Only another day and a bit till I make it home!
Monday:
Breakfast - strawberries and yoghurt, a soft roll with apricot jam (very nice) and some orange juice.
Lunch - vegan banana cake. Later, a baked potato with cheese and a diet coke.
Dinner - piece of arctic char with broccoli and cauliflower, followed by a peach yoghurt and two squares of dark chocolate. The vegetables were overcooked, unfortunately, and I didn't have any butter, lemon or garlic to put on them, so they were bland to boot. Urgh.
I'm also on antibiotics for the previously-mentioned head cold, which is in danger of turning into a sinus infection. (Very bad for long-haul flying.) At least I've now got an excuse for eating lots of yoghurt!
Tuesday:
Breakfast - as yesterday.
Lunch - three-egg scrambled eggs with a little bit of cheddar. A banana. A piece of dark chocolate.
Afternoon snack - small packet of reduced-salt crisps.
Dinner - (interrupted by fire alarm) rather nice frozen pizza with basil and mozzarella. Should be, at the price! Some non-fizzy lemonande. An apple and a chocolate dessert thing at some points throughout the night.
Plus painkillers, decongestants and antibiotics at semi-regular intervals. Urgh!
However...next post from Oz!
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Waiting, waiting...
I feel rather like life is on hold until I go home. Perhaps reflected in the sheer awfulness of my diet...
Friday:
Brunch - two slices rye toast, one with cheese and one vegemite. Small peach yoghurt and a large banana. Some orange juice.
Afternoon tea - scone with butter and jam. Hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream.
"Dinner" - bag of microwave popcorn, and orange juice.
Snack - after buying the latest Harry Potter, one orange and mango ice-block. Incidentally, I read the book in a smidge over an hour and a half. A decent finale, but 100 minutes worth of words after waiting several years is not a great pay-off. And the epilogue is cringeworthy.
Saturday: (in the rain and with a head cold. Grrr.)
Brunch - strawberry yoghurt drink, fresh crisps (straight out of the mandoline and into the hot oil, from the Farmer's Market). Followed by the delights of souvenir shopping in the rain. Bagpipes and kitsch galore.
"Lunch" - piece of gingerbread with orange and mango juicy water.
Dinner - two soft rolls with cheese, cucumber and lettuce. One banana.
Sunday:
Brunch - panini with brie, cranberry and meat, plus a bit of salad and some organic apple juice. (Again at favourite cafe, though less enjoyable due to unusual absence of newspapers.)
Snacks - 1 small bar chocolate cream, an apple
Dinner - broccoli and stilton soup (Baxter's posh range, and rather nice), a bread roll, lots of fresh pineapple.
My only consolation is the small portions. And now I'm not well - I'm not convinced there's no connection. Doubt I'll make up the vegetables, but will get back into the fruit over the next few days. Roll on Sydney.
Friday:
Brunch - two slices rye toast, one with cheese and one vegemite. Small peach yoghurt and a large banana. Some orange juice.
Afternoon tea - scone with butter and jam. Hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream.
"Dinner" - bag of microwave popcorn, and orange juice.
Snack - after buying the latest Harry Potter, one orange and mango ice-block. Incidentally, I read the book in a smidge over an hour and a half. A decent finale, but 100 minutes worth of words after waiting several years is not a great pay-off. And the epilogue is cringeworthy.
Saturday: (in the rain and with a head cold. Grrr.)
Brunch - strawberry yoghurt drink, fresh crisps (straight out of the mandoline and into the hot oil, from the Farmer's Market). Followed by the delights of souvenir shopping in the rain. Bagpipes and kitsch galore.
"Lunch" - piece of gingerbread with orange and mango juicy water.
Dinner - two soft rolls with cheese, cucumber and lettuce. One banana.
Sunday:
Brunch - panini with brie, cranberry and meat, plus a bit of salad and some organic apple juice. (Again at favourite cafe, though less enjoyable due to unusual absence of newspapers.)
Snacks - 1 small bar chocolate cream, an apple
Dinner - broccoli and stilton soup (Baxter's posh range, and rather nice), a bread roll, lots of fresh pineapple.
My only consolation is the small portions. And now I'm not well - I'm not convinced there's no connection. Doubt I'll make up the vegetables, but will get back into the fruit over the next few days. Roll on Sydney.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
The Final Countdown
OK, it seems I have no willpower left this week. Only six days till I go home, so as long as I don't go completely insane I'm not bothering with too much diet planning. No energy, no desire, just waiting to get back to Oz.
Anyway, a record of the dubious food consumption of the past few days:
Tuesday:
Brunch - ciabatta(?) roll with mozzarella, meat, lettuce and tomato from my local Italian deli, plus some organic apple juice and a lovely tiramisu to finish. Eaten sitting outside in the SUN!!!!!!!!! (Yes, such an event deserves an exclamation mark, since the next two days returned to normal and awful weather.)
Afternoon tea - fresh pineapple, eaten in Princes Street Gardens.
Dinner - pasta with poached salmon, dill, other random herbs and a bit of cream (thank you Sainsbury's), tortilla chips, an apple, lemon and lime water.
Post-dinner snack - two mini-bagels with vegemite.
Wednesday:
Breakfast - soy-lin cereal with milk and peach yoghurt, an apple, two slices of rye toast with vegemite.
Snacks - 1 mini-bagel with margarine, some barbeque and five spice chips
Dinner - homemade vegetarian lasagne (definitely too cheesy, which is quite something for me to say!), four squares dark chocolate.
Thursday:
Breakfast - croissant with butter and jam, strawberry and banana smoothie, hot chocolate with cream. (Leisurely, in favourite cafe.)
Lunch - malted brown roll (not so nice - remind me not to buy bread in Tesco again. Must learn to make my own) with cheese slices, lettuce and cucumber. Fresh pineapple
Dinner - (AKA breakfast) soy-lin cereal with milk and yoghurt, small bag m&ms, an apple
A truly awful diet by anyone's standards. The only positive thing is a) my weight is fairly stable (I only seem to have gained 1/2 kilo in London), and b) my portions are pretty small.
Roll on home, Dad's cooking, Mum's pampering and the exercise bike, plus the indoor pool in Queensland. (Although not before I visit the very nice patisserie at Edinburgh Airport...)
Anyway, a record of the dubious food consumption of the past few days:
Tuesday:
Brunch - ciabatta(?) roll with mozzarella, meat, lettuce and tomato from my local Italian deli, plus some organic apple juice and a lovely tiramisu to finish. Eaten sitting outside in the SUN!!!!!!!!! (Yes, such an event deserves an exclamation mark, since the next two days returned to normal and awful weather.)
Afternoon tea - fresh pineapple, eaten in Princes Street Gardens.
Dinner - pasta with poached salmon, dill, other random herbs and a bit of cream (thank you Sainsbury's), tortilla chips, an apple, lemon and lime water.
Post-dinner snack - two mini-bagels with vegemite.
Wednesday:
Breakfast - soy-lin cereal with milk and peach yoghurt, an apple, two slices of rye toast with vegemite.
Snacks - 1 mini-bagel with margarine, some barbeque and five spice chips
Dinner - homemade vegetarian lasagne (definitely too cheesy, which is quite something for me to say!), four squares dark chocolate.
Thursday:
Breakfast - croissant with butter and jam, strawberry and banana smoothie, hot chocolate with cream. (Leisurely, in favourite cafe.)
Lunch - malted brown roll (not so nice - remind me not to buy bread in Tesco again. Must learn to make my own) with cheese slices, lettuce and cucumber. Fresh pineapple
Dinner - (AKA breakfast) soy-lin cereal with milk and yoghurt, small bag m&ms, an apple
A truly awful diet by anyone's standards. The only positive thing is a) my weight is fairly stable (I only seem to have gained 1/2 kilo in London), and b) my portions are pretty small.
Roll on home, Dad's cooking, Mum's pampering and the exercise bike, plus the indoor pool in Queensland. (Although not before I visit the very nice patisserie at Edinburgh Airport...)
Monday, 16 July 2007
The Last Days of Gluttony
Well, sort of. I had a PhD progress assessment today (which went well), so I won't be back on the wagon properly till tomorrow. But still.
Anyway, when last we met I was about to go to the opera. Which was truly magnificant. Splendiferous. Wonderful.
My last night in London (Saturday evening):
chocolate ice cream (if you're going to eat it, the interval at Covent Garden's not a bad place to do so!)
Later:
Emmental pastry
Weight Watcher's chocolate and vanilla mousse.
1 banana and some orange juice.
Sunday:
Breakfast - two bowls of cereal with yoghurt. 1 banana. A bit of juice. Some cold meat (later, from a roll that I subsequently dropped and had to throw away.)
Lunch - smoked salmon, cream cheese and salad bagel. 1 packet of crisps. Some gingerbread. Some orange and mango juice drink.
Evening snack - more gingerbread. An apple. More juice drink. (Was frantically trying to finish up an article, and dinner got forgotten.)
Monday:
Breakfast - two cups of milky tea, 2 shortbread + cherry biscuits. (During my assessment.)
Lunch - 2/3 Brazilian cheese ball, enormous yoghurt, chickpea and salad baguette, and an acai and banana drink. An apple.
Dinner - something listed on the menu as spanakopita but which was really spinach and cheese crepes. Very nice though. Plus some chocolate cake, which was delicious but unfinishable (a very large slice).
I just realised I forgot to take my tablets today. Oops. But will start taking better care of myself tomorrow. And while healthwise the London visit was dubious, it was excellent for my research, great for culture (art gallery + opera), and wonderful to catch up with some old friends. I'll take the couple of kilos.
Anyway, when last we met I was about to go to the opera. Which was truly magnificant. Splendiferous. Wonderful.
My last night in London (Saturday evening):
chocolate ice cream (if you're going to eat it, the interval at Covent Garden's not a bad place to do so!)
Later:
Emmental pastry
Weight Watcher's chocolate and vanilla mousse.
1 banana and some orange juice.
Sunday:
Breakfast - two bowls of cereal with yoghurt. 1 banana. A bit of juice. Some cold meat (later, from a roll that I subsequently dropped and had to throw away.)
Lunch - smoked salmon, cream cheese and salad bagel. 1 packet of crisps. Some gingerbread. Some orange and mango juice drink.
Evening snack - more gingerbread. An apple. More juice drink. (Was frantically trying to finish up an article, and dinner got forgotten.)
Monday:
Breakfast - two cups of milky tea, 2 shortbread + cherry biscuits. (During my assessment.)
Lunch - 2/3 Brazilian cheese ball, enormous yoghurt, chickpea and salad baguette, and an acai and banana drink. An apple.
Dinner - something listed on the menu as spanakopita but which was really spinach and cheese crepes. Very nice though. Plus some chocolate cake, which was delicious but unfinishable (a very large slice).
I just realised I forgot to take my tablets today. Oops. But will start taking better care of myself tomorrow. And while healthwise the London visit was dubious, it was excellent for my research, great for culture (art gallery + opera), and wonderful to catch up with some old friends. I'll take the couple of kilos.
Saturday, 14 July 2007
More London Largesse
With an emphasis on the large...
My doctors will not be happy. Neither will my clothes. And I'm back in Australia in a fortnight! I wanted to look good for my family, not like a whale!
Anyway,
Thursday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt, banana. Some orange juice
Lunch - baked potato with cheese, mixed salad plate, pain au chocolat, apple juice. Followed by a rest, or at least an extended flop in a chair.
Dinner - beef canneloni (Sainsbury's, and completely tasteless. Urg.) Weight Watcher's chocolate mousse. Lemon and Lime water.
Friday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt, banana. Some orange juice.
Lunch - smoked cheddar, chutney and salad baguette. Hot chips. Apple juice.
Dinner (with some good friends from Oz. Finally, human contact in London!) - various healthy nibbles (parsnip chips, celery and dip). Chicken curry. Four quarters from four seriously extravagant (and monumentally delicious) pastries from Harrods. 1 glass juice, 1 glass white wine. 1 cup milky sugary tea with a mint slice! (The taste of Oz...)
Saturday:
Breakfast - a trip to Borough Market, which was lovely. A freshly squeezed juice with orange, apple, pineapple, mango and other healthy things. One slice white buttered toast. 1 milky hot choclate. 1 portuguese tart (an excellent specimen). Bits of cheese, dip etc.
Lunch - hot chips. Very nice soft roll with cheese, rare roast beef and rocket from the market. 1 apple.
Am off to the opera tonight, which starts at seven, so I'll have neither the time nor inclination for a full meal. Will try to find something suitable to nibble. I have yoghurt, fruit and another low-fat mousse in the fridge, but I think I need something a bit more substantial. Another sandwich, perhaps?
And I need to think about train food. Hopefully I can afford a decent bagel or sandwich, and some juice. I already have a piece of gingerbread and some fruit. I've got a lot of work to do on the train, so I'll need something to keep my brain going.
Then, on Monday, starvation rations must ensue. Hopefully I can lose whatever wait I've gained this week before heading home, though I won't be the svelte returner I hoped to be.
C'est la vie. The exercise bike, home cooking and someone to look after me should really help my health. Fingers crossed for a trimmer me come September.
My doctors will not be happy. Neither will my clothes. And I'm back in Australia in a fortnight! I wanted to look good for my family, not like a whale!
Anyway,
Thursday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt, banana. Some orange juice
Lunch - baked potato with cheese, mixed salad plate, pain au chocolat, apple juice. Followed by a rest, or at least an extended flop in a chair.
Dinner - beef canneloni (Sainsbury's, and completely tasteless. Urg.) Weight Watcher's chocolate mousse. Lemon and Lime water.
Friday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt, banana. Some orange juice.
Lunch - smoked cheddar, chutney and salad baguette. Hot chips. Apple juice.
Dinner (with some good friends from Oz. Finally, human contact in London!) - various healthy nibbles (parsnip chips, celery and dip). Chicken curry. Four quarters from four seriously extravagant (and monumentally delicious) pastries from Harrods. 1 glass juice, 1 glass white wine. 1 cup milky sugary tea with a mint slice! (The taste of Oz...)
Saturday:
Breakfast - a trip to Borough Market, which was lovely. A freshly squeezed juice with orange, apple, pineapple, mango and other healthy things. One slice white buttered toast. 1 milky hot choclate. 1 portuguese tart (an excellent specimen). Bits of cheese, dip etc.
Lunch - hot chips. Very nice soft roll with cheese, rare roast beef and rocket from the market. 1 apple.
Am off to the opera tonight, which starts at seven, so I'll have neither the time nor inclination for a full meal. Will try to find something suitable to nibble. I have yoghurt, fruit and another low-fat mousse in the fridge, but I think I need something a bit more substantial. Another sandwich, perhaps?
And I need to think about train food. Hopefully I can afford a decent bagel or sandwich, and some juice. I already have a piece of gingerbread and some fruit. I've got a lot of work to do on the train, so I'll need something to keep my brain going.
Then, on Monday, starvation rations must ensue. Hopefully I can lose whatever wait I've gained this week before heading home, though I won't be the svelte returner I hoped to be.
C'est la vie. The exercise bike, home cooking and someone to look after me should really help my health. Fingers crossed for a trimmer me come September.
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Living large in London
That will be my size, if I continue this way. And the distinct opposite of my bank balance, which is looking very thin after everyday expenses in inflated London, as well as various extravagant purchases (a new french horn case and an opera ticket.)
Food for Wednesday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt etc. Banana and some orange juice.
Lunch - in the National Gallery cafe, which is very nice! Smoked salmon, lettuce, tomato and potato salad with a bread roll, one glass old-fashioned lemonade.
Dinner - pasta cabonara, small bar green and black's milk chocolate.
Snacks - lemon and lime 'this water', packet of crisps, cheese straws and an apple.
I'm dreading the scales.
At least my work is going quite well.
Food for Wednesday:
Breakfast - cereal, yoghurt etc. Banana and some orange juice.
Lunch - in the National Gallery cafe, which is very nice! Smoked salmon, lettuce, tomato and potato salad with a bread roll, one glass old-fashioned lemonade.
Dinner - pasta cabonara, small bar green and black's milk chocolate.
Snacks - lemon and lime 'this water', packet of crisps, cheese straws and an apple.
I'm dreading the scales.
At least my work is going quite well.
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Ah, gluttony
Travelling and library work play havoc with my diet, unfortunately. Must get back on track. My main problem is that when I focus on something, I forget to eat until I'm shaking and almost collapsing, and then I gobble too much. MUST FIND BALANCE!
Anyway, Saturday:
Brunch - two croissants with margarine and strawberry jam. Fresh strawberries with yoghurt. 1 glass orange juice.
Dinner - homemade lasagne with three cheeses, rocket, zucchini, mushroom and homemade sauce. Fresh pineapple.
Snacks - chocolate coated muesli bar, 1 apple, bits of cheese while preparing dinner.
Sunday: (on the road again)
Breakfast - cereal with strawberries and yoghurt.
Lunch - wensledayle, lettuce and caramelised carrot chutney sandwich. 1 packet crisps. 1 small bottle orange juice.
Dinner - mushroom and parmesan risotto, fresh pineaple, 1 glass orange juice.
Snacks - 1 chocolate and 1 yoghurt mini-muffin with rasberries. 1 apple.
Monday: (London - a very bad food day)
Breakfast - wheat-bitey-thing-cereal with yoghurt and milk. 1 banana.
Lunch - smoked chicken and mayo baguette. Hot chips. Apple juice.
Dinner - double chocolate frappe. Cheese puff straws. An apple.
Tuesday:
Breakfast - as yesterday, plus 1/2 glass orange juice.
Lunch - smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich. 1 packet crisps. 1 chocolate truffle dessert. Apple juice. (I felt rather unwell after all that...)
Afternoon tea - one glass hot chocolate
Dinner - roast vegetable pasta with blue cheese, blue cheese with baby carrots, fresh pineapple.
MUST GET BACK ON STRAIGHT AND NARROW! At least I've been walking a bit...
Oh, and a belated GO FEDERER!
Anyway, Saturday:
Brunch - two croissants with margarine and strawberry jam. Fresh strawberries with yoghurt. 1 glass orange juice.
Dinner - homemade lasagne with three cheeses, rocket, zucchini, mushroom and homemade sauce. Fresh pineapple.
Snacks - chocolate coated muesli bar, 1 apple, bits of cheese while preparing dinner.
Sunday: (on the road again)
Breakfast - cereal with strawberries and yoghurt.
Lunch - wensledayle, lettuce and caramelised carrot chutney sandwich. 1 packet crisps. 1 small bottle orange juice.
Dinner - mushroom and parmesan risotto, fresh pineaple, 1 glass orange juice.
Snacks - 1 chocolate and 1 yoghurt mini-muffin with rasberries. 1 apple.
Monday: (London - a very bad food day)
Breakfast - wheat-bitey-thing-cereal with yoghurt and milk. 1 banana.
Lunch - smoked chicken and mayo baguette. Hot chips. Apple juice.
Dinner - double chocolate frappe. Cheese puff straws. An apple.
Tuesday:
Breakfast - as yesterday, plus 1/2 glass orange juice.
Lunch - smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich. 1 packet crisps. 1 chocolate truffle dessert. Apple juice. (I felt rather unwell after all that...)
Afternoon tea - one glass hot chocolate
Dinner - roast vegetable pasta with blue cheese, blue cheese with baby carrots, fresh pineapple.
MUST GET BACK ON STRAIGHT AND NARROW! At least I've been walking a bit...
Oh, and a belated GO FEDERER!
Friday, 6 July 2007
Ho Hum
Two distinctly ordinary days when I managed to accomplish virtually nothing. Not good, particularly since I now have about 150 things to do tomorrow. Oh well. At least the tennis was exciting today! (Viva la France!)
Thursday:
Brunch: French toast made with the last of the rye bread and some of my fancy organic eggs, topped with a peach, some strawberries and greek yoghurt with honey. Plus a glass of orange juice.
Dinner: four cheese tortellini with the last of the homemade sauce + extra cheese, plus a mini-bagel with lettuce, turkey, cheese and cucumber. Mini-chocolate muffin with rasberry, and an apple.
Friday:
Brunch: cheese scroll with lettuce, turkey, cucumber, cheese and rowan jelly. Several handfuls of popcorn (about 30-40g?). 1 glass of orange juice. 1 mug low-cal hot chocolate with milk.
Dinner: half a fillet of hot smoked salmon with new potatoes and broccoli. Strawberries with greek yoghurt. Mini yoghurt muffin with rasberry. A pear.
I also turned about a kilo of tomatoes into a roasted sauce, and grilled two zucchinis (one green, one yellow) to turn into lasagne tomorrow.
Market visit in the morning (assuming the rain's not too heavy), but I won't buy much since I'm away from Sunday, and going home a week and a half after I get back from London. I'm trying to eat up what I've got - which means rather more meat/fish than normal. We'll see how that goes.
Thursday:
Brunch: French toast made with the last of the rye bread and some of my fancy organic eggs, topped with a peach, some strawberries and greek yoghurt with honey. Plus a glass of orange juice.
Dinner: four cheese tortellini with the last of the homemade sauce + extra cheese, plus a mini-bagel with lettuce, turkey, cheese and cucumber. Mini-chocolate muffin with rasberry, and an apple.
Friday:
Brunch: cheese scroll with lettuce, turkey, cucumber, cheese and rowan jelly. Several handfuls of popcorn (about 30-40g?). 1 glass of orange juice. 1 mug low-cal hot chocolate with milk.
Dinner: half a fillet of hot smoked salmon with new potatoes and broccoli. Strawberries with greek yoghurt. Mini yoghurt muffin with rasberry. A pear.
I also turned about a kilo of tomatoes into a roasted sauce, and grilled two zucchinis (one green, one yellow) to turn into lasagne tomorrow.
Market visit in the morning (assuming the rain's not too heavy), but I won't buy much since I'm away from Sunday, and going home a week and a half after I get back from London. I'm trying to eat up what I've got - which means rather more meat/fish than normal. We'll see how that goes.
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
On the Road
Have been in Manchester for two days, and am exhausted (three changes of train coming back, after a stressful and not particularly successful visit.)
Didn't do too badly on the 'healthy' plan while I was away - lots of walking around the city, and not too much junk food.
Anyway:
Tuesday
Breakfast - lots of fresh strawberries, small bottle of orange juice, mini chocolate and yoghurt muffins with rasberries (1 of each)
Lunch - some sort of toasted bread-y thing with goat's cheese, chutney and spinach. An apple.
Afternoon tea - cup of sweet milky tea with a biscuit.
Dinner - chicken and mushroom pie with chips and peas. One very large glass of white wine.
Wednesday
Breakfast - bowl of granola with milk and yoghurt, plus two pieces of brown toast with margarine. One glass of apple juice. 1/2 cup of sweet milky tea.
Morning tea - lots of assorted fruit (at least an apple, a pear, a small mandarin, and a few strawberries) plus a couple of crisps.
Lunch - half a caramelised carrot chutney and wensledayle cheese sandwich, half a smoked salmon and soft cheese sandwich, both on brown bread. Some cloudy apple juice. 1 Belgian chocolate brownie.
Dinner - other sandwich halves, more apple juice.
Not bad considering I had two long train trips and not that many regular meal opportunities. We'll see how I go in London next week...
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SUGAR ALERT!
I've been having too much juice, I think. Juice consumption is a bit of a problem - I really love the stuff, but it's too sweet and too energy dense, even though I only drink non-concentrate, no added anything versions. I did quite well last week, since I made 1 litre of orange juice last 6 days by diluting each glass, but I have to watch that. Also, I've been drinking some lemon-and-lime flavoured water, but I didn't realise the new reformulated version had sugar rather than artifical sweeteners. So I have to dilute it even more than I have been, or else stop drinking it. Plus there's the problem that I like my tea very sweet. Must wean myself off that or get used to some sort of artificial sweetener again.
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So not perfect, but I'm making reasonable progress. I'll try to hit the gym again tomorrow, or walk outdoors. Weather permitting, of course!
Didn't do too badly on the 'healthy' plan while I was away - lots of walking around the city, and not too much junk food.
Anyway:
Tuesday
Breakfast - lots of fresh strawberries, small bottle of orange juice, mini chocolate and yoghurt muffins with rasberries (1 of each)
Lunch - some sort of toasted bread-y thing with goat's cheese, chutney and spinach. An apple.
Afternoon tea - cup of sweet milky tea with a biscuit.
Dinner - chicken and mushroom pie with chips and peas. One very large glass of white wine.
Wednesday
Breakfast - bowl of granola with milk and yoghurt, plus two pieces of brown toast with margarine. One glass of apple juice. 1/2 cup of sweet milky tea.
Morning tea - lots of assorted fruit (at least an apple, a pear, a small mandarin, and a few strawberries) plus a couple of crisps.
Lunch - half a caramelised carrot chutney and wensledayle cheese sandwich, half a smoked salmon and soft cheese sandwich, both on brown bread. Some cloudy apple juice. 1 Belgian chocolate brownie.
Dinner - other sandwich halves, more apple juice.
Not bad considering I had two long train trips and not that many regular meal opportunities. We'll see how I go in London next week...
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SUGAR ALERT!
I've been having too much juice, I think. Juice consumption is a bit of a problem - I really love the stuff, but it's too sweet and too energy dense, even though I only drink non-concentrate, no added anything versions. I did quite well last week, since I made 1 litre of orange juice last 6 days by diluting each glass, but I have to watch that. Also, I've been drinking some lemon-and-lime flavoured water, but I didn't realise the new reformulated version had sugar rather than artifical sweeteners. So I have to dilute it even more than I have been, or else stop drinking it. Plus there's the problem that I like my tea very sweet. Must wean myself off that or get used to some sort of artificial sweetener again.
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So not perfect, but I'm making reasonable progress. I'll try to hit the gym again tomorrow, or walk outdoors. Weather permitting, of course!
Monday, 2 July 2007
Rain, rain, go away
I got rather soggy today, but still managed to get a fair amount done. And I went to the gym! (Thank you Wimbledon, for distracting me on the exercise bike.) Over 40 min. decent activity, as well as the walk to the station for my ticket (and the wait long enough for me to get through the Independent. Twice.)
So, to the food.
Breakfast: soy-lin cereal with strawberries, greek yoghurt and milk.
Snack: 1 banana. 1 small hot chocolate (I deserved it given the wait at Waverly!)
Lunch (quite late - closer to five than four): bowl of cheese tortellini with homemade tomato and roasted capsicum sauce with most of a bag of green leaves (from market post)chopped and stirred through. Plus a sprinkle of parmesan. For dessert, half a piece of gingerbread with the last of the ice cream.
Dinner: (midnight-ish - I'm too nervous to sleep given tomorrow's jaunt to Manchester for filming...) Rye sandwich with soft goat's cheese, turkey, lettuce, cucumer and rowan jelly, plus an apple.
Health-wise, a good day all round. Though I was exhausted enough to need a nap after the gym!
So, to the food.
Breakfast: soy-lin cereal with strawberries, greek yoghurt and milk.
Snack: 1 banana. 1 small hot chocolate (I deserved it given the wait at Waverly!)
Lunch (quite late - closer to five than four): bowl of cheese tortellini with homemade tomato and roasted capsicum sauce with most of a bag of green leaves (from market post)chopped and stirred through. Plus a sprinkle of parmesan. For dessert, half a piece of gingerbread with the last of the ice cream.
Dinner: (midnight-ish - I'm too nervous to sleep given tomorrow's jaunt to Manchester for filming...) Rye sandwich with soft goat's cheese, turkey, lettuce, cucumer and rowan jelly, plus an apple.
Health-wise, a good day all round. Though I was exhausted enough to need a nap after the gym!
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Half Year Resolutions
Well, the second half of 2007 is upon us. It looks like being a busy six months, with the next 26 days being particularly hectic. A trip to Manchester, London, a PhD assessment, and then a five week visit home. We'll see what sort of impact this all has on my health.
Today wasn't exactly an action packed day, but I haven't broken any resolutions. Yet.
Breakfast (rather late, but still a meal in its own right): soy-lin cereal with strawberries and greek yoghurt.
Lunch: a roggenmischbrot(!) sandwich with lettuce, cucumber, smoked cheddar, turkey breast and rowan jelly. Very nice. Plus an extra scrap of rye bread with margarine, and a handful of organic popcorn (salted but without butter). Half a piece of gingerbread with a miniscule scoop of ice-cream.
Dinner: half a large piece of hot-smoked salmon, a small head of organic broccoli, and some new charlotte potatoes. Followed by a nice ripe peach.
On the exercise front, my first attempt was thwarted by the rain. The sun started shining - I set off for the park - it started raining again - I scurried home. I had more luck after 8pm, when I managed a 40min walk round The Meadows before having dinner. Plus some assorted stretches. Must keep those up.
A promising start - we'll see how tomorrow goes. I've got a hundred and fifty errands to run, so at least I'll get more incidental exercise than usual.
Today wasn't exactly an action packed day, but I haven't broken any resolutions. Yet.
Breakfast (rather late, but still a meal in its own right): soy-lin cereal with strawberries and greek yoghurt.
Lunch: a roggenmischbrot(!) sandwich with lettuce, cucumber, smoked cheddar, turkey breast and rowan jelly. Very nice. Plus an extra scrap of rye bread with margarine, and a handful of organic popcorn (salted but without butter). Half a piece of gingerbread with a miniscule scoop of ice-cream.
Dinner: half a large piece of hot-smoked salmon, a small head of organic broccoli, and some new charlotte potatoes. Followed by a nice ripe peach.
On the exercise front, my first attempt was thwarted by the rain. The sun started shining - I set off for the park - it started raining again - I scurried home. I had more luck after 8pm, when I managed a 40min walk round The Meadows before having dinner. Plus some assorted stretches. Must keep those up.
A promising start - we'll see how tomorrow goes. I've got a hundred and fifty errands to run, so at least I'll get more incidental exercise than usual.
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