S is for Starving!

If I thought that I has hungry for food after my walk yesterday, then I was famished today! As per yesterday & the day before, I didn't eat until I returned from my walk. I actually think that I feel better walking on an empty stomach - I don't feel like I'm weighted down. Today I had barely got in the door & I was heaving pans around so I could have some brekkie.



Even after that, when I felt that I should have been full, I wasn't! There were mild hungry pangs going on until 1pm when I succumbed & had a couple more eggs & a cheese sandwhich.



I don't know what Im doing differently because by 5.30pm, I was really looking forward to dinner. It's just as well that I usually eat my meal with the kids because I was wanting it tonight. Nothing flash though!



Even that hasn't completely done it for me, so once I leave my post, i'll be going for a bowl of berries.

I'm very happy to say that my new jeans didn't shrink in the wash - and I didn't grow either. It feels absolutely great to be wearing sz12 jeans! I despaired of ever being this size - not when I was a sz22 (and nearly sz24!) that's for sure.

E is for Empty

Seeing as I managed to go for a 7km walk yesterday before I had anything to eat, I decided to try it again this morning. Well, I got about 1km from home (my dd's school to be precise) and I was hungry! My belly didn't start to maon in earnest until I had just past the same bakery that I mentioned yesterday (wind must have been blowing in the opposite direction). By the time I got home, I was really looking forward to some breakfast.

3 eggs & 2 slices of bacon at around 10:20am



I was kind of curious to see how far I could actually go on that meal, so decided not to eat until I was hungry. At around 3pm I was feeling a little peckish and was eyeing up some nuts. I obviously wasn't hungry enough though as I left them alone (small miracle). By 5pm, the rumbly belly had set in, but I didn't eat until 5:45pm

It looks attrocious, but it's hard to take good photo's of lamb neck chops! I made a blue cheese gravy with some of the stock/cooking juice that was left in the pot. Kind of full after that effort!



I bought some size 12 jeans yesterday! I have had trouble finding jeans that fit me in the past. If they fitted around my legs, they didn't fit around my waist (usually with a great pocket at the back were I could store all manner of things (due to the shape of my back I guess). So yesterday I go into a store to try on some sz12 jeans - more for a laugh because I didn't beleive that they would actually fit - but what do you know! so I bought 2 pair (major splurge). Now I only hope that they haven't shrunk in the wash.....

Laziness - the proof's in the pudding!

Yay, both my kids are back at school! ok, so kindy for one & school for the other, but I'm sure you knew what I meant.

I decided to give breakfast a miss this morning & see how I managed a walk on nothing but a cup of tea & some water. My belly rumbled a few times when I walked past a bakery, but I managed to get home without diving in there for sustenance.
I then managed to get showered & the dishes done before my stomach got the better of me. I should warn you, that all today's pics are actually ones that have been taken on other days & posted then & I'm using them again now - just because I can't be stuffed going through the process of mucking around with images tonight - sorry.

This was my breakfast - at 10:45 this morning



Lunch was the same as yesterday - blue cheese & avocado ham rolls. I figured that seeing as I had some fresh ham in the fridge, it was better eaten than going old and yuck.



....and dinner



In a few minutes, I'm going to have some berries, then it might be time for a cuppa & then lights out - there's not much worth watching on tv tonight.



No chocolate tonight though, I forgot that - along with a few other things with the shopping yesterday.

19/4/2010

As promised, my day started out with a nice plate of Fish Porridge. One egg does not make a breakfast & I couldn't think of any alternatives.



After scouting the supermarket & trying to fill the trolley (I forgot to make a list), I decided to have a salad for lunch. Once I got home, I realised that there were only 'manky' cherry tomatoes in the fridge & I didn't want those in my salad.... so I didn't have salad. Yup, I cut off my nose to spite my face too. So I put some components of my proposed salad together & I wound up with blue cheese & avocado ham rolls. Very nice. Might have those again tomorrow too!



Whaddaya know, there's green's on my plate tonight! I must be sick! Has there been a green on my plate in the last week? I'm actually struggling to recall exactly when the last time was that I had something green on my plate!.
Some cauli hash spiked with chilli, sauteed spinach with a little garlic and of course - a steak.



Followed by some dessert...

EggFest

Ohlala, have I eaten eggs today - 7 eggs could be somewhat of a record for me.

I neglected to think before eating this morning, but my breakfast of 2 eggs and 3 slices of bacon was very yum - thankyou very much.

I did however, take a photo of what I think perfect bacon should look like - at least in my opinion anyway. I mean, how can that lovely layer of fat be bad for you? Remember people, fat is a nutritional supplement afterall!



More eggs for lunch - there was fat still in the pan from breakfast, so I used that too cook these babies in.



Oh and by the way; more eggs for dinner! I did have steak & mushrooms too though.



That only leaves me one egg for the morning, so I might go with fish porridge instead.
I wasn't hungry after dinner, but still felt like I needed something sweetish so out came a square of Lindt 85% to accompany my cup of tea.



It's a good thing that it's shopping day tomorrow - I'm not only low on eggs, I'm getting low on chocolate & decent meat too.

What Came First?

The Chicken or The Egg?
'cause I had both!

A breakfast of the left over chicken from lunch yesterday + 2 eggs.



Lunch was a mushroom & cheese omlette. I had some parmesan floating around in the fridge so I tossed that in with the egg mixture, then added some grated mild cheddar & some mushrooms that I had pre-cooked.



At about 4pm, I decided that I needed to munch on something while I had my cup of tea.



We had dinner at the MIL's tonight, so there is no pic. I decided that taking photo's of food in my own home was ok, but doing so in another person's home probably wasn't. I had probably about 1/2 a cup of broccoli, a good serve of panfried mushrooms and some steak.

I'm thinking that I might have a bowl of mixed berries a bit later, maybe with a splash of cream.... oh, and maybe a square of Lindt 85% chocolate too. I'm not sure if a photo of that will get posted, but just so you know, the bowl is about 1/3 cup size and the berries are a mixture of blueberry, raspberry,blackberry & boysenberry.

I'm Back!

Not that I've actually been anywhere, I've just been distracted & today has been the first in a while where I've remembered to take pics of ALL my meals.

Breakfast - 3 fried eggs. Nice. Quick. Easy.



Lunch was a bit of a cheats job. 1/2 a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. There is actually a small piece left over so I'll probably have that with my eggs in the morning.



Dinner & my eyes were bigger than my belly. 2 pork chops with mushroom sauce & a side of pumpkin. I ate the meat first (naturally!) then had some of the pumpkin but could not finish it all.