I'm really not feeling the journalling vibe at the moment. Probably mostly because I've been out and not been doing very well on the keeping things sensible front. So. Quick round-up and probably a couple more days of quiet if I'm still not up to it tomorrow.
Monday... I had a great gym. We went out to dinner (I had goats cheese terrine, steak with spinach and cabbage, and stilton and water biscuits at the end) to celebrate something. I ended up lots of kcals over maintenance (2962kcals, 750kcals over maintenance) mostly due to the Bellinis before and the champagne during dinner. We stayed out in town - fantastic blaggage on where we stayed but that's a story for another day.
Tuesday... rest day; we couldn't be bothered to cook so we ended up with takeaway. I was still very comfortably under maintenance kcals (1646kcals, 140kcals under maintenance), but...
Wednesday... the scales punished me big-time. Back up 1.5kg again. Yeah I had saltiness in the takeaway, but seriously. *sigh*
Gym today was good and bad. I was "helped" by some guy who told me that seeing as my planks looked so comfortable (hah!) I should try lifting alternate legs, or doing Superman planks. Yeah. Thanks. I do know how to progress planks and actually I was trembling during those planks. However, my arms did feel amazing during and after my clean and presses, buzzing/fizzing/vibrating; nice! AND, my negative motion pull-ups are getting better and more controlled.
I got a freebie from Ocado the other day; a new snacky bar thing, branded by "Elizabeth Hurley". I was very skeptical and then I read the ingredients and there actually wasn't any crap in it. I tried it today after my protein shake after gym as I was still hungry (I'm having one of those "permanently hungry" days :o/) Very sickly sweet but pretty flavourless in the end though. It was supposed to be banana and chocolate flavoured but it was just bland and sweet.
So, not impressed and wouldn't bother actually buying these. There are plenty of other, better products on the market already and, yeah it may have "only" 100kcals in a bar but there's nothing special about it, it didn't taste of much and it was only 26g. Many many other, better fish in the sea.
Dinner today was not too bad in the end, despite the fact that Halloumi goes rubbery pretty quickly after cooling down. The mango went very nicely and mint in the dressing topped it off nicely. But, like all of the rest of today, I'm still hungry. I am. It's not fair. I wish I wasn't. But I am. And all I really want right now is crusty, white baguette with spread, not even butter. I could nip out and get some from the Sainsburys down the road, but I'm not going to. This week has started off badly enough already (though the food on Monday was really good and clean too, I drank a bit too much wine) and I'm not sure how much of my current weight is transit/water etc. So I do want to be close to my loss kcal target for the day.
B - greek yogurt with 1 scoop MP Max, fruit compote and flaked almonds
S - banana
L - salad; lettuce, celery, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, sweet pepper, Food Doctor Herb Boost, chicken breast
*gym*
S - 1 scoop MP Max in skimmed milk
S - Elizabeth Hurley bar - chocolate and banana
S - carrot and houmous
D - salad; lettuce, mint, olive oil, vinegar, mango, toasted pine nuts and grilled Halloumi
Calories (kcal)
[kcals to maintain weight (inc. exercise) | 1765
2220] |
| Protein (g) | 140.8 (32.3%) |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 137.6 (29.6%) |
| Fat (g) | 73.7 (38.1%) |
| Fibre (g) | 23.9 |
| Fruit & Veg | 12.2 |
Sorry to hear you're feeling a bit blah mate, keep your chin up. I often find blogging even when I feel crap helps.
ReplyDeleteI've seen those Elilzabeth Hurley bars and thought they looked a bit pants, I won't waste my cash on them now :D
Thanks Jo! I think you're right; I'll give it a bash tomorrow for the theraputic value if nothing else :o)
ReplyDeleteI've had several hunger monster attacks the last few days as well, and just when I'm wanting to really hone it in for my holidays! I agree with Jo, perhaps continuing to blog will help to keep your eats on track x
ReplyDeleteYou're both right... I do find that if I journal about stuff, I'm more likely to stay honest and a bit more on track as it's so public ;o) I can kid myself but not other people.
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