Losing Weight in the Land of Chocolate and Cheese!

Just checking in to see how you're doing, lovely :) Very excited that you might possibly, (although you can neither confirm nor deny ;)), be trying for a baby. I'm broody as hell so very jealous that you're in a position to be trying!!

Your exercise is looking really good--Keep it up!!
 
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My God, it's like I always have to choose between being thin and being sociable.
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That is so true :) If I had your social life I would have at least 100 pounds more to lose :)

You did well today though, all things considered. You have the restraint of a very restrained person. Which is a lot.
 
^ What Ruth said- you've done incredibly well all things considered. Under 1400 calories including cake? I don't know how you do it.
 
Hiya Hana! Thanks for dropping by! I feel like I really need to pick up my exercise, actually... need to do something more strenuous. I'm just waiting to get the results of my MRI though, and see what they say about running and stuff...

Rainbow :D LOVE your metaphor - you make me giggle :)
Glad you girls agree with me! I feel like I'm just making excuses saying things like that, but it's true...... all those bloody friends I've made! ;)

WEIGH DAY
Well, it's been a shit of a week, actually, as far as my 'healthy new lifestyle' goes. I'm looking at the graph of my daily weigh-in with WiiFit, and instead of being a gentle downward slope as it has been for the previous three weeks, last wednesday was my low, then I hit a huge peak (hormones grr) and I have gradually come back down from there again.

SO ... This week I have lost a total of... wait for it... wait for it... I've lost 0.1kg!

No surprises there, considering the hormonal binge-fest from hell, the crazy amount of drinking and dessert at the bbq, the 'accidental' high cal scone and croissant... and yesterday's carrot cake.:reddevil: It makes me realise, though, that if I wasn't being so conscious of my food, I would have put on about 3 kilos in the past week, I reckon.
 
You're doing incredibly well to still be losing weight all things considered. (cue the green eyed monster) Hope the results of the MRI come through soon.
 
:) Thanks Amy. Sorry to draw out that green eyed monster! I think the main thing for me is that if i eat something bad, I tend to not eat anything else for the rest of the day. So, yesterday, I had the carrot cake at 5pm, and I went to sleep after midnight, but didn't eat anything else. Just drank loads of water. So hopefully that doesn't make it so terrible...

My favourite shop here is having a HUGE sale (50% off eVERYTHING!) so I'm going to go check it out. Was going to ride my bike, but I'll be there in... about 7 minutes if I do that. So instead I'm going to pop in my headphones and do a fast walk. Burns more calories and will make me feel better about myself when I'm looking into those changeroom mirrors.

So my naughty man, as an apology for being such an egit on Monday night, is taking me out tonight. Not sure where, or what. Nothing too fancy (good!) but I'm excited. We need to spend more time just with each other. :iagree: So it's date night. Also, he knows that I normally have netball tonight, and I'm bummed about my ankle... so it's nice that he's trying to distract me. He's a good sort, that one. Except for once every 5 years when he acts like a stupid 15 year old boy who discovered beer for the first time... BUT no more mention of that.
 
I love sales! They actually make me barmy. I turn into this crazed bargain fever bitch who squezzes in the little gaps and grabs everything in sight without thinking. The Next boxing day sales was great. It was actually on the day after boxing day this year, as boxing day was on a sunday, and it opened at 5 in the morning. I was queing from 3 0'clock (and was waaaaay down the back of the line), but OMG did i GET BARGAINS!!! On the actual boxing day, I had an (empty!) buggy piled high with bags, front and back, a big suitcase crammed with goodies, and about 10 bags on top of that (including lots of duvets and pillows. which are bulky). I told you... barmy. People were actually staring. I had a laugh with some of them tho :)

What bargains did you get?

Hope you had a great time tonight <3 <3 <3
 
Hahaha BARMY! :D hehehe. Greatest word ever. I really should pop it into my general conversation more often. :) That sounds INTENSE! I am actually the crappest of all crap shoppers that I know. I am the kind who would go to a sale, but then just look around, perhaps make a list of the things that look okay and the prices, then go to another 12 similar shops before I go back to the first one and finally buy the darned thing. and I most definitely am NOT a group shopper - I've never understood the concept of going shopping with friends! I suppose it's more fun when you are a teeny weeny size and everything fits you well, it's just a matter of choosing what looks the most awesome...

SO that was The Great Preamble to my shopping trip. Where I bought.... nothing. Oh! Not true! I got some bobby pins.

I just tried on so many things and... I dunno... one dress looked REALLY awesome, and totally funky, but then I had a flash that it might look a bit like I'm wearing a beach towel and just couldn't do it. Kind of regret it... might go back and have another looksy.

I just feel bad spending money on clothes (although I have pretty much NONE - many bike clothes, but very very little normal stuff), especially when there is a likelihood that I might fluctuate dramatically in weight in a while... either I will keep going down, however gradually that may be, or I'll go up a LOT (for other reasons which I can neither confirm nor deny ;) )... and I DID just get myself a pair of new jeans about two weeks ago...

Dunno. I'm the opposite to... was it Amy? I would rather buy a bunch of flowers than a new pair of earrings.

MEANWHILE just got back from a lovely night with my boy. He took me out to dinner to this tapas place everyone talks about here, with only local organic ingredients, and it was SCRUMMY!!! And we cheersed when I really truly ruly did have my last glass of wine. Last one. It was a moment. :) Then we went to see this gorgeous little indie flick called 'Submarine'. It was cute :) He knew I'd like it. Big tick for the husband.
 
FOOD TODAY
- Big milk coffee (170Cal) and a plain omlette (190)
- Curry vegetable soup (120) with 1 slice light rye bread (80)
- sesame honey snaps (105) and rooibus tea with 1tsp sugar (20)
- 1 glass white wine (110)
- Tapas (very small tastes of the following): beef tartar,asparagus ravioli, cinnamon chicken breast, sweet potato, baked potato, lamb shank, raita, 2 slices olive bread

TOTAL - excluding dinner: 795
- no idea how much the dinner was, but it was very small portions and I definitely wasn't totally full at the end... and it was all very healthy. So... I don't think it put me over.

EXERCISE
40 min walk
 
Bah Humbug! I was so looking forwards to seeing what you bought as well! Go out and buy yourself a few nice bits! Thats an order! Just buy two new cheapish outfits, nice clothes make you feel nice. You are worth it! Or another idea would be to go clothes swap parties, when your new outfits (which you WILL buy!!!!) don't fit any more, you could swap them for new clothes in smaller sizes. I am DEFINITELY going to do that, I've got a few really nice bits that are getting on the loose side now.

I'm not a group shopper either. Even when I was 14/15, and the only thing to really do at weekends was to go shopping with your mates, I always went along, but didn't buy anything, I used to go on my own after school. I know this might sound a bit brash, but I really don't care about other peoples opinions on what I am buying! I also HATE taking it in turns to go to different shops, I want to go to the shops I want to go to, and look at the section I want to.

I feel guilty buying clothes as well, but I make myself do it. Its weird cos I spend loads of money on the house and kids, but when it comes to myself I just, well, don't want to. Eg... Just bought a £130 (which is a brilliant bargain btw!) bathroom light, but the leggings i am wearing have a big hole in them which is sellotaped from behind to close it up, and my hair needs a cut DESPERATELY but I don't want to spend £30 on getting it done. Also, I was in Argos earlier on (buying a cheapo exercise mat) and I spent over £50 on toys (impulsively) for my daughter. But I won't get my hair cut. Hmmm.....

Ps... Heres the light I bought... I LOVE it!....
 
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Yeah, that was me- I'd much rather have the earrings :) Cost less (well, at least the crap I buy), can keep them pretty much forever.

That dinner sounds awesome :) And reminds me of this recipe, which is to die for:
 
Okay. So, firstly, Amy, that recipe looks to die for! Shanks are pretty hard to come by here... and pretty much, if it ain't pork, it's a gazillion bucks. But I might go for a hunt for that one!

Rainbow - Yup, that is EXACTLY why I don't like group shopping. We were the same at school - it was the only thing you could do on the weekend. bORing. And your light fitting looks gorgeous! Bargain! Haha.

So after my crappy MRI results (more to come), I did what you told me. I went and bought something. I have these big wooden earings, so I went and got a big wooden bangle and a new shirt to wear with my awesomely long jeans. And, even though I am a WHOLE kilo heavier today, I took some pics for you as proof that I really did it. Once again, apologies for the crappy pics.
 
MRI Results

So the results from my badly injured ankle from THREE MONTHS AGO (stupid people at the hospital that said it would be better in one to two weeks) are that there most probably were some totally severed ligaments (two totally severed, two badly torn but not totally) when I initially injured it, but they have now healed, which isn't a bad thing. But they are very thick and scarred, so that's why it's so immobile.

The worst bit though is that there are two very badly bruised bones (who knew that was possible?) which are continually leaking out the fluid... it's weird, you can see it on the pictures... So to fix that, I need to not do anything which is high impact. No running, no fast walking... and... no netball.:willy_nilly: They don't know how long it will take to heal. Sometimes it is a few weeks, sometimes a year... So I have a referral for a physio for 18 sessions initially, and she said that if after another 6 weeks it isn't better, then come back to her and she will refer me to an osteopath.

:(
At least I don't need surgery.
 
Re recipe- they're not cheap here either, although probably not quite the same as there's a very large Muslim population where I live (the cheapest place to buy them by far is a halal butcher). You want the front shanks not the back ones (I've made this twice, the second time I made that mistake- it's too much meat and it's tougher, whereas the front shanks are melt in the mouth).

:( That really, really sucks. I'm so sorry. I hope it all clears up soon.
 
Thanks for the tip :) And for the sympathy. I never say no to that.

So... not the greatest day, but no surprises there. My doctor wrote down the wrong time on my appointment card, so I arrived at 8.45 but my appointment was for 9.45. I had planned on breakfast when I got back home... But... well, I did a 'Fuckit', seeing as when I try hard I put on a kilo. So I had a soy latte and a raspberry muffin at the cafe next door while I waited. But since then I've been pretty good.

I went shopping and bought myself lots of low cal snacks, seeing as this is where I fall flat. I have also been thinking that it is time to up my fruit intake (Rainbow the inspirer! :Angel_anim:) so I got some tinned fruit with low cals (pear halves, apricot halves and plum halves, all in juice. Wow, it took me AGES to remember the English word for 'plum' then!) and just some v.low cal yoghurt. I found some! Usually there is never low fat dairy in this place!

Also stopped by the Asian store on the way home and restocked on edamame, seeing as I was LOVING those as a snack when I had them. And they are ridiculously healthy. Also grabbed a big sack of basmati, some bok choy, some coriander and a bunch of my fave spices. Ah, that place is the greatest shop in the world.

Did some great writing today, despite being bummed about my ankle. Trying not to think that my life is over now that I can't play netball or do any proper exercise for a while. Well, nothing I enjoy, anyway.

FOOD TODAY: 1412Cal
- Soy latte (170) and raspberry muffin (310)
- thai yellow vegetable curry (with potato, sweet potato, onion, capsicum, carrot, peas and beans) (465) with a tiny bit brown rice (55 )
- 2 pear halves (a pear whole?) (82) and a milk coffee (130)
- Dinner (planned): Five spice soy simmered chicken (150 Cal - YUMMMM It smells incredible!) with 20g tofu (15), half a boiled egg (35) and Asian greens (10) (will cook rice noodles for my man too, but not for me)

EXERCISE
15min cycling, 20 min walk, 3 hours furious novel-typing, and generally feeling sorry for myself (takes a lot of energy, that)

- there's been a lot of talk recently about the big lunch, little dinner thing... I'm thinking about it... or at least no carbs with dinner....
 
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Hi DM- life sure is up & down at the moment it seems. Good non-confirmed news about the baby plans :D. As for your LH & the cutting down of alcohol plans! Harrumph! I did laugh though. I have never met either of you but it doesn't sound in character for him & is probably a glitch. It sounds like your social life is getting in the way of the good intentions. Life's like that isn't it? "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." It seems like your new life there is mostly positive & naturally there will be lots of adjustments. It sounds pretty exciting & positive to me. I love catching up with your news & your musings etc & you can trust me not to mix up our 2 private lives :) xoxo Cate
 
Cate, you're right. Things have been very up and down for the past week. That silly incident with my man (and you're right - it's totally out of character for him. Afterwards, he said that they were drinking a new summer brew that wasn't on the menu, and that everyone in their team got waaay too drunk, because the beer was over 8% and they didn't realise... two other people on his team had the same problem, which is weird. Totally ridiculous of the brewery), my MRI results, my weight fluctuations, all the social situations where I felt like I had to eat things I shouldn't...

But having a full social life isn't really something to whine about. I know how lucky I am, and I realise it pretty much every day. Every day where I go and have a cuppa and write - I am thankful that I have the money to be able to do that, and that I have the time and opportunity. And that I love what I'm doing so much. and that I have a man who is so supportive of that, and friends that inspire me...

So... well, a week of downs ain't the worst thing.

Maybe me stopping my pill is screwing with my mood. But I did enough pointing and blaming of the hormones last week, so I can't do that again. :)
 
Just made the yummiest lunch. Kind of like a Pho? I brewed a broth of soy sauce, cinnamon stick, star anise, ginger and a little sugar, mixed with water. Cooked a bunch of carrots and a small potato in there, plus some leftover tofu. At the end, I put in some boy choy until it wilted.

YUM! And... maybe 70 calories? Could pop in some rice noodles too next time.
 
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