It's not a lot, but it's enough

Good morning,

Last night was a veryyyyy relaxed evening, almost too relaxed. I made my dinner; beef, kale and egg bake and then made my lunch for today; salad with peaches wrapped in parma ham and ground pistachios. Afterwards, I done a bit of meditation, read a little bit, messed about on the computer and had an early night. Sleeping for 10.30.

Been to the gym this morning and raring to go for work today. Had a productive day yesterday so hoping to do the same today.

I've no plans for tonight or tomorrow, which worries me as this usually means spontaneous plans with friends which usually costs somewhat. I've a 'friend' that might want to catch up at some point haha.

Work on Sunday. A short shift and should be an fairly informal one but work nonetheless.

Hope everyone has a lovely Friday and weekend

No, don't be silly. Ask away.

Yeah I'm doing it on my own. I spent December researching and reading a lot of books on it. The best for me was "Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It" by Gary Taubes. I was completely sold on it after reading it. Or if reading isn't your thing then he done a podcast with Joe Rogan which goes into detail while being very entertaining.

I started researching as I heard a lot of top athletes, in all different sports, were on the ketogenic diet. You can eat as much as you like, just low carbs. So my lunch box is FULL with vegetables, I enjoy cream in my coffee and I have cheese almost everyday.

I feel a lot more energetic throughout the day. I no longer crash and feel either super spiked with energy nor do I feel sleepy after a big meal. I started on the 3rd January and I've had 1 cheat day and I've seen a noticeable difference in my body fat %.

There are TONS of low-carb recipes out there for starters, mains, desserts, snacks, side dishes, drinks etc. So I'm never stuck having the same meals.

I highly recommend it and I've only been on it for 5 weeks.

Good afternoon one and all,

I had a nice weekend.

Friday was a NSD and ended up having a relatively early night.

Saturday was always planned to be spend day. Started off with a brunch with my mates which cost me £9, which I thought was a bit steep for an omelette and a coffee personally. Anyway, from there I went to Aldi and got my shopping in plus filled the car with petrol too. I played as taxi to my parents as they were at a wedding so I pondered around the house for a bit doing bits and bobs.

I was working most of Sunday which meant it too was a NSD. Family were having dinner in a lovely restaurant in Glasgow called Caf! Andaluz, always guaranteed a good meal. My mum picked up the tab as it was for my grans birthday which is actually today, Monday.

So after work today I’ll pick up some flowers and a card and pop by her house on my way home. I’ve been thinking on places to go for an afternoon tea with but I can’t think of anywhere ‘special’ so I’ll see what good deals are on Groupon and make a decision from there.

I’ve not got many plans for the week ahead, so I should hopefully manage quite a few NSD’s – we’ll see.

It was nice, thank you Louby.

Was was also nice was my grans face yesterday when she opened the door to see me with a bouquet of flowers and a birthday card. She seemed really appreciative of it and complains that I shouldn't be spending money on her, which is bonkers considering what she's done for me the last 12 months.

I told her I wanted to take her out for a nice afternoon tea at some point but she was really against it. So I then said I'd take her to her favourite Chinese restaurant to which she agreed. So I'll go in March at some point I recon.

Today should be a NSD. I'm going to make a low carb coconut cake and I've a sneaky suspicion I'm missing one of the ingredients, if that is the case then I'll need to nip out and get it.

Morning,

Spend day yesterday as planned, £3.50 for football.

I done a stock take before I left and realised I was short in chicken for the remainder of the week so I planned on going after football but forgot. Which means I'll need to go today and ruin my NSD!

No plans for tonight but given my cake failure I think I'll try my hand at low-carb ginger biscuits. Found a recipe that only needs 5 ingredients, so I won't kick myself as much if it falls flat on it's face - again.