Day 29 holiday diet

Well, I started the day with some yoga again.... This is how every fitness attempt goes.. I will do the yoga for a week or so very enthusiastically but then will stop forever!!

Breakfast was a crumpet with one slice of lean bacon and some mushrooms.

Dinner: jacket potato with tuna and spinach, instead of dressing the tuns I had lime juice and chilli flakes.
I also discovered that I have been massively over eating on the carby potatoes at work!!! If I don't take dinner to work I'll buy a jacket potato from the canteen. Today I picked a potato that was smaller than I'd have from work and it was well over 200g! So I'd been eating those twice a week usually! I couldn't believe the size of a 120g potato! Much much smaller than one you would buy at a cafe.
I also had more tuna than I normally would, I thought some extra protein might be good for me.

Tea: no tea, was at the pub so drank beer and vodka but not both at once. Supper: dixy chicken and chips

Day 28 of the holiday diet

I started the day with some more yoga, I got a Geri halliwell DVD from eBay!! My arms feel like they are going to ache tomorrow!

Breakfast: scrambled egg on tiny toast again!

Dinner: Tuscan bean soup

Tea: delicious pizza at a lovely Italian restaurant! A beer and a cocktail!

Nectarine & apple

I did also have a fab delivery from O2 (in picture) as you can see I have some rugby pies and beers..... Will they last until the rugby??? oh dear it's fair to say that my diet has absolutely no urgency at all! Closer to holiday time I will be strict!

Day 27 of the holiday diet!

Today is college day, not work day, but lectures are over now I just have my dissertation to do. I have the motivation of Kevin the teenager. I am 31 and have so much work to get done for my course but I just dont wanna do it. I don't wanna do anything. I know my attitude stinks but what does one do to improve it? Har? I even have a teenage pimple on my wrinkly old face.

I have done 40 mins of yoga from the free daily yoga app, cos apparently people say that exercise makes you have more energy and feel better about yourself........ really? I'm not feeling it.

Breakfast: tiny brown toast with scrambled eggs, coffee (skimmed milk as ever)

For dinner I'm making some spicy sweet chilli soup cos that sounds healthy and 'good for you'.

Tea: quorn cottage pie that I made and froze last week. Had this with mushy peas!!

Day 26 of the holiday diet

After having such a naughty weekend I got up and did some yoga today (only about 10 mins) before the morning doggy walk then off to work. I've had exactly the same as yesterday for breakfast and dinner. I have to eat chicken for tea though and don't fancy it. I'm just about to search for some healthy chicken recipes.... I don't really have anything to go with it!! Any ideas?

OK so back to the good old itv diet recipes and I had this for tea:
http://www.itv.com/lorraine/lifestyle/real-bikini-diet/real-bikini-diet-recipes/dinners/super-sticky-chicky/

I maybe I didn't use the right measurements... it wasn't so sticky! I did however use a lemon with a sticker on it saying fanny!! I was a little amused.... Lemon fanny or Fanny's lemon?

Uh oh a few hours later and I was eating cereal for supper..... whoops a meal too many. The diet seems to be going further down the pan!!

Days 23, 24 & 25 of the holiday diet!

Friday night was good, no beers or even vodkas. Sat & Sun= bad!! Chips, chips, nachos, chilli, curry............. Beers

I am trying to redeem myself today by being a good dieter! That 20 mins of yoga also rendered me useless, I was barely able to move my arms or legs for 2 days. Must do that again.

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs on tiny brown toast.

Dinner: tiny brown bun with a slice of beef, mustard and salad.

Banana, nectarine and 70 cal crisps.

Tea: prawn & veg stir fry with rice.

I'm too scared to stand on the scales today, I might even have some bean soup for supper on the hope that it creates a colonic irrigation effect again!!

Day 22 of the holiday diet

Weight check this morning shows some progress, I've lost 5/6 lbs in 3 weeks. It seems like slow progress but I never really cut out the beer, but let's face it, when I get to my holiday destination I'll probably have ordered a beer before I get my bikini out. I'm sure I would do better if I cut out the beer but then I would balloon up on my hols anyway!! Let's keep it realistic! I have decided that my weight goal is 8 stone, I'm hoping that this results in me being a comfortable size 10. I've noticed that my regular jeans are feeling a bit loose, my slouchy jeans are a bit too slouchy now. The jeans I bought that I could barely fasten are feeling less of a squeeze but still create a muffin top (not pleasant) I know that some toning up is needed *dread*.

I've downloaded a free daily yoga app and have managed 20 mins of yoga without too much of a drama, no falling over or falling asleep, slight ache in the arms. I opted for a green tea with lemon too (still had a wake up coffee), lets not pretend that this is going to last, it's Friday!!

Breakfast: 1 bacon medallion with grilled tomatoes in a brown breakfast muffin.

Dinner: ham and low fat hummus wrap & packet of skips.

Tea: pesto pasta (50g pasta) with a tomato and mozzarella salad and some lettuce..... Still craving a bit of meat tho!

Cuppa tea and a kitkat.

Day 21 of the holiday diet

So, 3 weeks of occasional healthy eating, still consumed too many beers. I will weigh myself tomorrow to discover the very likely non-change in my weight!! Woops. I've, so far, also developed no motivation for physical activity, one could say I couldn't even bring myself around to even trying. Still the holiday will still go ahead in approximately 3 months, plenty of time to do better.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs on small brown toast. Coffee with skimmed milk.

Dinner: ham and low fat hummus wrap.... I even down graded the size of my wrap to a weight watchers one?! I do prefer a big seeded one tho.


Tea: pasta (50g) with a home made tomato, mushroom and spinach sauce. I had a big bag of tomatoes that needed to be used so opted for another meat-less day, half way through eating it though I remembered yesterday's meat cravings. Maybe I'll have a nice slab of beef this weekend, yummy or lamb even!


Ok so the other half fancied a beer, so I had one (well I actually had 2).