Day 353: First afternoon off
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23 Dec 2008: Working from the moment I got up. I had a caramel rice cake at 5pm. We dashed off to the shops in the late afternoon for Frank to start shopping for presents.
9pm Vegetable puri + vegetable korma with chapati + diet Coke + After Eight mint
I didn’t know what the starter was when I’d ordered it. I had hoped the ‘puri’ was the small kind in pani puri. But it was a normal-sized fried bread.
After eating the starter (that came with a sweet mint dressing), I realised that it would normally have served as a meal.
It felt strange waiting for a main course of curry and bread, wishing I’d just had the starter but knowing I’d eat what arrived anyway.
Days 349-352: Still working hard
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Day 349: 19 Dec 2008
1:10pm Ham and cheese salad sandwich + tea + apple
8pm Dinner at my neighbour’s: vegetable curry with nuts and rice + wine + liqueur + schnapps + ice cream with raspberries and blackberries + kiwi + white chocolate + coffee
Caramel rice cake
1:50am Cottage cheese and corn relish with oatcakes
Day 350: 20 Dec 2008
11:40am Cheese and onion salad sandwich + tea + caramel rice cake
2:40pm Tomato, carrot and bean soup with Finn Crisp + squash + apple + caramel rice cake
5:15pm Bran flakes with sultanas
6:10pm Green beans and kale with feta and sweet chilli yoghurt + tea
9:50pm Mushroom and cheese salad with seeds and sultanas
Day 351: 21 Dec 2008
11:30am Ham and feta salad sandwich + tea
3:30pm Brussel sprouts, mushrooms and feta in a lemony yoghurt dressing + apple
5pm Hot chocolate + prunes
6:50pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with cheese and Baco Bits + Thin Crisp + tea
10:30pm Vegetarian curry with yoghurt + squash + prunes
Day 352: 22 Dec 2008
A binge day!
11:30am Ham and mozzarella salad sandwich + tea
Coffee
4:30pm Brussel sprouts with mushrooms and mozzarella in a creamy lemon dressing with oatcakes + tea + apple
7:50pm Vegetarian curry with cheese and yoghurt + squash
8:15pm Neighbour-made mince pies + tea
10:50pm Carrots + Crackerbread with ham, cheese and pickle + mince pies
Later: hot chocolate + caramel rice cakes
Days 342-348: More busy-ness
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Day 342: 12 Dec 2008
11:30am Cheese salad sandwich + tea + figs
3:10pm Tomato and carrot soup with crackers and cheese + squash
6:30pm Tomato, carrot and bean soup with crackers and cheese + satsuma (planned to have a piece of chocolate if I could find an opened bar but I couldn’t)
1:15am Crackerbread with tomato, turkey and feta + satsuma + tea + figs
Day 343: 13 Dec 2008
12 noon: Fresh coffee
1pm fried egg sandwich with Philadelphia cream cheese + apple
2:10pm Squash + figs (6! lots!)
5:45pm Vegetable and tofu curry with yoghurt + tea + oatcake + Finn Crisp with chocolate hazelnut spread
9:15pm Brussel sprouts with tomatoes and feta in a creamy lemon dressing
Day 344: 14 Dec 2008
1:20pm Cottage cheese and turkey salad sandwich + tea + satsuma
3:40pm Carrot, tomato and bean soup with crackers + tea
7:1opm Vegetable curry with oatcakes, cheese and yoghurt + squash
11pm Cottage cheese, seed, sultana salad snack + fresh coffee
Day 345: 15 Dec 2008
9:15am Bran flakes and sultanas + tea
5:15pm Tomato, carrot and bean soup with cheese + toast with low-fat spread (a treat!) + tea
Squash + apple
9:40pm Brussel sprouts with seeds and sultanas in a creamy lemony dressing + oatcakes + tea
12:50am Tomato, carrot and bean soup with cheese and oatcakes + squash + satsuma
Day 346: 16 Dec 2008
12:40pm Cream cheese and turkey salad sandwich on rye + satsuma + tea
3:50pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with Thin Crisp + coffee + satsuma
12:30am Rye bread, Crackerbead and Thin Crisp with tomato, cream cheese and corn relish + tea + Finn Crisp with chocolate hazelnut spread
Day 347: 17 Dec 2008
10:45am Vegetarian bacon and pickle salad sandwich + tea
12:50pm Tomatoes, carrots and cheese with sweet chilli yoghurt + squash + apple + prunes
2:50pm Carrot, bean and tomato soup + prunes
5:15pm Vegetarian curry with soup leftovers + tea + prunes
7:20pm Crackerbread and Thin Crisp with tomato and feta + squash
11:10pm Carrot, tomato and bean soup with cheese and Finn Crisp + banana + caramel rice cakes
Day 348: 18 Dec 2008
10:20am Yoghurt with honey and banana + tea
12:30pm Caramel rice cakes
1:50pm Brussel sprouts, feta and carrots in a creamy lemon dressing
5:30pm Vegetarian chilli with yoghurt and Finn Crisp + tea
1:40am Tomato, bean and carrot soup with cheese and Finn Crisp + tea + prunes
Days 335-341: Still very busy
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Day 335: 5 Dec 2008
10:10am Chicken and sheep’s milk cheese salad sandwich + satsuma + tea
3:20pm Kale, peas and spinach and cheese with sweet chilli yoghurt + spiced biscuits + squash
6:30pm Vegetarian chilli with yoghurt and bread + tea + spiced biscuits
10pm Rice, carrots, seed and sultana cheese salad + tea + spiced biscuits
Day 336: 6 Dec 2008
10am Malted fruit loaf with low-fat spread + satsuma + tes
1:40pm Rye bread with cottage cheese, chicken and corn relish + fresh coffee
3:30pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti + Thin Crisp + squash
6:50pm Vegetarian chilli with rice and yoghurt + apple
9:15pm Malted fruit loaf with low-fat spread + spiced biscuit + tea
10pm Prunes
1:10am Broccoli with red kidney beans in sweet chilli yoghurt + sweet spiced tea
1:40am Crackerbread with chocolate hazelnut spread
I gave the rest of the spiced biscuits to Marcus. I’d been eating them as they’d gone too hard for Frank.
That night, feeling my big legs, I felt that I wanted to be thinner. I was going to try to eat less as I’d rather have smaller legs than eat more than I need.
Day 337: 7 Dec 2008
2:20pm Cottage cheese salad sandwich + tea + prunes
Coffee
4:50pm Crackerbread with cheese and Branston pickle (very hungry)
6:20pm (distracted by hunger) Vegetarian chilli with yoghurt + tea
10pm Spinach, kale and red kidney beans with sweet chilli Quark + tea
2am Crackerbread with Quark and tomatoes + tea + prunes
Day 338: 8 Dec 2008
Eek! No clean small plates left.
1:40pm Cottage cheese salad sandwich + tea
5;40pm Carrots with sweet chilli Quark + prunes + tea
8pm pumpkin soup
11:45pm Pumpkin soup with crackers + tea
Day 339: 9 Dec 2008
Fresh coffee
12:50pm Cheese and pickle salad sandwich + coffee + apple
Tea
3:40pm Pumpkin soup with mozzarella and Finn Crisp + prunes
7:40pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with cheese and Thin Crisp + squash
10:20pm Broccoli, spinach and cheese with sweet chilli sauce + prunes
Day 340: 10 Dec 2008
12:15pm Cottage cheese salad sandwich + tea
1pm Kinder chocolate snack bar (115 calories) + coffee
5:45pm Brussel sprouts and rice with feta in a creamy lemon dressing + tea
9:45pm Pasta with tomato sauce, cheese and yoghurt + squash + apple
11:45pm Prunes and figs + tea (would have preferred chocolate!)
3:50pm Pumpkin soup with Finn Crisp + tea
Day 341: 11 Dec 2008
12:30pm Banana + tea + poppy seed cake (made by my neighbour)
5:50pm Vegetable curry with rice and yoghurt + squash + apple
8:30pm Poppy seed cake + coffee
12:20am Crackerbread with tomatoes and feta + satsuma + tea + figs
Days 328-334: Too busy to post
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Day 328: 28 Nov 2008
2:30pm Cheese and onion sandwich + Quavers + diet Coke
7:50pm Brussel sprouts in a lemon and oil dressing with Quorn escalope + squash + apple
9:40pm Banana + honey yoghurt + tea
Day 329: 29 Nov 2008
12:50pm Rye bread cottage cheese and ham salad sandwich + tea + mandarin
Fresh coffee
4:45pm Spinach, kale and red kidney beans with sweet chilli yoghurt + squash
7:10pm Squash + Crackerbread with peanut butter and chocolate hazelnut spread
9:40pm Beef and mushroom stroganoff with rice
Day 330: 30 Nov 2008
11:45pm Quorn escalope with tomato and coleslaw + tea
Pint of Squash
2:50pm Beef and mushroom stroganoff with yoghurt + tea
7pm Red kidney bean and coleslaw salad with seeds and sultanas + tea + apple
12:45am Brussel sprouts with carrot and sheep’s milk cheese and Finn Crisp + tea
1:30am Banana + pint of squash
Day 331: 1 Dec 2008
3pm Cheese and coleslaw salad rye sandwich + mandarin + tea
4:50pm Brussel sprouts with sheep’s milk cheese in a creamy lemon dressing + squash
6pm Thin Crisp with chocolate hazelnut spread + fresh coffee
9pm Beef and mushroom stroganoff + apple + coffee
4:20am Coleslaw, sheep’s milk cheese and ham with rye bread + tea
Day 332: 2 Dec 2008
10:30am Cheese and onion salad sandwich + mandarin + pint of squash
4:10pm Beef and mushroom stroganoff + tea
5:10pm Crackerbread with chocolate hazelnut spread
9:30pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with cheese + coffee + apple
1:20am Rye bread with cottage cheese, ham and lettuce + tea + Crackerbread + chocolate hazelnut spread
Day 333: 3 Dec 2008
1:30pm Cheese salad sandwich + tea + mandarin
2:30pm Hot chocolate (brrr)
6:30pm Brussel sprouts with sheep’s milk cheese in a creamy lemon dressing and pumpkin seeds
9:50pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with cheese and Crackerbread + tea
1am Crackerbreads with chocolate hazelnut spread + coffee
3:40am Beef and mushroom stroganoff with rye bread + squash + apple
Day 334: 4 Dec 2008
6pm Chicken and cheese salad sandwich + tea + satsuma
Pint of fizzy squash
10:45pm Tesco Value tinned spaghetti with cheese and Thin Crisp + banana
2:30am Brussel sprouts and sheep’s milk cheese in a creamy lemon dressing + tea + apple
Day 357: weigh-in
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Weekly weigh-in: 3 lbs lost (total: 70 lbs / 31.8 kg in 51 weeks)
Stupid scales, given that this week I went out for a curry, it was xmas and I had lots of chocolate and biscuits. Although my rings do feel looser.
Day 350: weigh-in
Posted by Paola
Weekly weigh-in: No weight lost (total: 67 lbs / 30.3 kg in 50 weeks)
Better than a gain, huh.
