Hiya all, I hope you are feeling more ready for the upcoming week than I do 😁
So, this is my update from Friday to today.
Friday was the day I was dreading, the smear! I had my diazepam, it did not affect me as the last time I had one, last time I was also on prescription codeine, paracetamol and ibuprofen, so I guess the diazepam on top of that just sent me sky high. This time, I just felt a bit tired and slow in my reactions. However, I had no problem with my test at all! So much so I think I’ll try without the diazepam next time!
Thursday night was an awful night sleep, panicking and stressed about the smear, I didn’t get to sleep till 1am. I expected to be sparko, in fact I was hoping for it, from Friday early evening right through to Saturday morning. Instead I managed a bit of sleep, about an hour, then got up. I spent the evening with that horrible tired feeling with no possibility of sleeping. However, when I went to bed at about 11pm I slept very well 😁
Had a bit of a wobble on Saturday, I neither lost nor gained weight, and i was so looking forward to finally saying i had lost 2 stone (28lb) and finally gotten into the 14 stone bracket. So i had a moody moment and bought an energy drink and creme egg… and ate/drank them!
Oh… self sabotage!
Also angry with myself because I have lost my antibiotics! So I’m going to have to buy another prescription and start the course all over again!
My friend and her boy Luke, came over on Saturday night. We had bragioli for dinner (Paul’s Maltese speciality) a couple of drinks and snacks. It was a lovely evening, we played silly card games. A bit of light relief 😊. Angela decided against sleeping over, and although a bit disappointed, it did mean Paul and I could just relax this morning.
Today we visited with Paul’s sister, which meant not good food, but we limited then went to pizza hut for the healthier flatbread pizzas and salad bowls.
Now I’m home, relaxing, thinking I really need to start getting up in the mornings to exercise. I’m feeling like I will manage this, but then I always do. Tomorrow morning will be the test.
So, friday… 40g natural nuts, 60g dried fruits, 1 cheese portion.
Met mum for lunch and had jacket spud with soured cream and salmon fillet, very nice! Wish I had a pic, could have sworn I’d taken one, but no 😒
For dinner we had lightly dusted plaice and oven cooked chips.
Saturday’s food was a sausage sarnie made with healthy option sausages, real butter and nice seedy bread.
Then the angry energy drink and creme egg!
Paul’s bragioli for dinner.
For snacks I set out dried fruits and nuts, which Angela and Lukey didn’t touch, and a pack of healthier wotsit style crisps. I love these things!
Today started with beans on toast.
Chicken skewers, battered shrimps, chicken wings and a burger.
Then salad bowl and flatbread pizza when we got back into town. I feel guilty not having as much of my sister in laws food, I do like the food, and she isn’t made of money, but I have to think of my health.
Fluid has been ok, mostly pleased that I limited myself to three Welsh liqueurs, and had 1 sugar in a tea at SILs despite normal sugar not being as sweet as my halfspoon.
I hit my exercise targets this week, but only just. We usually do housework during the week, but I did a top to bottom on Saturday, so that gave me a good amount of moderate activity, we also went walking on both days, including doing the dreaded hill twice.
The 7:07 is my first of two up hill times, slower than the last few weeks 😒
I’ve prepped our fruits and nuts for the week, and split my salad (which Paul went out for while I weighed fruits and nuts) into three days. So at least I can run and go in mornings.
So, a nice weekend on the whole, mostly good choices, some bad, great to catch up with friends and family.
And no… not ready for the week ahead 🤣
Night all, catch up tomorrow.
Trying to lose! 