So this is my new diet and fitness blog. The reasoning behind it is simple. I’m forty five years old, incredibly overweight and even more unfit. Having moved to working at home three days a week, my already sedentary lifestyle has become almost comatose. Sitting at the computer, moving only to visit the toilet or make a cup of tea does not make for a healthy lifestyle, especially when the only other exercise I now get (having stopped working in the pub where at least I was walking a lot) is the stroll to and from the bus stop on work days. It is abundantly clear that changes need to be made before I either turn into one of those people in the freaky dieting shows on the telly or die of some nasty weight/unfitness related illness.

To this end I have joined a gym to improve my fitness and am about to embark on the latest attempt to lose weight through a new eating regime (I don’t want to say the ‘D’ word as I think it’s rather negative). As I chronicle my journey to greater fitness, better health and weight loss there will be daily posts as I think this will help to keep me focussed and hopefully help me to stick to the plan during the bad times I know lie ahead. I intend it to be honest as I need to acknowledge my weaknesses and fails as well as my good progress, which could be painful, but will hopefully, eventually be cathartic and helpful.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

Day Thirty Eight


I really need to go shopping as my fridge is pretty bare, but I still had enough ingredients to make the moussaka from the Low Carb Gourmet book. Unfortunately, I hadn’t read it through properly and therefore didn’t spot that it takes nearly four hours to make as you have to let it cool down at one stage and then bake for an hour (and then you have to wait at least ten minutes before cutting). For this reason I am not going to be having my dinner until gone 11pm, which isn’t ideal but is unavoidable. To add to this it actually works out as much higher in carbs than I’d anticipated (having put the exact ingredients stated in the book into Fitday the portions actually contain over 3 ½ grams more carbs per portion than the book states) - which shows why you need to calculate the ingredients yourself rather than take what is printed as read. Annoyingly, with the other stuff I’ve eaten today this will take me over my carb allowance for the day. Yet again there is nothing I can do about this as it’s too late to start trying to find something else to eat now. I have to admit it does smell really lovely though!

I didn’t have the Greek yoghurt last night in the end, but I did have it for breakfast as I had nothing else suitable available. Unfortunately this is sufficiently carby to have helped push me over – as were the slice of aubergine that didn’t get used in the moussaka and a small amount (approximately ¼ pint) of butternut squash soup that I also made whilst I was cooking the moussaka (this was the left over from two portions that I froze for later). I still haven’t yet managed to work out the carb content of butternut squash soup, so it’s a guess, but I don’t think I’d be far wrong with what I put down.

I had been intending to make a courgette bake too as I do still have the ingredients for that, but with the moussaka taking so long I ran out time. I may have a go tomorrow if I get a chance, although I really need to go shopping and I am going out in the evening.

I have also had quite a bit of cheese today as this is about the only thing left in my fridge and it was Alex James’ Best Ever Cheddar which is absolutely lovely and is very low in carbs even for cheese. However, cheese has very few carbs so doesn’t really count in the great scheme of things. The other thing I had today was one of the new whey protein shakes made with soya milk and a tablespoon of double cream.

You might be surprised to hear that although I ordered all those lovely chocolatey flavours, I haven’t actually tried any of them yet. Last night’s shake was the banana cream (I used to be a banana Nesquick addict) and it was really nice, although not as strong flavoured as the milkshake. Today I tried the Raspberry Ripple, which was so wonderful (and almost exactly like raspberry Crusha – yep, I was an addict for that as well) that I almost immediately jumped on the computer and ordered the full size version. However, I managed to stop myself from ordering as I think I need to wait until I’ve tried them all before I decide which one to buy 5lbs of.

Today’s exercise:  Housework, cooking and farming (on the computer)
Carb's Eaten: 31.6G
Exercising to: Old creature features and NCIS (I love me a bit of Jethro Gibbs!)
Weight Loss = 12lbs
Inch Loss = 7.5
Mood: Hungry!

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