Getting Lean

Feb 1st weigh in

2012-02-05T15:20:00.001Z

I had planned to get to 9st through January. I made it to 9 st 1.. meh

low carb diet starting tomorrow though, going to give the dukan diet a shot. will follow for two days and assess.

Week off weigh in

2012-01-24T21:52:00.001Z

Am trying to resist the scales. I bought a new chest strap for my polar hrm and am wearing it a lot more. I find it motivating. Motivation good for cardio, am fed up of lifting this month so far :(
Going to lift lighter but to failure tomorrow to mix things up see if I can get my muscle mojo back.

organic shopping

2012-01-15T21:59:00.001Z

spent 45 in an organic shop. more so on cosmetics than food tho! will review them all in goid time!

Smoked Salmon Gateau etc

2012-01-13T13:55:00.000Z

Look at my lush lunch!!

Thought I'd share my lunch with you as I thought they look purty. I also think they'd be nice canapes. Wow this was lush, 7 of them coming in at around 280 cals. Cucumber, philadephia with chives, smoked salmon and black olive tapenade. High in protein and good fats. Best of all, I felt like I was treating myself.

I said in 2012 Goals I was looking forward to the Smoked Salmon reducing in price. haha! £1.99 for 250g, so I bought 3 packets...to start with. I could freeze some but I'm off to friends for the weekend with mini mossy so have had to leave it in the work fridge. Rest assured I shall be getting fish faced in February.

Here's some inspiration for you.

Smoked Salmon Gateau

Black bean burgers

2012-01-11T20:42:00.001Z

Testing my iphone app with tonights dinner.

"ok DF"

black beans tinned
half an onion
half a red pepper
tsp garamasala
tsp marigold boullion
1 egg
bread crumbs from freezer err about 2 slices

I mashed the beans with a rolling pin. Pulsed onion and garlic and pepper. beat eggs with garamasala. mix everything together and then add breadcrumbs and boullion plonked in oven in 4 tartlet tins at around 200c. after 10 minutes i took them out of tins to turn over and then did them for another five mins.

Verdict: perfect texture, the garlic tasted too fresh, nonetheless good, If I could bother my arse I would sweat the garlic first. Maybe garlic powder would be less fresh tasting? i had a load of broccoli and a tbsp of cheese sauce. Will make it again for sure. My four year old wolfed it down. I did feeel hungry about 9:30 and I'd eaten it at 6pm. It was around a 200 calorie dinner so I didn't beat myself up for eating a couple of babybel lites.

Somebody slap me

2012-01-11T12:36:00.000Z

Urgh I'm not the only one falling off the wagon, fellow blogger Donnyfan also fell off the wagon.
Yesterday I had
09:00 Babybel lighte
10:30 porridge
12:20 chicken curry - no rice

15:00 4 mini nairn oatcakes with agave
17:00 3 egg omlette with half an onion and 30g cheese.

Then it all went pear shaped...carb cravings were terrible. I craved terribly mid afternoon hence the oatcakes and agave. Got home and had my omlette and was completely unstaisfied. I then went through the cupboards like a sodding whirlwind....

Cadburys caramel
Bag of salt and vinegar
Soft cheese with mini ritz biscuits

420 calories overindulged. The thing is....Thats what I need to stay the same weight as I am. So while I felt totally loathesome as lets face it, if I was a pessimist I'd say it was a binge as it was done in about 20 minutes, when I did actually add it up on my new app nutracheck. I was only 149 cals over for the day for maintenance. I still have 3 days of being under. So I must not indulge self loathesome attitude!

Boo Work
I am an interim position at work. The job has been advertised and closes on Friday. Anyone else hate internal interviews. While I've been basically doing this role I'm petrified. I would be fine if it was an external interview. Dread dread dread. Any tips for internal interviews?

Goals 2012

2012-01-09T13:55:00.001Z

I haven't blogged as my diet and exercise is pretty much the same, I can't get enthusiastic about posting the same pics day in day out. Do you really want to keep looking at boiled eggs and tins of mackerel?

RUNNING
I hate running. I hate ab work. Running gave me my best abs, therefore a necessary evil.

What can I run in 15 minutes? I have no idea. So my goal is to increase my distance every month for a 15 minute run.

PULL UPS
My assisted pull up PB is 20kg x 12, I would like to increase this to 15kg x 12

WEIGHT
I'm a porker after a pretty bad autumn and Xmas, a love of Ale has done me no favours. My weight is 9st 5. I suspect I will lose quite a bit of that in the first fortnight. So I'm going to say under 9stone by the 1st February. 8st 3 by 1st May.

BEAUTY
Take my make up off at night.
Exfoliate.
Stop Squeezing!
Wash my hair maximum 3 times per week.

DIET
Prepare for work. My diet is good if I am prepared. Emphasis as usual to aim for 1g protein per 1lb and plenty good fats.

HOLIDAY
To take a weeks holiday abroad, whether thats with mini mossy or friends.

BLOGGING
Make more effort

LOOKING FORWARD TO...Smoked Salmon at a good price. Always is after New Years! Wearing all the new clothes I bought in the sales. Achieving all of the above.

Cravings

2011-10-24T13:50:00.000+01:00

Porridge with PB, 6 F&V, cous cous & mackerel

I've been on the skinnyfat wagon for over a week now, good eating, good motivation, booze was 3 units. But my god what cravings. Today I wasn't content with my lunch of mackerel and cous cous. I wanted more... so I had some black olives, lime pickle and chillis. I obv need more fats in my diet.

Had a very arty weekend. A few weeks ago I'd made salt dough peices with my son.
- Hearts
- Diamonds
- Zombies...I mean Gingerbread men
- Pirate Coins

We painted them and once dried I put some acrylic laquer on them.


Zombie

Xmas decs, pirate coins....

I then went onto pumpkin carving


Mini mossy wanted him to have ears

pumpkin with an led balloon in it so mini mossy could touch it.

Lego, Made a few houses with vehicles.
Made some tablet... don't stress... it's for a a breast cancer tombola on Friday.
Soaked my dried fruits for the xmas cake aswell.
Put three items on ebay, 2 Karen Millen tops and some unworn ASOS shoes.
Both tops were being watched immediately so thats exciting.
Busy busy!

Flakey Skin

2011-10-20T20:23:00.000+01:00

Well have been eating pretty much same thing these days. Tummy is flatter. Motivation is good. First time in ages I've had a week of moderation.
Remember a few weeks ago this study had prove that certain supplements were proven to improve wrinkles? Anti Ageing Pill so after getting the ingredients from http://www.justvitamins.co.uk/?gclid=CJK71oLf9qsCFYVP4Qodb21MuQ they arrived within two days. Beautiful packaging and in pouches so they could fit through the letter box.

I've been taking them for two weeks now. I've not noticed any difference yet. The study took place over 3 months. I was having a look online about how to exfoliate properly as my skin has been dreadful lately. So what steps did I do?

1) Bought a Champneys facial Steamer from boots
2) Ordered my Just Vitamins
3) Bought some eye makeup remover wipes
4) Exfoliated my face with my toothbrush (yes you read right)

Now I’ve noticed I have less hormonal spots, probably due to the fact my pores aren’t blocked(removing make up and exfoliating). But my skin is starting to peel all over my face (exfoliating/bad weatehr). Now the weather is only 2 degrees which probably isn’t helping but my skin feels properly dry.
Tooth brush exfoliation...well hang off a couple of weeks before you give it a try and I'll let you know hmmm Jurys out. Steamer is good for the pores and am not sure how often I should do it.
Anyone use a steamer? Any tips for clear skin? Any diets you've done had amazing results?

Angry bird cake

2011-10-10T21:27:00.003+01:00

my little boy was 4 on saturday. he loves angry birds so I made him a playable cake. kids looooved it! the choc cake was spot on too. Characters were made of fondant. Very tricky and much better once the fondant had a bit of icing sugar added to it. Unfortunately I couldnt find a catapult so I fashioned one out of a bulldog clip and elastic band. All the kids had a go. Once the blocks were down they ate the frikkin lot! My mum bought the pirate candles at the back. I had to let go of my control freakery and let them in. She is his granny after all!

Celebrity Body Building

2011-10-04T13:50:00.001+01:00

Jody marsh

Whatever way you look at it, she's been disciplined.

What do you think?

Strength within - anti ageing proven pill

2011-10-02T21:21:00.008+01:00

I read an article in a paper bout a miracle pill that reduces wrinkles from the inside. I went online to see what I could find out about it.
The important bits
"Extensive research carried out with more than 500 women was conducted to select and validate the key nutritional ingredients to fight against the visible signs of skin aging. Strength Within has been formulated with a clinically proven combination of nutritional ingredients, including soy isoflavones extracted from natural soy beans, lycopene and vitamin E, and reinforced with vitamin C to support natural formation of collagen in the skin, and omega-3 essential fatty acids"
Trials reduced crows feet between 10 and 30%, its £35, I appreciate that they have gone and done clinical trials which costs some money so the higher than individually bought price is probably justified.
http://www.dovespa.co.uk/Strength-Within-P440.aspx

I turned 39 in August so anything which delays the wrinkles is a gooooooood thing. So far I am really lucky, my mums from Singapore so I inherited her skin so not got any yet. Am not complacent though.

So I went and ordered a few vits based on the "skin within" formula.

LYCOPENE6-90 Lycopene 6mg 1 £9.13
OMEGA3691000-90 Omega 369 1000mg 1 £6.04
E400GF-90 Vitamin E (Natural) 400iu 1 £7.46
Subtotal £22.63

I ordered this from a website called justvitamins.co.uk and they are in pouches which are letterbox size.

Number one skin rule is take your make up off and drink water
Do you take your make off at night?....i don't tut

Weigh in Wednesday

2011-09-14T20:54:00.000+01:00

Woohoo am 8st 10.
Thats down 5lbs since 30th august. Lots and lots of protein for the satiety factor lots of steady state cardio. Haven't done much in weights so really ought to get back into it, in truth i feel i need the burn when im that little bit chubbier.

Recommended daily allowance

2011-09-07T20:22:00.000+01:00

Have seen slot on the TV this week about the RDA for a male at 2500 and a female at 2000.
It's my pet hate statement.
I have a desk job, am 5th 2. Tom maintain around 8st 7 requires roughly 1500 calories. If I was to eat those extra 500 calories a day I would be very overweight.
So come on TV, even the HHS has update their website to include variations.

What is the average male and female?
"a person’s caloric requirement depends on body size and exercise level. Sedentary people of both genders will keep their weight stable by taking in about 13 calories per pound of body weight each day. Moderate physical activity boosts this requirement to 16 calories a pound, and vigorous exercise calls for about 18 calories a pound. On average, a moderately active 125-pound woman needs 2,000 calories a day; a 175-pound guy with a similar exercise pattern needs 2,800 calories. And like women, men will lose weight only if they burn more calories than they take in"

Sedentary means a lifestyle that includes only the light physical activity associated with typical day-to-day life.

Moderately active means a lifestyle that includes physical activity equivalent to walking about 1.5 to 3 miles per day at 3 to 4 miles per hour, in addition to the light physical activity associated with typical day-to-day life.

Active means a lifestyle that includes physical activity equivalent to walking more than 3 miles per day at 3 to 4 miles per hour, in addition to the light physical activity associated with typical day-to-day life.

Livestrong (weight-loss app review)

2011-09-06T20:04:00.001+01:00

I signed up to a weight loss resource app on the IPad yesterday.
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/
Cheap as chips at £1.79
Most of you probably know me from www.weightlossresources.co.uk which is £9.95 per month
Now if you are after support and the boards then this won't be for you. I have to admit, the most motivated I ever was, was when poppy, texmac and I had our veggie portion war. I would lie on the sofa ill with a food baby belly from consuming 300g of cabbage for my dinner...well you would wouldn't you? WLR didn't portion them properly, only 80g of one type of veg is classed as one of your five a day. So 160g still only counts as one. But it counted as two in our veg war. Anyway... What do you get for the price?

Weight input

Height input

Amount to loss 2lbs loss or gain variance(0.5)

Food

I typed in Heinz baked beans, dr karg, meridian, nakd and all returned data.
On a negative you can only put in quarter portion sizes, so I put in homemade spaghetti bolognese and got 400g portion back. Now my portion was 160g, but I had to choose either a quarter(100g) or half(200g).

Exercise

I typed in elliptical walker, walking and cross trainer. Cross trainer didn't return which is the same as wlr i think.
Again the negative is that it give you a flat rate of calories burned which didn't alter according to weight. I know from wearing a heart rate monitor for years that I don't burn those sort of numbers.

There are no reports like in WLR or ideal weight charts. But all in all, you get more than what you pay for. Well worth a kick start which is what I needed.

Amazing Break

2011-09-05T13:48:00.002+01:00

My new Bag (Issy Miyake)

Met a friend

Some some nice weather

Ate Crap

Drank some Ale

Drank some more Ale

Oh how my garden grew

Back on Track

Cauliflower Crust Keto Pizza

cauliflower crust pizza recipe

To say I'm back is an understatement.
Since I flew back from a long weekend at my sisters in Surrey my food and exercise have been absolutely on the money.
I did have a couple of gin and slims but aside that hardly any carbs from the pasta, bread and potato variety.
I cleared out all my kitchen cupboards, replace runners on drawers, sifted through a year of mail, organised 2 bookshelves.
Easy to hand are my Ultrafit magazines :)
I did a lot of pootling about on my bike getting food locally.
I've also forgiven myself for a decision I made back in June which I can't go into.

Today

9st 1 today....hey ho stone to go.

Breakfast oatcake and cream cheese

Lunch Mackerel on an oatcake

Dinner will be turkey burgers with peas and sweetcorn

Where is your motivation at the moment?

August Disgust

2011-08-10T09:10:00.000+01:00

Despite a friends birthday(small slice of choc cake) I had a good day yesterday. I stepped on the scale this morning to the gutting visual of 9st. I know I'm not overweight but chriiiist am fatty.

Lunch and dinner was aduki bean burgers.

Tin of aduki beans
One egg
Wholemeal flour
Chives
garlic
Salt & white pepper.

I served it with lettuce, flat leaf parsley and spring onions from the garden. Tomato and feta. The feta was a mistake, should have used a hard cheese like cheddar or some philly. It was still nice tho.

Plans for today are....Coffee, protein , whey, mackeral and....the GYM

I have visitors Thursday night until Sunday so I will have to plan some sensible meals and portion sizes.

Am going to label my motivation every day I blog as I wonder how much of it is down to my cycle.

I'm chubby

2011-08-07T20:55:00.000+01:00

So annoyed at myself, I've not weighed myself I don't need to, to know I'm way chubby. Since my promotion have been so focussed on deadlines for work and not going to the gym. It's been three weeks, which is really bad for me.
I got a fringe cut and it's murder to do my hair now in my lunch hour. That's not my excuse tho lol... Lots of personal stuff going on which I don't want to go into yet either.

So I find myself with a muffin top over my jeans.... Now wearing my cords...cos they're comfy haha.

Blogging on an iPad is murder arghhh...

I'm not setting a weekly target..I'm just going to set one tomorrow. Am at a show in the fringe in edinburgh tomorrow so there will be drinking!

Up and Down

2011-07-12T13:26:00.000+01:00

Just like my life at the moment!
Mini Mossy and I on our holibobs.
x

Quark

2011-06-04T17:39:00.000+01:00

..icing :P
ridic innit?

Legs n Flowers

2011-06-03T09:11:00.000+01:00

Think my mojo has kicked in again 3rd June and 8:30am rooooaaar.
I have been invited to a 45th Party on Saturday with a couple of the locals. The theme is floral. So am thinking make up as I own nothing floral.

ONTO BUSINES.....

Yesterdays GRUB

CARDIO

15 mins cycling
15 mins stair climber

WEIGHTS

Leg Press
Leg Extensions
Calf Raises
One Legged Squats

Am going to do some trial runs tonight on makeup front!

June will be 10 minute Pyramid Sets, Giant Set

2011-06-01T21:35:00.000+01:00

Breakfast was tsp of agave on 1 Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Pre workout was the same.
Lunch was a small wholewheat tortilla (asda about 90 cals), tin of mackerel with olive oil, mixed leaves and tomato.

TONIGHTS DINNER

Dinner- homemade burger, salad, avcocado & cottage cheese n pineapple

TOMORROWS LUNCH

3 fruit n veg salad - cabbage, tomato, carrot

pineapple

prawns with tsp salad cream, tsp ketchup

CARDIO
15 minute run
15 minute cross trainer
15 minute ski machine

WEIGHTS
Shoulder press
Lateral Raises
Tricep Pulldowns
Assisted Pullups
Bicep pull downs (front and back)

10 minute Pyramid Sets and Giant Set

Am going to try 10 minute weight lifting sessions. Pack as much as I can with no rest inbetween. The reason for this is because I am sooo needing to shift pounds and fast. If I can do 30 minutes of cardio with 10 minutes weights then I feel I have more chance of losing weight. I have a good muscle base underneath my flab.

I did it today, it was great, upper body, no breaks, did it before cardio but as it was so quick, my muscles burned and there was no waiting about, it felt dynamic.

Thursday - Lower Body, squats, lunges, calf raises, leg press. Cardio am thinking 45 minute cycle.

Superset - Two exercises are performed consecutively without any rest.

Triset - Three exercises are performed consecutively without any rest.

Giant Set - Four or more exercises are performed consecutively without any rest

Pyramid Set - Increasing the weight with each new set while decreasing the number of reps. The weight is then reduced and the reps increased.

Drop Set - Also known as strip sets, drop sets involve the immediate reduction of weight between sets with no rest. This will thoroughly burn out a muscle.

Failure - That point in an exercise at which you have so fully fatigued your working muscles that they can no longer complete an additional repetition of a movement with strict biomechanics. You should always take your post-warm-up sets at least to the point of momentary muscular failure, and frequently past that point.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

2011-05-31T21:45:00.000+01:00

Makes 6

whizz cottage cheese, 2 eggs and capful of vanilla extract


Add to seived tsp bicarb and seived flour	, fold and no more

wipe pan with oil on kitchen roll and cook couple of mins each side

Going to take 2 tomorrow to work, one for brekkie and one pre lunch workout. tsp of agave for sweetness.

Platform love

2011-05-29T21:50:00.000+01:00

Lettuce is growing enough to pick this amount daily.


These platforms give me celeb legs and also make me 5ft 7..Get in!!

shoes

are these ok for work do you think? I norm wear a stilletto.

Not much going on in Mossyland. I got drunk last night and stopped throwing up around midday. I'm still a chubber. I was meant to be at a part in the borders but I stayed at home instead with mini mossy. Before he came along I'd have stayed in bed all day but you just can't do that with a kid. Mr Mossy went to party and is staying over so am hoping that tomorrow he comes home and I can get out for a run or a cycle.

So how did I end up so hungover? Well a couple we know came over to watch the football. So I drank beer, then gin n slim and then a whisky. I deserved my hangover, at one point this morning I asked for a pen to write my will. I don't get much sympathy at all, depsite the fact he was there drinking too. He rarely gets hangovers and if he does I let him stay in bed. Hmph..double standards.

Last week was rubbish, am deffo unmotivated. I could do with working on body and mind.

Soo what about the Sandal?

Photos ...Declutter

2011-05-24T20:36:00.001+01:00

Friday night...I made some chicken and had a beer..or 3


Slightly past it squash made into soup

Squash seeds washed, stuck in oven while other stuff was on


Toasted seeds, I'de eaten a few already so 30g

manky freezer bottom..dirty bitch(hugh grant style)

This is what came out of the deep freeze

Obviously love a bargain (bread no doubt)

Check out the brand...How wuuude!

I need to declutter my head too! Perhaps this week I will :)

My feelings

2011-05-19T21:11:00.001+01:00

I decided to work out every other day on the advice of sports masseuse.
the days i don't work out i feel so guilty. Don't get me wrong I have always had rest days...mostly saturday or sunday tho. This week I've been going for longer sessions and I have to admit...my muscles ache everywhere. Up until now i did 35 mins every lunch hour. But i feel poop. I'm a bit of a bloater at the moment so that adds to it. I guess i just need to move more on days off.

Tuesday- nowt...nil..nadda..
wednesday - 25 rowing(ooh ya bastat) 25 stair climber
today - 45 minute walk
friday - hoping to do full body weights but calves are as tight as a vice.

food has been good through the day and then crap at night. Why did i buy those digestives...and consequently load them with philly n jam!

The book club comes to our work and of course there's always a recipe book or three! Pouring through them I find tempting recipes...

Sorry what a crap post...feeling right sorry for myself today..

Good n Bad

2011-05-17T09:51:00.003+01:00

SAT
Did my arms and am a bit achey.
Watched "How to train a dragon"...mini mossy says "That dragon looks like a dipplodocus".. my jaw dropped
Bought mini Mossy a bike and helmet, he's 3.5 and can ride without stabilisers(soooo proud).
Drank to non excess Friday (2 glasses of wine) and Saturday (2 glasses of fizz).
Watched "Becoming Jane Ayre"
Went to cinema for first time with mini mossy and watched "A Turtles Tale"
Had home made burgers for dinner served with a leafy salad entirely from my garden!
(red and green lettuce not sure what they are called but they were mixed seeds, coriander and parsley)

SUN ...its a blur but I was good, cos I remmeber going to bed and thinking...I was good today.

MONDAY- 5 mile run...then half hour DVD
FOOD - 3 oatcakes,
Dinner(see pic) 3 slices boiled ham, 1.5 boiled eggs(1/2 stolen), 80g strawbs, 80g blueberries, 80g rasps, 60g broccoli and green beans, tomatoes, spring onion and radish.

I reckon there's 5 a day in that there dinner!

but THEN!!!! I had 2 digestives with philadelphia and jam....goddammit.

Friday 13th ..mwuah hahaha

2011-05-13T20:17:00.000+01:00

This weeks exercise was craaaaaap. I was served my notice. All fixed term contracts are not going to be renewed. Director is very keen to keep me so hopefully will find out soon if that's possiblewith some project tweaks. Works been rubbish, about 14 people are due to go.

On the plus side....my diets been pretty good. No snacking all week, was super good, although tonight I will be arsing half a bottle of vino.

MONDAY..yeah Monday you know I did the 7 miler.
TUESDAY...I wallowed, had a walk at lunchtime with the guys from work and we ended up in the trees sheltering from pouring rain. Did squats while cooking dinner.

Bio Sculpture gel...note my wonky pinky finger :)

WEDNESDAY..got my nails done. I really like Bio Sculpture. I get my nails painted every 3 weeks, they are cured under a UV light and thats me. In the summer my nails grow much faster so I need to get them done every 2 weeks nearly but maintenance costs £25 a time. It takes an hour to do.I could never keep my nails this long if it wasnt for bio sculpture. Am just too rough. Anyway..slightly indulgent..I was wearing red nail colour most of this year but I just HAD to have the new colour. So I soaked them off and got them done from scratch £35. weighed in at 8st 9..still a lard ass tho.

THURSDAY I went to see Thor...or should that be Phhhhwoaaaarr

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1431476761/ ermmm fwd to 56 seconds if you haven't got the time for whole clip. Eet eez worth it ladeez. Where would you rate him on the Pec-ometer? (purely for statistical analysis)

FRIDAY - Went for lunch with IT director. It was a carvery, I didn't have potatoes but I did have a pint.

F**kwit - left work, after 30 minutes realised no phone..went back to work..still no phone...it was under driver seat....2 hrs later I arrived home from a normally 45 minutes commute. Opened wine and started to blog.

Damage from Hols

2011-05-09T21:11:00.002+01:00

LAST WEEK

Weight 8st 11
Food - Amazing but off ther calorieometer
Exercise - 15 mile mountain bike trail, lots of walking, Squats

Went to a 70s night on Saturday

Ate alot of very fresh seafood in the West of Scotland (pic ode to Anna)

Made 25 jars of Rhubarb and Raspberry and Vanilla Jam.

TODAY
Tub of Quark(dated 1st May !!!)..could be a cheap colonic
7km run at lunchtime
250g chicken lunch, 3 oatcakes
half a homemade burger, half a slice of black pud, half a slice of haggis and some green beans.
Am Staaaarving but I want to go for low cals for a day or two to shrink my stomach to something more normal as I was eating for 42(not a typo) in the hols

Shoulders feel tight and I have cellulite urrgghh, so all in all am feeling like a bit of a trotter at the moment.
However I am slightly browner.

TOMORROW

Depending on shoulders was going to do full arm weights. If they are tight I might just so some cycling.
Food will be a total yoghurt, mooore chicken and undecided on dinner.

Total Wipeout

2011-04-25T20:40:00.001+01:00

Bloody hell....

chocolate eggs
wine
beer
roasts
crisps n dips
2 tarte tatins...am not gonna give you the recipe cos you'll freak out and its not within the remit of my blog. I will only share it with people trying to put weight on :)

Ok how do I undo this easter....I will be back later

Cold Again..... Still moving tho..

2011-04-19T09:05:00.004+01:00

LAST WEEK ROUND UP

Monday - 5k..DONE

Tuesday - Swimming x 50 lengths DONE

Wednesday - lunchtime walk 5 miles DONE

Thursday - full body weights DONE

Friday - lunchtime walk 5 miles DONE

Saturday -cycle

Sunday - rest

No cycle...I've only gone and got the cold again!

THIS WEEK

Yesterday did a 40 minute power walk with Bill and Neil from work. Bills a notoriously fast walker and sure enough 20 minutes in my shins were tight feeling. So this week I am planning on just doing power walks with the guys until my chest clears up.

Monday - lunchtime walk 4 miles

Tuesday - "maybe" a very gentle swim...a pootle in the pool if I do go

Wednesday - lunchtime walk 5 miles

Thursday - lunchtime walk 5 miles

Friday - rest

Saturday - rest

Sunday - rest

MASSAGE/OSTEPOTAH

So tomorrow at 5 I have a swedish deep tissue massage. I can't turn my neck fully as I'm all tightened up. I notice it most when I'm trying to reverse park or turn to speak to someone. if I don't feel any better after it I'm going to book am appt with an osteopath. About 7 years ago I was suffering the same thing, I'd spent 6 weeks with this stiff neck. I met a guy in the pub...he was an osteo and was really drunk. I begged him to have a go as he said he could fix me but wait til he was sober, me in agony I was like no no now now" so he rolled my neck and rolled and rolled and rolleld for what seemed like ages and then jerked it, I felt a crack....he then rolled it the other way (anti clockwise) and did the same. I was a different woman! I had pain don't get me wrong the same pain I'd had for 6 weeks but I had full movement! I named him Dave magic hands after that. Oh and the pain went in about 2 days time.

FOOD PORN since I last blogged....alot of protein!

Home made burger on a filthy white roll....couldnt pack any more in it

There's been alot of granola....might stop making it cos I eat too much of it.

There's been a lot of homemade burgers. Scuse the shapes....my sous chef is 3.

Browning tofu (dry frying)...marinade to side(chilli, lime juice, garlic and agave)

Tofu marinading


Tofu with steamed brocolli...nicest tofu I ever had!

Scrambled egg and peppered mackerel

quark, oatcake and agave

WEIGHT

I don't know whats going on with my weight. I was at a friends for dinner on Sunday and had this kind of Jumbalaya thing, incredibly salty , it was well done, but not really my thing. Am hoping I'm experiencing water retention as scales said 9st 2 this morning. I am clearly not 9st 2 as I'm still wearing 8s. Last time I was over 9st I was wearing 12's...who cares...it's all about the abs for me :) and yes I had a 2 pack still. I've never really had a 6 pack, 4 pack is deffo where I like to be. I feel if I nailed it for 3 or 4 weeks I'd have the 4.

Whats everyones plans for easter?

My History of sport

2011-04-13T21:47:00.003+01:00

bluddee ell!

I'm 8st 11 today, talk about a hump day. Hump on my belly. Arghhh what a burster. Nevermind...don't dwell and things that don't motivate that what I say.
OK so yesterday I went for a walk but the weather was so bad that me chums n I had brain freeze so we just did 2 and a bit miles.
Last night I went for a swim and did 50 lengths. I now have a tight neck, my breast stroke technique or just a muscle I don't normally use? I did do 14 freestyle.

The History .....
From about ages of 10 to 16 I used to swim. That was my thing. In the pool by 7am 100 lengths and home for 8am. Them in the pool at 4-pm and home for 5pm. Every day and then meets/gala at the weekends. I competed in 50m butterfly and 100 or 200 breaststroke. Never that great at freestyle though. I used to do backstroke but we swam in a 20m pool, I was counting my strokes at a meet which was 25m pool got past my counts and thought oh bugger and kept going and whacked the top of my hand off the wall. My whole hand was staved and I got the fear after that and lost almost a second on my times being so tentative on approach. being a midget 5ft 2 I struggled anyway to be competitive and my coach used to say, you have great technique Mossy but your paddles are too small. Yip I have the smallest hands ever....so small I have never met another adult with smaller hands.
In school I was sports girl and house captain, vice captain and also won a prize for winning most points for my school house in the year. I was in the centre for netball, hockey. Did long jump, 200m, badminton, javelin, discus, golf, gymnastics...you name it I did it. Now was I any good? Well not really, I was a hard worker and really fit so yeah I got medals but never got a gold. Truth is am just not built for it. Looking back at my work ethic I was really dedicated(until I noticed boys) but swimming is the wrong sport, what should I have done? I reckon hockey or netball, shorts bursts of speed, good hand and eye and unselfish and strategic game player. So I met my ex David and went to the occasionaly swim every week. Left school went to college and did business studies and went to classes or gym twice a week, I also took up Tai Kwondo and got to blue belt. I then went back home and did gym and classes. Took up golf a bit more seriously for a year. Went back to Uni to study maths and joined the swimming club. Left Uni and joined a gym where I did no classes but just cardio. Got a job and did gym memberships where i did cardio and assisted weights, climbed lots of munros. Had a baby put on a stone joined wlr ...did cardio..discovered free weights and got the best out it aesthetically.
Now...i do whatever i feel like..play squash, basketball, walk, cycle, cardio and WEIGHTS!!

thats it really..scuse typos am blogging from phone x

Round up..in every way..eek

2011-04-11T14:43:00.002+01:00

Friday night I stayed in and watched ...

Enjoyed it but one part near the end was quite disturbing. My other half was out for the night staying over at a friends. I wasn't scared, I had mini mossy after all ;P

Saturday I got up and did loads of housework. Tried on my Joseph jeans and couldnt tie em..even lying down. Ok I know they are a 6 but still..am 5ft 2. That chest infection has alot to answer for...that and my greedy gob. So with my "fat" jeans on I met my friend Sandra. We went into town and went round the shops, I bought a bikini from H&M (size 12 cups too small for my big boobies) so I'll change that at some point. I also bought a new hangbag to celebrate my promotion.I got ...dumdum duuuh £49 bucks off it as I was prancing around in the mirror... When I saw....20% LK Bennet if you buy Woman and home!
I hot footed it along to rsmcolls and bought the last copy. I then went alond to the Queens Arms to watch the National.Over the course of late afternon and evening I had 6 Gin and slims. Then I went for Italian where I had a selection of meats and a pizza. Glass of merlot too! 2 pints of water I went to my bed at 11:30pm

Sunday I got up, took mini mossy swimming to local pool. Did some more housework, dug the garden. Saturday nights excesses caught up on me and I was in my bed by 9. I had to kill a wasp first..see pic
I can't remember what I ate.....thinks....granola (muesli portion size with milk ...bliddy ell....how many cals you reckon?) and for dinner, haddock and sweetcorn and one crisp.

Monday Well so far I had quark with cashew butter, Then elevensies was quark and 20g granola (bear in mind its hardly any oats..sheesh the cals). 5k run at lunchtime ..near died...I haven't run in months! I could feel my arse joggin up and down! So lardy at the mo.

I will ...

lose 2lbs this week
eat no crap
exercise every day

Monday - 5k..DONE

Tuesday - Swimming x 50 lengths

Wednesday - lunchtime walk 5 miles

Thursday - full body weights

Friday - lunchtime walk 5 miles

Saturday -cycle

Sunday - rest

I am so motivated it just aint funny!

hump day...

2011-04-06T18:22:00.001+01:00

Hump day

8st 8 today, its within my range but as I was off the gym for aaages its a pretty untoned 8st 8.
It'll be all firmed up soon.

YESTERDAY

Fitness

Gyms...

David Loyd gym..shown around yesterday lunch..much to think about....not handy....pricey....lovely.

Bannatynes....only before or after work...mid range....very nice.

Council gym...not as well kept as u can imagine and not up to date

uni gym...no pool or sauna ....only eleven bucks tho

Went to the council leisure centre and did :-
30 lengths of swimming
5 mins steam room
5 mins sauna

swimming cozzie is a size 30 so cos am a bit lardy was like a sausage in it..flab spewing out

Food

high protein...scrambled egg, quark, chicken

TODAY

Fitness

15 rowing
15 ski machine

Food

Forgot my lunch but I had some shoes to pick up from cobblers so nipped into the coop.

300g cottage cheese
100g ham
170g turkey ham
Box of oatcakes
Bag of apples
£4

Should do me 3 lunches. ( I ate the turkey ham in the car on the way into work...shoving it in my gob like gollam inbetween gear changes)
Dinner was haggis and tomatos

THURSDAY....full body weights!!!!!

Mothering Sunday

2011-04-03T09:10:00.001+01:00

Happy Mothers Day, I got flowers and a card. Apparently mini mossy chose dearest bunch haha! The daffies and hyacinths were wind casualties so I picked them myself.

No long lie for me tho as my other half came home at 3am and am sure I can hear him snoring from here.

I have a sore bum from yesterdays cycle. Would love to go again today but other half is "meant" to be at band practice today.

While I am on the subject, here's some different cycle helmets....

Have a lovely day everyone!

Abundance of Chives

2011-04-02T21:11:00.000+01:00

Had a chive plant to use up as it was close to flowering.

Take a chive plant....and chop it

97g of chives from one plant

Make Cheese n Chive muffins and freeze remaning chives.

Chives are:

Low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, and Sodium
High in Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Copper, Manganese, Thiamin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus and Zinc

I froze them in icecubes with some water and kept some whole and long which snap easy.

Went for a cycle to the farm shop ( green and purple kail, cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli and eggs) and home via the butchers for some venison. Love being out on me bike!

good sesh, good nosh

2011-03-29T17:58:00.002+01:00

Bloat gone

Very much peckish...like want something sweet.

Motivation is high

My blue hyacinths

Breakfast : Granola, Quark and rasps

Lunch : Muttar Paneer

Orange

Apple

DINNER : chicken, asparagus, brocolli with muttar paneer

CARDIO : 20 mins cross trainer, 10 minutes rowing

WEIGHTS : lats, triceps, shoulders, biceps

Is it just me or is blogging quiet ?

How often do you bloggers housekeep? by that I mean remove very old blog rolls. Remove drafts etc..

Healthy Monday & a promotion at work

2011-03-28T21:18:00.004+01:00

rasps, quark, my granola...Barry White sings in my head....ohhhh yeah

Snacks..Forgot to take a photo so pillaged googled

Lunch - Mackerel on oatcake x 3 (easy office top drawer lunch)

Prawns, cabbage, mushroom, garlic, parsley, butter, cayenne pepper.

Need to get back to the gym but work has been chaotic. I got promoted at Work (2 rungs up the career ladder). At the moment I am a Application Specialist(ridiculous term for a computer programmer) but on the side I lead the governance in IT. So .... The IT Strategic Development Coordinator has been placed as Interim IT director so as a result I have been Promoted to his post. :)

TONIGHT

Planted chilli, lettuce and coriander

Muttar Paneer for tomorrow...lunch or dinner, see how I feel in morning

Am bloated..high protein or hormones ..am undecided.
....anyone watching Don't mess with the Zohan on c5?....makes me wheeze its so ridiculous.

Weekend Photos..and I am a winner!

2011-03-27T15:45:00.003+01:00

Breakfast....Granola, strawberry yoghurt, coconut

Lunch Ham Salad

Trip to see fish

trip to Butterfly World

Choc Cake shared with son, all icing removed for treadmill avoidance reasons.

Chicken with homemade sage and onion stuffing with salad

Summary

Walked alot.
Gardened a couple of hours.
Near crapped myself seeing snakes and had to have a wee seat.
A few Quality Street consumed.
A few beers consumed ...2 bottles each night.
Best Mate visiting with her husband and 2 kids so we had a fab time.
Have just realised have left all the garden tools lying about and littlun up soon...gotta go...

P.S I won an xbox360 with kinect! great fun getting out of breath, am fancying a keep fit games so if you have any recomendations I'd be delighted to hear from you.
I never win anything ..I yelped like a puppy when my name was called..de da lee de da lee :)

Yaaay I'm back!

2011-03-21T08:25:00.000Z

Hurrah, I still have a small cough but nothing to stop me!
yaay!!!
So happy.
I managed 45 mins of Hip hop workout no bother at all.
So I have my gym kit today, Am thinking an hour of cross trainer to start.
I feeeeel Huge.

Cough Splutter part deux

2011-03-04T13:19:00.001Z

..see previous post...sighs....think am getting better , marginally tho...
x

cough..splutter

2011-02-21T20:20:00.002Z

not dead..yet.
8pm and blogging from bed.
exwercise nil
food..not alot
coughing..loads
doctors tomorrow if not any better...
x

weigh in

2011-02-10T20:19:00.002Z

Just checking in as yesterday was weigh in.
Last week 9st 2 and this week 8st 6, must have put scales on something uneven as was the same this morning.
yaaay...off to get maya gold as a treat! Back to one square a night!
x

Oh Ghee...

2011-02-08T13:38:00.002Z

Here's some of what I've been getting up to in pics. No exercise, still coughing away here.

Keeping up the water at work


Pic of some romanesco broccoli I had - just cos its so purdy

venison, cauliflower and courgette (350 cals..bargain)

Quark n granola ---lush!

Cooking with ghee..anyone else?

Cooking with Ghee

Does anyone else? Apparently its one of the better oils to cook with once heated. Anyone know any nutritionists that might know, it seem to be all blogs that report on it. What I'd like is some science. A little goes a long way anyway.

Food is Fuel

2011-02-06T10:04:00.001Z

Friday

Following on from Fridays post....2 glasses of white wine and...hot choc made with 5 large squares of choc(ouch)

Saturday

Since OH has shingles (not full blown, hoping antivirals stop it), anyway cos of that I'm kind of on my own at the moment. OH doesn't require much effort as he's sleeping all the time. I am still really chesty so not even been able to run on the spot with some dumbells. So just me and the wee guy. I never ate breakfast til late as by the time I got littlun breakfast and cleaned up and put washing on (you know how it is) anyway decided to go for high protein and it really really worked. I didn't eat anything until 4pm.

Breakfast 10:30am (3eggs scrambled with 50g smoked salmon)

After Littlun got up from his nap we made granola bars. Never made granola before, didn't follow a recipe, just chucked in what I could find in cupboards after reading a few recipes. coconut, cashew nut butter with some vanilla seeds and grated ginger, oats, almonds, few pumpkin seeds, raisins, hazelnuts, agave, tbsp ready brek as I read that sometimes they don't glue together very well, having chiselled lots of ready brek off a babies high chair in my time I thought this might help. Anyway they are proper bars not sure if thats why or not. I added couple of tbsps of water for the sake of the ready brek. Baked it at 180c for 35 mins. Is it just me or are they bit like posh flapfacks? I mean they are lovely don't get me wrong but I was expecting more effort to make it. I ate 4 of them staggered from 4pm ono. EEK!

Granola Bars

Sunday Breakfast

Advocado(120?) on toast(75) with a poached egg(100)

*ADVOCADO-GATE -Dark bits..salvaged two thirds tho.

* advocado-gate


Brekkie

I like my eggs sticky with a little not a lottle runny yolk.

FFFFFF - Friday, Feb so far, Fusion, Feelers, Food, Feck!

2011-02-04T11:54:00.006Z

WATER

Peeing like a camel, I can understand how increasing water can contribute to weight just from the mileage on toilet trips. I calculated 6 calories per trip.
Given that I'm probably peeing an extra 4 times a day thats...
24 calories per day
168 calories per month
8769 calories per year (*2.5 lbs a year)
*caviat - statistically I get a month holiday at work and don't work weekends and my loo in my house requires a few steps only so only applies Mon_Fri

ADVOCADO-GATE

Last week I went to waitrose and bought 2, one perfect, one hard.
Yesterday bought another from morrisons(ripe n ready).
Am planning it tonight with tomatoes and some peppered mackerel, the boys will get some potatos, I can't afford the cals.

EXERCISE

Still trying to get this lung up. So will just have to stay away from the gym.
Dumbells are by the sofa so will do some intermittent curls and raises.

FOOD

Going for high protein this weekend as I'm mega hungry
Quark
Eggs
Fish
Meat...raaaar...raaaar

ALCOHOL

Given that I'm unwell I should really steer clear but there is a golden opporunity to go out tonight as OH is ill and can't make band practice(every cloud an all that...)
I might(will) put some feelers out to the girls.

BIZARRE EXPERIMENT/S

I will attempt to sieve my non Doves wholemeal flour and whizz it in my new kenwood mini chopper to see if it makes it any finer. Aim being that nothing is left in seive.

Today I shall be eating my "Unsure what to call it" leftovers from Wednesday for lunch.
(baked in over for 40 mins at 200 C)
Layer 1 - grated courgette
Layer 2 - flour tortilla
Layer 3 - smoked salmon(so cheap in tesco at the mo) and some dill
Layer 4 - flour tortilla
Layer 5 - diced and sauted mushrooms and onion
Layer 6 - flour tortilla
Layer 7 - finely chopped brocolli
Layer 8 - flour tortilla
Layer 9 - bechamel Sauce and grated cheese

"Fusion Tower"
"9 Bar" possible infringement
"A MexBrit Lasagna"

FECK

Just off the phone to OH, He's got shingles again! :(

January Acheivments ...a Jelly Belly

2011-02-02T11:18:00.002Z

January Acheivments ...a Jelly Belly

I haven't been this heavy since in aaages. 9st 2 !!! I think because I have so much more muscle it doesn't look as bad tho. I am in my jeans...but I'm in my jeans with a muffin top. I like to be around 8st3-6.

Exercise - I started January with a cold,then we got Double Glazing put in so I was only working half days for a week and a half so no gym. I have now ended January with another cold, might go home. So only managed 3 trips to the gym in January.

My Simple February Goals

Only weigh myself once a week
Minimum 40 minutes of cardio 4 times a week.
Drink 2 litres of water at work (8 glasses) every day.
Prepare food every night for work the next day.
Eat a minimum of 300g of fruit and veg per day
Lose fat!

I dropped my nokia n900 and the LCD is broken. I have ordered another LCD to replace it.
Fingers crossed it arrives soon as I hate not having my camera...or contacts for that matter.

I do alot of painting and while looking for a colour wheel I found a picture of this fabulous cake. OK OK Am sure these gel food colours are horrendous and I'd never make it unless I could limit the bad E's. But its still a pretty picture I wanted to share

The blog I took these photos from.

Stepford wife

2011-01-28T09:58:00.003Z

The Sob Story :P

I suffer mega guilt for being a full time working mum. The economic climate I just can't afford to annoy my bosses and work part time. Because I have the extra money I pay for a cleaner to do the weekly chores so my weekends are spent being a family, this has nothing to do with me being afraid of getting my hands dirty it's purely to try and be a family at the weekend. As a result I don't want littlun(3yrs) to miss out on things so there are a few things that we do regularly which is "our thing" by that I hope when he's my age and he's sitting speaking to his friends/colleagues he'll reminiss about waking up to his mums fresh scones (once a week) and Saturday being pancake day.

Now getting up at 6am and making scones might sound like Bree from Desp Housewives but its actually a synch.

At night before bed I prep the ingredients for scones inc greasing the baking tray. I thought today I'd time it and blog it. I took the first picture at 6:02am...


Prep..I think the lighting says it all about that time in the morning.

The watch picture was actually my second attempt so I think you could shave another 20 seconds off there.

A floury watch and they are in the oven.....

So yes..5 mins prep night before..but on the morning...less than 8 minutes. The oven had only heated to 180 and it should be 200 so they slightly flatter than if I'd waited properly.

I stick the timer on for 15 minutes and go for a shower.

So littlun had a scone in his hand by half past and I was showered and dressed!

I sort of use this recipe coconut and cherry scones

Sometimes I use coconut flour, sometimes I use buttermilk, sometimes I use spreadable butter or butter(never marg...gaads ..swear word in my house) Sometimes brown flour , sometimes raisins

....really easy and it gives me undertones of a domestic goddess :P

PAIN IN THE HASS

2011-01-26T09:26:00.002Z

PAIN IN THE HASS

How I love an Advocado Pear
To find a good one is very rare
They're either hard or black and stringy
Seven times out of ten just that bit too mingy
~*~
Supermarkets are a pain in the ass
All I want is a perfect Hass
Perfect flesh and gives when pinched
The grocery section should be lynched
~*~
But if any of you bloggers know of a shop
thats stocks an unctious and healthy crop
Let me know so I can stop wasting money
On inferior goods it just aint funny.

Todays Scran

Fat Facts and a prune face

2011-01-25T14:30:00.001Z

My face is so parched so am upping my fats which means today looks like this...

I perused the net to see what I could find regarding fat in our diet. This was the best I could come up with.
http://www.ehow.co.uk/decision_7220785_many-day-should-person-eat_.html

How Many Grams of Fat a Day Should a Person Eat?

Grams of Fat

The average adult, based on a 2,000-calorie diet, should consume 65 grams of fat per day, according to Netrition. Twenty grams of the daily recommended intake of 65 grams should come in the form of saturated fats.

Depends on Your Statistics

How much fat a person needs each day depends on a multitude of factors, such as weight, height and gender. In addition, people with certain conditions, such as kidney disease or diabetes, may require a special amount of fat as required by a doctor, according to the University of Maryland Medical System.

Bottom Line

A normal adult should consume no more than 65 grams of fat when going by the standard 2,000 calorie diet. On the other hand, most people should have at least 20 to 35 grams of fat per day, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Ideally, people should consult their doctor to determine the recommended daily allowance for fat based on their health history.

The Laziest microwave packed lunch

2011-01-13T10:11:00.007Z


1 Steam bag , 100g frozen prawns

Birds eye Steam bag

36% rice, 25% Brocolli, 17% sweetcorn, Peas 17%, 5% herb butter

Birds eye steam bag £1.65 for a pack of 4 therefore 41p per bag
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Frozen_Vegetables_And_Chips/Birds_Eye_Steam_Bags_Rice_Broccoli_Sweetcorn_And_Peas_4_per_pack_540g.html

Asda prawns £2.48 therefore 100g is 83p
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Frozen_Fish_And_Seafood/ASDA_North_Atlantic_Prawns_Cooked_And_Peeled_300g.html

Prep time..as fast as it takes to empty ingredients from 2 frozen bags into a tub :)
I microwave the lot for 4 minutes.
218 calories ,21g protein, 20g carbs, 6.1 fat, 2.8 fibre
Cost £1.24
Verdict : - reasonable price, no nasties, protein to keep you full and keep your hard earned muscle, carbs to give you energy, busy mum rating 5/5, Low in cals so room for something else and obv most important nice and tasty.

PS. - Carrying around a 3 year old over the holidays has been good my arms.
PPS. Cooked Lunch Photo to be added to this post 2:20pm

Nails n heels not good for a flat tyre

2011-01-11T20:26:00.002Z

Got my Nails done (disco ball ...why? do I need an excuse?)

Massive pot hole, flat tyre & inappropriate shoes to change it

Home very late...see shoe pic for reason...made a sarnie and had a cuppa

Nail girl gave me some freebies(I gave her champers for xmas)

Ultrafit - Wheezing - Big Nose

2011-01-11T10:39:00.005Z

Yesterday
Brekkie...quark n rasps...my container let me down! It was like a horror movie when i opened my carrier bag. red raspberry juice everywhere I should've taken a pic..

Lunch was a long walk(around the shops haha). I bought one of those daily calendars.
then chicken n rice n veg...mazin.

Snack..after eight x 3..totally planned( meanwhile my nose grows an inch)

Dinner was casserole with colchanon mash.(2 chocolate homewheat totally planned..nose is Barbara Streisand-esque now with fibbing) ..totm..dont judge or I'll bite. :P

TODAY

I'm going to lay off the exercise today again, I'd rather leave it until I can do a full breath in without coughing.

My Windows are going in on the house as we speak. 2 spare rooms, the hall and one of the bathrooms are in but not finished. Hence the non ideal food choices due to no kitchen. Gel nail polish at 5pm is abotu as exciting as my day gets today :)

Have just subscribed to Ultrafit £2 per issue...http://www.isubscribe.co.uk//Magazines/Health-&-Fitness/Fitness/Ultra-FIT.cfm

Its got to be better than Zest...oh sweet jesus Zest is a terrible mag for me. Here's the blurb that tempted me, I should have perhaps waited for Lauras review but am terribly impatient. Nice abs...sold it

About Ultra-FIT magazine: An Ultra-FIT magazine subscription is your 24/7 personal trainer.

Each issue is packed full of fitness tips, training programmes, healthy eating tips and recipes, motivational tips, challenges and races to enter - basically everything you need to be as fit and healthy as you can. All our contributors are experts in their respective fields and then journalists. We've been keeping men and women fit for over 20 years.

Ultra FIT Magazine is the UK's Number 1 fitness magazine for Men and Women. The magazine produced by a team of physiologists psychologists and nutritionists has been motivating and keeping you fit and healthy for the past 15 years.

Trashy reading

2011-01-08T22:45:00.001Z

Every day I go into work and read the daily mails showbiz, its my guilty pleasure. I love it and hate it a the same time, its like a free heat magazine haha!

2 articles caught my eye this week...

So excited Biggest loser is back...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1345156/Davina-McCall-leads-search-UKs-Biggest-Loser.html

Dangers of extremism ..think about your new year resolutions carefully.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1344486/New-Years-resolution-alcohol-detox-destroyed-life.html

Well since I'm still ill from neck to naval am being a slug on the sofa. made a lazy dinner of 1000g butchers steak, 500g frozen onions, 500g carrots. stuck in a pot with a little water and a bay leaf and a sprinkle of sage and a organic beef kallo stock cube.

My Toiletries

2011-01-07T14:40:00.002Z

Face

Cleanser: none
Toner: None
Cream moisturizer: Vichy Thermal fix 2
Exfoliator: St Ives
Face Make up remover: Loreal Wipes(whatever is on offer)

Body

Shower gel: Palmolive Soap
Body lotion/cream: Palmers cocoa butter
Hand cream: Don't use it as I have biosculpture nail polish on since 5 years
Lip Balm: Palmers cocoa butter lipsalve
Perfume: Chanel no 5(treated myself to the pure parfum with xmas voucher)

Hair

Shampoo/conditioner: Pantene
Protection: KMS conditioner & serum
Hair mask:none

Make-Up

Primer: YSL Top Secret
Foundation: Lancome photogenic
Concealer: Touch eclat
Powder: Mac
Blush/Bronzer: Bobbi brown - brown berry
Lipstick: Bobbi brown
Lipgloss: Don't use it
Eyeshadow: YSL Palette
Eyeliner: Rimmel Glam eyes
Eyeshadow Primer: none
Eye lash curler: none
Mascara: Chanel Inimitable

I stole this idea from lilylipstick! Visit her blog here http://lilylipstick.blogspot.com/ ..

Hot n Spicy and Cold

2011-01-06T13:12:00.002Z

summary of yesterday...gym shut so I only ate half my 9bar. I ate a scone I'd baked with my littlun day before(tut..200 Cals'ish ). Resisted all chocolates and a slice of birthday cake(the office was in shock)

Today

I have a COLD. Its right into my chest and very tickly. I am feeling OK un myself its just neck to naval am not great. So not gyming it today

Quark, nut butter and pumpkin seeds.

brekkie

Snackage was other half of a 9bar

Lunch is HOT n SPICY Thai chicken noodle soup.

100g cooked Chicken,
8 cashews,
2 spring onions,
udon noodle(straight to wok, half a pack/serving),
1 pickled chilli
1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp chicken boullion
1/4 tsp of each... cumin/paprika/minced garlic/garamasala
2 tsps coconut powder

bunged in a container to take to work. add 300mls of water and bring to the boil for a few mins.
squeeze a wedge of lime afterwards ideally but I have none.

before

after...half eaten

Dinner...well We are getting new windows next week so Other half is stripping the kitchen(to do) so he suggested we ate Fish n Chips to avoid cooking/cleaning! I'm thinking thats a mega treat..the type of treat one would have after some real progress in the mirror. Chill for me instead..3 mights on the trot.

Strictly come...

2011-01-04T22:53:00.002Z

Step 1

walk into kitchen at work..put coffee on and dump the following items on table.

3000 plus calories

Step 2

Drink coffee and eat Quark, pumpkin seeds and peanut butter breakfast

Brekkie

Step 3

Eat Half(restraint req'd) a 9bar as a preworkout snack.


Snackage

Step 4

Work ass off in gym

Step 5

Then eat lunch...


240g chicken breast, 140g broccoli

Step 7

Eat other half of 9Bar and satsuma, try and resist any crap on offer.

Step 8

Eat chilli.

Quite a high protein, but I feel it suits my blood sugar levels. Gosh... dreading wearing all that lycra tomorrow!

shopping list

2011-01-03T22:45:00.002Z

my mega quick shop....

quark x 5
chicken breasts(2) x 3
frozen diced onions x 2
frozen mushroom x 2
frozen sweetcorn x 1
frozen petit pois x 1
frozen prawns x 2
paneer x 1
agave x 1
9bar x 3
brocolli
microwave brown rice x 2
...ooh its snowing brrrr... anyway..all food incredibly convenient and quick to cook\prep.
supplements from fridge...sprouts, peppers, parsnips and swede.

looking fwd to tomorrow! my skin has never looked so bad so chubby and dry looking...like a turkey :p

Happy New Year! What have you got to lose?

2011-01-01T12:10:00.001Z

Well i dont know about you...but I am feeling huge
I am fighting fit at around 8st 5 and I might be around 9st and my oh my are those extra pounds lardy.It started in the bad weather where i had to work from home and couldnt get out. Have always been a big eater but always been a big exerciser. Time to get moving.

My new years resolutions

blast the december flab ... I haven't weighed myself in months and am debating whether to continue that. My only issue with that is that its a target which is motivating to keep going.

I am also going to curb my shopping. So with that in mind...I shall aim to save every month.

Set myself weekly targets.

so people..weigh or not to weigh?

3 Deliveries!

2010-11-10T21:04:00.000Z

My kit arrived yaaay! All amazing value. http://www.sportsdirect.com/

Loads of stuff for mini moss came in today too, gruffalo book and dvd etc and a music stand for mr moss.

Dinner was....2 small slices of pizza, skinny fries and veg. Not that bad really.

focus on the veggies lol

A few of you posted about my last post. I know I moaned about being off or on the wagon. Thing is I've been eating really badly lately. Yes not put on weight still 8st 5,training still reasonable but my diet hasnt been as good, as a result I feel lardier, perhaps its all in my head.

Been enjoying squash the past 3 weeks. I am surprised at how fit I am, I manage 40 mins no problems while my opponents sweat like mad. One of them said to me on Monday, are you even going to bother showering haha. Anyway ... I enjoy the competitive side of it if nothing else.

I was at a procurement fair today and got loads of freebies inc an optical laptop mouse which is ace!
Anyway....good day for me.

Gone a long time

2010-11-07T21:14:00.002Z

Still the same weight.

lazy cross training and squash and bike once a week
Still falling off the wagon regularly.

Baked alot this weekend

Xmas Cake Made

Scones


pancakes

My pledge

Back on the wagon

Monday - squash
Tuesday - weights
Wednesday - cross train
Thursday - running
Friday - Basketball if on
Saturday - cycle
Sunday Rest

Food - I shall get back to high protein and lay off the sugar.

SPLURGE on new kit, mega sale on sports direct

1	Nike Z/Fly Sist 1+ Lds01 Black/Blck/Whte 4	£38.00	£38.00 black trainers
	Product Code: 273119/40/240
1	USA Pro Zip V T Ld 02 Black 8	£8.00	£8.00 t shirt
	Product Code: 341553/03/330
1	Umbro 5 Pack Slipp Sox 80 Multi 1-6	£2.49	£2.49 sox
	Product Code: 414007/99/230
1	Karrimor HViz Run Jkt L01 Fluo Yellow 8	£8.00	£8.00 high viz for my bike
	Product Code: 456174/90/330
1	Karrimor Run Tight Ld01 Black 8	£5.00	£5.00 running tights
	Product Code: 457261/03/330
1	Sergio Wolke Pant Lds C03 Black 8	£10.00	£10.00 capri trousers
	Product Code: 674080/03/290
1	Dunlop Punct Rpr Kit 93 Multi -	£1.49	£1.49 puncture repair kit
	Product Code: 939231/99/000

The Skinnyfat Morning News

2010-09-22T09:14:00.001+01:00

Military Wedding outfit...All fur coat and no knickers

The ribbons on Skinnyfats dress are attached to mesh, so when they flicked up you could see her underwear. Her Aunty Alice ran up to her with her pashmima. Alice was overheard saying "I could see her white knickers on". After going to the toilets with her mother in law skinnnyfat was ordered to take them off to save embarassment. When asked to comment skinnyfat hissed "Stupid effin dress". She subsequently bumped into Paolo Nutini in the corridor which cheered her up. He later got photo's take with the bride and groom. I asked skinnyfat did she enjoy the wedding to which she slurred "ehhh fink so hic".

Skinnyfats obsession with shopping continues.... I asked her was it some compensation for a dissatisfied life? She replied defensively...." I discussed this at great depth with my sister recently who shares an equal passion for shopping. We decided that our mother was similar too, so that it was in fact nurtured. My mother and sister and myself have alway been the breadwinners of the family so traditionally that male role would be here's a few quid love get the groceries I'm off to the pub to watch the footie. So no I don't think its disatisfaction. I think women just like nice things"

We talked abou the purchases and skinnyfat said how she can't seem to steer away from grey, so plumped for some black. "When I'm at work I don't want there to be any confusion in my atire" Today she is wearing a pair of steel grey dress trousers teemed with a long grey dress over it. Footwear is platform black stiletto boots. She said "I feel reet dapper" A little Karen Millen corset top was thrown into the mix for this coming Saturday night out.

Health and Fitness
Colleague of Skinnyfat has been going to BMF lately. So yesterday luncthime they went out to the football pitch and did some shuttles etc. In 45 minutes she burned 450 calories and whinged quite a lot. Duncan(colleague guest BMF tutor) said to Skinnyfat "Did you hate it?" Skinnyfat replied "No, I didn't hate it, I fucking hated it" So that was that.
Diet wise the food has not been great but its not been large portions. High Calorie choices from Skinnyfat rather than wrong portion sizes which has historically been her downfall.

Been far too long,....Overtime, Holidays, Birthday and a wedding invite.

2010-09-12T12:31:00.001+01:00

Well I was working 80hour weeks latterly before going on holiday for 2 weeks. As you know I was selling my flat so the overtime took care of the mortgage and our time away. We exchange the deeds on friday. Any profit will be offset on our house until we spend it. Planning new double glazing, some new radiators and valves and a new kitchen. The house is a doer upper so slowly but surely!

BEST MEAL - cod with courgette flowers

BEST SKY - kerplunk, tiny moon to the right!

My ugly watch strap tan

Birthday
I got 2 bottles of champagne from the fella and thenwe went to chelsea for the day and stayed over in a posh hotel and went to the Mango Tree for a thai meal, from colleagues I got a cheeseboard , miniature whisky and chocs. Sister bought me a scarf. Mum forgot lol.

Wedding this weekend, new purchases
Shoes are a 3, dress is an 8. It feels good on but am due TOTM any day now and the Wedding is Friday! Gutted I get such bad bloat. Praying it comes today or tomorrow!


ridiculously high sling back peep toes fromKurt Geiger

Phase Eight Dress- Kate

FOOD and EXERCISE

I wasn't a saint or sinner in either area, managed 2 runs and a zumba class. I didnt over eat at any point but I didn't calorie count or watch macros. I did drink alot every night, not drunk as, half a bottle of vino most nights. Will weigh myself tomorrow!

SPOTS - hormonal spots a few days before period due....squeeze or leave? soooo sore and am getting dark scars booo....have never left them alone, worst thing is nothing comes out. boooooo

Muttar Paneer - recipe by Clawson Paneer

2010-08-21T19:04:00.001+01:00

I made this

It was absolutely gorgeous. I thought it might be tart with the tomato but it was just lovely. i had 3 lunches out of it. This is going to feature heavily in my menus!

try it! cant wait to see what the other 4 recipes are like!

Penny wise Pound foolish?

2010-08-05T21:04:00.000+01:00

I normally have the first pair in this pic, mizuno's in fact I have had 3 pairs, last pair only £60 luckily other pairs were well over £80
I decided probably foolishly after deciding what runner type I am (cushioned support) to change to Nike pegasus. I had these before(I think, they were a pegasus of some sort) and I saw them at £35 on wiggle.co.uk...mega cheap.
My knees had been hurting and my mizunos must have been a year old. Maybe its my squats...
Anyway if they are crap for running i'll use them in the gym.


Mizuno Wave top, Nike pegasus bottom

Anyway my food.....less said about that the better, I've been working 14hr days and prep is the key and I have no time to prep! Woke up at 1;30am last night and basically had horrendous cramps and runs and vommiting in my sons potty. Lasted an hour or so and then I was grand, pale, cold, 3 lbs lighter but still grand. Good sleep and off to work. I have eaten so much shite today!

things I LOVE! excluding people

2010-07-27T21:04:00.001+01:00

Quark

( the one on the left...yummy in my tummy!

the one on the right tastes like shite..say no to meadow)

Basically if you have tried Meadow and thought yuck, then dont give up on quark. Meadow is so vile.

BAGS

Some of my bags....I had to take pics for insurance, missing 2 fendis there. My staple is the purple Aspinal Laptop bag in moc croc leather. The black one is my every day YSL and cost me £900 about 7 years ago when I was contracting.

Red Mulberry, Purple Aspinal, Black YSL, Peach Mulberry

Mauve Furla, Green Pucci, Duck Egg Mulberry, White Hobbs I think?

SHOES - Worthy of its own post

JEWELERY - Worthy of its own post

Day 15 - fitting this around my life. Just a quickie.

2010-07-26T22:01:00.000+01:00

Fodder
Coffee
50g sliced ham and 4 pickled onions
24g dark choc
8 pecans
fish in white sauce,
babybel light
large turkey burger
5 or 6 small tortellini

I have no ideas of the splits, have just been hectic as usual. I dont think I even drank enough water. I feel so busy (esp work)to be dedicated to this 100% of the time. I'm going to keep trying though. My mother in law is here until Sat so that will be hard. I cooked off 500g of turkey mince into burgers. I'm hoping that by being a saint during the day I can chill out in the evenings to not bring attention to my diet.

Exercise should have been weights but TOTM started and I felt I needed to move a bit more, that and the choc energy :)

Some news downloads -Kylie, David Guetta Feat Fergie, Katy Perry feat Snoop Do.

Day 14? - The Big Shop

2010-07-25T22:14:00.002+01:00

Went to Tescos 30 mins before it was due to close as thats when everything is marked down. I got a few loaves for the freezer and some fish from the counter. Some Salmon and smoked undyed haddock!


Mega bargain! £13.88 down to £3.46


poached in some milk with a bay leaf


some parsley and double cream and butter (watercress and tomato side)

Big shop cost £124, however both my in laws are here on Tuesday, Mother in law here til Saturday so I bought extra stuff. How do I explain my no carb thing? I don't want to talk about it as I know it will be contentious

Well safe to say I went off the rails yesterday and had a 10 hour drinking session. It started when littlun went for his nap, I had 2 or 3 in that time and then he got up for 4 hours so I stopped and then when he went back to bed for the night I started again and had a few, I ate crisps and all sorts of crap. All I can do is start again fresh which I have, as punishment I am going to increase my reps on each set this week.

I am going to try something new with a bicep curl. Expect some before and afters in the coming weeks :)

Today I am so proud of Anna, just blows me away what she's endured/accomplished today. I clicked refresh on my laptop ALL day checking up on her. Looks like a few people dropped out too, but not Anna!

There are talkers and there are doers!

2010-07-25T11:50:00.001+01:00

blogger....AnnaB

Ironman Switzerland
Distance:
2.4 mi. swim • 112 mi. bike • 26.2 mi. run

you can track her here http://www.ironmanlive.com/tracking.php?race=switzerland&year=2010

GO ANNA!!!!!!

Day 12 - Hello, introducing myself!

2010-07-23T21:57:00.000+01:00


Hello..its me!

about time I'm showing my face! Now my twin splinter from WLR was the other side but dont feel its my place to show her face incase she's shy.

Day 10 - meesa bad

2010-07-21T21:00:00.004+01:00

My Dinner

My eats were

Beef, 100g

Coffee with milk

Almonds, Whole, Average 15g

Chocolate, Dark, 70% Cocoa Solids, Organic, Green n Black's (2 squares)

Pumpkin Seeds, Whole,Waitrose 10g

Cheese, Babybel, Mini, Light, Fromageries Bel

Coffee, Black, Average

Tuna, Chunks, in Spring Water

Mayonnaise, Real, Hellmann's 10g

aftereight x 4

Ham, Cooked, Wafer Thin, Slices, Sainsbury's

Whey Protein 20g
Milk 60mls
Prawns, King, Frozen, 250g

Broccoli, Green, Raw, Average 120g

Mushrooms, Chestnut,115g

Butter 20g

9bar

Could excuse my behaviour for any of the following reasons

TOTM in 4 days
Too low a calorie over the past few days
lack of willpower

Am thinking it's the first one. I know some people feel bad for falling off the wagon but I genuinely don't feel that self loathing. I think if you make yourself feel bad you just add more negativity to somethign quite harmless.

1798 cals - not bad really considering 1650 is my maintenance

155g protein - magic
72g carbs -
89g fat - not good with carbs but good if under 30g which I wasn't

The 72g of carbs will kick me out of Keto, am going to treat it as a refeed.

EXERCISE

Its my rest day, am walking like a cowboy after yesterdays legs, everyone was laughing at me, I was squatting until my arse was on my ankles so really feeling it today. I should have used dumbells as barbells without a spotter isn't clevva.

I fancy giving this class a go next Tuesday. Not sure of the payment structure tho .http://www.kravmagaedinburgh.com/russian-kettlebells.asp I think it might be members only.

Day 9 - The Plan for today

2010-07-20T08:45:00.000+01:00

Weight 8st 8, Feel really poochy though.
Its nails day, what colour shall I choose for my little smarties!

Grub Itinary

06:30am Whey Protein 20g
06:30am Milk, Semi Skimmed, 60mls
07:30am Coffee with milk
09:30am Almonds, Whole, Average 15g
09:30am Pumpkin Seeds, Whole,Waitrose 10g
11:30am Cheese, Babybel, Mini, Light
11:30am Black coffee
13:30pm Olives x 6
13:30pm Prawns, King, Raw, Average 75g
13:30pm Mayonnaise, Real, Hellmanns 12g
13:30pm Onions, Pickled, Silverskin 30g
14:00pm cup of tea
15:30pm Corned Beef, Lean, Princes 100g
18:45pm Cauliflower crust pizza 3/4
21:00pm Peanut butter 20g

Calories 1323, Protein 115(49%), Carbs 23(9%), Fat 111g(44%)

Exercise

Leg day, Lowered weights, high reps

Squats
Lunges
Leg press
Leg extensions
Cycle 20 mins

Day 8 - Low Carb Pizza...Lush!

2010-07-19T20:26:00.002+01:00

I stole this idea. I couldnt afford the cheese amounts so mine is lower calorie and prob not as firm.
Plagarised from here

Todays food has been amazing..so far 1100 cals but I am going to have some nuts and seeds.
90g protein 48%
30g carbs 16%
67g fat 36%

Very low carb pizza

My Second Attempt

Cauliflower, 100g
Cheese, Cheddar, Mature, Average 60g
Tomato Puree, 10g
Garlic clove
Oregano, Dried, 2g
Salt + Pepper
half an egg

1. chop the cauliflower to rice size,drain any excess water if its sopping wet, mix in egg, half of the garlic, pinch salt and pepper and 30g of the cheese.
2. Put on a slightly oiled baking tray

Pre cooked

3. Bake at 230c for 15 minutes until golden.

Cooked Base

4. Take 10g of tomato puree mix in remaining garlic and oregano and smear over the pizza base.
5. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over pizza and bake for another 5 -8 minutes.

Cooked pizza

awesomeness in my hands

it wasnt as firm as a normal pizza but it was amazing! so good...that I made another massive one for snacks! (see first picture)

Cals 263
Protein 20g
Carbs 6g
Fat 18g
Fibre 2g

Exercise

Lateral raises
Dumbell flys
shoulder press
upright rows
tricep dips
lat pulldowns
tri pulldowns
hammer curls
20 minutes cross trainer

Day 7 - 1 week down and an Extreme Act of Bravery

2010-07-18T19:07:00.002+01:00

Mum left at 2.30pm while OH went to do viewings at the flat, someone who came last Sunday came again. Trip to Ocean Terminal shopping centre to look for stickers resulted in a splurge at the Lancome counter. We then went to sainsbos and did a city shop(basically stuff I can't get in the vicinity of mine).
Came home, did some work on the PC and then ran aroung the garden for 20 mins blowing bubbles.So sweet I can hear him squealing with happiness having his bath as I type. Then I'm off to do a jigsaw, 2 stories and bed. I'm guessing the runaway train and stick man will be the books of choice!

Exercise...nadda! Once littlun is in bed Im going to do somethin, pressups or the like!

09:30am boiled egg
10:30am cuppa
10:30am half a pork burger
12:30pm 4 egg omlette, 40mls milk, 20g cheeses, 5g chives

4 egg omlette

(left about a quarter of it)
12:45pm a single smartie oops
14:00pm handful of macadaemias

macadaemias

16:30pm The left over omlette

18:20pm Leftover steak with peas and a little sweetcorn

Leftovers

18:30pm 2 tsps peanut butter
18:40pm cuppa

Am pretty sure I'm ok carb wise, not sure how to log my rib eye's as I cut all the fat off them.

annoying side on photo

Spent £10 on bars , silly phone wont let me rotate pics and then its read only on the PC. Most are for littlun. I havent worked out if I can have even half of one yet!

So all in all a success this week! I'll step on the scale tomorrow and see what damage the weekend has done. While I dont think I stuck to cals on Friday night I think my splits might have been ok.

OK the bravery....I waxed my under arms myself(didn't you hear my screams?)..sweeet jesus!! Have you ever inflicted this on yourself?

Day 6 - and late Day 5 too! Meat...meat...meat

2010-07-17T20:02:00.003+01:00

Well after I blogged yesterday I went out and had another 4 whiskys so felt crap this morning as that was 6 in total. Not often we get out together. I never ate a thing tho, I looked at the mini cheddars and thought oh what the heck and then I thought about some of the people who compete and just had a wee chat to myself. I did however bite my nails something terrible. I have white bit but only just! gutted, I get them done on Tuesday, they'll be like smarties. 2 have broke so far down that there is no whites, I think its all the cleaning of the flat and constant washing if hands with potty training. ANYWAY...This morning I was rough as a badger.

09:30am cup of tea
09:30am about 20g of branflakes ..drat,I couldnt face protein!
10:00am 1 boiled egg
12:30pm pork burger and 2 boiled eggs
13:30pm fresh coffee with milk

Went shopping with my mum.
Treated myself to some coffee, a little shop in North Berwick who toasts them every day and then grinds them when you come in. It smells amazing, I shall let you know!

Coffee treat! 125g £2.50

16:30pm pork burger
18:45pm rib eye, mushrooms, broccoli, carrot, onion

Rib eye from the butchers

I portioned off some as I wanted something sweet so didn't want to be too full for this... about 75g quark and 20g peanut butter.

my beloved quark and peanut butter staple

19:15pm

How do you like yours?
Here's the 75g snack I had last night.

How I like my steak

Day 5 .....Eating out

2010-07-16T20:23:00.002+01:00

06.30 whey shake
08:00 coffee with milk
10:30 coffee with milk
11:30 beef burger
1 hour cross trainer- didnt feel like weights so tomorrow wil do something
16:30 lean rib eye steak 75g
dinner we went out as mum is here for the weekend. I wanted to stick to under 30g carbs so I had lobster with garlic butter and salad and 2 whiskys instead of wine. oh and a double espresso. It was beautiful having been caught this morning. Did I feel deprived .....hell no!!

I mean wow!

Another good day! What you all up to?

Day 4 ....no headaches

2010-07-15T20:42:00.003+01:00

Loads of energy today, scales 8st 9(prob just water loss)

Cooked to non perfection ha!

Food

We're potty training at the mo so my dinner boiled dry, farty sprouts and chewy fish...but I had to endure it so..so will you :)

06:45    Coffee with milk
15:15    Whey Protein 20g
15:15    Milk, Semi Skimmed, 15mls
10:30    Coffee with milk
10:20    100g Beef burgers
11:20    Black coffee
13:30    100g Beef burgers
18:00    110g Cod, Fillets, Frozen, Sainsbury's
18:00    Brussels Sprouts, Button, Frozen, Tesco 150g
18:00    boiled Egg
21:30    Cheese, Quark, Average 100g
21:30    Peanut Butter 10g
21:30    Tea with Milk

Groovy moves - 1 hour stair climber
Full body weights tomorrow tho!!!

Flat for sale - Schedule

Day 3......I'm an incessant whinge

2010-07-14T21:02:00.001+01:00

Whinges

Half past midnight I took little guy into bed as he was obviously having bad dreams, I put him back through about 1am so basically I had an interupted sleep
Headache kicked in around 10:30am and left around 3pm
Mega bruises popped up from me trying to move a weights bench on Monday
I took in a 2 layer box of Milk Tray today and was told to remove them on the account of a peanut allergy sufferer. Milk Tray doesnt have peanuts in them and just because you have a peanut allergy it doesnt mean you are allergic to other nuts as all nuts have different proteins.I have an allergy to Brazil nuts for instance and bananas but I havent declared war on all nuts and all fruit.
The link to work is down and I'm desperate to hit this deadline on Friday!

Food

06:30am whey shake
08:30am Ground Coffee
10:40am Turkey burger
10:40am 100g cucumber
11:30am Black Ground Coffee
13:30pm Turkey burger
13:30pm 100g carrot
15:30pm Cup of tea with milk
17:00pm 15g cheese
18:00pm 2 small beef burgers(mince -boullion-egg) with 100g cauliflower, 100g brussels
20:30pm Cup of tea with milk
21:00pm 80g quark
21:00pm 20g peanut butter

Exercise

Ski machine - 40 mins

Was pretty tired after 30 mins, I was doing one legged squats last night so legs feel like lead.

Weight

8st 10lbs ( -1)

Todays Motto : - EMBRACE THIS AS IT MEANS ITS WORKING !

Day 2 .....the headaches start

2010-07-13T19:43:00.002+01:00

Headaches are very mild , I've had them before when I went on my Abs quest earlier in the year.

06:30    Whey Protein 20g
06:30    Milk, Semi Skimmed, 45mls
08:55    Coffee with milk
10:30    Coffee with milk
10:45    Turkey Burger
11:00    Carrots, Raw, Tesco 100g
11:00    Cucumber, Peeled, Raw 100g
12:45    Turkey Burger
12:50    1 hour power walk
15:15    Whey Protein 20g
15:15    Milk, Semi Skimmed, 45mls
17:00    Ham, Honey Cured, Wafer Thin, TTD, Sainsbury's
17:00    Beef, Roast, Sliced, Average
18:30    Beef, Mince, Lean, Raw, Average 100g
18:30    Onions, Chopped, Frozen, Tesco,40g
18:30    spring greens 80g
19:30    Peanut Butter, Smooth, Organic, Meridian Foods
20:00    Coffee with milk

This comes in at 1110 cals.
Protein 68% (152g)
Carbs 12%(28g)
Fat 20% (46g)

I'll be having a cuppa later tho!

Cutting it

2010-07-12T20:15:00.001+01:00

well I'm going to try for as long as I can with a cheat meal every week, when I say cheat I mean a carb re feed.
Staying under 30g of carbs..OMG well its a challenge!

Food -

Vanilla Whey shake
ground coffee
tuna, sweetcorn, tbsp double cream, 2 tsps of balsamic
prawns, tbsp double cream, tsp vinegar, 5 cherry toms
1/3 cucumber , 1 carrot
tuna, sweetcorn, tbsp double cream, 2 tsps of balsamic
4 egg omelette with 30g cheese

Exercise -

2 sets of each( dumbell flys, hammer curls, tricep extensions, tricep kickbacks, shoulder presses, front raises, lat pulldowns, tricep pull downs, bicep pulldowns)
30 mins bike

What brought this on ? I look big at the moment, but I look strong 8st 11 which is past my comfort zone. I might do 2 carb refeeds a week if I can't cope physically but I have to at least do this for one week and see how I get on. I think if I lost 8lbs I'd look fab.

Where do you peeps put yourself dietary wise?

Eating Healthy
Losing weight
High Protein
unrefined
other?

dont ask!!

2010-07-10T20:45:00.000+01:00

Who lives in a house like this?

2010-07-07T21:40:00.004+01:00

smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! there's normally more toys and crud lying about apart from Wednesdays!
Cleaners been yaay!

I have a confession to make. I worked my guns out twice already this week. Monday and Today. I'm starting to see a dent when untensed...I like it...I like it alot. Shamokin guns...I want em

Food...well can we just not go there? fairy cake, cadburys caramel..bad bad girl, please done read this.

Anyone else struggling to stay on track?

Cleaning Calories

2010-07-05T14:09:00.000+01:00

Friday night I went around the house and took all my nice stuff to help show the flat off. I'm not trying to pretend that someone is living in it but it looks absolutely soul less with nothing in it so I'll be upfront about that when I do viewings.

Exercise, well I think this can count as exercise as I was sweating like mad, I cleaned our flat for 4 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday.

I took this table from WLR
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/exercise/tips/housework_workouts.htm

Saturday I had a small glass of white wine. Other half is delighted Germany are through as he decided to book a long weekend in Berlin with his mates for the world cup final. Either way there will be a game on with them in it.

Sunday I had an even smaller amount of wine, 2 x 50mls made into spritzers at a barbie. I made a strawnoffi pie (banoffi = allergy so made with strawberries instead of banana)which was gorge(peeps were raving about it) and I prob ate far too much of it! I only boiled the can for 2 hours and it came out spot on.

I fell asleep on the sofa at 4:30 for an hour with little one, he was wide awake tho watching cbeebies. Didnt feel great, my hayfever was bothering me in that my sinuses were sore and as a result so was my head.

Today I had dry bran flakes in car on way in and a coffee
250g quark as it went out of date yesterday and needed eaten
rest of day.....
Chilli no rice - EDIT, close to puking here for some reason(quark?) so not braved this yet.
Cherries
Dinner - Rib eye steak..not sure what to make with it.

Monday - upper body weights
Tuesday - 4 mile run
Wednesday - lower body weights
Thursday - gentle long cardio
Friday - Basketball
Saturday Lots and lots of pressups, Unweighted squats until failure
Sunday Rest

Ab work- I rely on running and in general good weigh lifting form for my abdominal work.
I can't bare doing ab work does anyone else feel the same?

Friday

2010-07-02T23:00:00.000+01:00

40g dry bran flakes in car - today I stretched and the trucker next to me beeped...how naff!
1 large coffee in car - I luff coffee
Work
Bacon roll
coffee
Work
Basketball - no injuries, 4 hoops yaay
Chilli no rice
work
1 butterscotch biscuit
Nails done- she chopped them down as Id broken 3..she's haaaarsh, went for neon pink to cheer me up.

Visit flat
Home, half a pizza and 2 thin slices of my home made gingerbread
Watch finding nemo with son
Then off to hell for my sins

News Headlines

2010-07-01T12:31:00.000+01:00

We're deciding whether or not to sell our flat at the moment so my evenings have been spent budgeting, looking at remortgaging for buy to lets. Calculating profit in equity gains and rental. Speculating interest rate rises etc etc....

Bulletin

TOTM arrived 3 days early and I ate a bar of chocolate or 3, normally I eat 4 days before TOTM so thats unsual.

My hip hurts so I can't do anymore cardio until it gets better.

I'm off to blast the guns in the gym Do any of you people have gun wars* with people?

Food has been mostly turkey burgers as the mince was going out of date and OH decided he's not eating any poultry anyore. Fruit and Veg shocking!

Tuesday

Wednesday

*gun wars - shameless look at my bicep poses, feeling optional

Weekend

2010-06-27T20:34:00.000+01:00

Friday was 25min rowing, 25 mins cycling. Food spot on.
Saturday was 4 mile run. Food and drink over due to barbeque. I wasn't greedy tho.
Sunday was sleeping as much as I could grab, vomiting(hangover from hell), I managed to eat my roast pork dinner which was amazing! So all in all, my cals are well under today which will make up for Saturdays excess. I don't recommend this behaviour tho!

Convenience Food and Chilli Art

2010-06-24T21:46:00.003+01:00

haha Im such a div!

Exercise
6k on the treadmill, I felt great today. Presumably cos I carb load on penny cake yesterday.
Mega chocoalte cake with hazelnut and macademia ganache centre. Outside was 300g worth of dark choc ganache too! No wonder I ran well today! Anyway penny cake was the last naughty for a while!

FOOD

B:60g Branflakes , 60mls milk, coffee
S:Babybel lite
PGS: Herring on 2 rakusens crackers
L: 100g spag bog, 50g pasta
S: Babybel lite
D:Kedgeree

Mega convenience food for dinner tonight!
2 min brown basmati
smoked haddock fillets
frozen onons with a bay leaf
frozen peas
frozen sweetcorn
parsley
some eggs

before

after

Day 1 ...... of year 2

2010-06-23T21:07:00.000+01:00

diet starts tomorrow, not some sensible body building diet...aim to lose 2lbs a week. I don't care if its fat and muscle I dont want to be a porker. So...for the next 3 days lots and lots of water and small meals. Then see what my weight is like as I have had loads of crap the last few weeks, chocolate cake, mini cheddars, eaten like a pig. Once I get rid if the bloat will assess how to proceed.

funniest thing ever..its Wednesday ladeeez

Unhappy 1st Blog Birthday and a Joke

2010-06-22T14:23:00.000+01:00

my first post

Am feeling really low today which isnt like me at all.

negatives

1. A year gone by and nothing has changed, Im still fat(I know Im not overweight but Im lardy still)

2. I'm migrating data from one system to another and I came across a bug in my code which was to do with deceased. Seeing their birth dates and deceased dates and realising these students were so young is heartbreaking.

3. I went for a 3 mile run and struggled, 3 miles in 36 minutes, 12 minute miles. I had to walk twice. Its boiling out.

4. I haven't slept well for 2 days because of my hay fever.

5. I went for a 13 mile cycle last night and then ate shed loads of crisps with the girls I cycled with.

6. Fathers Day really bothered me this year and its still bothering me. I miss him.

7. One of my friends said that some people had been saying I was a doormat.

Positives

1. If I cut now I have good muscle

2. If Im a doormat, analyse it honestly

3. running after a cycle isnt what I'm used to.

4. I have a holiday in September to book and get beach ready for (9 weeks)

give yourself a pat on the back for reading this far.

JOKE
A little girl asks her mum, 'Mum, can I take the dog for a walk around the block?'

Her mum replies 'No, because she is on heat.'
'What does that mean?' asked the child.
'Go and ask your father. I think he's in the garage.'
The little girl goes out to the garage and says, 'Dad, can I take Lulu for a walk around the block? I asked Mum, but she said the dog was on the heat, and to come ask you.'
He took a rag, soaked it in petrol, and scrubbed the dog's backside with it to disguise the scent, and said 'Ok, you can go now, but keep Lulu on the leash and only go one time around the block.'
The little girl left and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash..
Surprised, Dad asked, 'Where's Lulu?'
The little girl said, 'She ran out of petrol about halfway round the block, so another dog is pushing her home.'

Mixed Day......

2010-06-20T21:25:00.000+01:00

We finger painted a picture of his dads bike and scribbled a card. His wallet never arrived in time. My own father died of myloid leukaemia a few years ago. So I've been a bit grumpy today :(
Was sunny and I spent hours is the garden. Loads of calories burned and a deeper tan.
x

A survey about my diet and exercise

2010-06-18T23:31:00.001+01:00

I took Tex's Survey

1) Age: 37
2) Ethnicity: mongrel(granny 1 srilankan, gramps 1 russian, granny 2 scottish, gramps 2 Italian)
3) Current Location: Scotland
4) Are you currently dieting? Y
If yes, what diet are you on? 1-1.5g protein per lb body weight
If no, describe a typical day’s menu.
5) Are you over weight based on health charts? no
6) Do you feel guilty when you indulge in something fattening and/or sugary or are you satisfied with the treat? sometimes, more a feeling of oh I ran on the treadmill for 60 mins and I just blew those cals in 1 minute
7) How often do you exercise? 5 days a week
8) What do you do for exercise and how many days and hours per day do you do it? 3 weights 2 cardio(40 mins in lunch hour)
9) If you miss your exercise one day because you went out with friends to enjoy yourself do you feel guilty? Or were you happy that you took a day off? dont think much on it
10) How often do you think about food? all the time
11) How often do you think about your weight? once a week
12) How often do you weigh yourself? once a week
13) If you gain one ounce do you freak out? Or does it not even phase you? not bothered unless its weeks in a row
14) What would you change about your body? height, 5ft 2 like to be 5ft 5
15) Are you happy in your own skin? pretty much, I need tweaked not overhauled
16) Did anyone ever say anything to you when you were young that triggered an insecurity about your size? Y when I was 13 a boy said my thighs splayed when I sat down , cue anorexia
17) Why do you think that incident had such an effect? it was hurtful and no one had ever commented on my weight before as I was always a skinny malink
18) If someone orders just a salad at dinner would you as well? Or would you just get what you want? get what i want unless its someone skinny skinny and i might not pig out in shame
19) Why do you think American women are obsessed with weight? they are image obsessed
20) What culture do you feel has the best outlook on positive self-image, and why? no idea
21) Do you have anything to add regarding this concept?no

More Shoes :)

2010-06-17T22:27:00.002+01:00

Do you remember the shoes I wanted? Only available online.....

previous shoe splurge

Well they were almost half price online!
Sale started today and I said to Mr Mossy, hmm wonder if those shoes are on sale!

conchita

popped one in my basket, along with a neww wallet for fathers day ..job done!

I bought the peep toes in tan aswell in the actual shop today.
tan peep toes

New Specs and got my nails done on Wednesday but one of the nail polish peeled so I got it reapplied.
biosculpture Its your own nail with cured polish over it. I get it done every fortnight in summer as nails grow faster, Every 3 weeks in winter. Haven't missed an appointment in 4 years!

Basketball tomorrow!
Major calorie burn!

xxx

My Faceless Blog

2010-06-14T14:14:00.003+01:00

So I started this blog but I have never put a picture up of me. I'm not sure why as I'm not shy in real life.
Anyone who remembers me from WLR (Mossy) will know what I look like. I think its progress pics of my body, the thought that someone I work with or went to school with would see me.

How do you other bloggers deal with that or does it just not cross your mind?

My Body

8st 5 today so looks like I am back to my norm weight
Bruise on side of head from Basketball.
Shoulders and hips are no longer aching after Basketball.
Thighs feel a little tight today for some reason, possibly from running around all weekend after littleun at the gala(shuttles hehe).
Liver probably took a hammering on Saturday.
Skin is well tanned!
Motivation 8 out of 10

Exercise

My favourite day today, ARMS. But I "wanted" to do cardio after seeing a photo of me on my friends facebook, sweet jesus!!!!
Tues - Legs
Wednesday - Cardio
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Basketball
Saturday - rest
Sunday - something!

Slam Dunk!

2010-06-12T08:12:00.001+01:00

Basketball ...ok i never slam dunked, I'm far too small lol.It was great, I played 45 mins and burned 370 cals. I was the only girl there amongst 3 guys who were 6ft 4, 2 guys were 6ft, 2 who were about 5ft 8 and me at 5ft 2 lol. However, I was ok and fitness wise I kept up no bother. I took an elbow to the side of my head which meant I sat down for 2 mins as I was a bit dizzy , I played it right down as I didnt want to be all girly and moany. I managed a couple of baskets of which one was clean. A big plus for me was my agility and fitness and being able to mark my opponents. Afterwards we were all sitting and having a drink and I never felt from the chat that I was a weak link. If more of my baskets had gone in Id have been awesome but maybe next week! I know when I play pool sometimes I'm in poor form, sometimes I'm wicked same goes for putting. Hand and eye coordination is hit or miss with me.

Summary Rest of week

* Monday and Tuesday good workouts and diet added 5kg to my squats and took my low foot placement leg press down 10kg as my right glute grumbled.
* Wednesday crap Workout(listless) and then I ate 2 bags of crisps on Wednesday
* Rest day Thursday and good diet
* Friday good cardio , 2 double drams and a bag of crisps

Today

Gala day and a barbeque. I've made chorizo kebab stick with sweet potato onion and red pepper, then I blitzted, chilli, garlic, agave and vinegar and painted the veg with it. Again am goign to run around alot with my kid and try and remember to wear my HRM, not because I want to use those cals but I find it encourages me to be more active.

what are your plans and whats the weather like? Looks warm and windy outside today, so am off to stick the washing out!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Raaaar.....

2010-06-08T08:51:00.000+01:00

Beautiful day at the zoo on Saturday.
Look at him...isn't he lovely? he's got a dodgy eye so wouldn't survive in the wild.

I also saw a pig...twas me :) but I wasnt a carb loading pig, gin and whisky was consumed so no lager carbs. Barbeque was very protein heavy lol. Aside from that I didn't really eat any rubbish other than an icecream my friend bought me and 1 choc biscuit.

This week is pretty full on
Monday - 40 minutes stair climber (done) should have been upper body but I borrowed a friends ipod as my shuffle lost charge and I have nowhere to put it for weights and as you all know, I can't do exercise without my tunes!
Tuesday - Upper Body
Wednesday - Upper Body
Thursday - Lower Body
Friday -Basketball with a few colleagues(6ft 4 and over lol, hmm a little lacking at 5ft 2, hopefully trying to get the ball off me will be like touching their toes )

Food was good yesterday as it was planned, normally good days. Must plan every day this week.

Tea with Milk
toast and butter
Coffee with milk
Agave, Syrup, 1tsp
Cheese, Quark
Raspberries 80g
Apples, Royal Gala,
Whey Protein
Milk, Semi Skimmed
Fruit and oat bites
Chicken Soup(left over barbeque blended with veg)
Tea with Milk
Agave, Syrup, 1tsp
Cheese, Quark
Blueberries, Fresh, Raw, Average
Potatoes, Boiled, Average 160g

Mackerel
Tomatoes, Cherry, Raw 80g
Tea with Milk
Agave, Syrup, 1tsp
Cheese, Quark
Peanut Butter

Shredding the fat!

2010-06-04T15:42:00.000+01:00

Despite putting 45g of peanut butter into my quark last night (nom nom) my splits came in at 40p-43c-18f.
Since I'm a chubber at the mo I dont think I made my 1g per 1lb ratio of protein(came in at 115g)
After reading some body building forums I'm going to take full front, full back and side on profile as one shot is no indication of body fat(probably wait til Monday what with visitors. I keep saying to people that while I look fine dressed, my bikini body is not great. I've put on weight/fat since I did my last tummy shot. I reckon if I train really really hard with a nailed diet I can turn my body around in 4 weeks. Ok I'm not going to get ripped in 4 weeks but I could get somewhere where I'm not reaching for a maxi dress to hide in!

Perhaps I can view the last few weeks as bulking ;P

Cardio - I's vewwy sore from yesterday so giving gym a miss. My friends little girl is not a great sleeper and goes to bed at 9 and she's just turned 3. Not until my littlun is into double figures will he staying awake past 9 regularly :) This isn't a criticism on other parents its just well needed downtime for a Mum and Dad who work full time. So my plan is to tire them out(while wearing my HRM). My littlun is normally sleeping by 7:30 but he goes to nursery whereas she doesn't so my theory is he's just alot more active through the day.
So I'm going to try and teach them tag, play football or just in general chase them around the garden screaming like a banshee and burn lots of calories.

Fodder

You can do alot of damage in 3 days, especially over a weekend with visitors. Today I'm going to keep my caloriesmoderate through the day. So after afternoon snack my stats will be 885cals, 86g Prot, 73g Carb, 20g Fat, 8g Fibre, 3.6 f&v

This allows around 800 calories for food and booze.
This weekend I shall be mostly inner chanting Dory from Finding Nemo's line... Just keep swimming just keep swimming....might replace swimming with moving. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

x

Weighing in at a whopping....

2010-06-03T20:24:00.000+01:00

I went to the gym only to realise they shut at 1pm for staff training so I only managed a small workout of 30 minutes so I chose Legs.

squats 3 x 12@ 30kg BB(forgot my towel so couldn't do 35 across my back)
lunges 20 x 1 @ 20kg DB
Leg press (low foot placement) 2 x 12@ 100kg
Leg Press (medium-high foot placement) 2 x 12 @ 150kg

Leg raises 3 x 10 @ 35 kg
Cross Trainer on level 20 x 8 mins

I weighed in at a whopping 57kg today - 125lbs which is 8st 13 clothed

Buuuulimey! I mean its TOTM but jysuzzzz!

Not gonna panic tho. Just plug away at 1600 cals.

I havent exercised for a week so there's 1lb right there, then the bank holiday was awful eating.

My best friend is coming to stay this weekend.
She's a healthy eater and is still breastfeeding so not drinking so altho I suspect it won't be horrendous we are going to either the zoo or the safari park.So what can I do? I'm going to wear my HRM and if I earn cals then I can use them...seeemples. Am thinking lots of healthy snacks and water while we are walking around.
wish me luck!

chewsday

2010-06-01T20:13:00.002+01:00

7am Breakfast was 2 poached eggs on toast

11am snack was 130g prawns and a beautiful mixed leaf salad

2pm was a turkey burger with 80g of broccolli and 80g cauliflower. Craving carbs at this point. No wonder tho - cals 584, protein 74, carbs 15, fat 24(P66% c13% f21% )
So I had this at 3pm (125g quark, 80g strawberries, 20g peanut butter, 1tsp agave)

so up until here ....cals 835, protein 96, carbs 28, fat 34(P61% c18% f22% )

6.30 casserole with roast potato

Saturday shopping

2010-05-30T11:12:00.000+01:00

We were away visiting friends on Friday and on the way home we went to this organic shop and stocked up. I was so pleased to see different Dr Karg stuff

Rocks cordial - for littlun
Doves self raising flour
3 oranges
popcorn
olives
agave
Dr Karg mozarella and tomato crackers
Dr Karg emmental and pumpkin seed crackers
Dr Karg 3 seeds crackers
cacao nibs
cashews
peanut butter
oatcakes
molasses
oatcakes

My New Routine

2010-05-25T13:24:00.001+01:00

Routine

Going back to basics. Will be doing 2 full body workouts. Preferably with a 3 day break.
Monday & Fridays with cardio inbetween.
I'm taking a half day on Friday and getting my hair cut Thursday lunch so I can't work out on either day :(
So...onThursday night when littlun goes to bed I will do squats and pressups, I think Iget most bang for my buck with those 2 moves.
Changing the weights on my DB set is just something I don't have time for when I have to pack, We're going away on Friday night to stay with friends.
I did this workout today which took me 45 minutes. I had to power through it as I arrived at work late today so felt my rests weren't long enough. There's always a compromise lol

Loved the mirror doing my flat flys! Arms looked far better than the reality!

Fodder so far...
6am
Tea with Milk

8am
Coffee milk
Agave, Syrup, Natural Sweetener, Organic, 1/2 tsp
Yoghurt, Greek, 0% Fat
Hazelnuts, Whole, Average 6g
Cashew Nuts butter 14g

11am
Grapes, European, Raw 80g
Yoghurt, Greek, 0% Fat

13:30pm
ryvita pumpkin x 3
Pate, Brussels 10g
Tomatoes, Cherry, Raw 80g

BLOAT HAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!