Saturday, low-carb day two-hundred and two, weekend feed day
Weigh-in at start of day wt. 112.2lbs (analogue scales corrected ~109.5lbs); 0.6lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Report for the end of week 37 on 4.5 : 2.5 - 1.4lb gain this week (total loss 33.8lbs); no shrinkage and, truth be told, there might be some "expansion" but I'm hoping (and praying) that it is just fluid so not recording just yet.
Boooooooo. Och, I rambled on about this to excess yesterday, so enough said. Whimper.
Loo roll crisis, so off down the road to cheapo-chem for whatever deal-of-the-week they have on loo roll. Unfortunately, this takes me past *several* charity stores. Fortunately, the OH wasn't in when I returned with Mollie Katzen's "New Enchanted Broccoli Forest" (of Moosewood fame) from Age Concern, and Denis Cotter's "A Paradiso Year - Autumn and Winter Cooking", Oxfam. The latter meant I just *had* to order spring & summer off Amazon, didn't it? *double blush*. Maybe I could pretend that it's retail therapy to make up for the weight gain?
That's it. No. More. Cookbooks.
Visitors by put paid to cooking (fortunately the kale is keeping well), so dinner is freegan frozen goodies of four cheese tortelloni with sour cream (yup, in spite of what the carton says, it freezes fine for cooking purposes) and some sliced black olives, a little fresh sage (I had no idea how lovely this stuff was - thanks to Terre a Terre's recipe for our Christmas dinner, I now have a supply of it) and a pinch or three of chilli flakes. Made for quite a civilized and tasty dish, though I say it myself.
I'm looking forwards to when all the cake things are gone - then I won't be having any more accidents with them. Cake and pasta alone made for 52g of carbs. And waaaay too many of the calories are from wine (near a third, eek!), *and* they contribute a significant carb whack of near 24g. Need to clamber back onto more than one wagon, methinks.
........ Calories 2154.73 Carbs 93.61 Fat 101.17 Protein 49.83 Fibre 13.03
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Sunday, low-carb day two-hundred and three, weekend feed day
Weigh-in at start of day wt. 111.2lbs (analogue scales corrected ~108.25lbs); 1.0lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Phew. That's Wednesday's carb water-weight off. My ghastly fluctuations seem to be disturbing folk - but they are very much to be expected and are perfectly reasonable / normal (please remember the V&P vary-fairy). I'm pretty close to my target really - 110lbs (+/- 2lbs) and, as long as I don't do double indulgence days, should be fine: "steady as she goes". It'd be nice to see the -2lbs side of my target rather more often, and now the party season is over I hope to do so. Yesterday's intake won't help mind - expect to see that on the scales tomorrow *embarrassed thingy*. Oops. I'm definitely living up to my name just now.
Harrrumph. Was certain what to do with the kale the other day, and now I'm swithering. It's all that Cotter's fault - he has the most gorgeous looking recipe for purple sprouting broccoli, with carrots and almonds etc. (Paradiso Seasons A&W, p131) that I think would adapt beautifully for the kale. And a light stir-fry like that would be a delight for tomorrow's repair day dinner. That, and the fact that I can't face the idea of grating that darned swede for a rosti. Swither, dither, howl.
Ha! VBF to the rescue - co-op has goat's cheese and beetroot jam pizzas at less than half price. Thems made dinner, along with a wee bit of rocket salad, copious red wine and a slice of iced ginger cake (thank goodness that's now finished!). Then huge over calorie indulgence of cream cocoa with whisky before bed (darn, that's the second time that it's not agreed with me - think I might give it a miss in future; in my defense the cream needed used or it will go off). All designed to ensure that the scales go up, significantly, tomorrow morning. I don't actually care. Next week is the new beginning, festive season done and dusted, and wah hey weekends don't mean two days of 2500 calories and 130g carb (even Ferriss does just the Saturday).
........ Calories 2593.81 Carbs 122.12 Fat 130.40 Protein 62.82 Fibre 18.84
That's left me with a massive deficit deficit at the start of the week of 1350 calories - even a good repair on Monday will still leave me with a hundred and fifty negative balance. Gulp. Nice, tight, repair days this week please. Maybe some good wholesome inventiveness in the kitchen will help. Fingers crossed. FatDog resolve girded. Eureka! I have it - a "fastity belt": think chastity belt, but for one's mouth! You saw it here first
I'll get ma coat...
Weigh-in at start of day wt. 112.2lbs (analogue scales corrected ~109.5lbs); 0.6lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Report for the end of week 37 on 4.5 : 2.5 - 1.4lb gain this week (total loss 33.8lbs); no shrinkage and, truth be told, there might be some "expansion" but I'm hoping (and praying) that it is just fluid so not recording just yet.
Boooooooo. Och, I rambled on about this to excess yesterday, so enough said. Whimper.
Loo roll crisis, so off down the road to cheapo-chem for whatever deal-of-the-week they have on loo roll. Unfortunately, this takes me past *several* charity stores. Fortunately, the OH wasn't in when I returned with Mollie Katzen's "New Enchanted Broccoli Forest" (of Moosewood fame) from Age Concern, and Denis Cotter's "A Paradiso Year - Autumn and Winter Cooking", Oxfam. The latter meant I just *had* to order spring & summer off Amazon, didn't it? *double blush*. Maybe I could pretend that it's retail therapy to make up for the weight gain?
That's it. No. More. Cookbooks.
Visitors by put paid to cooking (fortunately the kale is keeping well), so dinner is freegan frozen goodies of four cheese tortelloni with sour cream (yup, in spite of what the carton says, it freezes fine for cooking purposes) and some sliced black olives, a little fresh sage (I had no idea how lovely this stuff was - thanks to Terre a Terre's recipe for our Christmas dinner, I now have a supply of it) and a pinch or three of chilli flakes. Made for quite a civilized and tasty dish, though I say it myself.
I'm looking forwards to when all the cake things are gone - then I won't be having any more accidents with them. Cake and pasta alone made for 52g of carbs. And waaaay too many of the calories are from wine (near a third, eek!), *and* they contribute a significant carb whack of near 24g. Need to clamber back onto more than one wagon, methinks.
........ Calories 2154.73 Carbs 93.61 Fat 101.17 Protein 49.83 Fibre 13.03
=====================
Sunday, low-carb day two-hundred and three, weekend feed day
Weigh-in at start of day wt. 111.2lbs (analogue scales corrected ~108.25lbs); 1.0lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Phew. That's Wednesday's carb water-weight off. My ghastly fluctuations seem to be disturbing folk - but they are very much to be expected and are perfectly reasonable / normal (please remember the V&P vary-fairy). I'm pretty close to my target really - 110lbs (+/- 2lbs) and, as long as I don't do double indulgence days, should be fine: "steady as she goes". It'd be nice to see the -2lbs side of my target rather more often, and now the party season is over I hope to do so. Yesterday's intake won't help mind - expect to see that on the scales tomorrow *embarrassed thingy*. Oops. I'm definitely living up to my name just now.
Harrrumph. Was certain what to do with the kale the other day, and now I'm swithering. It's all that Cotter's fault - he has the most gorgeous looking recipe for purple sprouting broccoli, with carrots and almonds etc. (Paradiso Seasons A&W, p131) that I think would adapt beautifully for the kale. And a light stir-fry like that would be a delight for tomorrow's repair day dinner. That, and the fact that I can't face the idea of grating that darned swede for a rosti. Swither, dither, howl.
Ha! VBF to the rescue - co-op has goat's cheese and beetroot jam pizzas at less than half price. Thems made dinner, along with a wee bit of rocket salad, copious red wine and a slice of iced ginger cake (thank goodness that's now finished!). Then huge over calorie indulgence of cream cocoa with whisky before bed (darn, that's the second time that it's not agreed with me - think I might give it a miss in future; in my defense the cream needed used or it will go off). All designed to ensure that the scales go up, significantly, tomorrow morning. I don't actually care. Next week is the new beginning, festive season done and dusted, and wah hey weekends don't mean two days of 2500 calories and 130g carb (even Ferriss does just the Saturday).
........ Calories 2593.81 Carbs 122.12 Fat 130.40 Protein 62.82 Fibre 18.84
That's left me with a massive deficit deficit at the start of the week of 1350 calories - even a good repair on Monday will still leave me with a hundred and fifty negative balance. Gulp. Nice, tight, repair days this week please. Maybe some good wholesome inventiveness in the kitchen will help. Fingers crossed. FatDog resolve girded. Eureka! I have it - a "fastity belt": think chastity belt, but for one's mouth! You saw it here first
I'll get ma coat...
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