Mrs Shadow's Diary

Thanks, Dom, Veronique, Xenon and Mizzie. :)

I had an interesting day today. I went shopping and bought two pairs of trousers, both of which are just too small to wear comfortably. So let's see how long it will take for me to be able to wear them. :D

Then I headed into the supermarket to do the weekly grocery shopping. I was looking for some bread rolls, when I spied a pack of croissants. Into the trolley they went. And to me, nothing goes with a croissant quite so well as Nutella. So a jar of Nutella also made its evil way into my trolley. I then bought all the stuff I needed, then as I was about to hit the checkout, the angel in my head overcame the devil that had taken residence there a little earlier. And I resolutely replaced the croissants and the Nutella. Whew. I was a teeny bit naughty though, and bought a pack of cheese rolls. These are incredibly yummy soft rolls, baked with - you guessed it - cheese on top.
I ate one for lunch when I got home.

Unfortunately the shopping stirred up my old enemy, back pain, and I spent much of the afternoon resting. Poor hubby had to get himself some dinner, as I just ate another cheese roll with a small tin of chicken. Plus more pain killers.

So today's food:
protein shake
cheese roll
cheese roll with tinned chicken

1300 calories, 61 carbs
 
Mrs Shadow said:
Then I headed into the supermarket to do the weekly grocery shopping. I was looking for some bread rolls, when I spied a pack of croissants. Into the trolley they went. And to me, nothing goes with a croissant quite so well as Nutella. So a jar of Nutella also made its evil way into my trolley. I then bought all the stuff I needed, then as I was about to hit the checkout, the angel in my head overcame the devil that had taken residence there a little earlier. And I resolutely replaced the croissants and the Nutella.
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:rotflmao: :p

Sorry to hear about your back! Back pain is the worst!!!!...well migraines are awful too, but back pain is so evil.

Hope you're feeling better now.
 
Xenon, what I want to know is this: how did you know that I had a migraine yesterday.....? ;) I had two in fact. Which meant that yesterday was a complete write off, as days go. I spent most of the day in bed, under the influence of lots of codeine. It all passed in a bit of a blur, although I still kept track of what I ate.

The good news is that I'm feeling completely normal again this morning.

Yesterday's food:
cheese on toast
cheese roll, with another slice of cheese
protein shake
chicken and cheese on toast

1350 cals, 69 carbs

Nearly forgot to mention I am now down another 400 grams to 97.2!
 
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Xenon, what I want to know is this: how did you know that I had a migraine yesterday.....? ;) I had two in fact.
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Empathy my dear!...and a touch of clairvoyance maybe :p I still have back pains from time to time. I used to have very debilitating migraines and had to take barbiturates and anticonvulsants. I once had a migraine for an entire month! They started suddenly and went away after five months...coincidentally I left a very stressful job at the time they ended. I tell you, those five months of my life were like a touch and go blur. By the sounds of it and the meds you are taking, your migraines must be absolutely terrible as well. I am happy you were able to maintain your cals through it :hurray: also happy you are down another 400 grams :D:D:D and I am super elated that you are feeling better!!!:party:
 
Thanks again, Xenon. :)

I had a good day today. No headaches, no back pain, no dramas. Whew.

Today's food:
fish with hash browns
Chicken drumsticks, baked with butter, lemon and hot sauce, green salad
chicken parmigiana (uncrumbed), with mushrooms and zucchini

1300 cals, 37 carbs
 
Thanks, Mizzie. :)

Today I ate:

cheese on toast
2 lamb cutlets, green salad
protein shake
cheesy tuna casserole thing

1300 cals, 26 carbs

I've decided to start setting myself some goals. Not: I wanna be 96.6 at the end of March (although I do), and not: I wanna be 60 kgs by the end of the year (although I wanna be that too. :D). I plan to set myself some very specific daily goals.

Tomorrow I will be visiting the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre. Huh. I've just realised that it is no longer called Indooroopilly Shoppingtown. I wonder when it changed? Okay, where was I? Oh yes. My goal for tomorrow is to walk the length of each side of each of the three floors at Indooroopilly while I am there. That should produce a significant number on my pedometer! I shall report back. Watch this space...
 
That sounds like a great way to walk.. I like to window shop and see what clothes I shall soon fit into... *fingers crossed* I wish there was a mall near here to do that in.. I am kinda out in the boonies shopping-wise... Have fun! :)
 
Congratulations! :hurray: Do you have a love / hate relationship with your scale, too?

Have fun with the window shopping! I live about 2 1/2 hours away from Minneapolis, where Mall of America is. Now there's a place to window shop while getting some good walking in! To bad it's not closer.
 
Thankee, mizzie and Xenon. :D

About that goal.... Didn't happen. I'm not sure if I can blame laziness, tiredness or my sore foot, but I didn't get there. The foot is just a twinge from the arthritis which is... well, I've got a lot of it, and it and the chronic back pain are the main reasons I try to keep moving and work out with weights 4 days a week. I think in my long winded way I'm just saying I didn't feel like it so I didn't. <sigh> But my little footie really was hurting. That's the best excuse I have. Not even a reason. Tomorrow!

My food today:
savoury bread and butter custard
beef and veg casserole
chocolate "mousse"

1450 cals, 45 carbs
 
Not a brilliant day today. Silly foot is still too sore for me to consider going out. And the darling husband is out tonight, so I didn't bother making myself a proper dinner. Stupid.

Food:
toasted cheese and bacon sandwich
rump steak with green salad
toasted cheese sandwich

1700 cals, 71 carbs
 
Hey Congrats on your weight loss !!!!! I never feel like making myself a proper supper on the night my husband works nights, both him and the kids have already eaten at my mother's in law but I can't stand her cooking so I used to wait till I was home and make myself some nachos, now that plan is off I usually end up having mixed bean salads!!! I hope you feel better soon!
 
well done hitting 96.6! wish I was at those numbers ahahah!

Hope your foot is getting better :( stick to cycling, avoid the pressure on your ankle while walking perhaps.
 
Thanks for visiting, Veronique and Dom. :)

I'm a bit cranky and miserable today. I finally got around to my walk around the shopping centre yesterday, and now I'm wondering whose stupid idea it was anyway. Well of course it was mine, which makes me even crankier. Because some part of me knew all along that I just can't walk that far all at once. Too much chronic back pain, too much arthritis, too much stirring up of...everything.
I got about halfway towards my goal when I had to stop, and that's when I realised how stupid I was being. Big sigh. So by the time I got home I was in need of some strong pain killers. Had to take some more already this morning because I was woken with pain.
[end whingeing]

Yesterday's food wasn't too brilliant either. Could have been much worse though.
cheese and salmon salad roll
cheese and bacon salad roll
veal scallopinni

1850 cals, 91 carbs :eek:
 
A far better day food/carbwise today. Sucked down a lot of pain killers though, and they always slow any weight loss. <shrug>

Today's food:
protein shake
chicken and cheese on toast
beef goulash with bok choy

1300 cals, 27 carbs
 
Still sucking down the pain killers, but I've been far more comfortable today than yesterday.

Food:
protein shake
fish, hash brown
beanless chilli, cheese and sour cream

1200 cals, 24 carbs
 
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