Day 72

Weight: 12 st 5.2 lbs
Weight loss: 0.6 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.6 lbs in 1 day
Weight loss to date: 27.8 lbs in 71 days

Breakfast: 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 5 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Dinner: Chicken and broccoli stir-fry; oat-bran galette; glass of squash

Verdict: On the way back down again : )

Day 71

Weight: 12 st 5.8 lbs
Weight gain: 1 lb
Weight loss this week: 0 lb in 7 days (week 10)
Weight loss to date: 27.2 lbs in 70 days

Breakfast: 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: 5 seafood sticks; cucumber; cottage cheese; mug of tea

Dinner: Prawn and mushroom galette; glass of squash

Verdict: Well, at least I didn't gain anything over the week . . . so not too bad after a few days of indulgence and not much in the way of exercise. Need to get back on track now though.

Day 68, 69 and 70

Been 'away' visiting family, so no weigh-in data - will see what the morning of Day 71 brings!  What did I eat - well lots of things I shouldn't, although did try to be restrained about it . . .

Day 68 (Friday 27 August)
Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea
Lunch: Courgette and parmesan tart; rocket salad; roasted pepper and aubergine; more tea
Snack: 1 slice of bara brith and a smidgeon of Flora Buttery
Dinner: Oven chips; steamed fish fillet; peas, baby sweetcorn and green beans; glass of squash; glass of wine

Day 69 (Saturday 28 August)
Breakfast: 1 raspberry and cranberry mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea
Lunch: Cold chicken; coleslaw and bean salad; oat-bran galette; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt and stewed plums; mug of tea
Dinner: Pate and toast; venison sausages, chips and veg; half a cider; 2 glasses of wine

Day 70 (Sunday 29 August)
Breakfast: 1 strawberry mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea
Lunch: Cold chicken slices
Dinner: Chicken and vegetable stir-fry; oat-bran galette; 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; diet pepsi; glass of wine

Day 67

Weight: 12 st 4.8 lbs
Weight gain: 0.6 lbs
Weight loss this week: 1 lb in 3 days
Weight loss to date: 28.2 lbs in 66 days

Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 2 fried eggs; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; water

Dinner: Lasagne; jacket potato; stir-fried veg; glass of squash; glass of wine

Verdict:  Guess yesterday's cereal finally caught up with me - visiting with family for dinner tonight so indulged there as well - never mind, will make up for it in due course.

Day 66

Weight: 12 st 4.2 lbs
Weight loss: 0.8 lbs
Weight loss this week: 1.6 lbs in 2 days
Weight loss to date: 28.8 lbs in 65 days

Breakfast: 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: Bowl of oat cereal with banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; diet pepsi

Dinner: Chicken and mushroom stir-fry; oat-bran galette; diet pepsi

Verdict: More weight-loss - guess the cereal didn't do too much harm, although today I do think I had a little more than I should have.  

Day 65

Weight: 12 st 5 lbs
Weight loss: 0.8 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.8 lbs in 1 day
Weight loss to date: 28 lbs in 64 days

Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: Bowl of oat cereal with vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Dinner: Smoked salmon and green bean galette omelette; glass of squash

Verdict:  Hurrah - 2 stones lost!  The question is whether having cereal for lunch will scupper this tomorrow - got a cold at the moment as well and haven't done much in the way of exercise either.  We'll see . . .

Day 64

Weight: 12 st 5.8 lbs
Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 2.6 lbs in 7 days (week 9)
Weight loss to date: 27.2 lbs in 63 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: 5 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Dinner: Prawn and vegetable stir-fry; oat-bran galette; 1 apricot mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Pleased enough with that - consolidated yesterday's loss hopefully. Getting awful close to that 2 stone weight-loss.

Day 63

Weight: 12 st 6 lbs
Weight loss: 1 lb
Weight loss this week: 2.4 lbs in 6 days
Weight loss to date: 27 lbs in 62 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: chicken slices; scrambled egg and cottage cheese; cucumber and quark salad; mug of tea

Dinner: teriyaki salmon; oat-bran galette; 1 apricot mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash; small glass of wine (yes really!)

Verdict: That's definitely more like it! Especially after yesterday's indulgence - the glass of wine was very large, and got topped up when we opened a second bottle . . .  Did do my 10,000 steps though.  Weighed in a bit later than usual, so may see some of this go back on tomorrow - hoping that I won't gain more than 0.4 though, so I'll at least make 2 lbs for the week.  Only 1 lb to go and I've lost 2 stone . . .

Day 62

Weight: 12 st 7 lbs
Weight loss: 0.8 lbs
Weight loss this week: 1.4 lbs in 5 days
Weight loss to date: 26 lbs in 61 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: tuna and cottage cheese omelette; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Dinner: turkey curry; onion bhaji galette; diet coke; glass of wine

Verdict: That's more like it!  Mind you, had a proper curry sauce in the curry, and that glass of wine, so it could all go the other way again tomorrow . . .

Day 61

Weight: 12 st 7.8 lbs
Weight gain: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.6 lbs in 4 days
Weight loss to date: 25.2 lbs in 60 days

Breakfast: 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 5 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet pepsi

Dinner: chicken and vegetable casserole; oat-bran galette; glass of squash

Verdict: Feeling a bit miffed - it seems a bit like 2 steps forward, 1 step back at the moment - and I've been doing my 10,000 steps each day this week . . .  Just need to stick with it I suppose.

Day 60

Weight: 12 st 7.6 lbs
Weight loss: 0.6 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.8 lbs in 3 days
Weight loss to date: 25.4 lbs in 59 days

Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: Pack of flame-grilled barbecue chicken; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet pepsi

Dinner: Prawn, bean and pepper galette omelette; 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Weight-loss - yay!!

Day 59

Weight: 12 st 8.2 lbs
Weight gain: 0.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.2 lbs in 2 days
Weight loss to date: 24.8 lbs in 58 days

Breakfast: 1 apricot mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 5 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: Salmon teriyaki; oat-bran galette; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Well, I suppose if I'm going to eat sandwiches and cake this is what I should expect.  I've had a good day today, so hopefully I'll retrieve the position tomorrow.

Day 58

Weight: 12 st 7.8 lbs
Weight loss: 0.6 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.6 lbs in 1 day
Weight loss to date: 25.2 lbs in 57 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; hot chocolate

Lunch: 2.5 slices of bread; egg mayonnaise; tuna mayonnaise; prawn salad; cottage cheese; chicken and roasted vegetable kebab; 1 small iced sponge cake; grapes; glass of water

Dinner: turkey and vegetable stir-fry; oat-bran galette; vanilla yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Pleased with the weight-loss, takes me back to where I was a couple of days back.  Work buffet lunch today - over-indulged by one sandwich and the cake - oh and succumbed to the hot chocolate as well.  There was more of everything so did impose some self-restraint! 

Day 57

 

Weight: 12 st 8.4 lbs 

Weight gain: 0.4 lbs

Weight loss this week: 3.4 lbs in 7 days (week 8)

Weight loss to date: 24.6 lbs in 56 days

Time for a photo-check - here's Day 1 to Day 57 - must say I feel quite pleased with that - you can't really see it here, but the trousers only just stay up now!

And what did I eat today?

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 6 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: 2 home-made beefburgers; oat-bran galette; glass of squash

Verdict: Not too unhappy, despite having put some weight on (did have a lot of cucumber yesterday and maybe my body is hanging on to all that cucumber water content) - all in all pleased with a 3.4 lb weight-loss - wish every week was like this!  Walked in to work today so got some good exercise so hopefully the weight will soon come back off again.  And of course - the photos are very inspiring!  Still a long way to go, but I can see the results - I don't wear those trousers any more, and have liberated 4 pairs of trousers / shorts from the too small / tight drawer.  Hopefully week 9 will at least make my 2 lb target - although I do have a work buffet to face tomorrow . . .

Day 56

Weight: 12 st 8 lbs
Weight gain: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 3.8 lbs in 6 days
Weight loss to date: 25 lbs in 55 days

Breakfast: strawberry yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: 1 home-made turkey burger; tomatoes, and cucumber quark salad; mug of tea

Dinner: chicken and mushroom stir-fry; oat-bran galette; diet coke

Verdict: Well it couldn't last forever - not too upset - hopefully won't put more on tomorrow though!

Day 55

Weight: 12 st 7.8 lbs

Weight loss: 0.2 lbs

Weight loss this week: 4 lbs in 5 days

Weight loss to date: 25.2 lbs in 54 days

Breakfast: 4 seafood sticks; mug of tea

Lunch: tuna omelette; cottage cheese; tomato sauce; mug of tea

Dinner: chilli prawns; oat-bran galette; 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Well that takes me to 4lb for the week, and hopefully demonstrates some consolidation of the weight loss as well.  Still 2 days to go though . . .

Day 54

Weight: 12 st 8 lbs
Weight loss: 1.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 3.8 lbs in 4 days
Weight loss to date: 25 lbs in 53 days

Breakfast: 1 raspberry and cranberry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 6 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Dinner:2  home-made turkey burger; small portion of boiled potatoes from the garden; vanilla yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Wow - wasn't expecting today's weigh-loss.  Beginning to think it's all too good to be true.  Have a feeling I might put some on tomorrow, but we'll see - just to long as it isn't much won't be too unhappy.

Day 53

Weight: 12 st 9.4 lbs
Weight loss: 0.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 2.4 lbs in 3 days
Weight loss to date: 23.6 lbs in 52 days

Breakfast: 1 mandarin mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: pack of flame-grilled chicken pieces; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: chilli chicken; onion bhaji galette; glass of squash

Verdict: Maintaining that weight-loss - hoping for more!

Day 52

Weight: 12 st 9.8 lbs
Weight loss: 1.8 lbs
Weight loss this week: 2 lbs in 2 days
Weight loss to date: 23.2 lbs in 51 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 4 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: salmon steak; oat-bran galette; diet coke; small glass of red wine

Verdict: So nice to see the scales go down properly - feeling really motivated, especially as I found I could get into some trousers that were too tight a few weeks ago!  Finished the wine that was leftover from Saturday - hopefully that won't upset things for tomorrow.

Day 51

Weight: 12 st 11.6 lbs
Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.2 lbs in 1 day
Weight loss to date: 21.4 lbs in 50 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 4 seafood sticks; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Dinner: chicken and vegetable stir-fry; oat-bran galette; glass of squash; small glass of red wine

Verdict: Not displeased, it's at least another weight-loss.  No problems sticking to the diet - only had the wine because it was leftover from Saturday - and made it a small glass at that. 

Day 50

Weight: 12 st 11.8 lbs
Weight loss: 0.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.6 lbs in 7 days (week 7)
Weight loss to date: 21.2 lbs in 49 days

Breakfast: 4 seafood sticks; strawberry yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 2 seafood sticks; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Snack: 2 seafood sticks

Dinner: smoked salmon omelette; home-made potato rosti; glass of squash

Verdict: Can't say I'm unhappy with 0.6 lbs weight loss this week - given the indulgence at the weekend.  Did have some potatoes from the garden today but it didn't amount to more than 2 smallish examples so hopefully that will be ok.  Here's hoping for a good week of weight loss ahead!

Day 49

Weight: 12 st 12.2 lbs
Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.2 lbs in 6 days
Weight loss to date: 20.8 lbs in 48 days

Brunch: smoked salmon and scrambled egg; strawberry yoghurt; glass of squash

Dinner: prawn galette; 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict:  Suffering from yesterday's alcoholic over-indulgence . . .  pleased with the weigh-in anyway, hopefully can lose a little more tomorrow, and at least register some weight-loss over the week.

Day 48

Weight: 12 st 12.4 lbs
Weight loss: 0.6 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0 lbs in 5 days
Weight loss to date: 20.6 lbs in 47 days

Breakfast: 4 seafood sticks; mug of tea

Lunch: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Snack: oat-bran galette; fried egg; tomato sauce

Dinner: 1 mini onion bhaji; 1 forkful of chicken chaat; saag paneer; chana massala; boiled rice; 1/2 naan; 1.5 pints of cider; 2 bacardi and diet coke; 2/3 bottle of red wine

Verdict:  Had hoped to lose a little more but never mind - did weigh myself later in the day (after a snooze) and I was down below 12 12 so it may all just have been timing . . .  Of course the subsequent indulgence isn't likely to help.  Did enjoy my curry, and a few drinks, although should perhaps have stopped ourselves having another glass of wine when we got home.

Day 47

Weight: 12 st 13 lbs
Weight gain: 1 lb
Weight gain this week: 0.6 lbs in 4 days
Weight loss to date: 20 lbs in 46 days

Breakfast: 1 vanilla mullerlight yoghurt

Lunch: 2 slices of brown bread; egg mayonniase; chicken salad; grapes; glass of water

Dinner: turkey and vegetable stir-fry; oat-bran galette; glass of squash

Verdict: Well at least the weight gain wasn't unexpected - and I still came in below the 13 st mark.  Hoping to lose some of that extra pound tomorrow, despite the work buffet!

Day 46

Weight: 12 st 12 lbs
Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.4 lbs in 3 days
Weight loss to date: 21 lbs in 45 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: 6 seafood sticks; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt

Dinner: boiled rice; 8 chips; 6 prawn crackers; orange chicken; chicken with mushroom in black bean sauce; chicken with cashew nuts; beef satay; 1 small glass of red wine; pint of squash

Verdict:  Disappointed with the level of weight-loss still, especially going in to today's planned over-indulgence - had hoped for a little more to cushion me tomorrow.  The Chinese was really nice, did try to cut back - boiled rice rather than egg-fried, and kept my portion sizes down (I think) - the red wine was nice too!  We'll see what that means for tomorrow - hope it doesn't put me too far over the 13 st mark again!

Day 45

Weight: 12 st 12.2 lbs
Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0.2 lbs in 2 days
Weight loss to date: 20.8 lbs in 44 days

Breakfast: 1 banana custard mullerlight yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: pack of flame-grilled chicken slices; vanilla yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: home-made turkey and cottage cheese burgers; oat-bran galette; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: Little disappointed at only having lost 0.2 lbs this morning - was hoping for better.  Especially given that this is not going to be a good week for the diet - we've a family dinner tomorrow night (Chinese takeaway) - there's another work buffet on Friday - and finally we're having that celebration curry (for having made it below 13 stone / 17 stone) on Saturday.  At this rate I'm going to be back above 13 stone by then!  

Day 44

Weight: 12 st 12.4 lbs
Weight loss: 0 lbs
Weight loss this week: 0 lbs in 1 day
Weight loss to date: 20.6 lbs in 43 days

Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal bread; 1/2 slice of white bread; tuna mayonnaise; roasted veg; egg mayonnaise; glass of water

Dinner: pack of grilled chicken slices; carrots and reduced fat houmous; vanilla yoghurt; diet pepsi

Verdict: Very early start this morning - before 5am - so not displeased with a static weigh-in.  Meeting in London today so was faced with the dreaded buffet - well just sarnies on this occasion, managed to restrain myself.  Late train back again - got my food courtesy of M&S at Birmingham station - succumbed to the carrots and houmous.  Overall a very long day (got in at 23:45) - hence the late blog entry.

Day 43

Weight: 12 st 12.4 lbs
Weight gain: 0.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 1.8 lbs in 7 days (week 6)
Weight loss to date: 20.6 lbs in 42 days

Breakfast: 1 summer fruits yoghurt; glass of water

Lunch: pack of flame-grilled chicken slices; 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; diet coke

Dinner: prawn galette; cottage cheese; strawberry yoghurt; diet coke

Verdict: What can I say - darn it.  Must be philosophical.  Don't feel like it's worth taking a photo, given that I've only lost 2.8 lbs in the last 2 weeks, so am going to leave it until next week at least.

Day 42

Weight: 12 st 12 lbs
Weight loss: 0.4 lbs
Weight loss this week: 2.2 lbs in 6 days
Weight loss to date: 21 lbs in 41 days

Breakfast: 1 cherry mullerlight yoghurt; mug of tea

Lunch: cottage cheese omelette; mug of tea

Dinner: beef, carrot and potato stew; vanilla yoghurt; glass of squash

Verdict: That's one and a half stones gone - yay!  Did indulge in potatoes today - not many - just a very small selection from the garden (got to do something with them) - so hopefully that won't affect tomorrow's weight-loss too much.