That was the week that was

And frankly, it was not a great week. I've felt exhausted, sore and had an upset stomach for most of the week. Indeed, most of the last four days have been spent in bed. So exercise has been, well, non-existent. Vicious weather hasn't helped - frozen rain, icy gales, sleet, and generally freezing temperatures. But that's not really an excuse, or else Scandinavians would all be fat. And they're not.

Anyway, the diet has gone surprisingly well, under the circumstances. Only one partial collapse, and that was made up by a minimal dinner. I suspect there may be a few minor omissions, as I'm noting this down after the event. But my memory is reasonably accurate.

Tuesday:

Bad day - most of it spent in bed.

Breakfast - 1/2 cup of fruit muesli with yoghurt and semi-skim milk

Dinner - 1/2 tin baxter's tomato soup, one wholemeal roll with tinned tuna, mayo, spinach and a little bit of cheese. Plus a small piece of fruitcake and a mug of milky tea.

Wednesday:

Breakfast - 1/2 cup of fruit muesli with yoghurt and semi-skim milk

Lunch - egg and cold meat sandwich, a few pieces of fresh pineapple

AT - apple and blackcurrant smoothie

Dinner - orange and pineapple smoothie (too much juice, I know), small serve (unfinished) of pasta salad made with yesterday's leftover sandwich filling plus some corn, 1/2 an apple and 1/2 a pear tossed in a bit of butter, water, brown sugar and cinnamon and stewed until soft but not mushy. (VERY YUMMY!)

Thursday

No breakfast, due to feeling very ropey. Only just out of the house in time for a lecture, after which I consumed:

1 panini with tomato, basil and mozarella, one packet artisan salt and vinegar crisps, one large chocolate chip cookie, and the better part of a bottle of dilute fruit drink. All rather yummy, and I don't actually have many regrets there, particularly given how I felt.

Dinner: 1 brown roll with low-chol margarine and vegemite, 1 tub low-fat yoghurt. 1 mug milky tea.

Friday

Brunch - 1 bowl muesli with remainder of apple and pear compote. Yummy!

AT - 1/2 piece vegan banana cake with low-fat vanilla yoghurt. Tasted vaguely like custard, actually. 1 glass orange juice, diluted. (half the bottle, rest for tomorrow)

Dinner - 1 bowl Covent Garden wild mushroom soup, diluted with water, with herbs and pepper added, plus a spoonful of low-fat creme fraiche. (Prob. about 3/4 of carton, rest thrown away due to leaks.) 1 large bowl of Italian salad leaves with a sliced chunk of dolce latte blue cheese and a dressing made with splashes of balsamic and white wine vinegar and olive oil. Tasted good - it's worth mixing the dressing properly!

Plus a mandarin and a mug of peppermint tea for dessert, alongside one or two bits of apple/pear/toffee-like remnants snatched while stewing additional fruit for breakfast for the next few days.

I'll be interested to see what the scales say on Monday - I doubt there'll be much change (I don't think they'll have gone up, though), since I know from long experience diet is not enough to shift my last five kilos.