A week of highs and lows this week. No weightloss last week, but no weight gain either – I stayed exactly the same. Better, I suppose, than putting anything on but I’d still prefer to see the scales going down! I eventually got back into the gym (only on Thursday!) but as soon as I was almost finished my circuit, I felt really ill and just about made it to the loo before I saw my lunch in reverse. I assume it was the shock of vigorous exercise after a couple of week’s break (and mam, before you read this online and jump to the wrong conclusion, I’m not pregnant...although I may look it sometimes... so you needn’t be ringing me in a panic) so I went home and lay down for a couple of hours and was fine after that.
I had a few challenges this week, the first being a lovely meal on Friday night to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We were offered the menu before we went so we could choose our meals in advance – thankfully that meant that I chose wisely and stayed away from the deep fried camembert! I also had a lovely fruit salad for dessert, but ended up having a slice of birthday cake too (well, it would have been rude to refuse!) so cancelled that little victory out altogether. That, coupled with copious amounts of red wine equals a good couple of thousand calories I would guess!
I was relatively good on Saturday, but a last minute invitation saw me out again! This time I stuck to red wine mixed with diet coke to save on some vital calories. On Sunday, I was treated to a delicious mother’s day dinner (followed by Bannoffee pie!) after which all my intentions of doing a good long walk went out the window and all I was fit to do was snuggle on the sofa in front of a DVD. Lesson learned? Do the walk before dinner because I won’t be in the humour afterwards!
So this coming week, I am not leaving the house and I am living on lettuce. Hang on, it’s St Patrick’s Day on Wednesday…oh well!