Okay, its confession time… I had a very bad weekend food-wise. By bad weekend, I mean bad. On Friday, after having a Slimming World friendly breakfast and lunch, I consumed the following:
- One ham sandwich on white bread
- 6 pints of beer
- Half a bottle of medium wine
- About 10 items from a sharing platter – including pitta bread, breaded mushrooms and deep fried rubbish
- 1 packet of jelly beans
- 1 packet of cheese and onion McCoy crisps
- 1 sausage butty (they were syntactic sausages).
…Oh dear. That looks so bad in black and white, but it gets worse…
Not content with ruining my Friday. I went on to eat the following on Saturday:
- 1 Greggs tuna crunch baguette
- 1 packet of cheese and onion squares
- A lot of random crap at my friend’s house -- including Haribo, salt and sweet popcorn, Doritos, hummus, Tahini Dip, Pringles…
Now I have managed to turn it around and Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (today) have been Slimming World friendly.
However, I am missing this week’s weigh in as I am in London with work between Wednesday and Thursday. Missing weigh in is far from ideal, but I am also worried about being let loose in London on expenses and completely blowing the diet.
I have thought of a few things I can do to help prevent a meltdown. Here are my ideas:
- Take sachets of porridge with me and have these, topped with fruit as for breakfasts. I can cook these in the office each day
- Go to the local deli and ask for a plain baked potato, with beans and an undressed side salad for lunch
- Take some Mug Shots along for a quick, easy and filling Slimming World snack
- Go to Pizza Express for my tea. Pizzas in the Leggera range have 12.5 syns in them
- Use the hotel gym on both nights
- Make sure I stick to diet coke and don’t hit the wine. It all goes wrong when wine is added into the equation…
I would love to go back to class next week with another 5lb loss. That would equate to 2.5lb a week. Obviously, after my weekend slips it may not be possible, but it is something to aim for.
Has anybody got any hints, tips or fast food ideas that might help me along?
Sounds pretty much how my bad days go. I wishi ahd more control but sometimes I can't help it especially if alcohol and platters are involved.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you've got London figured out. Will you get breakfast in the hotel?If so you could ask them to do boiled eggs for you and have some beans with it. Sometimes they have fruit salad and continental section where you could have some cold meats. Many hotels I've been in also do mullerlights or low fat yoghurts.
I would also take some sachets of cadburys highlights for a chocolate fix.
If you get bored with diet coke you could have soda water and ask them to put a few slices of lemon or limes in. Or take your own little bottle of sugar free cordial.
Thanks for your tips Gem. I don't normaly have breakfast in the hotel as I have to pay for it and then expense it back. Often breakfast is around £25 and I always think that is too much to pay, even if I do get it back in the end. That said, I have never stayed at this place before, so I will see how much it is and possibly go for it, as I think your breakfast ideas are good ones.
DeleteI am going to take some sugar free cordial too!
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