Chicken and Chips

Bad Week

2010-01-21T15:34:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted much this week as I have had a bad bad week. It started on Saturday, had a great weigh in, lost 3lbs, however, went out that evening with Mr C's sister and husband for a curry and a few vino's, well A LOT of vino's. The next day had a toasted cheese sandwich for the hangover, tut tut tut. On Monday it was a friends birthday, so went to another friend's house for a curry and a few more glasses of vino plus some chocolate cake, which I worked out to be 600 calories per slice! OMG!!!!

So this week I have been trying to claw back the calories, I still have 208 to claw back for the weigh in on Saturday. BUT my parents are coming up this weekend so more food and vino. My mid-week weigh-in indicated that I have stayed the same. This is the best I can hope for this week. If I stay the same, I will be pleased. :)

Weigh in

2010-01-16T04:44:00.000-08:00

This week, I have lost 3lb, my weight is now 8st 10. Whooo hooo. I am really pleased with this weight loss. I have been really concentrating on recording all my calories, hopefully I will carry this through to the end of the diet. I will be concentrating on my fitness and exercise, then the combination will help maintain this weight loss. I am aware that it is difficult to lose 2-3lb every week. So I will be happy with a 1lb loss next week. :)

Going out for an Indian tonight, will be having a few drinkies too, so no snacks for me today and just soup (no bread) for lunch! Having tandoori chicken as it is a dry dish with no cream or ghee! Have planned to have 2 glasses of wine and 2 vodka's with slimline tonic! Wish me luck! x x

Week 2 Day 2

2010-01-11T15:06:00.001-08:00

Hi,

Just a quick one from me, went over my cals yesterday by 9 and today by 22, so need to keep an eye on things this wee. Haven't been food shopping yet this week which means I am living off what we have an the canteen shop at work. :(

Sunday

B: Peanut butter on wholemeal bread, coffee
L: Leftover Indian Take Away, which was Tandoori chicken and rice.
D: Roast Beef, roast pots, roast parsnips, carrots and brocolli, glass of wine.

Water: 2 ltrs

Monday

B: Brunch bar, didn't get up for breakfast again ;(
L: Roast beef sandwich, on wholemeal bread, snack a jacks (cream cheese and onion).
S: Malteasers, naughty naughty - pshed me over my cals.
D: Pork steak, wholegrain rice, carrots and brocolli.

Water: 2 ltrs.

Will try harder tomorrow.

Week 1 - 1 lb lost

2010-01-09T02:19:00.000-08:00

Usually I would be a bit pee'd off with only losing a 1lb but I know know that you need to burn 3500 cals to lose 1lb. That is a lot of cals to sacrifice or to burn through exercise. So I am happy. However, last week I broke myself into the whole diet thing, not weighing everything I ate and I only exercised for 3 times a week. So this week I will be exercising more and being much more strict with myself when it comes to writing everything down and weighing all by pasta/rice/veg's etc.

Woohooo 8st 13! In the 8st bracket again!

Whoa Day 6 - Weigh in on Sat :(

2010-01-07T15:31:00.001-08:00

Hello, a late one tonight as I have been to my dance class. Today has been OK, not great on the food front but OK.

Breakfast - Brunch bar and coffee
Lunch - Roast pork and apple sauce sandwich, an apple and salt and vinegar french fries. Water
Dinner - 1 fajita (all I could afford calories wise).

A glass of Port... :(

OMG I have made it to day 5!!!!

2010-01-06T10:57:00.000-08:00

Yes that is day 5, day 5 of sticking to my calorie allowance and 2 days of exercise. I am going to do EA active again tonight so that makes 3 days of exercise. :) Feeling pleased with myself. I just hope the scales reward me on Saturday.

Diet today:

Breakfast: Wheat malts (45g) with semi-skimmed milk (50mL)
Lunch: Roast pork, apple sauce and salad sandwich (wholemeal bread), raspberry jelly and a braeburn apple.
Dinner: Spaghetti bolognese. (light dolmio sauce)

Drinks: 4 cups of coffee, 2 lts water.

Treats: 1 Thornton's choc. Almost finished all my Xmas chocs.

Exercise: Hoovering (15mins) EA active (30mins)

Snow

2010-01-06T00:52:00.000-08:00

Yay, we finally got a day of snow. It is coming down thick and fast this morning. Mr Chicken has decided to work from home, so am I. There is no point putting more cars on the road, is there? :)

So this is good news for me as I have had breakfast and will be able to do some exercise as well as do some cleaning today whilst I am ahem, working from home. Will see if I can mange to get some piccies up on here. Haven't managed to figure that one out yet. Hehe. x x

Diets

2010-01-05T12:11:00.000-08:00

As expected we are being bombarded with new 'celeb' diets, I see we have Camilla dallerup doing the GMTV diet. Didn't she have to leave the jungle because she was underweight and couldn't cope with the food rationing? Great role model there ..... please. I also see that Hannah Waterman has dropped 6 dress sizes in 5 months. That sounds like a healthy way to loose weight. I am watching 'My Big Fat Diet' and it is not that bad, it is showing people how many calories there are in everyday food and it is quite an eye opener. They are having 1200 calories a day for two weeks, which sounds OK maybe a bit low if they are exercising too.

My day has gone well, I really need to work on breakfast, I am considering porriage especially in the winter.

Breakfast: Bruch bar and coffee
Lunch: Ham salad sandwich on wholemeal bread, apple and strawberry jelly.
Dinner: Spicy tomato and bacon penne pasta.

Cals: 1079.

Carbs - 53%
Protein - 15%
Fat - 32%

Almost matching the weight loss resources recommended ratio!

I am doing the EA active on the Wii again today!

Ouch!

2010-01-04T14:02:00.000-08:00

I am really disappointed this evening :( I have done well on the food front but was planning on doing some exercise this evening, however I have got some chili on my ladybits and have spent 2 hours in the bath and its still hurting! :( I can't believe it, I am in so much pain and I feel gutted that I haven't exercised. I didn't manage breakfast this morning either :(

Breakfast - A brunch bar and a coffee.
Lunch - Ham salad sandwich, a strawberry jelly and an apple. 500mL water.
Dinner - Thai fishcakes and salad. 500mL water.

Snacks - Thornton's caramel sweet and a kinda santa.

Ouch, ouch, ouch!!!!!!!!!!

Chicken Saag - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm

2010-01-03T10:54:00.000-08:00

This is the best curry I have made, I have adapted the recipe from one I found on recipezar, a brilliant source of recipes. The recipe makes 2 generous sized portions.

Ingredients

2 medium onions chopped
4 gloves of garlic finely chopped
1 inch of ginger finely chopped
1 can of chopped tomatoes (440g)
Baby spinach chopped (140g)
Chicken thighs roughly chopped (400g)
4 tablespoons of semi-skimmed milk
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of ground tumeric
1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander
1 teaspoon of garam masala
2 cardamon pods
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of olive oil

Method

1. Brown the chicken in the olive oil ( I use a large heavy based pan)
2. Remove the chicken and drain away any excess oil/fat from the chicken
3. Wilt the spinach down in a separate pan and strain.
4. Add half the onions and all of the tinned tomatoes to a blender and blend until you have a smooth paste.
5. Fry the onions, garlic and ginger in a small amount of oil in the pan you used for browning the chicken until golden brown.
6. Add the tomato and onion paste to the onions and garlic.
7. Add the salt, coriander, cayenne pepper, cardamon pods and turmeric and cook for 10 mins on a low heat. (I cover the pan at this point)
8. Add the chicken and milk and cook for 10 mins on a low heat.
9. Add the spinach and garam masala and cook for a further 15 mins.

Serve with rice and/or naan bread.

Day Two

2010-01-03T10:47:00.001-08:00

He he, been here before but this time it will get past Day Two!!

I was so sore today, my ass hurts so much I can hardly sit down on it. So I have decided to have a day off from exercising but I did manage to persuade the other half to go for a 3 mile walk. Got up really late (11.30) so breakfast and lunch were kinda intermingled and only had a snack of nuts after the walk and proceeded onto dinner.

Breakfast/lunch - Malt wheat's (45g) and semi skimmed milk (50mL)

Snack - 28 g of dry roasted peanuts.

Dinner - Chicken Saag with rice and a small naan bread - this is a lovely recipe, best curry I have made from scratch.

Drinks - 3 cups of coffee with semi-skimmed milk and 3 glasses of water.

Also, made my sandwiches ready for tomorrow, not looking forward to going back to work! I am going to miss Mr CM so so much.

EA active, no make that EA death!

2010-01-02T06:10:00.000-08:00

Oh my, oh my.

Today marked the start of the diet and exercise regime. The postie bought me a new present today so I thought I would give it a go, well it almost finished me off!!! I am still red faced, 40 mins later. EA active is tough and I thought it would be another of those faddy Wii games that don't do much. Maybe I am out of practice and in time it will get repetitive and easy. We will have to see. Anyway, I burnt 174 cals which can only be good.

Diet:

B - 45g of wheat cereal, 50 mL semi-skimmed milk. 2 coffee's
L - Heinz tomato soup and two slices of wholemeal bread and spread. 1 pint of water.
D - 1/2 a rack of lamb, roast potatoes and parsnips, brocolli and carrots. 1 pint of water.

2010

2010-01-01T07:38:00.000-08:00

Well here it is New Years Day, and I am writing the inevitable new year post. Bet you can't guess the theme?? It is of course the DIET, the FITNESS and the NEW ME post!!!!!

So how am I going to achieve this, well with regular exercise and eating properly of course. Duh.

My diet for today, crisps and chocolate :) I am nursing the hangover from hell and cannot be arsed to make anything to eat, so its whatever I can grab. But I am sitting here making a plan and thinking about the future.

Life sucks at the moment, but somehow I have to get through the shit and make it to 2011, hopefully fitter and slimmer.

Updated measurements - Oh er.

2009-10-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

OK, just a quick post to post my stats.

Weight - 8 st 11
Biceps - 10 in
Waist - 30 in
Waist at belly button line - 33 in
Hips - 37 in
Thigh - 21 in

That's it. A bit disappointed I only lost a lb this week, but it's better than putting on!

Meet Harry

2009-10-13T12:49:00.001-07:00

Hello brave blog followers!

In August 2009 I got my tortoise, he is a horsfield tortoise and is called Harry, short for Haribo!

Here is a pic...

Diet and fitness wise, well I am still 8 stone 12 :( but I am being a LOT LOT more strict with myself and am exercising every day. Hopefully next week I will have some positive news.... please please pretty please.

What an idiot!!!

2009-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:00

Yes, I am referring to myself, I am a complete an utter idiot. I maintained again this week, despite sticking to my calories and doing 4 half hour sessions of exercise. So as you may expect I was really really really disappointed and upset. Anyway, today I had a look on the side of my favourite drink......

no not wine.....

Tesco High Juice blackcurrant squash, it might as well be wine, at least I would enjoy all those calories I was consuming. So on top of my calories I have eaten I have also drank around 450 Cal's a day in juice..

At least I know now, size 8 here I come.... :)

Crapping my pants

2009-10-11T14:52:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Well Tuesday 9 am marks the time and date of the my second year PhD viva. Monday sees me with my head buried in my books and trying to convince myself that, yes I know what I am doing, and yes, it is important. Am I convincing you yet??

I guess feeling nauseous helps with the diet? :D

On a lighter note, how the hell did those twins make it onto next weeks show. :rolleyes:

Hope everyone had a fabulouso weekend, I know I did. hehe x x

Resurrection!!!!!

2009-10-07T00:44:00.000-07:00

Tick to'ck, tick to'ck...............

The big 30 is looming .... arrrrgggghhhh.

Hello,

Well after a severe period of absence I have decided to return to my blog spot and resurrect this bad boy. The motivation? Well it's only 52 days till my birthday and I am determined to have shifted at least half a stone by then. This means I am going to have to get tough on my ass and take this thing seriously.

So, I have finally started using weight loss resources properly and am logging all my food and exercise. The only negative thing is, I have been ILL!! Dom, dom, dom!!!!! Which means the exercise has been on hold. I am however, doing fairly well on the food front. I have started their Christmas challenge, which is a great motivational tool. Who knows, I may even be able to stick to this!

Anyway, enough about the diet, how fricken funny was 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' last night? I know it's trash TV but I love it. Tables were flying, ladies were screaming, the claws were out. I was really hoping for some wrestling but sadly no. :)

Wedding plans? Don't even go there, anyone have suggestions for a work shy H2B?? I think I need a rocket.

Now, down to business;

Weight - 8 st 11 (yes I am in the 8 st category, but at the wrong end!)
Height - 5ft 2 (surprisingly this doesn't change)

I will take some measurement this evening and post later.

TTFN, Claire x x x

Day Three

2009-07-30T01:53:00.000-07:00

Ooops well I missed posting yesterday as I had a mountain of ironing to do :yawn: It took me 2 hours to get through it all and I still haven't finished, gah I hate coming home from holiday!

Breakfast - Nak'd bar coc loca (yum) (243 kcals)

Lunch - Chicken salad sandwich and fruit salad (400 Kcals)

Snack - Apple (40 Kcals)

Dinner - Chicken couscous salad (400 Kcals)

Treat - small glass of white wine (100 Kcals)

Total - 1200 Kcals (minus drinks)

Exercise -None, was feeling a bit sore. Does the 2 hours ironing count??

Day Two

2009-07-28T13:18:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - pink smoothie (100 Kcal)

Snack - Nak'd bar (100 Kcal)

Lunch - Chicken salad sandwich (300 Kcals) and an apple (62 Kcals)

Dinner - Chicken balti, rice and 1/3 naan bread. (540 Kcals)

Total - 1100 Kcals (minus drinks)

Exercise - 1/2 hour on wii fit.

Day One of Proper Diet :)

2009-07-27T09:36:00.001-07:00

Hello,

I have been absent for a few days as we have had a busy weekend, a couple of hours work on Saturday and then the future parents in law came over on Sunday - means that I haven't posted. Managed to get to Tesco on Saturday, so picked up everything I needed for my diet this week.

Breakfast: Pink Smoothie - juice of two oranges, half a pomegrate and half a banana. (100 kcals)

Lunch: Chicken salad sandwhich, 2 slices wholemeal bread, 1 tomato, 5 slices of cucumber, salad leaves. (300 kcals approx), half a N'kd bar (100 kcals)

Snack: 1 raw carrot (????)

Dinner: Crispy Chicken and homemade calslaw, (300 kcals)

Pudding: 1 Peach, 8 strawberries, 1 bannana and yoghurt (200 kcals)

Drinks; 2 cups of coffee with milk, 4 glasses of water, 1 herbal tea.

Total: 1000 kcals (without drinks)

Exercise: 45 mins of wii 'My fitness Coach'

Any thoughts on diet or exercise, please let me know.

Thanks for reading!

Day Two

2009-07-22T14:18:00.000-07:00

Diet is not going well, haven't been to the supermarket so am eating out of the freezer at the moment, I have, however, started drinking more water and substituted my usual morning coffee for 500mL of water and my lunchtime diet coke for 1L of the pure stuff. I have my cookery books ready so plan to make a shopping list tomorrow evening.

I have also done my Wii fitness coach tonight, only half an hour as the half an hour I did last night almost killed me. Whilst doing it I noticed that my belly sticks out further than my boobs. It really is a sorry state of affairs.

I thought I was going to die!!!!!

2009-07-21T14:32:00.000-07:00

I have just completed my first Wii workout since the holiday and OMG it was hard. I was so exhausted, not good, now my bum is aching :( On a slightly lighter note, did a nasty diarrhea pump whilst doing a pile with an upright row, not good when you are lacking oxygen and breathing deeply. I also didn't get to try out my new exercise step, well it gives me something to look forward to tomorrow.

Well Helllooo

2009-07-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

So my first post.... I guess I should introduce myself and give the reasons for starting this blog. My name is Claire, I am 29 years of age, live with my gorgeous boyfriend (soon to be husband) in a lovely 3 bed house in Loughborough.

I have basically been inspired by some good friends to start this blog to help me keep on top of my new healthier living plan. I have just returned from holiday in France and have seen some snaps of me looking frightful. Nice posture as you can see, those boobies look like sacs :( So I have decided that's it, I need to do something about my wobbly belly, bingo wings and boobs.

So here are the stats:

Height - 5 ft 2

Weight - 9 st 1

Boobs - 36.5'

Arms - 10.5

Smallest part of waist - 30.5

Bellybutton line - 35.5

Hips - 37

thigh - 20

Ideally I would like to get down to 8 st. however as long as I thin out the belly and boobs I will be happy. I really want to look slender for my wedding and beyond, so I need to make a plan that is easy for me to stick to and that I can enjoy. Habits that I have to give up include, missing breakfast, having milky coffee at work, not taking lunch to work and of course the booze. It's not going to be easy but I am hoping this will help to keep me motivated.

Tools I have include; 'My fitness coach' on the wii, I have weights, a ball and some new steps :), 'weightloss resources', my blogging and Lounge friends and my boyfriend. I hope these will be enough to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Bye bye for now x