I'm back from a lovely weekend away. I spent the whole day on Saturday with some cool crafty friends, you can read what that's all about over on my main blog, but it involves spending the day doing projects, chatting and eating. This particular event is BYO food, so I stacked my cool bag with loads of grapes, strawberries, apples, Ryvitas, Laughing cow cheeses lite, a tub of Batchelor's 98% fat free noodles, Mullerlight yoghurts and plenty of Diet coke for Breakie and lunch.
As I was then staying over at My Pa's, and he is 72, and couldn't possibly cater for a SW diet, I took a Baked potato, 3 x baby bel lights, a can of baked beans, a hifi bar, Mullerlight, a Mugshot noodle packet and some more fruit, which got me through another three meals, Tea, breakie and lunch with two water biscuits added, I was surprised they are only 1 syn each, and I quite like them.
Pa is a great wine drinker, probably where I got it from, and was floating glasses about, but I stuck to my diet coke, and even my sister who also stayed the night, had a couple of glasses, despite the fact that she gave up wine to train and run the London Marathon in April. So I was very proud of my resolve. However my sister who has spent from the age of 14 being overweight, which I haven't, finally lost all her weight over the last two years, and has taken up running. She got up at 5am and did 12 miles while I laid in bed 'til 11am !! So I am very proud of her, she's looking stunning in her size 12 jeans, while I was feeling chuffed that my size 16s are just begining to feel lose. Hopefully next time I see her, I shall be a stone lighter again.
I cooked a big roast dinner tonight, although completely on plan SW style, I did have one yorkshire pudding at 3.5 syns, they are lovely, but I used to have three, so I am pleased I have cut it down to a sensible, one. I had Quorn sausages, syn free roasties, mashed swede, with a splash of milk, but wrote this down as a HE A option, roast parsnips, peas, and gravy made from Veggie Bovril, and a tsp of horse radish. I am so stuffed now, my stomach is totally bloated.
Tomorrow I am visiting a friend. Some one I know well as a cyber friend, we've met two or three times, and she has just had a baby, and this will be the first time I am going to her house. I am really worried about what food she'll provide, and I am just going to have to eat it, 'cos, I just don't know her well enough to say, I can't eat that I'm on a diet!! However, she does read my main blog, and should be aware that I'm losing weight, and hopefully she'll notice as I haven't seen her in the flesh since early December, and I'm 17lbs lighter.
I have to keep saying that to myself, I'm 17lbs lighter, 'cos, I really don't feel it at the moment, despite being good all week, I feel much heavier. Strange that!
More later.
Jen
I am staggered
Staggered by your honesty .... I could never be this brave
Staggered by your will power .... awesome
Staggered by your weight - no way did you look anything like you were when I saw you. I think your scales are trying to depress you!
Staggered by your inspiration and I will be back to visit and hopefully catch your inspiration
Good luck to you in achieveing your goals
xxx
Posted by: Scrapdolly | 14 February 2007 at 09:19 PM