Pudding's Just Desserts - The Hard Slog To Slim

[-Pudding-]

Ok then...

I thought I should do one of these diary things to keep me on track and also to provide a handy reference to what I've eaten as I go along.

I entered the second week of induction on Monday, having lost 4lbs last week. I know from experience that a combination of my age, a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and generally sluggish metabolism that I won't lose fast....so I just need to grit my teeth!

I'm excited today because I have a meat box arriving from a local organic, free-range farm and the wonderful people there have specially made me a kilo of sausages this morning with absolutely no fillers...just pure Gloucester Old Spot pork and some herbs! Can't wait to try those :drool:

Menu today
B - 2 eggs scrambled with butter
L - 2 bratwurst (2g carb) and a small aubergine baked with a sprinkle of mozzarella on top
D - coconut prawns, tandoori chicken on a bed of little gem lettuce, 1 medium tomato and garlic aioli

Drinks are tea with whole milk or double cream, water and 1 diet coke.

My 'cluck and surf' dinner

 

[Tamzy1989]

your dinner looks lush x

 

[nevadiva]

Great menu and your dinner looks so yummy, just made me hungry. Coconut prawns one of my favourite x

 

[-Pudding-]

Thank you! I love cooking (not fantastic at it...but enthusiastic!)

So this evening is my first big test. A friend of mine is going to start a cottage business making brownies and she's invited a bunch of her closest friends round to test them. This is one of those tricky ones because she's had it planned for ages and I know she'll really want my opinion...purely because I'm one of those people who's not afraid to say what I think. I won't say "Oh that's lovely", when I'm really thinking "It was too sweet."

So I don't want to let her down, but I don't want to ruin this week's hard work either! I'm thinking perhaps just having the tiniest of nibbles of each brownie type - literally just enough to taste.

Menu today:
B - oatbran (1 tbl/5 carbs) and rhubarb (1 tbl/1 carb) porridge with tbl double cream on
L - Mattesson's smoked pork sausage on a bed of little gem with mustard mayonnaise (1tsp dijon added to 1tb Helman's)
D - Cauliflower, Broccoli and bacon cheese bake

 

[Jim]

Hi pudding and welcome, those are lush photo's there love.

 

[-Pudding-]

Well I don't think I did too badly on my brownie tasting evening. Had a few nibbles, but did fall foul of a couple of glasses of Cava.

I guess I'll see how that translates on the scales come Monday's weigh-in!

Today's menu
B - skipped
L - 2 rashers bacon, 2 gluten-free sausages, 1 fried egg
D - Low carb chicken kiev (the 'breading' was a mixture of blitzed up pork rinds and flaxseed meal), green beans and stir-fried courgette.

 

[Tamzy1989]

Your dinners makes me hungry x

 

[-Pudding-]

Your dinners makes me hungry x

Thanks Tamzy! I have to admit that for the first week I could have gnawed my own fingers off....but the hunger seems to be settling down now!

How are you getting on?

 

[-Pudding-]

A looong day today. Spring-cleaning the house and then a good, long walk with the mutt.

Skipped lunch because I was scuttling around being so busy. I dared get on the scales today to see if the Cava on Thursday had walloped me, but I couldn't really tell.... 1/2lb off since Monday, so hoping to shift some more before Monday weigh-in!

Menu today:
B - Herby flaxseed MIM with smoked salmon and cream cheese
L - Skipped
D - Low-carb pizza with salad. I used the ground cooked chicken breast/mozzarella recipe from the Your Light Side blog for the base, then 2tbl of Seeds of Change tomato & basil sauce spread over and on top of that is parma ham, chorizo, oyster mushrooms, 1 sliced tomato and more mozzarella.

Was really impressed with the pizza; you cook the base first for 10 minutes so that it's crispy and then whack it back in the oven with the toppings on for another 10.

 

[Tamzy1989]

i just love your menus... your already giving me ideas x

 

[ladyfelsham]

Love the look of the pizza - might try that today

 

[-Pudding-]

I'd really recommend the pizza ladyfelsham. The crust turned out crispy so you could actually it with your hands. I wish I could claim credit for it; but alas no. The recipe for it is on the link in my post.

So, been a hot day today with lots of gardening and lots of walking. I know I've not lost this week (2nd week - tomorrow is weigh-in), but that's fine. That's about par for the course when I diet.

Menu today
B - 2 rashers of bacon, 2 gluten-free sausages
L - 2 mini MiMs with cream cheese
D - Pork belly with asparagus

 

[coffeelover]

Yummy photos Pudding. Hot day? What's that. I'm in Scotland.

 

[losingit]

great pics and yummy food there . Keep up the good work and stick with it, the loss will come.

 

[Kat1e]

Just found your diary! All sounds good - keep it up

 

[Tamzy1989]

wow pudding your menus always seems to amaze me! looking yummy as always. i love your portion size, it makes me think i'm eating way to much lol thats where i always go wrong. keep up the good work hun. how did weigh in go today?

 

[Jim]

Morning pudding, lot's of lovely food photo's there, and nice to see the pats of butter.

 

[-Pudding-]

Many thanks for the kind wishes all!

Weigh-in day today and no loss. I was expecting that to be honest as the scales haven't shifted all week (I've been naughtily daily weighing), but I was pretty much expecting that because on ever diet I've ever done I've never lost weight in Week 2!

So not downhearted; if I don't lose after Week 3 then I'll look at tweaking.

Mega busy work day today so a quick update with my planned menu and then I'll be catching up on people's diaries this evening as you all give me a lot of inspiration!

Menu today:
B - 1tbl oatbran (5 carbs) made into porridge with a splash of double cream
L - Slice of left-over pork belly with green salad and 1tbl Mayo
D - Planning to have a butter/herb stuffed chicken breast, wrapped in bacon. Nutmeg spinach and green beans.

 

[Tamzy1989]

hey pudding
what kind of oatbran do you use? ive been craving cereal lately, particulary rice crispies and branflakes, it would be nice to have oat bran for brekkie sometimes. x

 

[-Pudding-]

hey pudding
what kind of oatbran do you use? ive been craving cereal lately, particulary rice crispies and branflakes, it would be nice to have oat bran for brekkie sometimes. x

Hey Tamzy!

The oatbran I get from the wholefood section in Tesco, but I think you can probably get it in Holland and Barratt too. It swells up to about 5x the size when cooked so you only need a tablespoon of it. I cook with water, add cream and sometimes stewed rhubarb (which is great if you're having problems going to the loo!)

I generally find that when I have oatbran I'm totally not hungry until lunch time.