Day Fifty Three

5.15am Breakfast
Natural yoghurt, mixed nuts and linseeds with a mug of Green Tea.

6.30am Travel Mug of Black coffee (for the 2 & 1/2 hour drive to Portsmouth)

9.00am Mug of Green Tea

9.20am Snack
Granny Smith apple.

10.10am Mug of Green Tea

11am Mug of Green Tea

12pm Lunch
Prawn mayo salad with lettuce, cucumber and tomato.

Not sure what to do for dinner tonight, as I will probably get home about 19.30pm so nothing that is too heavy, and something that doesn't take long to cook? Spanish omelette or something? :/


14.30pm Snack
Orange


I got home from work to find that my smaller cropped joggers had arrived, so I went into my bedroom to try them on.... and they FITTED!!! I FIT IN A SIZE 12!!!! lol I think they may be a big size 12 as the size 14s I have in the same style are the Simon Cowell looking ones that I was wearing in the pic I posted yesterday. All the same, the label in the trousers said size 12!!!!! :)

I then came back out to look in the fridge and think about cooking dinner to turn around and see my cat crouched in the 'I'm doing a big wee on your sofa' position!!! And sure enough, she was! THANKS! Just what I needed after a long day!! So, I stripped the cushions and cover off of my sofa (its an Ikea sofa where you can change the covers). My washing machine is already full of my work clothes for next week, so the sofa and cushion covers will have to wait until tomorrow (I do one wash a night as the washing machine is on a timer for Economy 7. Not that I do a wash every night). I also read in a forum last time Malika was peeing on my sofa that the best way to totally get rid of the wee scent is to use biological washing powder (it worked!) But I have to buy some more as mine got ruined when it rained in my kitchen! I haven't had a lot of luck in this flat come to think of it...


19.25pm Dinner
Chicken and mushroom stirfry with beansprouts, garlic and some of that thai chilli sauce for flavouring. Yes I did eat all of that as I was very hungry and annoyed by that point! And the cat was wandering around the flat meowing for no reason which was getting right on my wick!!

Day Fifty Two

Feeling gooood from the weigh-in last still!!!! :D

I can't actually remember the last time I was this weight! lol I am 2lbs lighter than I was for Adam & Hayley's wedding last year!! I'm guessing it must have been back in 2001/2002/ 2003 or whenever it was that I lost 2 stone on the Slim Fast diet!?! Onwards and upwards!!! :)

6.30am Breakfast

Natural yoghurt with mixed nuts and linseeds accompanied by a mug of Green Tea.

8.15am Pot of Green Tea

Off out for a departmental lunch to Chiquitos today. Hoping I can find some low carb options to chose from, I know they do salad so at least there is one low carb option.

Starters
Garlic Flatbread ‘Tostadas’
Oven-baked, folded flour tortilla oozing with garlic & herbs
Nachos for one
An individual portion of hand-cut tortilla chips with melting Jack cheese, jalapeño peppers, guacamole, sour cream & smoky salsa
Topped Potato Wedges
Fresh, hand-cut, oven-baked potato wedges topped with your choice of:
• Beef chilli & cheese with guacamole
• Veggie bean chilli & cheese with sour cream
• Melting Jack cheese & bacon with salsa
Chicken Wings
Glazed with sticky barbecue sauce
Chilli Poppers
Breaded jalapeños filled with cream cheese & served with smoky salsa
Chicken & Corn Chowder
Creamy soup with potato, sweetcorn, spring onion & broken tortillas
Southwest Caesar Salad
Lettuce, classic Caesar dressing, smoky red pepper croutons & hard Italian cheese
Corn on the Cob
With jalapeño, lime & coriander butter or seasoned butter

I've crossed out the definite no no's! So I have 3 choices, Nachos, Chicken Wings, Caesar Salad. I might go with the chicken wings for starter as its only the sauce that with have bad carbs, then for main there is a selection of salads or I could have some form of tortilla wrap? Although, the tortilla wrap will have a few bad carbs... Hmmm decisions, decisions....

10.30am Pot of Green Tea

Don't think I'll be able to take a photo of my lunch, so I'll see if I can find similar images on the web :) I might get the nachos for starter after looking for images!! I know there are quite a few carbs there, but it shouldn't make a huge difference on my weight loss for the week...

12.30pm Lunch
I did go for the nachos for starter, there were no where near as many as there are in the above picture!! They came with cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and a chunky salsa. For main I had a chicken caesar salad, the chicken came breaded and deep fried, so I removed most of the breaded edges it had as it tasted very oily like it had been deep fried for too long (plus there must have been loads of carbs in it!!

I have just looked on the menu and the stupid bloke gave me a southern fried chicken salad instead of caesar salad!! tiny dinner for me tonight then! Think its a Charlie Brooks workout DVD tonight and an early night too as I'm up at 4.30am for my trip to Portsmouth!

14.30pm Pot of Green Tea

Did the Charlie Brooks DVD today and I am finding the pilates section a lot easier than I did even the push ups :)

It has gone 18.00pm, and I'm not hungry in the slightest!! Just made a mug of Green Tea, so might do some hullumi cheese or some nibbley food when I do my lunch for tomorrow...div>

19.00pm Dinner
Bit of a random meal... celery and primula, hullumi cheese, salami stuffed with Primula and the other with duck & orange pate (last one was an odd combination! haha). Mug of Green Tea.





OK, so here is the photo of my waist and the tape measure showing where my belly used to be that I keep meaning to post. Excuse the Simon Cowell trousers, this was taken just before I did my Charlie Brooks workout and these trousers keep falling down lol! I took a few photos as it was hard to get a good angle on the tape measure, but this was the best one out of the few! Looking at it, its crazy to think my belly was THAT much bigger! Beer belly I reckon! lol

Day Fifty One

Weigh day again... not sure how much I think I have lost? Maybe just 1lb? I have had 2 people say that I look slimmer in the flesh now though :) First was my mate Spud at the 30th party on Saturday, he said that he was amazed at how much I had lost over such a short time and the second was my Dad on Sunday. Dad hadn't seen me since Hayley's Birthday on the 10th Feb (only a month into the diet then) and he said he could notice that I was looking slimmer :D

Well, I got my DriBuddi last night, I put it on for 30mins last night and another 30 this morning. I don't think I'll need the storage heater on in my bedroom when I have that on as it makes the room pretty warm and stays warm for a while :) I'll have to set my spare timer plug up with it for when I do my next wash to try it out properly! I am so looking forward to not having washing drying all over the flat!! lol

6.30am Breakfast
Natural yoghurt, linseeds and mixed nuts with a mug of Green Tea.

8.30am Pot of Green Tea

8.40am Snack
Granny Smith apple.

10.50am Snack
6 raw almonds

11.35am Pot of Green Tea

These sound nice! Apparently Zucchini is courgette! lol


Zucchini Nacho Chips
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1 large zucchini, shredded
2 eggs
2 cups cheese

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Grease 2 baking trays.
Cut ends from zucchini. Shred. Mix with egg and cheese. Make 6-8” circles on greased cookie sheet(s). Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes. Loosen and flip the circles. Bake for another 5 minutes at 450 degrees.
With a pizza cutter, cut rounds into triangles (about 6 per round).
Let cool on a rack for 6-8 hours in a cool oven. To store, keep loosely in a bag or a plastic container in the refrigerator or on the counter. Best used within a week of preparation.




I also found this list of good and bad carbs: CLICK HERE

I just did a body fat calculator just out of interest and my result was healthy :) If you want to see what yours is, the calculator is here: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/library/blbodyfatcalculator.htm and the chart to see where you are is here: http://www.dietandfitnessresources.co.uk/info_charts/body_fat_chart.htm

There is another chart here which is similar to read: http://commonsensehealth.com/Healthy-Living/Healthy_Percentage_Body_Fat_Chart.shtml


12.30pm Lunch
Prawn Mayo salad with lettuce, cucumber and tomato

14.30pm Pot of Green Tea

and the weigh day result is...

Woooo hoooo!!! Here is my weight loss chart so far:

I did 15 minutes on my Wii Fit before doing my weigh in :)


18.30pm Dinner
Chicken breast stuffed with duck & orange pate with cheese on top wrapped with salami, served with plum tomatoes, green beans and a mug of Green Tea.






So, the results of Malika's visit to the vet... she has cystitis again, which I was pretty sure she had anyway and the vet said that all her crystals have gone from her urine, so the Hexamine is working. She said that from her urine results, it looks like the cystitis is brought on by stress, which I also thought may be the reason. She has given me some capsules to add to her food once a day for 7 days and then whenever I think she may be in a stressful situation (e.g. when I go on holiday) I should also give her them. All should still be covered by my last claim from pet insurance as its still the same condition! Just need another continuation form now.

Malika's new meds