Days 7 & 8 (2012) - first weekend of the dieting year

Hi all Hope you've had a fun weekend. I've been pretty busy and tried really hard to eat sensibly - pretty certain I've succeeded too!! Yesterday morning I went to synagogue with Dom - a bit of spiritual uplift always does me good!! Then came home and made lunch for boys & myself - leftovers from friday night (soup, chicken and leftover veg stir-fried). Took some shoes back to St Albans on Saturday afternoon - decided just to get a refund as I'd like to lose some more weight before I buy any more clothes even in the Sales. Saturday night we took Andrew's parents for dinner at The Arts Club in Mayfair (it's their anniversary and Andrew's just become a member). It was a lovely meal, although I can't deny I felt a bit like I missed out on some goodies but I really want to shift my December gain ASAP. I had Yellowtail tuna sashimi plus about four small pieces of deep fried courgettes from Toby's plate!!, then a large sea bass fillet plain grilled (without the confit tomatoes - too much oil) with purple sprouting broccoli (dry fried with chilli - yummy) and creamy spinach. Drank fizzy mineral water, no wine & had fresh mint tea while the others drank wine, cappuccinos & scrummy desserts :( Today I went to the gym this morning was weighed & measured and signed up for the biggest loser competition. It will be interesting to see how that weight compares to my SW weight tomorrow morning. The rest of the day was mostly spent driving Toby to his various hockey training sessions - I'm very proud of him & have absolutely no idea where he gets his sporty genes from but I'm glad he's got them!! Tonight's dinner wasn't my best but not bad although I have discovered that not everything can be cooked without fat!! I made turkey schnitzels with SW chips & broccoli. Normally I cook the schnitzel's in oil or some fat and keep warm in the oven - they are coated in egg and matzo-meal and I fried them in seven sprays of oil - not remotely enough to add flavour. I also under cooked the chips - broccoli was nice tho!!! So that's it from me - I'm feeling optimistic about tomorrow's weigh in because I've been following the plan, written my diary & done some exercise :) Fingers crossed xxx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone