicked off big time this week every evening at rehearsals, but typically the night I don't have to go it seems to be fine. Touch wood. Makes me think the two could be connected. My tension headaches are back because of it again too. My face goes numb in places and I get quite lightheaded at the same time. It's dying off now but I don't know. Stress maybe? It is a sold out show every evening!
Anyway, I feel I will go put my pjs on and get myself into the lounge position for the rest of the evening. I'm currently finding it hard to feel guilty about my lack of exercise...we'll see it bite me in my fat ass come Monday weigh in..
For this evening though, good boo.
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