That sums up the last four days.
No tracking whatsoever. I've stuck to crackers, rice, the odd bit of chocolate and a bag of crisps. Anything I've eaten or drunk has exited pretty rapidly, which has been enormous fun! Three days in bed, yet so much galloping to the bathroom has been done that I'm not really that short on steps for the week!
I got up and had a shower this afternoon. I ate breakfast and nothing happened, so I got showered and dressed and went bowling. I was terrible. I went shopping. For food firstly, then I went hunting some below the knee Capri pants sort of things. I found the perfect pair, and bought two, one navy and one white. I also bought a pair of Aztec print black and white wide leg pants in a linen/rayon mix. It's just too hot for jeans between April and October, and I'm not yet back into my more fitted Capris and shorts.
I see no shame in buying drawstring waist trousers. There's always enough room, and I can still wear them when I've dropped a dress size or two.
Back to tracking today. Not the healthiest of choices, but still coming in under budget!
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Chipping away at it
Not really all that much to report. It's been a bit of a naff couple of weeks since I hurt my knee, I've not been able to get as many miles in as I'd like to each day. And of course, we are now firmly in the wet season and the temperatures are climbing - although not as fast as the humidity, which is through the roof. Get out the shower, towel off, and then do it again. And again. And a third time after you pull your knickers up, and again between each item of clothing. Yuck!
That's one big part of the reason for losing weight. I just can't cope with the humidity at all, not on top of the heat.
Anyway, I've been eating a little more and moving a little less, so the rate of loss according to Fitbit should have slowed down. I haven't tried those jeans on again since last Wednesday, it seems a little pointless really.
Had a fantastic dinner last night! Bluefish fillets with a chili/lime rub, pan fried, served on a bed of salad inside a soft flour tortilla that had been baked in a pie tin to make a crunchy bowl. Oh my goodness, it was amazingly tasty, especially drenched in chipotle ranch dressing....Freshly caught fish, too, very nice indeed. I'm pretty sure it could be lightened up, I will have to discuss with the chef (handily that would be our nephew, the boys' dad).
Wish I'd taken photos of it now, it was that good!
That's one big part of the reason for losing weight. I just can't cope with the humidity at all, not on top of the heat.
Anyway, I've been eating a little more and moving a little less, so the rate of loss according to Fitbit should have slowed down. I haven't tried those jeans on again since last Wednesday, it seems a little pointless really.
Had a fantastic dinner last night! Bluefish fillets with a chili/lime rub, pan fried, served on a bed of salad inside a soft flour tortilla that had been baked in a pie tin to make a crunchy bowl. Oh my goodness, it was amazingly tasty, especially drenched in chipotle ranch dressing....Freshly caught fish, too, very nice indeed. I'm pretty sure it could be lightened up, I will have to discuss with the chef (handily that would be our nephew, the boys' dad).
Wish I'd taken photos of it now, it was that good!
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Whoohoo!
Knee still sore. Managing not to eat my own bodyweight (considerable) in crap to compensate.
Bowling sucked tonight.
I have my third cold since mid-January, which is threatening to turn into bronchitis AGAIN.
But...but!
One of the main inspirations for actually getting my arse in gear and trying to take control of my weight again is a pair of jeans. Yeah, common tale. Well, last year I bought a pair of Lee Riders in a size 24, which were actually a size bigger than I needed. They were really comfy, so I bought a second pair a few weeks ago. Pulled them up and they fit great over my bum, hips and thighs; I just couldn't fasten the zip or the button. There were three or four inches of belly flab getting in the way!
Tonight, after two weeks and almost two full days, I got the button fastened on those jeans. Not quite able to pull the zipper closed, but not very far away from that at all, I reckon another two weeks and the zip will go all the way up, and maybe another month after that I will be able to wear them comfortably.
That's what we on the WW UK site used to call a Non-scales Victory, or NSV. I like it!
Bowling sucked tonight.
I have my third cold since mid-January, which is threatening to turn into bronchitis AGAIN.
But...but!
One of the main inspirations for actually getting my arse in gear and trying to take control of my weight again is a pair of jeans. Yeah, common tale. Well, last year I bought a pair of Lee Riders in a size 24, which were actually a size bigger than I needed. They were really comfy, so I bought a second pair a few weeks ago. Pulled them up and they fit great over my bum, hips and thighs; I just couldn't fasten the zip or the button. There were three or four inches of belly flab getting in the way!
Tonight, after two weeks and almost two full days, I got the button fastened on those jeans. Not quite able to pull the zipper closed, but not very far away from that at all, I reckon another two weeks and the zip will go all the way up, and maybe another month after that I will be able to wear them comfortably.
That's what we on the WW UK site used to call a Non-scales Victory, or NSV. I like it!
Sunday, April 5, 2015
A Day Off!
It had to happen sooner or later, but I refuse to beat myself up about it. Yes, I had a day off track. I actually started tracking - having not planned ahead - but gave it up when I decided that I was going to be Really Bad. I'm not sure it was even really that Bad, but it did involve eating nothing until the fried chicken and potato salad, macaroni salad, crisps, French onion dip, drinking Jim Beam and ginger ale and downing a shot of orange cream vodka.
Once we got home, I had a sandwich skinny with a couple of pieces of bacon. After that came an afternoon of more crisps and Cadbury's mini eggs - which I didn't count out to control my portion size, nor did I weigh the crisps. Dinner was six slices of buttered toast and four soft boiled eggs.
Ah well, as I say, I refuse to beat myself up about it. I can't say I've eaten healthily today, either, but I have stuck within my calorie limit and it's a new week tomorrow.
With that in mind, I already have a jar of overnight oats for breakfast in the fridge that was supposed to be Saturday's breakfast. I'll make up a couple more jars tomorrow afternoon when I get in from work. I have all that I need to make my usual lunch of a sandwich skinny with cheese and turkey, and plenty of healthy evening meal material.
This week's dinners will include:
turkey meatballs with a fat-free cream of mushroom soup and fat free yogurt sauce (seasoned with allspice and nutmeg for a Swedish meatball-style flavour) with spaghetti;
chilli made with lean minced pork and beef, onions, carrots, peppers and tomatoes and plenty of chilli pepper, chipotle chilli pepper, cumin and maybe a hint of roasted ground coriander, not forgetting smoked paprika, served with rice one night and used to fill large tacos to make baked burritos another night. The burritos are made with refried beans and a cheese sauce made with yogurt, milk and shredded cheddar. I had the thought that I might make a kind of Tex-Mex lasagne with the large tacos, layering the chilli, tacos, beans and sauce instead...;
turkey breast fillets cooked in the slow cooker in barbecue sauce with a couple of spoons of honey added to it, again with onions and peppers. Great shredded and served over rice or pasta, makes enough for two nights. (Could use that with the large tacos instead, actually, we'll see);
pork rib steaks - not sure whether to just cook them in a sort of casserole or make barbecue ribs.
Apart from all of that, there's a pizza in the freezer, a couple of chicken pot pies (individual chicken pies which can be cooked in the microwave), lots of fish fillets, a roll of refrigerated biscuits (the Southern-style sort which are kind of like savoury scones), frozen oven chips and frozen vegetables.
My knee is still bothering me, so the amount of exercise has been pretty much zero. We were at a 30th birthday party in the park yesterday morning and early afternoon, hence the fried chicken and sides and the alcohol; it was our nephew's party, and it is his two little boys who I look after during the week. I spent a little while following the one year old around and pushing him on the swings, but most of the time was spent sitting down and chatting with people. It was really good to see some of his extended family again, as his parents are both remarried and have younger children, and his grandmother was there too.
It's pretty cool to have married into a relatively large family, even if they are pretty far flung, which is why we're hoping to be able to make the trip up to Vermont and Rhode Island in June or July to see my husband's son and daughter and their children. I don't think we'll make it to New Orleans and then up to Texas as well, not this year, although his sister (who is in Louisiana) usually makes it to Florida once a year. Her two daughters are in Louisiana and Texas, one has two children and one has four.
In Florida we have my other sister-in-law, her four kids and two grandkids (two boys and a girl, all grown up, the oldest girl being the mother of the two boys I look after), her son-in-law (oldest niece's husband and in whose honour the birthday party was thrown), and his father, step-mother and two younger sisters. His mother, step-father and their eleven year old daughter are up to the north of Atlanta, in Georgia. His grandmother has a home in the north of Florida but also spends time on the road in her enormous RV. There's also my sister-in-law's ex-husband, who we see pretty seldom but is a fairly decent sort.
Anyway, here's to a new week! Lots of appointments coming up, so plenty of running around with two small boys and the husband. I will report in on how the tracking is going, of course.
Once we got home, I had a sandwich skinny with a couple of pieces of bacon. After that came an afternoon of more crisps and Cadbury's mini eggs - which I didn't count out to control my portion size, nor did I weigh the crisps. Dinner was six slices of buttered toast and four soft boiled eggs.
Ah well, as I say, I refuse to beat myself up about it. I can't say I've eaten healthily today, either, but I have stuck within my calorie limit and it's a new week tomorrow.
With that in mind, I already have a jar of overnight oats for breakfast in the fridge that was supposed to be Saturday's breakfast. I'll make up a couple more jars tomorrow afternoon when I get in from work. I have all that I need to make my usual lunch of a sandwich skinny with cheese and turkey, and plenty of healthy evening meal material.
This week's dinners will include:
turkey meatballs with a fat-free cream of mushroom soup and fat free yogurt sauce (seasoned with allspice and nutmeg for a Swedish meatball-style flavour) with spaghetti;
chilli made with lean minced pork and beef, onions, carrots, peppers and tomatoes and plenty of chilli pepper, chipotle chilli pepper, cumin and maybe a hint of roasted ground coriander, not forgetting smoked paprika, served with rice one night and used to fill large tacos to make baked burritos another night. The burritos are made with refried beans and a cheese sauce made with yogurt, milk and shredded cheddar. I had the thought that I might make a kind of Tex-Mex lasagne with the large tacos, layering the chilli, tacos, beans and sauce instead...;
turkey breast fillets cooked in the slow cooker in barbecue sauce with a couple of spoons of honey added to it, again with onions and peppers. Great shredded and served over rice or pasta, makes enough for two nights. (Could use that with the large tacos instead, actually, we'll see);
pork rib steaks - not sure whether to just cook them in a sort of casserole or make barbecue ribs.
Apart from all of that, there's a pizza in the freezer, a couple of chicken pot pies (individual chicken pies which can be cooked in the microwave), lots of fish fillets, a roll of refrigerated biscuits (the Southern-style sort which are kind of like savoury scones), frozen oven chips and frozen vegetables.
My knee is still bothering me, so the amount of exercise has been pretty much zero. We were at a 30th birthday party in the park yesterday morning and early afternoon, hence the fried chicken and sides and the alcohol; it was our nephew's party, and it is his two little boys who I look after during the week. I spent a little while following the one year old around and pushing him on the swings, but most of the time was spent sitting down and chatting with people. It was really good to see some of his extended family again, as his parents are both remarried and have younger children, and his grandmother was there too.
It's pretty cool to have married into a relatively large family, even if they are pretty far flung, which is why we're hoping to be able to make the trip up to Vermont and Rhode Island in June or July to see my husband's son and daughter and their children. I don't think we'll make it to New Orleans and then up to Texas as well, not this year, although his sister (who is in Louisiana) usually makes it to Florida once a year. Her two daughters are in Louisiana and Texas, one has two children and one has four.
In Florida we have my other sister-in-law, her four kids and two grandkids (two boys and a girl, all grown up, the oldest girl being the mother of the two boys I look after), her son-in-law (oldest niece's husband and in whose honour the birthday party was thrown), and his father, step-mother and two younger sisters. His mother, step-father and their eleven year old daughter are up to the north of Atlanta, in Georgia. His grandmother has a home in the north of Florida but also spends time on the road in her enormous RV. There's also my sister-in-law's ex-husband, who we see pretty seldom but is a fairly decent sort.
Anyway, here's to a new week! Lots of appointments coming up, so plenty of running around with two small boys and the husband. I will report in on how the tracking is going, of course.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Ow ouch bugger!
Somehow, I've managed to hurt my right knee!
I don't know quite how (it may have been while chasing young chickens that had wriggled from rather than flown the coop on Monday afternoon, at our niece's house), but it hurts really quite a lot. Just under the knee cap, right leg, to the left of centre. Hopefully it's just a pulled muscle and nothing more horrible than that; it seems to be responding to ibuprofen, though naproxen sodium didn't touch it last night. Then again, last night I was very stupid and tried to bowl through the pain. Coach had to be very, very firm about my stopping after the second game!
Despite that, and doing my best to actually rest my leg today, I'm still going to very likely manage to log up 10,000 steps today. (Newsflash: I just limped round the house a few turns and am now sitting down again). All I've done is take the boys to collect the husband and take him to an appointment, took them to lunch, took them back to the doctor's office to meet up with their daddy and collect the husband, go round Aldi to get some groceries, go to Walgreens pharmacy to get some supplements, go to Publix to drop off a prescription and grab a couple more things that we couldn't get at Aldi, then go back to Publix to collect the medicine, swing down to Subway to get a sandwich, then home again.
Sounds like quite a busy day - although I had a sleeping baby on my chest for three hours which led to a baby-induced two and a half hour nap this morning. *g*
Still on track, which is good to report. Not much to say, really!
I don't know quite how (it may have been while chasing young chickens that had wriggled from rather than flown the coop on Monday afternoon, at our niece's house), but it hurts really quite a lot. Just under the knee cap, right leg, to the left of centre. Hopefully it's just a pulled muscle and nothing more horrible than that; it seems to be responding to ibuprofen, though naproxen sodium didn't touch it last night. Then again, last night I was very stupid and tried to bowl through the pain. Coach had to be very, very firm about my stopping after the second game!
Despite that, and doing my best to actually rest my leg today, I'm still going to very likely manage to log up 10,000 steps today. (Newsflash: I just limped round the house a few turns and am now sitting down again). All I've done is take the boys to collect the husband and take him to an appointment, took them to lunch, took them back to the doctor's office to meet up with their daddy and collect the husband, go round Aldi to get some groceries, go to Walgreens pharmacy to get some supplements, go to Publix to drop off a prescription and grab a couple more things that we couldn't get at Aldi, then go back to Publix to collect the medicine, swing down to Subway to get a sandwich, then home again.
Sounds like quite a busy day - although I had a sleeping baby on my chest for three hours which led to a baby-induced two and a half hour nap this morning. *g*
Still on track, which is good to report. Not much to say, really!
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