Monday 29 June 2009

Another good week




So for once this week was another good weight loss - 3 3/4lb. TOTM has arrived again today and I now have a rotten stomach ache. It's going to be very hot this week-it seems to be affecting me as I keep going really dizzy and everything goes black, like I'm going to faint. It's either totm that's affecting me as well as the heat or I need to eat something in this weather to help me cope better, though I don't really want to have to do that. Saying that, I am going to have some chicken on Saturday as it will be more of a hectic day and I don't want to faint on the tube!

Going to have to throw away my size 18 pyjama bottoms-they keep falling down and I trip over them! Washed all of the old pairs that I've kept in the drawer and they all fit-all size 12-14. I really would like to order those Winsor Pilates dvd's now so they come before the summer holidays start. I want to start toning up sooner rather than later. The quicker I can start the better I'll look when Linda and Neil come over.

Tuesday 23 June 2009

100 days!

Today is my 100th day of the Cambridge diet. To think that I couldn't picture myself getting past the first few weeks. I'm proud to say that I've been 100% for the whole time. I've managed to ignore the cravings-I do still get them-and I'm really happy I did this.

This week I lost 3 1/4lb, which I was happy with. I'm never lucky to get much more than that. I'm hoping to have a good loss next week too before my totm comes yet again this month. I want to lose as much as possible before Linda and Neil come over in September. I want to give them a REALLY big shock.

Going to see Take That on the 4th July. I'm really looking forward to it. Planning to cook some chicken and take it with me. It's going to be a long day and I don't want to feel faint or sick. I've planned to eat it so I'm fine with it. As of this morning I was 12 st 9 3/4. Can't remember the last time I ever weighed that.

Monday 15 June 2009

Well I did lose something

Not much, but 1 1/2lb off is better than on. At least I'm back on SS now and hopefully will get a good loss next week. I've had 2 crap weeks, for one reason or another, but I've stuck to it and I think I'm about due for my reward.

Friday 12 June 2009

This week is going to be a total washout

So far this week I have lost zilch. I have put on and lost the same 1/4lb a number of times but the scales are stubbornly refusing to move. Looks like I've hit the dreaded plateau. Last week was a crap loss too-so with this week set to look the same I'm not very happy.

Abandoned the vegetables-it was making me miserable. Used my chicken and mushroom soup to make stuffing and a sauce for my chicken, which was absolutely yummy! Going to have that for my dinner on Sunday too, so I feel like I'm having a 'Sunday dinner' for a change. Not really looking forward to the chicken tonight as I've had to marinade it in the dreaded yoghurt-which I'm also not keen on.

Hoping to get some celeriac tonight from Sainsburys. Bet I can't get any. If I do get some I'll probably hate it, but I need to try it. Would be handy if I did like it 'cos it would give me a nicer dinner for the weekend.

The only thing I'll actually miss about my 810 week is having my bar at lunchtime. It's been nice taking that to work. I'm getting a bit worried about hair loss at the moment. It's not that I've noticed it much-not yet anyway, but a number of people on mini's are having problems. Think I might buy some Vitamin B complex and some Vitamin A and start taking it now. It's meant to be good for your hair.

I live in hope of losing something this week, but I won't hold my breath. If I don't lose anything I'd better get something exceptional the week after!

Tuesday 9 June 2009

Not really enjoying my 810 week so far

Unfortunately the list of 'allowed' foods is a bit short on things that I actually like to eat. It's no secret that I absolutely hate all vegetables and salad. I've never liked them-the smell, the taste, the texture-makes me want to gag.

The protein list isn't exactly great either. I like chicken and turkey and also quorn. Except quorn is nice when it's mixed with ragu and spaghetti-it's a bit miserable looking otherwise. I have a milk allowance, which as I don't drink milk, I changed to 0% greek yoghurt. I honestly can't say I'm keen on that either-I don't normally eat yoghurt, but I'm trying to disguise the taste with curry powder. My only other options are cottage cheese (which reminds me of sick) or plain fish.

I made cauliflower mash to have with my chicken yesterday. I had to force it down and I didn't like the taste at all. Today I tried to disguise it by hiding it in my quorn, but I could still taste it. I still actually feel full and sick after having to force all that quorn down. I even put a bit of lettuce with it but it made it taste awful.

I just don't know how I'm going to manage to get any of these veg down. I wanted to try making celeriac chips, but I can't get hold of any. Knowing me I'd hate them anyway. I tried to like the lettuce and I tried to like the cauliflower, I really did-but I'm certainly not going to be forcing them down and I won't be eating them when I've finished this diet. I'm so stuffed from all that quorn that I had to eat tonight that I feel sick and bloated.

People just don't understand about me hating veg. They think that there must be something I like but there isn't. I've always been a fussy eater. If it comes to it I'm just going to have to eat my protein but leave the veg. I just can't make myself feel so sick.

I never thought I'd say this but I can't wait to go back to Sole Source again.

Monday 8 June 2009

40lbs lost

Not much of a weight loss this week. I knew that totm would affect it, but I was hoping not by this much. I only lost 1 1/4lb, but I suppose a loss is a loss. I need to lose 2lb next week to finally be in the 12's and 3 stone down. As it's my 810 week I really hope that I do lose that amount. It feels really weird to finally eat something.

Can't say that what I can eat is great really. Didn't really enjoy my tea all that much. The chicken wasn't bad. As I don't have any way of using up the milk allowance I'm using the 0% Greek yoghurt instead-I marinaded the chicken in it, mixed with curry powder and ground coriander. I cooked some cauliflower in vegetable stock then blended it with another spoonful of yoghurt. I ate it but mash it aint.... I really didn't think it tasted that great. I want to try celeriac chips, but Sainsburys doesn't have any celeriac. I'm probably looking forward to that and won't like them either. I'm really trying to like these veg but it's really hard.

Tomorrow I'm going to have a chocolate tetra at work and a bar for lunch. Then I'll make a mousse when I get home to have for a pudding and cook the quorn and cauliflower a bit later on. I want to try and space it out a bit, to try to keep myself in ketosis if I can.

Saturday 6 June 2009

I was feeling disappointed....

...with my weight loss this week. After the 3/4lb weight gain, which I lost next day, I then gained another 1/2lb, stayed the same then lost 3/4lb again. So now I only have till Monday morning to lose a bit more-and I don't normally lose anything from Sunday to Monday. I was expecting this week to be a washout because of my totm and I wasn't wrong. I just wasn't expecting it to be quite this bad.

I was feeling a bit flat. Concentrating more on what other people manage to lose, even when they cheat and feeling a bit hard done by. Decided to have a shower and go pamper myself. Got distracted by my wardrobe and decided to try on a skirt that I used to wear to work all the time. Only tried it on because I thought it was a size 14 and I wanted to see how near I was to fitting into it. It surprised me when I could get it on-even though I couldn't quite do it up. Not as surprised as I was when I took it off and saw the label said it was a size 12! I then decided to try on another skirt that was a size 16. It fitted perfectly, but it wasn't a 16-it was a 14!

I can hardly be disappointed with my weight loss this week. OK, so it's not going to show on the scales but I am still losing fat. I've lost another 4 inches so far over the past few weeks-my bust has reduced from a 40DD to a 38B so far. Since I've had my hair cut it notices more than ever. I've even noticed people at work glancing in my direction. They wouldn't say anything because otherwise it would be like telling me I was fat and now I'm not-but I know they can see the difference. I love getting compliments-I'm just not used to it-I never get compliments. I've been the 'fat one' for so long.

Tuesday 2 June 2009

Feeling really crap

I feel really rubbish today. Definitely TOTM on the way. Lucky my weight loss was good yesterday because it went back up by 3/4lb this morning. Think I should stay away from the scales this week and just give it up as a bad job. Can't say it will be great over the next couple of weeks as I can't guarantee to lose on my 810 week either. Bleurgh!

Monday 1 June 2009

Week 11 Weigh in

Well didn't lose any more by this morning but didn't gain either, so it was a very respectable 3 3/4lbs. I'm pleased with that. So that's nearly 39lbs off in 11 weeks. My official weigh in was rubbish, just like I thought it would be. It barely registered on the scales. It went from 13st 9.8 last week, to 13st 9.6 this week. Don't know why I'm disappointed because I always take it from my own scales anyway! Think my totm must be closer than I thought-I'm starting to get a bit of a stomach ache again and just feel a bit low. That, plus the extra water weight and wearing my trainers to be weighed didn't help. I don't feel like it's cheating to take my weight by my own scales as I also take bad readings from mine, when my CDC's show a good loss. Besides, first thing in the morning in my undies I am getting what my body weighs-not my clothes and my shoes, plus everything I've either eaten or drunk.

I'm now 3 1/4lb away from 3 stone. Don't know if I'm going to manage that in the next week, what with totm but it would be nice. It would be nice to get it out of the way before my 810 week next week. I'm looking forward to it, but just hope that I manage a loss of at least a couple of pounds.