Katycakes Won't Give Up...

[Katycakes]

Thanks lovely ones! Hotel has Openzone so got free net... woo hoo! Gotta run now for meal, but will update later, the restaurant is an organic one with lots of veggie options so sounds hopeful. But a choc brownie milkshake was mentioned... hellllppp!!!!

@ Chels, twas Bess who mentioned Trampas i think first...

Anyways, thanks... going to fix my face and scoot.

xxx

 

[LellyCD]

Hey Katyhun, hope you're navigating well xx

 

[herewego]

Hope you're having fun!!

 

[DisneyParis]

Hope you've had a good day.

 

[Bess]

I hope so too Katy, the veggie choices sound great.

Dis, good to see you again, I like your signature - the bit in blue!

 

[Bess]

How did the supper go Katy? xx

 

[Katycakes]

Got here about 5 in the end, walked around Covent Garden and Leicester Square for a bit, loving it... such a buzz. I do miss cities sometimes, and London is SO cool.

Met my colleagues for dinner, veggie options a bit limited & all carby, but did best I could (until desert course when I did worst, but...)

1/2 glass of whisky & soda (oops)
tiny bits of guacamole/ baba ganoush/ hummus from mezze shared x 4.
cous cous, rocket & feta salad (left more than half of cous cous after picking out the good bits)
chocolate brownie & ice cream & carrot cake both between 4

I don't feel like I have overeaten, loved the brownie and was happy with just a few mouthfuls.

Also have a new deadline... Friday. That's SCARY.

xxx

 

[Bess]

Sounds lush to me, esp. the whisky and soda! Know just what you mean about cities, I love the buzz too!

Good luck with the rest of your trip, Friday deadline?! ooooooooooooooooooh! xx

 

[Katycakes]

DAY 50

Eek. Hoping to get a little bit of work done before breakfast (will have scrambled egg, & that will be my 810 meal). For lunch hope to escape with a skinny latte, same for tea. Hoping for a good day, sending happy wishes to all of you.

xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Oooooh Whisky, how lush!! So glad you didn't panic and made the best choices that you could. Credit for that.

Sounds like you are having a great time soaking up the city.......we only live 30 miles outside of London and I never go there...shockingly, well unless it is to see Chelsea play

Have a fab day today and speak soon x

 

[*Shanny*]

Good morning KC chocolate brownie and icecream mm.!

you did well to only have a small amount,!

Hope you manage to get your work done befor brekkie.

have a good day.x

 

[trisha]

Morning Katy, chocolate brownie, ice cream and carrot cake, you did well just to have a little I'd have scoffed the lot! :happy096:

Have a good day

 

[MinnieMel]

Hi KC -- It sounds like a lovely thing to do -- the dessrt share. Couscous is considered a low carb option on SouthBeach and so I think it was a very good choice.

I hope you are going to have Meal Replacement bar or Shake along with those lattes. You'll need the nutrients.

Good luck with the deadline -- I'd be feeling a bit stressed (but then as a procrastinator, if I am not given a deadline...)

MM

 

[Katycakes]

Lol, this is the last extension... my first deadline was October, & hadn't even started the work then! I did a good chunk this morning, will try to manage more on train later and then have thurs & Fri... it is possible! Off for my scrambled eggs and out to face the fray...

xxx

 

[DisneyParis]

Well done on yesterday, especially being faced with choc brownie, ice-cream & cake and managing only to have a little. :happy096:

 

[Bess]

Hi! :wavey:xx

 

[Greeneyes11]

Hi KC, glad to see you are happy with your meal choices, that makes all the difference.... cous cous is a good carb so is a good choice. I love London, we go there as often as we can, have been tons lately. I used to work in London and loved it. We have plans to go again real soon, but DS had his second operation last week (he has now had both his ingrowing toe nails removed) and cannot walk, takes about 4 weeks to get better properly so waiting until then, then we are off to the London Aquarium and maybe the London Eye again (we have Merlin Passes so all free)..... we can then take packed lunch again and I can be good otherwise we would normally go to Pizza Hut or La Strada.

 

[Bess]

DS had his second operation last week (he has now had both his ingrowing toe nails removed) and cannot walk, takes about 4 weeks to get better properly

Ouch, poor chap. Had mine done years ago, I remember it all too well.....

 

[Katycakes]

DAY 51

Scales, 12st. Happy with that, a sts week, but with the phantom gain and the London trip, all good.

Yesterday was exhausting, and food choices not good, but zero guilt or regret, as I am certain every cal was expended! A lot of dashing about and a stressful but fun interview, more dashing, then a long meeting, more dashing & train... long, long LONG journey, change of trains then off train to be met by OH at 10pm. Home by 11, in bed by half past. A successful trip and I feel much brighter and better about work than before, but also a little terrified of the Friday afternoon deadline, so after this am off to put a dent in it!

Here is the Horrible Truth:
Breakfast: 2x coffees, grilled mushrooms, scrambled egg
lunch: at meeting, latte, & top off an iced cupcake - ie, icing & a bit of sponge, left most of sponge.
tea: on train, a brownie someone had wrapped & put in my bag earlier in spite of my protests. (This is where my reputation as a chocoholic can come back to haunt me, all the sweet treats that are offered on trips south) No time to go to station shops for a salad or anything healthy, had packed & eaten a bar for Tuesday;s train journey & was relying on the emergency bar in my bag for the return trip. Looked for the 'emergency' bar and it turned out not to be a CD bar at all but a Frys choc bar I'd bought for mum 2 weeks ago & forgotten to give her. Arghh. Anyway, didn't eat it, which is something.
Supper: As predicted at Carlisle... the weak link. Was so, so tired, & wanted food. Went to chippy between trains and asked for half-portion of chips & mushy peas. I left half the chips but boy was it good.
Home, herb tea, bed.

So... not perfect, awful actually, but no guilt, and today has begun as it should with a CD porridge, I am back on this wagon and staying put! Off to do some work, have a great day all.

xxx

 

[herewego]

Sounds like you made the best of what was available! Well done! Now go and work