so in order for me to avoid the temptation of sausage rolls and V, I deliberately caught the bus past work and came back from the other direction so I didn't need to go past the street the Bakery is in so avoided all temptation! My boss and colleague went there at lunch time and teased me about getting sausage rolls for lunch but they didn't!
I have just ordered a PowerMax blender through Fly Buys to make smoothies in! We do have one of those turbo sticks but they can get a bit messy and fiddly at times... so talked to Stephan and we have decided to get a proper blender so will be looking forward to collecting that in the next couple of days. Then next on the list is getting some berries and protein powder to go in the smoothies.
Am still doing well going low carb but at the same time, I know there are still changes that I need to make and I will make them over time.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Long weekend
It sure has been lovely having a long weekend for us in Wellington.... but back to work and back to reality tomorrow. Poor Stephan has been off work for 4 weeks and tomorrow is his first day back so it will be a shock to the system for him. And I am starting to dread getting Rachel all ready to be out of the house by 7.20am each morning again. She is going to Steph's mums for 2 days and then to a friends place for 2 days this week.
I weighed myself yesterday morning and I was up 400gms so not sure what this week's official weigh in on Wednesday morning will hold.... I think overall I am doing rather well and am impressed with myself and the changes that I am making however I know I can do better and I know I will do better over more time. I had a Nutrimetrics Hand Pamper session at my place last night and provided a light supper of cheese/pate and crackers and some choccie biscuits. The chocolate ones didn't appeal to me at all... but boy oh boy the smoked salmon pate (with crackers) was amazing!!! Went a wee bit overboard with that! And the 3.5 glasses of wine that I had was rather nice too!
Today, we caught up with friends that we hadn't seen for ages.... indoor bbq lunch due to the wind but I definitely ate to much and felt the after effects quite fast! I kicked myself afterwards for eating to much and not stopping when I was full! Hadn't had breakfast and think my eyes were bigger than my belly (and that's saying something)!! Dinner was a yummy roast pork with new spuds from the garden (only had 1 medium one) and lots of veggies.
I think the saying is that it takes 3 weeks to break/form a habit.... well this is my 3rd week and tomorrow the bakery near work reopens again - this is the bakery that I went to almost every morning and got a sausage roll and a V.... I am drawling at the thought of them again but I know I have to be real strong - walk around the block so I don't go past it... I CAN DO THIS!!!!
I weighed myself yesterday morning and I was up 400gms so not sure what this week's official weigh in on Wednesday morning will hold.... I think overall I am doing rather well and am impressed with myself and the changes that I am making however I know I can do better and I know I will do better over more time. I had a Nutrimetrics Hand Pamper session at my place last night and provided a light supper of cheese/pate and crackers and some choccie biscuits. The chocolate ones didn't appeal to me at all... but boy oh boy the smoked salmon pate (with crackers) was amazing!!! Went a wee bit overboard with that! And the 3.5 glasses of wine that I had was rather nice too!
Today, we caught up with friends that we hadn't seen for ages.... indoor bbq lunch due to the wind but I definitely ate to much and felt the after effects quite fast! I kicked myself afterwards for eating to much and not stopping when I was full! Hadn't had breakfast and think my eyes were bigger than my belly (and that's saying something)!! Dinner was a yummy roast pork with new spuds from the garden (only had 1 medium one) and lots of veggies.
I think the saying is that it takes 3 weeks to break/form a habit.... well this is my 3rd week and tomorrow the bakery near work reopens again - this is the bakery that I went to almost every morning and got a sausage roll and a V.... I am drawling at the thought of them again but I know I have to be real strong - walk around the block so I don't go past it... I CAN DO THIS!!!!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
It's been a couple of days....
since my last update and I am sorry about that - been a busy wee bee :) Thursday evening was chaotic with the "surprise delivery" (aka the new lounge suite) finally turning up at 6.45pm and then I still had to bake a cake for a shared morning tea at work on Friday (which was also my b/day). Then Friday (yesterday), I ended up going to pick up our free range eggs from my friend and then stopped by to see some wonderful friends of mine and well I didn't get home till 10.30pm!
Haven't had the best of days either really..... Due to the chaos of Thursday evening, we ended up having fish and chips for tea (crumbed fish and a few chips). Then on Friday, I did have a piece of my birthday cake which I must say was delicious (chocolate banana cake) and nothing else at the morning tea which I was proud of. Then Stephan and Rachel came into town to meet for lunch..... avoiding the carbs/wheat as much as I could I ordered an all day breakfast with no toast. So had 2 poached eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 2 sausages (which I only ate 1 of), heaps of creamy mushrooms (which Stephan ate most of as I am not that keen on them). But after having that for dinner, I was full and definitely didn't need any snacking during the afternoon. Then while out on Friday evening at my friends, we had some of my favourite corn chips (as my birthday treat) and some rice crackers/hummus and strawberries. I was very pleased with myself as they got some coke out for me as a treat and I said no to that and had some juice that I had brought along instead. It's now been 2 weeks caffeine free! Am so proud of myself!
This morning I wasn't hungry at breakfast time, so ended up having nothing until lunchtime where I had some scrambled eggs... then nothing again until tea where we have just had takeaway curries! I struggled to eat the chicken from it and hardly touched the rice... and oh a garlic nan which was huge but couldn't all of that either. So I think I am slowly adjusting to the low carbs/wheat lifestyle change (don't like the word diet). And I think the seat belt in my car is fitting me a bit better too...
Am having a quiet night tonight, and will definitely be having an early night as it was about midnight before I fell asleep last night and I like to get up early on Saturdays to do the groceries with Rachel before it get's to busy! Am hoping Rachel will sleep in tomorrow as she is so over tired and despite going to bed at 6.30pm when she was more or less asleep on the couch... she is still awake in bed reading her books! Her room gets like a sauna in the summer time but she has her window wide open, the fan going and door open so can't do much else really. We are looking at changing her room around with the spare room but before we do that we have to finish tiding the spare room, and then paint it etc... so a few things to do on our list.
Catch ya all later :)
Haven't had the best of days either really..... Due to the chaos of Thursday evening, we ended up having fish and chips for tea (crumbed fish and a few chips). Then on Friday, I did have a piece of my birthday cake which I must say was delicious (chocolate banana cake) and nothing else at the morning tea which I was proud of. Then Stephan and Rachel came into town to meet for lunch..... avoiding the carbs/wheat as much as I could I ordered an all day breakfast with no toast. So had 2 poached eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 2 sausages (which I only ate 1 of), heaps of creamy mushrooms (which Stephan ate most of as I am not that keen on them). But after having that for dinner, I was full and definitely didn't need any snacking during the afternoon. Then while out on Friday evening at my friends, we had some of my favourite corn chips (as my birthday treat) and some rice crackers/hummus and strawberries. I was very pleased with myself as they got some coke out for me as a treat and I said no to that and had some juice that I had brought along instead. It's now been 2 weeks caffeine free! Am so proud of myself!
This morning I wasn't hungry at breakfast time, so ended up having nothing until lunchtime where I had some scrambled eggs... then nothing again until tea where we have just had takeaway curries! I struggled to eat the chicken from it and hardly touched the rice... and oh a garlic nan which was huge but couldn't all of that either. So I think I am slowly adjusting to the low carbs/wheat lifestyle change (don't like the word diet). And I think the seat belt in my car is fitting me a bit better too...
Am having a quiet night tonight, and will definitely be having an early night as it was about midnight before I fell asleep last night and I like to get up early on Saturdays to do the groceries with Rachel before it get's to busy! Am hoping Rachel will sleep in tomorrow as she is so over tired and despite going to bed at 6.30pm when she was more or less asleep on the couch... she is still awake in bed reading her books! Her room gets like a sauna in the summer time but she has her window wide open, the fan going and door open so can't do much else really. We are looking at changing her room around with the spare room but before we do that we have to finish tiding the spare room, and then paint it etc... so a few things to do on our list.
Catch ya all later :)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
1 more kilo gone....
Yes! As most of you already know from Facebook, I lost another kilo this week! Am so pleased with that, given my "off" day yesterday. So 2.3 kilos gone for good!!! 134.5 down to 132.2! Can't wait till I get to the "120"'s! And then obviously each group from there gets more and more exciting, esp having been there done that before!
Today was another good day - well sort of! I discovered Nature Zone Veggie Chips which contain no wheat but after I had finished them, I googled them and realised they were quite high in carbs. So won't be having them again in a hurry.....
I wore one of my new tops that I got at such a bargin price at the weekend today, and got lots of comments as it was bright red which is not a colour I wear frequently.... so think I will need to relook at my wardrobe as I loose weight :)
I did just have 1 square of chocolate BUT it was the medicated chocolate for worming!!! Ewwww but yes we think Rachel has worms so on the advice from some wonderful FB friends, I cancelled the Dr apt and just got the "chocolate" over the counter at the chemist which we all need to take. So now have her bedding etc going through a HOT wash. So fingers crossed we get on top of it.
Catch ya all tomorrow
Today was another good day - well sort of! I discovered Nature Zone Veggie Chips which contain no wheat but after I had finished them, I googled them and realised they were quite high in carbs. So won't be having them again in a hurry.....
I wore one of my new tops that I got at such a bargin price at the weekend today, and got lots of comments as it was bright red which is not a colour I wear frequently.... so think I will need to relook at my wardrobe as I loose weight :)
I did just have 1 square of chocolate BUT it was the medicated chocolate for worming!!! Ewwww but yes we think Rachel has worms so on the advice from some wonderful FB friends, I cancelled the Dr apt and just got the "chocolate" over the counter at the chemist which we all need to take. So now have her bedding etc going through a HOT wash. So fingers crossed we get on top of it.
Catch ya all tomorrow
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Forgive me...
for I had a rough day today..... and at lunch time I ended up buying a can of Big Fizz (Fresh Up Lemon Juice with fizz), small bag of raspberry liquorice and a small bag of chippies (no wheat in them - checked that first). Afterwards, I felt so much better but so guilty!! And I certainly don't want to feel guilty whenever I do get something like that. In my eyes, it could have been a LOT worse. Could have been coke (or V), chocolate, big bag of lollies etc!
We had meatballs and spaghetti for dinner and I had to much spaghetti - well normal for what I was used to having but to much for what I would try to have nowadays.
So it will be interesting to see how my weigh in goes today... feeling rather down about it. And didn't feel like making my lunch (salad) for tomorrow either.... all I wanted was...... well I don't know really, but didn't want salad. I will be alright tomorrow I guess.
We had meatballs and spaghetti for dinner and I had to much spaghetti - well normal for what I was used to having but to much for what I would try to have nowadays.
So it will be interesting to see how my weigh in goes today... feeling rather down about it. And didn't feel like making my lunch (salad) for tomorrow either.... all I wanted was...... well I don't know really, but didn't want salad. I will be alright tomorrow I guess.
Monday, January 16, 2012
One day at a time...
Another day over and another relatively good day food wise. I am rather keen to try Janine's LSA wraps so will get some LSA at the weekend when I do the shopping. They do look rather scrumptious!
Haven't gotten into the exercise to much just yet, but I know I will get there! I know last time I went on this journey, it took me a couple of months or so to get into the healthy eating before the exercise bug kicked in.
Lynda - just logged into my gmail account today and found your two emails there - many thanks for replying and for the information! I don't use my gmail very often at all - so it might be easier to my xtra address if you have it - if you don't, let me know and I will give it to you.
Sorry these posts are short and brief.... not really that chatty but feel like I do need to update here regularly or I may just go back to my old ways and we certainly don't want that happening!
Haven't gotten into the exercise to much just yet, but I know I will get there! I know last time I went on this journey, it took me a couple of months or so to get into the healthy eating before the exercise bug kicked in.
Lynda - just logged into my gmail account today and found your two emails there - many thanks for replying and for the information! I don't use my gmail very often at all - so it might be easier to my xtra address if you have it - if you don't, let me know and I will give it to you.
Sorry these posts are short and brief.... not really that chatty but feel like I do need to update here regularly or I may just go back to my old ways and we certainly don't want that happening!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Ooooops
It wasn't until I finished my drink last night that I realised my boo boo...... I had just finished an RTD of Bourbon and Cola! I thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful of it but at the same time it certainly hasn't made me want more coke or anything like that!
I had a fantastic day yesterday with the only carb being a piece of toast for breakfast. Lunch was a salad and then dinner was chicken kebabs with salad. Today has been another great day especially given that Rachel and I went to a 4th birthday party at Junglerama and I am usually real bad at kids parties.... but apart from about 4 chips of Rachel's that I pinched and then 2 small potatoes at dinner time, there have been no carbs! I attempted making an omlette for breakfast this morning (first time ever making one) and it wasn't that flash! I have the small non stick pan.... but think I put to much milk in it and it was rather thick and ending being more like a fritatta rather than an omlette. It tasted ok I guess - not a huge fan of them. Then once we were home from the party, I made Rachel and I a banana and berry smoothie (with ice cream in it too) and then dinner tonight was roast chicken with veggies and those 2 small potatoes.
I jumped on the scales this morning - was down 800 grams so am happy with that given my rough day last week. I am enjoying seeing those numbers go down but also need to remember that it's not just about the numbers but about clothes fitting etc as well.
Oh, have applied for another job in the Hutt Valley - this time in Lower Hutt rather than Upper Hutt but its still closer to home! And I have already checked out the $$$ and the starting money is the same as I am already on so am happy with that! That was the word document that I was cursing on FB last night and then I had lost it tonight and was crapping myself as applications closed today! Am impressed with my new look CV too so hopefully they will be too!
Right, time to get moving - catch ya all later :)
I had a fantastic day yesterday with the only carb being a piece of toast for breakfast. Lunch was a salad and then dinner was chicken kebabs with salad. Today has been another great day especially given that Rachel and I went to a 4th birthday party at Junglerama and I am usually real bad at kids parties.... but apart from about 4 chips of Rachel's that I pinched and then 2 small potatoes at dinner time, there have been no carbs! I attempted making an omlette for breakfast this morning (first time ever making one) and it wasn't that flash! I have the small non stick pan.... but think I put to much milk in it and it was rather thick and ending being more like a fritatta rather than an omlette. It tasted ok I guess - not a huge fan of them. Then once we were home from the party, I made Rachel and I a banana and berry smoothie (with ice cream in it too) and then dinner tonight was roast chicken with veggies and those 2 small potatoes.
I jumped on the scales this morning - was down 800 grams so am happy with that given my rough day last week. I am enjoying seeing those numbers go down but also need to remember that it's not just about the numbers but about clothes fitting etc as well.
Oh, have applied for another job in the Hutt Valley - this time in Lower Hutt rather than Upper Hutt but its still closer to home! And I have already checked out the $$$ and the starting money is the same as I am already on so am happy with that! That was the word document that I was cursing on FB last night and then I had lost it tonight and was crapping myself as applications closed today! Am impressed with my new look CV too so hopefully they will be too!
Right, time to get moving - catch ya all later :)
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