Saturday 23rd July 2022

Hi, thanks for taking the time to read my blog.

For the first half of last week, up to about Thursday, I was craving cake but I didn't give in. I stuffed my face with apples and hoped for the best.

I have a sweet tooth and it's a nightmare, although I do have fibre bars and low calorie bars to counter that

Although there really is nothing that can compare to a fresh fruit scone, topped with homemade jam, oozing with thick succulent clotted cream, washed down with a pot of tea. Hang on, I'll just wipe the drool off my chin.

Of course, if I sin it or count my calories, I'm allowed to have that, but it would mean I couldn't have the good stuff. You know what I mean, the type of food that is full of protein and vitamins that keeps you fit. In other words, everything that tastes boring. 

I was going to have a scone today after slimming club and count it, but I was starving and had a leek and cheese pasty instead. Pastry Danger! Danger! 

I had that about twelve and I'm not hungry yet, so at the moment, every mouthful was worth it, despite me only being able to have fruit for the rest of my day, because I also had a strawberry mouse. However, you'll be suprised to hear, that I didn't exceed my daily allowance of calories. I tend to resort to calories when I go off my diet and it seems to be working so far. 

The cheese and leek pasty was 776 calories and the mouse was about about 150, then I had a low fat yogurt and a fibre bar for breakfast which equals 150 so total about... hum!  Just getting my pad. Total calories - 1076. I aim for 1,200 to 1,300 a day which seems to give me a 1 or 1.5 weight loss a week. Bodies may vary. 

This was a one off but so far, I feel full and will fill up on apples if needs be, but I think I might feel a litttle guilty later when I think what I could have for that 776 calories. For a start, I could have had 2 chicken breasts and loads of veg. So, it goes without saying, my choices weren't good today, but they were yummy. lol

Ok. let's get down to the nitty gritty. 

Weight last week: 13stone and 9 pounds

Weight this week  13stone and 7.5 pounds

Weight loss:                              1.5 pounds

Total loss so far:                       19.5 pounds

I need to loose another pound and half to make it one and a half stone. I'm going to stick to my healthy eating plan from tomorrow lol, and write everything down to try and lose that. 

Rounding it up to 20 pounds, according to the net, twenty pound is roughly equivalent to...

The average weight of a melon is between 20-25 pounds.

The average office chair weighs about 20 pounds, I don't believe that.

Patio table

A push lawn mower.

Not sure about you, but some of this seems a bit far fetched, lol.

Thought for the day:

Write down what you eat and weigh as much as you can, guessing an amount can vary according to how hungry you are. After all, that odd bit of cheese or that small roast potato still has sins or calories, no matter how much you want to ignore that fact.

Thanks for reading my blog and have a great and healthy week, but if that biscuit accidentally jumps out of the biscuit tin and lands in your mouth, don't beat yourself up about it. It was one biscuit. 

Just forget about it and move on. Unless it's two or three and then you have to think again. If the whole tin gets stuck on your hand and the biscuits hold you hostage, then you may need to phone someone. lol

Tip

If you're hungry, core two apples and put them on a side plate. About twelve segments. They fill the whole plate and take a while to eat.