The bit where it says "also Italian icecream" is the kind I had. My sister makes it like an icecream cake with different flavours of icecream and chocolate peanuts and almonds in it. I did only have a little bit - maybe a tablespoon. I wouldn't have bothered with it by itself but it goes with the cheesecake.

I was always planning to have some dessert. I guess it was unrealistic to hope for fruit as it is bulky to store. There were a hundred guests and my sister had made enough desserts for 500 I think!
Next Friday - Nibbles at friend's house, girl's night out at bar. I guess that means eat first, take safe snacks, drink diet Coke! Maybe one half brandy and dry.
Next Saturday - Friend's fortieth. I doubt the food will be as tempting as Saturday's - but I didn't expect Saturday's would be as tempting as it was either. We might sleepover. I might miss making my own breakfast!!

No happy perfect start to my food day!

No weetbix! Though the woman concerned did always take her own weetbix and eat them even when we were canoeing. I guess I could eat an egg on toast and have more later. If the worst comes to the worst I think it would be better to eat small amounts of bad choices than try to put up with being hungry.
I went to a Leisure Centre today and used their gym and went for a swim. The gym was interesting. It’s too expensive to be a regular thing for me just now, but I had fun looking at the dials and so on. The bike. First I tried sitting on an ordinary stationary bike. I didn’t have it on the right degree of resistance at first but even when I did – wow. My hip bones just hurt too much. I don’t really know if that’s normal or just because I’m so short. I had the saddle as low as it would go and I think it was right. I rode a bike where you sit down instead and even that felt a bit bone squashing – but in a more every day way. Anyway I did 15 minutes on that bike doing the 8 seconds fast 12 seconds slow thing – the number displays helped. Then I did 18 on a treadmill. That was better than I remember from my last go – maybe because I didn’t do enough. Finally I went for a swim, but only 10 minutes as the centre closed early.
Things to remember for trying to exercise in the pool:
- baggy old shirts are ok for the beach but don’t work well with a freestyle arm movement. It is okay to wear a good bra in salt water but not in chlorine.
- take the children’s swim goggles.
- wear rubber thongs (flip flops), because the floor around the pool is grotty and the carpark is hot and will stab feet.
- walking in the pool might be helpful but requires foot protection.
Later I took the dog for a walk – my normal route but just slow. There was thunder and lightning. Spectacular lightning. The thunder was just growling a way off until we were close to home and a great crack nearby made the dog and I both nearly jump out of our skins! A few seconds later and we were being pelted with big drops of rain. They reckon the temperature will drop tomorrow though. 32-34C. My children are trying to line me up for shopping and such.
Breakfast ~10:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk
Lunch 1:15 2 Salada crackers, a little cottage cheese, 1 tomato.
Snack ~ 6:00 ½ Salada. 15 almonds.
Dinner: 7:30 Thai chicken with sauce drained. About 100-120 gm chicken, 1/3 zucchini, ¼ can bamboo shoots. Some coconut milk. 1 C basmati rice. 10:00 Slice roast beef.. 1 plum, ½ rub low fat yoghurt.
Exercise a/a 4:15pm 15min bike, 18 min treadmill, 10 min swim (mainly breaststroke. 7:30pm 2.7km walk easy pace .
Water: 2250ml
Yesterday’s Bedtime: 3:00
On plan:60 days Achieved food target: 52 days Exercised: 51 days All goals: 6 days.