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dmv_2

Hi all. Food wise has been rubbish today but it was expected! Today is OH's birthday so breakfast was one hot cross bun, lunch was ribs for OH (I had 2 ribs while he had most of 2 racks) some wedges and some stuffing from the deli, and dinner was an indian take away. OH wanted poppadoms AND a proper starter which was far too much but as it was a treat I said ok. I ordered an extra rice as I knew I would barely touch my main so he would end up with it for dinner tomorrow. I was right as after starters I was stuffed so had 1 piece of chicken, a spoonful of rice and a spoonful of sag aloo, and didnt even eat it all! There is tons for OH tomorrow, so its all good.

I also had a tiny slice of the most divine birthday cake! I bought it from a posh cake shop and had it iced with his name etc on it so he was very happy as it was clear I had made an effort. He was happy with all his pressies as well, so I'm in the good books today! I havent done any uni work today, or in fact since I finished my essay so need to do some tomorrow before I get used to having a life again!

Will pull tomorrow back food wise with cereal and or soup during the day, and cous cous for dinner so nice and light. And a slice of birthday cake of course! Wishing everyone a good food day tomorrow. Night all.

Brighton_belle

great result on the buggyboard polka.
Beanie - lots and lots of luck for tomorrow. Chocolate as medical necessity (aneathetises test anxiety) is a must.

polkadot

Just an update on downstairs. I asked her this morning (she was only paying £100 a fortnight) if I could have £30 or £40 for activities each week. She said she was so relieved I asked her because she really didn't want to only pay for expenses. So alls well that ends well. And even £200 a month is HUGE just to dedicate to the children-I can finally go to the zoo:j

Missy™

Morning all!

Stuck indoors today with no access to kitchen (having work done in there) - could be a good weight control plan except for all the mountains of picnic food piled up in the lounge!

I don't watch tv other than some of the sports I follow but it seems to me from comments on here that there's an awful lot of 'diet' type programmes around at the moment?!

Hope you have a good weekend Sary! You mustn't feel guilty about your success. I have a similar thing, a friend started a little after me, she dropped 3 stone quite quickly, stalled and then gained a stone back. She's now STS-ish for over a year so at least it isn't continuing upwards She seems to get disheartened if she "only" loses 1lb I've tried and tried to help her understand how fab a 1lb loss is and how they can add up quickly!

Yesterday is a good example of how I find it difficult to eat sufficient calories when I have a heavy exercise day. I didn't know until 2pm that I'd get chance to go to the gym - so up to and including lunch (my main meal of the day) I'd eaten a typical 'usual' amount of 1116 calories, which was fine. I then did 2hrs on the gym equipment worth 891 calorie burn (PAYG gym so I need to have a worthwhile session each time I visit), by my own stingy calorie burn calcs not the gym machines over generous ones! Afterwards I could only stomach another 587 calorie intake the rest of the day and that was with really trying! Result for day: 1703-891 = net calories of 812! Much too low...!

dmv_2

Polkadot thats brilliant and now eeryones happy with the situation! Well I had a cheat and hopped on the scales to see how much damage yesterday did, and im only 1/2 lb heavier than I was on wednesday so that can easily be recouped over the next few days. The alcohol binge on saturday still to come though but Im now a little more confident that I might be able to manage a sts and not a gain this week!

I am absolutely shattered today. Have averaged 3 hours walking a day for the last few days and at a quicker pace than usual, and I can definitely feel it now. Right off to get some cereal and start the day!

Missy™

You'll be burning some serious calories there dmv - a good brisk walk off-road is worth about 280 cals/hour for me, and for most people it would be more!

Anyone got any good weekend plans?

victory

Morning:Dpolka great,the money will come in handy;) you say the zoo crumbs we priced it as £78 for the 4 of us:eek:fortunately he ended up going with the cubs which cost £9 a child so he was happy:D

andyslinz

Missy™ wrote: »

Anyone got any good weekend plans?

We're having the "dine in for two for a tenner" from M&S on Saturday Night.

We picked Chicken Breasts with a Cheesy type Crumb coating and Cherry Tomatoes, roast potatoes (the cubed ones, with herbs) and for afters dum dum dummmm Profiteroles!!!! :eek:
Also, bottle of rose wine! Haa
I am not too worried though, as I am trying to relax a "little" since I am so proud to have started my 5k training.

Will be going for a run early morning, then probably go to the library. A book I reserved a few weeks back is available. It's a Janet Street Porter one "Life's too F**king Short!" Lol...
I skim read a few pages of it, at New Year when I was in London, and it fascinated me. She is so blunt and to the point! I love her for that!
Did anyone see her on Gok Fashion Fix? Hilarious!
xx

andyslinz

Woops forgot to mention...
I had a NAUGHTY macdonalds last night!!!

Feel free to shout at me!!

dmv_2

andyslinz no one will shout at you, its all about balance.
Missy - thats quite a high calorie burn for something I do a lot of, quite happy with that!

I realised today that I weigh less now than I have been for over 2 1/2 years! So I went to my "clothes that dont fit" wardrobe and had a big try on. I now have another 2 pairs of jeans that fit, a pair of combats and a couple of tops. I threw a hell of a lot out and only kept my favourite items, so to fit back into them feels great!