When am I ever going to learn?!

This is the reality of dieting, not the 9stone beauties who say that they were 15 stone, and lost it all and kept it all off. I am what really happens, you lose a few pounds, get motivated, and then either life gets in the way and a diet is too hard to stick to, or you plain just can not be bothered to mess around. It is just too easy when you are tired to let your partner make your food choices for you, and you end up eating something really bad for your weight loss.
I have been told by someone that the hormones that are in the woman's contraception, the Mirena coil can get in the way of weight loss, and something certainly is making it harder than usual for me. So we shall see, because hopefully I will be having it removed in two days time. I may be in a better mood then also, because I am one moody person lately, and that also inhibits any will to diet.

I also came across this diet that tries a different way. She states that low fat, low carb diets are not going to work for anyone. So I will give it a try. If any of you use it, I will look forward to hearing whether it worked for you.

Okay so I haven't updated my diet blog. Because I have been so naughty.

The children are home on their School summer holidays. The husband seems to be in a foul mood at the moment, and I am fed up of being skint. What does all this add up to? A big bad load of stress. My diet is well and truly out of the window. The fat is still there and I have given in to drinking and having takeaways. Why oh why? I know it is bad for me, but my resolve seems to be dead at the moment.
This is the bad side to dieting. The lack of motivation, depression and comfort eating. I really just haven't got any resolve for dieting. I have no choice, I must get back on my diet. Because whilst my resolve is gone, my flab has not. I have a big looming date with people from school next month, that haven't seen me since I was sixteen years old, and was a skimpy 9 stone 8 pounds.

Will let you all know when I am back on track. Any ideas from you guys on how to get my mojo back would be greatly accepted.

I have lost my diet buddy!! What am I going to do now?

One of the best ways to diet is to buddy up with a friend that also wants to lose weight. I had that up to last week. My dear friend suffers from Pcos and was substantially bigger than myself. I felt spurred on by her, because I always find it easier to keep other people motivated rather than motivate myself.

Last week she found out that after 11 years of trying, she is finally pregnant with her second child. Yeah, I know, a 12 year gap by the time the child is born is not something most people desire, but she is just happy to have that chance of mother hood yet again. And she will need to buddy up again after having the baby. I am so happy for her. But I know I will just sit on my bum and just get fatter than I am already. I suppose there are worst reasons to put weight on for me and her.

I am still walking every where and am not really missing the car at all. Ask me again in winter when its freezing and I will probably be a bear with a sore head.


I have a wonderful way of doing rice now. It never , ever goes stodgy now. I have never been one for measuring time, water or anything else. Probably why I am fat, but I just can not be that anal.

I take a portion of uncooked rice.

I place this rice in a microwavable Pyrex bowl.

 Cover the rice with water and about an inch above the rice.

 Place cellophane over the bowl and poke some holes in it with a fork for the steam.

Steam in microwave for 10 minutes. Then remove the cover and stir with a fork. Replace the cellophane and microwave, checking every couple of minutes until all water is evaporated. Usually about 16 minutes, including the first 10 minutes. It is great , fluffy rice. And we all know rice is a dieters great aide.

Having such a bad time at the moment

I seemed to have lost my motivation since the week end. I have been thoroughly naughty. I had a drink on Saturday night when I said that I wasn't going to have any alcohol. I also had a Chinese take away. I have just also eaten a sponge cake and custard for my dinner. I know why I am being so bad. It is because it is the wrong TOTM and I am moody, and hungry.
I hate sabotaging my own diet. I just feel like now I have to be overly good all week to make up for it, I can already feel the pressure.

And because it is the wrong time of the month I look as though all I have lost all week is 1LB. How ironic that when that is all friends lose I congratulate them and reiterate the fact that to lose a lb means a whole deficit of 3500 calories, It just doesn't cut the mustard with me. Lets hope it disappears when I am back to my normal self in a few days.

I have munched my way through a lot of fruit and vegetables soon. Only had two slices of bread all week. I just need to be stronger on a weekend. And it will all only get harder whilst the children have their dreaded Summer vacation from school. If anything will kill your diet it is stress from children!!

Having that fat feeling

Being a dieter and female do not always go hand in hand with each other. We are more emotional and I feel that reflects in our eating. Not to confuse that with excessive comfort eating. I think it can be in fact, quite the opposite. Because I have the Mirena coil I do not have true TOTM's. Although it does sometimes give me the other symptoms. You know the feeling podgy and fat, bloated and huge feeling. Well thank you water retention, that is how you have made me feel. When I feel like this, I do not excessively eat. I do exactly the opposite and dare n't eat properly. I know this is not good, but it is so hard to keep motivation when these days happen.

Because of this I refuse to go on the scales until this feeling persists. I know I am not over eating and I am keeping moving, so it will come off. I may as well weigh myself when that bloated whale feeling has dispersed.

The children's summer holidays are looming, so that is another challenge. Remind me not to eat due to stress. Please?

I have mainly been eating a ton load of fresh fruit salads and vegetables this week because I think I ordered way too much. It was Buy one get one free on a lot of the salad vegetables, so I went crazy. Still trying to keep the bread and potato intake lowish. I think I am doing well. Time will tell.

The benefits of Chillies in your diet!

My friend and I have been on a sort of trial to see if chillies really do help a dieter along. No, they will not work if you add them to fat loaded diet. But they do have an amazing property to them. Chilli peppers actually make your body burn calories faster. It is called Thermogenesis. This is what certain foods such as Chilli peppers do to your metabolism.
Well seeing as I think spicy food helps your diet anyway, mainly by stopping you dying from boredom of bland food. I was up for trying this out. Has putting fresh chillies on my food worked? Well in a non scientific test, with variables that make a test unusable, yes I think it does work.
I think chillies work because to use them you are usually preparing fresh and healthy ingredients to eat along side the chillies. Also, Chillies make my body functions speed up. If anything tells you that your metabolism is working better it is the increased frequency of your bowels. ( Sorry TMI, I know).
Anyway another recipe or rather concoction that I made for my Dinner which tasted thoroughly gorgeous I might add, was Chicken breast chopped and pan fried in a light low calorie spray. Mixed with shredded savoy cabbage, onion, mushrooms, marrow, cherry  tomatoes, garlic, red chilli pepper including the seeds, and garlic. Then last minute I stirred in a teaspoon of Balti curry paste. It was adorable. And extremely low in calories, so who says diet food has to be boring?

My jeans are now bagging off me, so I will have to see if the next ones down will fit. Yes, like most ladies I have an abundance of different sizes in my wardrobe. I am still walking and using the Wii. I am also starting to get motivated to sort this house out. I even ventured to sorting out the sock mountain. I have a whole laundry basket of socks. Tedious but is making my home look cluttered, amongst other culprits.

Anyway. If you are reading this and you are dieting, leave me a comment. I would love some feedback.

Eating fruit when every one else is having a cooked breakfast

Seriously. I am, I have just eaten watermelon diced, with strawberries and a low fat yoghurt for breakfast. All these guys were eating bacon and egg sandwiches. Do you know the will power that takes? Well none at the moment actually. I do love fruit, so the watermelon and fresh strawberries were just as much of a treat for me.
I know I am allowed to eat the egg and bacon. I just do not want to with today being Sunday. I have my roast dinner as a treat on a Sunday.
I leave out the roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding though. They are devastating to a diet.

I was a bit naughty last night and had about 35 cl of vodka and diet coke. First drink in two weeks. I think I will leave it out for another fortnight again.
I did not fall completely into the Saturday night trap though. Instead of a takeaway, I made myself a healthy chicken breast kebab. I had two pita breads with lots of shredded lettuce and cucumber. Chicken breast that had been marinated in madras curry paste, and the slightest bit of garlic mayonnaise. I had only eaten fruit and vegetables up to that point though, so not a bad day and I played on Wii fit plus also.

I am also delighted to realise that I converted stones into pounds wrongly and 14 stone 9 pounds is actually 205 pounds and not 210. How good is that?

Hoping to be quite active today, cleaning the house and ironing. Dancing whilst ironing is great.