Day 17 of 21

Didn't follow the book today.

Well, I started off by the book.

My favourite Bran & Cranberry Muesli.

Then a friend came out for the day, and

rather than try to explain my eating patterns,

I reverted to 'normal' eating.

Morning tea was a couple of corn thins with cheese & tomato.

Lunch was a Ham & Salad sandwich,

with some grapes to follow.

Tea was Fillet steak with Salad.

No major food issues,

just not by the 'book'.

Day 17, done and dusted!

Seventeen down, four to go.

Day 16 of 21

I tend to be swapping and changing my daily menu a little to suit my mood.

I replaced this morning's Banana & Passionfruit Smoothie

with

Bran & Cranberry Muesli.

It's a really enjoyable breakfast, Wallace had the same.

It's not only nice to eat, but keeps you satisfied right through until lunch.

They suggest in the book that you can use this muesli as a 'go-to' breakfast

if you don't feel like the recommended meal.

I think I'll have it again tomorrow.

I went to town today for supplies.

I did have the Caesar Salad as per plan

but don't have a photo.

It was good.  And a large serve.

Dinner was a real treat.

Moussaka Stack with Lemon-Yoghurt Dressing.

Absolutely delicious.

No walking.

I'd really been enjoying the walking, but wet weather continues

to make it just too sloppy to be worthwhile.

I've no doubt there'll be plenty of dry days ahead of us.

I'll catch up then.

Day 16, done and dusted!

Sixteen down, five to go.

Day 15 of 21

A little under the weather today, I had only a taste of scrambled egg for breakfast.

Lunch was to be a tuna, celery and dill sandwich.

Partly due to the fact that I need to fit in a town trip to replenish dietary supplies, and even more due to the fact that hams were smoked and cooked here yesterday, I substituted a Ham & Salad sanga for the prescribed tuna, celery & dill.

Dinner was Mustard Chicken with Potato Smash.

A fancy term for mashed potato with a little corn and spring onion thrown in.

A good day food wise, but drizzly rain prevented me walking again.

Day 15, done & dusted!

Fifteen days down, six to go.

Week 2 Weigh-In

1.6 kg loss for this week.

Hooray!

Day 14 of 21

After another monumental slip-up this evening, with an unexpected visit from one of the neighbours I'm nowhere near as much looking forward to tomorrow morning's weigh-in.

In a hurry to get back for post-ball clean-up this morning, I enjoyed some of last week's muesli for breakfast

instead of the recommended asparagus and scrambled eggs.

Which I've no doubt would have been lovely,

but time was of the essence.

Lunch was a very enjoyable Thai Prawn Salad

and then the best laid of plans

turned awry

with the arrival of one particularly wonderful neighbour.

Dinner was home grown pork cutlets with pototo bake and rocket/kumara salad.

And maybe a few too many drinks.

I wlil upadte second weak way-in tomorwwo moorning.

Day 14, done & dusted!

Fourteen down, seven to go.

Day 13 of 21

A little sidetracked last night with a most important social function in our small local town.

I therefore missed dinner from my wonder-plan, and indulged in a few drinks and some rather naughty canapes.

Breakfast and lunch did however meet requirements.

Breakfast was flat mushrooms with a dollop of a ricotta cheese mixture.

Beautiful for this mushroom fan.

Lunch was a pumpkin, corn and chicken curry with brown rice.

I did divert somewhat from the recipe, using a lovely red curry paste for the base.

Delicious.

And so I'm feeling a little deflated that I had a few drinks, but I always knew this would happen.

Back into Day 14 with a vengence.

People are actually commenting on my weight loss now

... which is nice!

Day 13, done and dusted!

Thirteen down, eight to go!

Day 12 of 21

People who don't drink are really missing out on some fantastic Friday nights.

In fact I'm not sure how they even know it's Friday.

All that said, I managed to get through my second Friday evening drinks-free.

Tough, but it's done.

Breakfast was to be the Bran & Cranberry Muesli (from last week) with sliced pear and yoghurt.

I passed on the pear and yoghurt and substituted half a banana.

Beautiful.

It's a surprisingly small serve, only 1/3 of a cup, yet is amazingly satisfying.

Lunch was a fairly stock standard egg sandwich.

The chives I was to add to the mashed egg mix, were a slimy mess in the bottom of my fridge.

Pass.

I also used multigrain bread instead of rye.

And dinner was beautiful.

So good, the kids had the same.

Ham, Tomato and Rocket Pizza.

Very tasty.

Couldn't walk today due to inclement conditions

...again!

Am drinking a lot of water, and really miss it when I don't.

Day 12, done and dusted!

Twelve down, nine to go.