So you may or may not have noticed that the last two (yup two) weigh-ins have been missed off the blog. As no-one’s asked it’s taken until now for me to sit down and write this… so here goes.
For regular readers to Seize each day you’ll know I had a wonderful girlie spa day and sleepover and I thought I was ‘really good with my food choices’.
Here’s the breakdown:
I had a cheese and mushroom omelette for lunch on arrival (ok yes it did come with french fries and I munched on a few of these but that was a real treat). I drank three glasses of water with lunch, together with two glasses of white wine (ooops, but hey we were on an away-day for goodness sake). I did, however, refuse the fresh bread that was offered me.
The girls munched on biscuits and later on nibbles in the room before getting ready for the evening. I can’t even tell you what these were as not one passed my lips (feeling smug at this point). However, I have to admit that several glasses of Prosecco were enjoyed, but these weren’t huge (we’d all forgotten to take any glasses so it was the bathroom glasses for us, ie not very big).
Down to evening dinner in the Zen Garden Thai restaurant – there were the obligatory dips with prawn crackers brought immediately to the table; none of which I had. Again, we asked for water which I drank throughout our meal, although mixed in with the odd glass of Pinot. We all decided to share a selection of starters,followed by a selection of mains so that we would all get a chance to try out different things. This was a great idea and is one of the nicest Thai meals I think I’ve ever had. I was very restrained on my eating and didn’t even try all the dishes and STOPPED when I was FULL.
Breakfast the next morning. We went down to a sea of delights spread across four tables including all the normals that you come to expect when staying away in a ‘rather nice’ hotel. I was tempted, very tempted by the extremely fresh bread and croissants, but decided simply on scrambled eggs with a little smoked salmon. I didn’t even eat it all as with too much gassing going on and my eggs going cold, I didn’t then fancy the rest of them.
All in all I thought pretty good going.
When I jumped on the scales, dare I say it, quite confidently the following Monday (26 Jan) morning I have to say I had the wind knocked out of my sails! 2lbs on! Yes, that’s a 2lb gain for heaven’s sake. I thought the scales must be wrong and got off and back on, but no they definitely said I was 2lbs heavier than the previous week.
Gutted can’t even go anywhere near where I felt. Hence the ‘no blog’.
As you can imagine this put a rather large dent in my euphoria from the previous week’s 4lb’er!! Not a happy bunny at all and the week wasn’t my best.
The following Monday (2 Feb) I wasn’t looking forward to the weigh-in again. I knew I hadn’t been completely ‘on it’. The scales told me I had lost one of the pounds that I had gained. Something I suppose.
However, it still put me 1lb heavier than the week when I lost the 4lbs. In other words I am now just 6lbs lighter than when I started. Not a great achievement for 33 days on my new and improved eating plan.
Hence the ‘no blog’.
I knew I couldn’t not mention it, as at some point I would have to explain ‘the numbers’ so there you have it.
The water challenge continues…
It’s not going great and I am experiencing quite a few ups and downs. I’m trying to continue with drinking the water and honestly thought that this was going to be the answer for me… clearly it’s not. MrD has suggested that perhaps I have ‘water retention’ and my body is actually holding on to it and this is making me weigh heavier. Anyone got any suggestions?
Apart from the girlie night away, I’ve been good and been on the ‘no alcohol on a school night’ rule. Good on me *pats own back* but where’s it got me?
Ideas, suggestions, encouragement, thoughts all welcome … all positive though please as feeling a little delicate at the moment.
Carpe Diem x
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