Tuesday 9 December 2008

7.40am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

10am
Mortadella and swiss cheese rolls - 4.6g

12.30pm
Mortadella and swiss cheese rolls - 4.6g

2pm
3 eggs fried in butter with a dollop of liverwurst - 1.7g

6pm
Cream - 5.4g

8.30pm
Harry's burrito in a bowl - 6.9g

Beverages
Two cups of tea with milk - 1g - lots of water.

That gives a total of 25.7g total carbs for the day. Not too bad! I was thinking it would be more given the high numbers for each meal, but ah well. I feel fantastic, and my pants are nice and loose. The only thing is when I went to the supermarket I put my purse in my pocket which weighed in down and I had to hold them up. Ooops!

Did good at the gym today, I upped the weights for my legs and I'm showing tone. Yay!

For those using the other system - I weighed about 235lb at the end of last year, and now I'm about 187lb. Aiming to reach 135 (again). And for those on my scale, I was 106kg, now about 85kg and aim to reach 60-61kg or so.

Darn....

I am happy to announce that our party has been relocated to the The Queenberry Room. With the weather so cool and unreliable we will now be celebrating in a beautiful, ornate setting, feasting on:-
· Mini Arancini balls (veggie)
· Mini Bagels with prosciutto, bri and rocket
· Lime cured calamari spoons topped with shredded nori
· Mini noodle boxes with beef and Asian greens
· Pecking duck wontons
· Veggie risotto cups
· Mini morroccan lamb wraps with cucumber dressing and lettuce
· Tempura prawns with Ponzu dipping sauce

Not looking forward to my work Christmas do now after seeing the menu. Everyone else was coo-ing over it and asking me how wonderful I thought it was. Now, I should state right now I haven't had a single type of grain since Nov last year (with one week out in prep for my GTT). I'll have to eat first and brush up on my food refusal skills.

For those that asked - 'bikkies' are 'biscuits', otherwise known as 'cookies' in your part of the world I believe :) Rocket is some kind of green - you've probably eaten it in a lettuce mix and not known.

Monday 8 December 2008

7.40am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

10.10am
Salted mixed nuts - 3g

12noon
Salted mixed nuts - 5g

2.30pm
Kebab meat (chicken and lamb) with garlic dressing - 0.5g

5pm
Rest of the sf choc ganache, 2 small lc almond biscuits - 6g

Beverages
One cup of black tea, lots of water.

Thanks so much for the vote of confidence, guys!

Well, I didn't eat all that much today but I stayed full (good thing about nuts) and got the last of the less-than-ideal foods out of the house hehehe. Total of 16g carbs today. I swear it should be more! I'm wracking my brains to think of anything I might have forgotten....

Vadim: Ok, ready thses are my embarassing numbers;; My best exercise strenght wise is bench press my max is 295 ponds, dont know in kilos, usually i lift 220 to 280!

Well I'm going to shoot for them anyway, regardless of whether or not you think they're embarrassing. K? ;)

Harry: You weren't so bad at the party! I was expecting tales of you swinging from chandeliers and having the party broken up by the police and what not!

Ahhhh well.... perhaps.... though the police didn't get involved. But I was definitely the life of the party (hangs head) hahahaha

Sunday 7 December 2008

The thing I hate most about a "loose" day (or whatever you want to call it - it's just when you're not as strict as normal) is I can never get back to normal the next day.

So after my reporting yesterday I had a few pork crackles, more mixed nuts and a whole bunch of vodka with diet pepsi.

Woke up this morning to some gorgeous scrambled eggs (skip the toast) and a cup of tea (skip the bikkies).

Not too bad. So I wouldn't have gone over on my carbs, but def on the cals.

And today, no times to record but I had more mixed nuts, some sf choc ganache, a little more cream (only about 30ml), a bowl of veggie soup (minus the potato), some cauliflower mash and some lc almond biscuits.

Don't know what my carb count would be today, and I don't really want to know.

Plan to get back to normal tomorrow. Wish me luck! This is always my hard difficulty!!!

Saturday 6 December 2008

OK so today I am going to a party and I'm planning to overeat. Is it excusable if it's planned? I hope so.

I started this morning with:

11am
The rest of the salami and jarlsberg from yesterday (it was included in yesterday's counts)

3.30pm
Some heavy cream by the spoon - 1.8g

4pm
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

And I have some cauliflower boiling right now for me to make it into cauliflower mash - I add butter and sour cream to this then mash. I bought a punnet of raspberries today because it was only $5 a punnet!! But I can never stop at just a few so I know I'm going to have the whole thing. On the good side, they're only even that cheap once or twice a year.

I've bought some citrus vodka and pepsi max to drink tonight and bought some pork crackles to put in the serving bowls as I know the host wont have anything snack-y otherwise.

I'm in two minds about whether or not to take my own advice or be a coward hahahaha. Once tonight is over... do I REALLY want to post what I ate? It's going to be terrible, I know it.

Every now and then I'll have a day or two like this. Not too often. It's craving TOM for me right now which is why I had that protein bar the day before yesterday.

So the real question is, should I allow it? Or should I not?

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Sybil, I haven't done the Slow Burn Method before - haven't even heard of it! It sounds good though. I always try to do all my reps slowly :)

So that makes two of us Aussies round these parts! ;) I'll be up in NSW (Sydney) in Feb actually. Sad I'll miss the Monet show though. You closer to the Vic border?

Oh and those 'big buff boys' hehehe. They don't worry me, they use "help" to get them where they are I think.

Vadim, I can suggest all my favourite Aussie movies but they might not all be the genre you like (I tend to like the movies that are a little off-beat). This link has a huge list of Aussie movies, but it's by no means comprehensive.

WebFlicks Australia

Sorry, you'll then need to scroll down to 'Australian'. I can't get a direct link.

My favourites, off the top of my head, are things like The Castle, Garage Days, Strictly Ballroom, Heavenly Creatures (mix of Aus and NZ), Dark City (mix of USA and Aus) with Jennifer Connelly. I've never seen Proof, so I have it on my hire list :) Oh and Dirty Deeds! That's a great movie too - and based on a true story. Has John Goodman (from Roseanne) in it if you want to check it out. That might get you a bit used to the accent before you watch a movie which is purely Australian sounding. Also on TV they often tend to exaggerate the accents. When I was in England people thought I was "posh" but really Neighbours' actors go to classes to speak more broadly. Romper Stomper is an absolute classic.

I'm still looking through the list on the link I sent you ... I haven't seen or heard of most of these movies. But Bliss is another good one. Probably as old as your fav Croc Dundee though, but definitely worth the watch. Bit psychological, and very subtle. Boytown is a shocking movie, don't waste any time on it hehehe. I put The Club in the same bag as Bliss in subtlty (sp?). The Craic is good for a nothing movie - I like nothing movies sometimes hehehe.

The Dish is another good one. I think it's based on a true story as well. Gallipoli is a good movie. With Mel Gibson - before he went bonkers.

(I'm only up to G in the movie list, more of the alphabet tomorrow)   :)

But i doubt she can lift more than me. i dont think any woman can, unless she is he or heshe or whatever these guysn are, sorry no offence to anybody. But i do lift qite heavy too and my numbers are quite good!
So, go on Vadim, share your numbers and I'll use them as a goal to work towards :)

Friday 5 December 2008

7.40am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

9.50am
Salted mixed nuts - 4g

12noon
Jarlsberg and salami rolls - 5.5g
95 tin of tuna in oil - 0g

6pm
Jarlsberg and mortadella rolls - 3.4g

7.50pm
Bowl of asparagus and green beans in butter - 6.7g

9.40pm
Chicken Tikka - ummm 1g?

Beverages
One cup of coffee, two cups of ginger tea, one diet coke and tons of water.

That gives a total of 22.5g for the day. Ohhh and I forgot yesterday to report a protein bar that I have, so add 4.7g to yesterday's total.

Went to the gym, it's just too hot this time of year but I still did my best. :)

Thanks for the comments, everyone! You know I tend to feel self conscious in the boys section of the gym (well, it's actually the "Mixed Gym") because I have big boobs but I kinda like lifting heavier weights than would be expected and even matching some of the guys. It's pretty cool hehehe.

I don't make the BBQ chicken myself, I just pop over the street to get it - without the stuffing that is. Ewwww you couldn't PAY me to eat that stuff!

Paul, a lot of people I know don't count the carbs in eggs. I do ... I guess I don't find them as filling as other people and I can really over-indulge. Does that sound like you?

Harry, I'll give that burrito thing a go! So do you put anything with the minced meat (like some kind of chilli sauce) or purely the ingredients you've listed? It sounds great!

Sadekat, I didn't even miss the deli meats yesterday! But, they were back today. I had to get money out to renew my Personal Trainer today so I needed to buy something. I also bought some Latvian Liverwurst. I thought it was WAY higher in carbs than it is - only 1.5g for 100g!! Have you ever tried it?

Thursday 4 December 2008

7.40am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

10.05am
About 25g cucumber - 0.9g

1.10pm
Half a BBQ chicken - 0.5g

6.30pm
Large handfuls of almonds and pistachios (finished them so hopefully they wont be on my list again for a little while) - 14.6g

Beverages
12 glasses of water, 3 cups of black coffee.

That gives a total of 17.5g carbs for the day.

Oooooh notice there are no deli meats on today's menu?! ;)

Harry, I only weigh because I'm trying - loosely - to follow Jimmy Moore's challenge. Ordinarily I only weigh once a month or less and that's why I keep forgetting to weigh in each morning hehehe. I don't trust my scale and I couldn't care about numbers. The last time I let the scales rule me I dropped the weight training and picked up cardio because it satisfied the reading, not because it satisfied me. Not again! I love doing weights, heavy ones, and will keep it up. I like my bulgy arms and legs :)

Wednesday 3 December 2008

7.40am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

10.10am
One roll: 2 slices smoked turkey with a slice of jarlsberg and about five (they're much smaller) slices of salami - 2.8g

1pm
Half a BBQ chicken - 0.5g

4.50pm
Handful of almonds - 2.7g

5.40pm
Handful of pistachios, several rolls same as my morning tea roll - 14.1g

Beverages:
Three cups of ginger tea, one cup of black tea, about 8 glasses of water and half a cup of black coffee.

That gives a total of 21.6g carbs for today.

Thanks for all your posts guys!

Lynn, I have put a pic of mortadella on today's blog for you. I just googled 'mortadella'. Maybe you know it by another name? Even if you travel different parts of Australia, the same food is known by different names.

Vamin, for a second there I thought you really did think that was me in the picture! hehehe I can assure you it's not. I like to think I do have that kind of muscle tone.... it's just a bit covered up right now.

Harry, I really don't know if nitrate-free food is available in Aust. I've done lots of searching over the years and even asked people I know would know what nitrates are ... but no luck.

That why it's helpful, IMO, to combine uncured meats with other flavorful and fatty ingredients. I try to accomplish this by making turkey or ham "tacos". But, that's just my wacky solution. :-)
That's a nice idea! I tried the turkey in the rolls today after an idea I skimmed off you (I think) for the turkey tacos. Generally I don't really like turkey but like this it wasn't too bad - and super filling!

I'm not trusting my scales right now - I got on them this morning and it read 86.6kg. This is a 300g increase so I went to the loo and came back. 85.6kg... I very much doubt I pee'd a full litre. So back on I got and 87kg it read the next two times.

It's a brand new set of scales on a flat floor. Urgh, whatever.

Tuesday 2 December 2008

Jarlsberg rolls are just a large slice of jarlsberg cheese rolled up with mortadella (or whatever I choose). Nothing fancy ;)

7.45am
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

9.30am
Mortadella and jarlsberg rolls - 4.4g

1pm
Salami and jarlsberg rolls - 4.4g

8.20pm
Half a bowl of lettuce - 2.4g

Beverages
About 8 glasses of water, two cups of black coffee and three cups of black tea.

That gives a total of 12.7g carbs for the day.

Weight: 86.3kg

It's amazing how much just eating well influences you. I've been energised and at the gym more than usual - getting my stamina back. :)

I think I need to choose my food a bit better though, the deli meats are just high in carbs but probably not very good for me overall. Not sure what I should change to though...

Monday 1 December 2008

7.45pm
3 eggs fried in butter - 1.5g

9.40am
Salami and jarlsberg rolls - 2.9g

2pm
Mortadella and jarlsberg rolls - 3.1g

5.45pm
Handfull of almonds and pistachios - 10g

8.20pm
4 eggs fried in butter - 2g

That gives a total of 19.5g carbs for the day.

Beverages
About 8 glasses of water and three cups of black tea.

Not so warm today which is nice. Trying to up my water intake as I've been lacking a bit today. Bit sore from the weights yesterday and really felt it during pilates today hehehe.

NewVision, no I didn't take that photo. It was on someone's blog. I like having pictures around so I just find ones I think might suit the mood of the day. It's a really beautiful photo though, hey? :)

Vadim, not sure why you've been having so many problems with my blog. Do you think it might be the pics?

Speak tomorrow!