January 2010
8 posts
Short Term Goals
1. Lose my 10% - 11st 12lbs - 8lbs to go!
2. Run 5k - can currently run 2.5k
3. Slim back in to my fave size 12 black jeans - currently do up, but leave fetching marks around my middle!
The problem with dieting...
…is that real life gets in the way.
If I could go to work, leave work, go to the gym, go home, cook dinner and go to bed, the weight would fall off me, and I would be the leanest, healthiest person out there.
My problem is that real life stuff gets in the way, and I let it take control far, far too much. This weekend has been my birthday (cue dinners, drinks and cake with boyfriend,...
Wednesday 6th January
Menu:
Breakfast: Sultana Bran and Skimmed Milk (4 points)
Lunch: Leftover beef Bourgignon and veg (6 points)
Dinner: At Las Iguanas with girls for birthday dinner - DISASTER points wise! Starter - Mushrooms in spicy creamy Chipotle Sauce and wraps (4 points for the wraps, wouldn’t like to guess at the sauce!) Main - Chicken Burrito with Rice and Salad (2 points for the wrap, 3 points...
Tuesday 5th January
Menu:
Breakfast: Sultana Bran, Grapes and Skimmed Milk (4.5 points)
Lunch: Massive bowl of Minestrone Soup (2 points)
Dinner: Beef Bourgignon, boiled new potatoes, spring greens, carrots and brocoli (6 points)
Snacks: Banana, 2 Satsumas, Apple and Sunbites crisps (4.5 points)
Total 17.5/21
Had good intentions of going to the gym, but with a rumbly belly and the snow falling, I headed home...
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Monday 4th January
Weigh in: 12st 4. Menu: Breakfast: 60g Sultana Bran with 1/4 Skimmed Milk Lunch: Massive bowl of homemade minestrone soup Snacks: Sunbites crisps, 2 Satsumas, Apple, 50g grapes. Dinner: Diced Pork Chilli/Vegetables with Rice Exercise: 1 mile on the treadmill at the gym 15 minutes of powerwalking on the treadmill 15 minutes on the bikes Physio stretches and sit ups. So far so good, but with my...
Put on 5lbs over the festive period, weighing in...
Here goes…