Reaching Target in 2020

[Ravenous]

Day 727 Monday 27th April 2020
B - Oat & millet porridge with apple, dried apricots, strawberries, tbs butter & sprinkled with seeds
L - Cheese & beef sandwich in 2 WM bread
D - Roast salmon with salad (leaves, mint, cue, til, peppers, radish, tom)
S - apple, kitkat
Fluids - 4 black tea, 3L water
Exercise - 6,000 steps, 20 km exercise bike. Was late out so couldn't do all the steps I wanted.

 

[Ravenous]

Day 728 Tuesday 28th April 2020
L - Beef curry ( onion, garlic, ginger, sweet potato, pepper, Green beans, curry paste), WM toast
D - Cheese & tomato sandwich, Fruits with yog, rhubarb jam and sprinkled with seeds
S - Banana, kitkat
Fluids - 3 Black tea, 2L water
Exercise - Heavy rain today so not been for a walk so I did 30km exercise bike

 

[Ravenous]

Day 729 Wednesday 29th April 2020
L - Frittata (onion, tom, potato, mushroom, green beans, peas, sweetcorn, topped with cheese) chili sauce and salad (leaves, coriander, mint, cue, tom, pepper, radish, beetroot)
D - Cottage cheese & jam sandwich
S - 4 tsp home made jam, blood orange
Fluids - 4 herbal tea,2.5L water
Exercise - 5,000 steps, 10 km exercise bike

 

[Ravenous]

Day 730 Thursday 30th April 2020
Start weight - 223 lbs (15s 13 lbs)
Current weight - 159 lbs (11s 5 lbs)
Loss to date =64 lbs
2lbs off this week which I am happy with. 5 lbs to my target and 5 stone loss.
Today is my day off the plan but I haven't been too bad.
B/L - 2 sandwiches (cottage cheese & home made jam, banana, peanut butter). They kept me going until dinner. Dinner time I didn't feel that hungry but decided to eat as I don't want to eat late.
Had some cheese - why I don't know why - I put it down to boredom.
Lots to do around the house but I am not in the frame of mind doing them. Hopefully, I start on them tomorrow to keep busy & positive.
D - Beef curry, rice & coriander ( break from mint - haha).
That is me finished eating for today.
S - Blood orange, tbs seeds
Fluids - 3 black coconut coffee,2 Black tea, 2L water
Exercise - 3,200 steps, 20 km exercise bike. Rained most of the day & grass very wet in the park, so couldn't achieve my steps target.
I am bored & when I went for my walk bought some Rhubarb & made some more jam - it is going to last me a long time. The more weight I lose, the more I feel I need something sweet and I rather mix homemade jam with yogurt than shop bought stuff.

 

[Larissa]

Day 722 Saturday 25th April 2020
After STS this week, I decided to change a few things with my eating plan and see how I get on. I am going to be eating between 14:00-19:00. Although I prepare each meal in whole, I take my time to eat over 2-3 hours to avoid overloading my tummy and bloating.

L - Beef curry, rice & salad (leaves, mint, pepper, cue, tom, beetroot)
D - Cheese & blood orange sandwich, bowl of fruits (apple, banana, strawberries, Clementine garnished with mint leaves)
S - Apple, strawberries, boiled sweet
Fluids - 3 Black tea, 2.5 L water
Exercise - 10,200 steps, 20 km exercise bike.
Since the lockdown I have been going for short walks, but as I live by an open space and everyone is observing the social distancing, I have decided to go for a walk of 10,000 or more per day as long as it is sunny. On rainy days I will increase exercise bike km.

Great bounce back strategy! I can't believe you've kept track of the number of days you've been on this journey! 723 today! Amazing, keep it up

 

[Larissa]

Do you have a huge bush of mint?! I love it, all the mint you have. It's making me consider getting mint and potting it out. Your food looks super again today

 

[Ravenous]

Do you have a huge bush of mint?! I love it, all the mint you have. It's making me consider getting mint and potting it out. Your food looks super again today

There is a small herb garden in the grounds of my apartment block. I am one of the few who use the herbs. We have different varieties of mint, parsely and chives. I buy a big bunch of coriander (my favourite) from green grocer down the road.
Mint grows fast and the more you pick the more it grows. Also it is good for indigestion. I highly recommend investing in a plant.

 

[Ravenous]

Day 731 Friday 1st May 2020
Decided to re-introduce variety to my eating plan
B - Fruit salad (apple, banana, strawberries)
L - Bacon & egg on sun dried tomato toast, mushroom, baked beans, cherry tomatoes, tbs butter. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
D - Tuna salad ( spinach, coriander, tom, cue, pepper, beetroot, carrot, olives, drizzle of salad sauce)
S - Nectarine, potato snack, apple, strawberries
F - 3 black tea, 2 herbal tea
Exercise - 6,000 steps

 

[Ravenous]

Day 732 Saturday 2nd May 2020
L - Corned beef, spinach, coriander and peppermint wrap, juliennes of carrot & cucumber, olives, cherry tomatoes and radishes
D - Spanish style Fish & chips, chard, broccoli
S - Nectarine, Blueberries, 10 gr Indian snack, 6 Almond thin
F - 2 caramel tea, 3 Black tea, 2L water
Exercise - 11,300 steps, 10 km exercise bike

 

[Ravenous]

Day 733 Sunday 3rd May 2020
B - oat pancake with cottage cheese topped with tbs caramel sauce and seeds, fruit skewer
L - Peanut butter chicken, baked potato with herb & garlic butter, broccoli, carrot. This was delicious
D - Corned beef, cheese & pickle sandwich
S - fruit salad with yog, jam & seeds, 6 almond thins
F - 3 Black tea, 2 herbal tea
Exercise - none as weather was bad again & not possible to go for a walk.

Overall, I was good with my food until late afternoon then somehow I went downhill.

 

[Ravenous]

Day 734 Monday 4th May 2020
L - Beef salad ( leaves, coriander, mint, carrot, ginger, garlic, cue, tom, radish, beetroot, olives, pepper, lime zest)
S - Apple, pear, banana, pkt pomebears
F - 3 black coconut coffee, 2.5L water, 2 herbal tea, 2 black tea
Exercise - 7,000 steps, 10 km exercise bike

 

[Ravenous]

Day 735 Tuesday 5th May 2020
B - Green smoothie ( ginger, cue, peppermint, lime)
L - Chicken & potato salad ( chicken, gherkins, peas, carrot, boiled egg, potato, salad sauce, leaves, coriander, mint, tom, cue, radish, olives), wrap
S - Blueberries, 2 boiled sweets, pkt pome bears
F - 2 black tea, 2 black coconut coffee, 2L water
Exercise - 10,000 steps, 10 km exercise bike. I'd like to do more bike but going to be in an online meeting that is going to last 10:30 - 11:00 so may not be able to be in a mood to do any more tonight.

 

[Ravenous]

Day 736 Wednesday 6th May 2020
This morning, I decided to put on a dress (12/14)which is bodycon. It was too tight a few weeks ago and now, it fits me perfectly (mind you it is stretchy - most of my clothes are made of stretchy material as they are light and don't need ironing. I went out to post a parcel and ended up walking around the streets that I never get a chance to see at normal time. Got a glimpse of myself in a shop window and could not believe that it was me.
L - Homemade Cornish pasty and salad. It didn't look good as my potato (pasty part) was too wet & collapsed - I need fluffy potato for this. But it tasted good.
S -Apple, pear, Banana/coffee dessert - yogurt mixed with coffee & tsp sugar and layered with banana & blueberries - delish, 5 mini eggs
F - 4 black tea, 2L water
Exercise - 14,000 steps, 10 km exercise bike

 

[Ravenous]

Day 737 Thursday 7th May 2020
Start weight - 223 lbs (15s 13 lbs)
Current weight - 158 lbs (11s 4 lbs)
Loss to date =65 lbs

1lb off this week and gradually getting closer to my goal.
Today, I have been busy so did not get to eat properly but I will make sure not to go over
B - Bacon sandwich on 2 WM toast, tbs Brown sauce
L - Plantain & millet cupcakes with Blueberries and kiwi
D - This was a disaster as all of a sudden I felt hungry (not having eaten properly during the day) and had 2 chicken & salad wraps with 2 pkts crisps. That is fine as I will be on track in the morning and ensure eating properly no matter how busy I am.
S -Mini eggs, watermelon, apricot, grapes
Exercise - 10,000 steps

 

[Ravenous]

Day 738 Friday 8th May 2020

Teasel encouraged me to post pictures of before and after. My latest one is 11 st 4 lbs and my heaviest was over 17st 8lbs. Sometimes we don't realise how far we have come and continue criticising ourselves rather than being proud.
L - Cottage cheese sprinkled with seeds and salad (leaves, coriander, cue, tom, pepper, radish, olives) and fruit salad (mango, melon, apple, apricot, grapes, blueberries). sat in the garden with my neighbour and enjoyed the lovely weather.
D - Orange rice (onion, green beans, lamb, tomatoes), salad (leaves, tom, cue, pepper)
S -
F - 3 Black tea
Exercise - 10,000 steps.

 

[Ravenous]

Day 739 Saturday 9th May 2020
Went out early morning for my daily walk. Explored the back lanes and then walked in the park. At least one thing is out of the way and now have to concentrate on other things need doing.
B - Banana pancake, cottage cheese sprinkled with seeds, 2 tsp strawberry & blood orange jam, melon, blueberries and mango
D - beef & vegetable stir fry (onion, garlic, ginger, courgette, carrot, broccoli, spring green, sweetcorn, soy & chili sauce, 2 tbs olive oil)
S - Melon, pear, apple, Raspberry jelly & red fruit yogurt dessert, kitkat
F - 4 Black tea, Black coconut coffee, 1L water
Exercise -10,000 steps

 

[Ravenous]

Day 740 Sunday 10th May 2020
B - Cottage cheese sprinkled with seeds & tsp jam, blueberries, melon, apricot, toast with peanut butter
Just realised notice something as it has happened for the 2nd time. I had a shower around 11 o'clock and after that I felt really hungry. had similar sort of feeling last sunday when i had a shower in the afternoon. Just wondering if it is a habit I had and now is surfacing. Much keep an eye on that and see what happens.
L - Salmon & potato salad (leaves, coriander, tom, cue, pepper, olives)
D - Pink egg sandwich with coriander & salad sauce, potatoes, pkt pombear
S - Banana, boiled sweet, kitkat, sugar free jelly (did n't like the taste)
F - 6 black tea, 2L water
Exercise - 10,000 steps, 10 km exercise bike

 

[Larissa]

There is a small herb garden in the grounds of my apartment block. I am one of the few who use the herbs. We have different varieties of mint, parsely and chives. I buy a big bunch of coriander (my favourite) from green grocer down the road.
Mint grows fast and the more you pick the more it grows. Also it is good for indigestion. I highly recommend investing in a plant.

Oh yummy! I really want to grow things but I'm afraid I'm just not terribly (at all) green fingered! I'm trying to grow sprouts and tomatoes currently and half of the seedlings got eaten by slugs

2lbs off this week which I am happy with. 5 lbs to my target and 5 stone loss.

Wooohoooo! OMG you must be so excited to hit goal. Is it everything you dreamed it would be, being so close?! I fantasise about that moment, the glory!

 

[Ravenous]

Oh yummy! I really want to grow things but I'm afraid I'm just not terribly (at all) green fingered! I'm trying to grow sprouts and tomatoes currently and half of the seedlings got eaten by slugs

Wooohoooo! OMG you must be so excited to hit goal. Is it everything you dreamed it would be, being so close?! I fantasise about that moment, the glory!

Mint is so easy to grow. You just leave it to grow and does not need any attention apart from picking the tips as often as possible so it can grow more. Just make sure you grow it in a pot (you can bury the pot in the ground) otherwise spreads and take over your garden - mint is a weed.

I love gardens but rubbish at gardening and growing plants & veg - last year I bought a courgette plant and the seller told me how to plant it and look after it but I could not do it and it died. However, the year before I bought a tomato plant and got more than 400 tomatoes and would have had more if I did not neglect it and let the plant lie on the ground (Summer 2018, I was eating tomatoes with almost every meal).

Las night I could not sleep as my target weight was on my mind and I could not understand why i can't get to it - I have been around my current weight for the past 5 months or so. This morning, I started going through my diary from the beginning and realised that I have decreased and variety of food and increased the physical activities. In a way I have been comfort eating due my mind being occupied by a few things and I think, stress has a lot to do with the way we eat and our body's reaction to it (hence keeping to the fat - for comfort?). Now I have decided to introduce more variety into my daily eating. Going shopping for my neighbour today so will pick up some new things for myself too.

In your diary, you mention being disappointed with your losses so far. You have done really well and should be proud. If you read my diary you can see that it took me from April - August 2018 to reach 1 stone. After that it got easier as I could see a positive result - my losses have always been very slow but you can see how far I have come. I agree variety and revision of your eating plan will do you good but make sure you have all your syns - the reason being you are giving your body all the fuel it needs and allows it to work hard to burn the fat. Also when you hit a plateau then you can decrease your sysns and see the difference, otherwise there is nothing you can cut down on. Please be patient with yourself and soon you see the difference.

 

[Ravenous]

Wooohoooo! OMG you must be so excited to hit goal. Is it everything you dreamed it would be, being so close?! I fantasise about that moment, the glory!

Yeeeeessssss. Once I get there, I am going to continue with the plan to keep me on track. I still will have my Thursdays off plan - eating a slice of cake or whatever I fancy.