Well have been busy, busy, busy at work so not managed to get on here for a few days!
Have a stinking head cold - headache, can't breathe, streaming nose and eyes - and it's driving me nuts.
Apart from that all is good. Diet going brilliantly.
Interestingly I had a health mot yesterday. Weighed, measured, had my bp/cholesterol/glucose levels checked. Result is that I am going to live - yay! My blood pressure and glucose levels are ay ok which is great. My cholesterol was a teeny teeny weeny bit over, but he wasn't worried about it. And I suspect that a few more days into Atkins will have it lowered even more. I dread to think what it would have been pre-Atkins!
However, my tummy measurement wasn't good. Am an apple shape (thanks mum!) and it's always the last place I lose. So even although he said I was only a few pounds overweight (which I knew anyway) I really need to lose more off my stomach.
Totally different topic - we are seriously considering getting a dog!! Never had one before and it's a bit scary. I'm really a cat person, but we live next to a busy road which runs through our village and our two cats were killed on it. So not risking getting another cat and the girls are absolutely desperate for a dog. Always have been and I've had enough of my ears being bent about it.
Went today to the local stray dog shelter. Some gorgeous dogs there but all too large for us unfortunately. Was very upsetting though - I wanted to take them all home! Loads and loads of staffs, poor things. Was a gorgeous boxer who was being rehomed whilst we were there which was nice.
No idea what breed to get. Got loads of requirements though - has to be a dog that:
1. is small (our house and garden aren't huge and there are already 6 of us living here and 4 guinea pigs)
2. likes guinea pigs! Ours run free in the garden all summer and I don't want them being dinner for some hungry hound...
3. is quite docile. We will be taking it into the office with us and so I can't have one that will bound around like a loony and eat the products...
4. doesn't shed much. Want the least amount of mess possible!
5. isn't a puppy. Couldn't cope with that. From 2 - 5yrs old would be ideal which is why rehoming a dog would be ideal.
Any ideas on what we should go for?
Menu today:
BF - scrambled egg (with cream), bacon, fried mushrooms
L - 2 sausages for a treat (lowest carb ones I could find), chicken and bacon in mayo
D - homemade feta burgers, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach in cream
Thinking of making mims for the first time so I can have a 'bun' for my burger. Have linseeds though and am working out how I can grind them...
Off to search the cupboards for suitable crushing implement...
