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Food Log - Day 10

Oh dear. Didn't take long for things to break down. Need to get back on top of this. Haven't weighed for two days, and although I don't think I've gone over the top with the points, it's easy to lose track. Today hasn't started well either. A late night last night, poker in the pub. I drove there (bad for exercise, but it means I don't drink, so it's swings and roundabouts, probably), and after a successful game, couldn't sleep, which means snacking into the early hours.

Weigh-in
Afraid to look.

Breakfast
Bread - 2½ pts
Omlette - 5 pts

Lunch
Rich Tea biscuits - 6 pts

(Not the best idea, really.)


Supper

Exercise Log - Day 9

A bit of walking around the local village, leafleting.

Food Log - Day 9

Weigh-in
16 st 7¼lb.

Breakfast
Bread - 3½
Margerine - ½

In a rush, going out.

Lunch
Pointless soup
Bread - 4 pts

Supper
Potato - 3 pts
Mince - 2 pts

Leftovers. Yum.

Exercise Log - Day 8

Housework. An hour or so hoovering, emptying bins, washing up and cleaning the kitchen. Hardly marathon training, is it?

Food Log - Day 8

Weigh-in
16 st 8¼lb.

How does that work?

Breakfast
Bran flakes - 3 pts
Milk - ½

Lunch
Bread - 4 pts
Soft cheese - 1½ pts

Supper
Minced beef 2 pts
Potato - 3 pts

Late
Bread - 4 pts
Bran flakes - 4 pts
Milk - 1 pt

...at least. My first day "out of control". This is the real danger to my health, tghefact that I'm so easily distracted, especially if I'm left in the house all day with nothing to do.

Exercise Log - Day 7

A better day toay, so a proper walk, in the Preseli hills. Catch a Green Dragon bus to just outside Crymych, some friends join us at Rosebush, and then we walk back on the Gold Road across the plateau of the Preselis. A fantastic walk, and a nice way to end the first week of this health blogging thing.

Food Log - Day 7

Weigh-in
16 st 5¼lb.

Breakfast
Bran flakes - 4 pts
Milk - ½ pt

Big breakfast, going for a walk soon.

Lunch - picnic at Carnedd Marchogion, Preseli.
Bread - 4 pts
Tuna mayonnaise - 2 pts
Salad - 0 pts

Rich Tea x 4 - 2 pts

Supper
Potato - 3½ pts
Kippers - 11 pts
Butter - 2 pts

Quite a heavy supper, but hungry after walking.

Total
28 pts

Exercise Log - Day 6

Walked home from pub, about 40 minutes.

Food Log - Day 6

Weigh-in
16st 7lb.

Breakfast
Toast - 4 pts
Omlette - 5 pts

Quite a plain omlette, two medium eggs and some fresh parsley from the garden.

Lunch
Ham and tomato sandwich - 5 pts
Beer - 12½ pts

A light lunch in the pub turned into an afternoon long session when I realised Wales were playing footie.

Supper
Various rice cakes, Rich Tea biscuits and fruit.

What can I say? I was a bit pissed.

Exercise Log - Day 5

Cutting fire wood for an hour or so.

Pouring with rain, again.

Food Log - Day 5

Weigh-in
16 st 8¼lb.

Gained a pound and a half, but it's nothing - just "water". The danger of daily weigh-ins.

Breakfast
Melon - 1 pt
Dried apricots - ½

Lunch
Pointless soup - 0
Toast - 4 pts

Supper
Mashed potato - 2½ pts
Ratatouille - 0 pt

Bread/butter - 3½ pts

Book Club
2 pints of bitter - 5 pts

Late
Bread - 4 pts
Soft cheese - 1½ pts

Total
21 pts

I really need to be eating better, planning my meals.

Exercise Log - Day 4

More muck moving, probably the last of that. A couple of sets of Wii tennis. I've reached the point where I can't win easily, so it's better exercise. Of course, I could just do the "wrist-flick" thing, but that's no fun. The neighbours are away, so I turn the volume up and grunt away like a true pro.

Food Log - Day 4

Weigh-in
16st 6 ¾lb.

Breakfast
Skipped again. Probably not a good idea.

Lunch
Pointless soup
Bread - 6 pts

Plum - ½ pt
Rice cakes - 5 pts

Supper
Pasta - 4 pts
Bolognese Sauce - 5 pts
Swiss chard - 0

Melon - 1 pt
Yogurt - 4 pts

Total
25½ pts

Pretty happy with the progress thus far.

Exercise Log - Day 3

A fairly non-energetic day, thanks to crappy weather and chores in the town. Pedometer says 3200 steps, which is less than I'd like, but really, the rain today was hideous.

Food Log - Day 3

Weigh-in
16st 8lb.

Not exactly dropping off, but not to worry.

Breakfast
Just coffee. Will be having an early lunch before going to town.

Plum - ½

Lunch
Pointless Soup - 0 pts
Bread - 5 pts

In town
Coffee at the cinema - 0

In the car
Plum - ½

Supper
Mashed potato - 3 pts
Chick peas and chard in mushroom sauce - 4 pts
Veggies - 0 pt

Pub
5 pints of bitter - 12½ pts

Fruit - 1½ pts

Total
27 pts

Binge drinking? No, just a fairly normal night in the pub with some friends. Whilst the eating is under control, I don't need to worry too much about having a few a pints. The main problem with drinking, for me, is when I get home and start raiding the fridge. Luckily for me, the Sarah Palin soap opera is more interesting than anything in our fridge.

Exercise Log - Day 2

(8.30 - 9.00)
Drove Mrs R up to the bus stop and walked home, taking in a new Geocache on the way back. About 2 miles. Picked a few blackberries along the way.

(2.00 - 3.30)
More shovelling muck, about the same as yesterday, but with added rain. Still need at least one more load.

Bit of Wii tennis later on. And some poker, but I don't suppose that really counts.

Food Log - Day 2

Weigh-in
16st 9lb

The ironies of dieting. Eat light all day, go to bed hungry, get up ½ a pound heavier than yesterday.

Breakfast (8.00)
Toast x 2 - 4 pts
Marmite
Coffee

(8.45)
Blackberries - ½ pt (while walking)

Lunch
Pointless soup* - 0 pts
Bread - 6pts
Marmite

Fruit - 2 pears and a plum - 1½ pts


Supper
Pasta - 4 pts
Bolognese Sauce - 5 pts

Total
21 pts

No wonder I'm starving.

* "Pointless Soup" is straight out of the Weight Watchers handbook. The way Mrs R makes it, it's mostly tinned tomotoes and chopped carrots, fleshed out with whatever's in the garden. Half a huge marrow, in the current batch's case. Too much bread with the soup. Need to find other easy things to eat with soup. Noodles or something, maybe.

Exercise Log - Day 1

Spent about an hour and a half moving muck this morning and early afternoon. Filling plastic sacks (18 of 'em) with manure from our friends' farm, bringing them home, wheelbarrowing into the back garden and spreading the lovely smelling stuff on our raised beds.

In the afternoon, a couple of games of Wii tennis and 3 boxing bouts. I've started with a new Mii, and the first time I did the fitness test on Wii Sports it said I was 27! Lucky I did the fitness test before unlocking any of those pesky difficult tasks.

No walking yet today, maybe later.

Food Log - Day 1

Ah, September.

Weigh-in
16st 8½lb.

Breakfast
Toast x 2 - 5 pts
Marmite
Coffee

Coffee

Lunch
Courgette and parmesan soup - 2 pts
Bread - 2½ pts
Coffee

Coffee

Supper
Chick peas and chard in mushroom sauce - 4 pts
Mashed potato - 2½ pts
Beetroot
Carrots
Green tea

Total
16 pts


First time on the scales since the beginning of August, and nice to see that I've actually lost a couple of pounds since then. The first mini target is 227lbs (dropping 5lbs) to get me out of the rather scary obese category on the BMI, and into the slightly less scary overweight section. Then the real struggle begins.

The morning toast saw off the last of the bread, so I had to make more after breakfast. This hadn't risen enough by the time we'd finish moving muck (see next entry), so I stuck it in the oven as soon as I lit it, and it was done to a turn by the time the soup was ready. Had to adapt the soup a little, no cream obviously, but was surprised it still only came to 2 points. Mrs R made the chick pea and chard thingy tonight, and we finished off nearly our entire annual beetroot crop.