Cycles

We've been talking on the forum about how weight loss fluctuates so much, especially for women. I've thought mine slowed down a few times, but it soon picked back up again. I thought it might help to see all my losses in one place, so you can see how variable it's been - so here goes:

Week, loss (in lbs)

1,             7.5

2,             3.5

3,             2.2

4,             4.8

5,             1.8  *

6,             4.0

7,             4.0

8,             3.3

9, Holiday

10,             3.1

11,             4.2

12,             2.1  *

13,             1.9  *

14,             4.9

15,             2.8

16, -           1.3  *

17,             2.8

18,             5.8

19,             3.7

20,             4.0

Total,           65.0

As you can see, about every 5 weeks I have a dip. I've never been a very regular person, hence the fluctuations in timing! I've starred the ones where I think it's more about PMT than eating. Hope this helps anyone worrying about their ups and downs - the best thing is to look at the monthly pattern - it seems to be a fairly steady stone per month for me.

Salivating already

I'm salivating already. I'm having fillet steak for my dinner tonight and I can't wait. It's the first meat I've had since mid April. Yes, that did say April, not August! Almost 5 months.

I went to my local farm shop butchers this afternoon, and was met by a big smile - my butcher missed me! (I'm sure his profit margins did too, I'm a big carnivore!)

Pics later, just thought I'd share the excitement of a fillet steak :-)

Flirty skirty

Out for drinks after work tonight, so wearing something hopefully trendy. Skater dress and leggings with pixie boots.

I love the colour of this dress, a sort of jade blue/green.

Had a great night, resisted all the pizzas and chips, having a veggie stir fry instead (we went to Dukes 92). And I had about a litre and a half of water. Not bad for 5 hours in the pub!

Boiled Eggs!

I had my doctor's review at the clinic tonight, and have decided to change my target weight. As a result, I've only got another 22lbs to lose, and it means that I've now moved to Phase 2 of the program!

That means that I can now have "real" protein for dinner, instead of a packet mix. I can't have a lot, 120g of meat, 140g of fish or 2 eggs.

When I got home from clinic, I decided to make the most of this new flexibility, but didn't have any meat in the house - but I did have some eggs. Remarkably I started drooling at the very thought of a boiled egg.

To my eggs I added some asparagus, spinach and tomatoes, olive oil and black pepper.

It was delicious.

I'm now dreaming of the steak I can have - that will be my Friday night treat this week.

weight

07/09/11 = 13 stone 12
Another 4 lb off this week, making a total of 4 stone 9 in 20 weeks (4 1/2 months!)

Whoop whoop!

office style

Realised today that I haven't posted any pictures of my new outfits for a little while, so here's what I'm wearing today.

This black skirt from my sister is now actually a bit big, and I can swivel it round!

Oh, and my shoes are a bit big too - by about 1/2 a size. They are slipping a bit at the back - just as well they've got straps on, or they would fall off! And I've only had them a few weeks. Ah, well...

Chefs are superstars

When you get such beautiful food, which tastes as good as it looks, then chefs really are superstars. Not only do they go out of their way to stick to a limited list of ingredients, and create exciting, interesting and tasty food, but they spend time to present as a feast for the eyes. True artistry which should be celebrated.

So well done to the chef at the Birmingham city thistle hotel, who joins those at Alberts as my heroes!

Thank you!