My last post was about  getting back on the diet and being strict and so on. Well it didn’t work out. Maybe if I chained my mom to my kitchen table and have her cook my meals all the time things would have turned out differently Unfortunately she went home, which being abroad meant bye, bye home cooking.

The new job has been a mixed blessing. A career changer and a personal experience in some ways worth the dietary and health issues. On the other hand my weight crept back to just under what I had when I started the diet. Hey, could be worse…

But the good news is after plenty of ups and downs at work I’m now working from home 3 days a week. Yeah – I can get back to home cooked meals, which has been my main problem. I neither had the time to cook them nor much of an option to carry the rare stuff I did cook with me. 2 days should be easier to prepare for in advance

So with this new found energy, expect some new recipes and a better looking progress update! I promise

Food

Ham for breakfast

Lunch -  chicken breast fried with fajita spices.

Diet muffins! Check out the recipe for these really nice chocolate bran muffins.

Chicken breast with byriani spices.

Activity

9276 steps

Sugar free gum

Lunch

Babybells and some grilled chicken breats pieces.

More gum.

Dinner

Leftover chicken from yesterday.

Steak

Desert

Mini-bran-cheesecakes.

Soft cheese & ham

Lunch

Dinner

Fajita spiced chicken breast

(I swear I took a photo – but it is nowhere to be found, the phone must have ate it…)

Chicken brest fried with fajita spices

Snack

Bran cookies

Lunch

Scrambled eggs with a bit of sausage

Dinner

Beef stew

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No matter how muc you know about the diet. Doesn’t matter that you know it works, getting back after a break was really hard. Adhering to the schedule and denying yourself the little treats. However updates are coming and I’m behaving well again.

Ham slices

Lunch

Chargrilled chicken breast

Dinner

Roasted chicken thighs with paprika spice and tiny bit of onion

Desert

Oat bran biscuits

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Very low food day. Work is horribly busy and watching CSI till late does not help my breakfast habits…

Ham slices and babybells

Lunch

Chargrilled chicken

Dinner

2 diet cokes

Chicken breast with little bits of onion and sausage flavaoured with “Jamaican chicken” spices

Desert

Chocolate bran cakes

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If the numbers do not add up do not panic. I have reverted to my actual diet length day numbering. I also need to shift the phases slightly do to Christmas, as protein+vegetables will make my life way easier during the holidays.

It can be quite depressing when one Christmas meal (company party) can put you back by a kg or even two – so it looks like all the time till Christmas I will spend catching up on my weight loss. Really need to start doing more exercise, as without it the pace seems to be dreadfully grinding to almost a halt.

Going down slowly. A few ups and downs on the way. I have noticed that the busier my life gets the less I adhere to the strict diet rules. Starting to think that maybe stopping photographing my bland chicken meals was not the best idea…

Another thing I have noticed is that when there is no time to cook it is tempting to just either do something boring, or even go half-acceptible. This is probably a big sign I should really start cooking ahead and freezing some of the meals.

Recently I have tried out a few protein bars. They are really addictive, at some point I ended up having one or more daily. They might have a lot of protein and low carbs & fat, but overall they seemed to be stopping my weight loss. So goodbye protein bars.

Overall I lost 1.1kg over the 10 days.

Protal cookies

Lunch

Ham and Philadelphia Extra Light

Dinner

Beef mince burgers grilled in the oven (well, without-a-bun burgers that is…)

Desert

Protein bar

Weight change: -0.1kg

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I think I need to stop the protein bars. They’re way to easy to munch on during the day…

Ham slices and Babybell Light cheese bites

Lunch

Chargrilled chicken breast chunks

Dinner

Grilled steak

Desert

Protal cookies