13 Again

Woot, so it turns out the go hungry diet actually works! Got on the scales this morning and I have lost three pounds this week. 13 stone and 12 pounds, how exciting! I mean yet again it's come at an inopportune moment because I am going to see my friends this weekend and there will be lots of eating. Plus it coincides with going to see my brother in Sheffield and there will be hotel morning breakfast eating (which I'm not going to lie, I can't wait for!). But it just shows that it does work. I mean I think I have ruined it slightly today anyway with what I have eaten. I have been eating some form of cereal for breakfast everyday with soy milk. I never know how to get 30g because we don't have any sort of digital kitchen scales and so I reckon my estimations have always been slightly on the larger side. But according to the internet, a cup of cereal is about 30g worth which is what I have been having every day and it appears it must be about right calorie counting wise if my weight loss is to be believed.

Dinner would have been good but I think some pourable yoghurt drink might have ruined it. I had a 200 calorie tin of soup, 100 calories of gluten free bread roll, a malteaster bunny and a glass of yoghurt..which I think might have pushed me overboard. Then tea was a fairly heavy calorie affair too, we had some of those 'take away' meals from Morrisons. I haven't done the maths entirely but I reckon it might be a little over my 700 calories. I haven't eaten anything else though today so if I jump on my bike in a little while I might be able to shave the excess calories off the top hopefully. 

I'm excited though. I think the combination of the minute of high paced biking every five minutes of the work out along with the not giving in to my hungry belly helps too. I need to join a spinning class maybe and get a proper high intensity work out as well. I'd like to join a gym, but like we were discussing at work, it's not worth it unless you're definitely going to go maybe five times a week. Otherwise it's a money trap, and I could very easily see me not being bothered to go on occasion. It would mean that I would be more likely to work out more, and there would be more equipment for me to use. But maybe only if I can find one which has a deal or a good price on it anyways. I can't really afford to waste money every month. We shall see anyway after I have spent all my money ever on these upcoming trips.

God knows I love seeing my friends but it isn't healthy on the old bank balance. I mean I don't mind saving but I have been having to do it every month since Christmas to pay for the places I've wanted to go. I'm good at it though, I haven't gone outside my boundaries and I have still managed to squirrel away £200 a month into my savings account for moving out of the house. Something I am hoping to do soon once I pick the city I want to move to...But it also means that inbetween the times I'm going to see my friends, I can't really afford to go and leave the house all that often. I don't really socialise down here because I don't have a friend base (finding people your own age when you're out of school is a hard thing to do when moving to a new city). But I like to go out with my mum and blow some money on the odd occasion and I haven't really been able to do that so much recently. Not complaining though I guess. I would take scrimping and saving for adventures over not any day of the week.

Anyway, like I say I'm still yet to exercise tonight. I made the fatal mistake of having a warm under my duvet after a crap night's sleep and had like a 90 minute nap instead of exercising. So I reckon I'm going to finish this up, bum about the web a little bit longer and then get my arse on the bike. Then I reckon I'm going to crack on either with a little Time Team or with the Pompeii documentaries I'm currently addicted to. I've seen a lot of Pompeii references with there being an exhibition at the British Museum at the moment and it reawoke my curiosity for the story. 

Think that'll do for now, tatty boo!