Woke early this morning (especially for a Sunday) so I could watch the
Formula One Grand Prix and the Rugby World Cup quarter finals. Was feeling a
little better than yesterday – at least my nose isn’t running quite so
profusely and I’m not sneezing so much, although my throat is still a bit raw.
I wasn’t feeling very hungry so I had a protein shake. I think I may
have drunk it too quickly though as fairly shortly afterwards I started feeling
really sick. I did have a couple of large glasses of water to try and help get
rid of the nausea, but by mid morning I was feeling pretty dreadful so I went
back to bed for a couple of hours.
This morning I also tried the green tea with lemongrass and ginger which,
I’m sorry to say, tasted even worse than the honey version. Without sweetener
it was nasty, with sweetener it was indescribably nasty. I didn’t even wait
until it had cooled down in hopes it might taste better, I just chucked it
straight down the sink. The only good thing about it is that it makes me
appreciate the rooibos and vanilla that much more.
This afternoon was spent mainly doing laundry and cooking (if I’m being
honest it was actually mainly spent playing Farmville, but I did do that other
stuff too). I stopped farming briefly to make myself a cheese and mushroom omelette
for lunch (I know everyone knows what an omelette looks like but I’ve posted a
picture of it as it’s the first time I’ve ever managed to make one properly,
without it falling apart when I try to plate it, so it’s a sort of proud moment
for me).
Later I decided to tackle one of the recipes in my new cookery book - a pepperoni
and mushroom pizza quiche which I can freeze and use for lunches later in the month. Cooking this made me a little peckish so I had some
wafer thin ham and a few bits of pepperoni that didn’t fit onto my pizza.
I had intended to have a go at another recipe from the book for my
dinner, but by the time I’d finished cooking the quiche it was getting a bit
late and as nice as it sounded, prosciutto-wrapped salmon with red wine butter
seemed like a bit too much of a faff, so instead I pan fried the salmon and
covered it with a lemon and dill cream sauce, served with the usual mixed
salad. With this I had a glass of the lemon and lime sparkling water I bought
last week. I have to admit that I’m not keen as it tastes to me a bit too much like
low-calorie lemonade (which I have discovered is also zero carbs but I won't be drinking). My carbs are
a little under the minimum today, but after two days of them being over I don’t
think this is a bad thing.
I finally got round to measuring myself this morning (a month after I
last did so) and apparently I’ve lost 7 ½ inches over my body since then. I
guess this makes up for not having lost any more weight. Interestingly, my
biceps have increased by an inch which is either because I didn’t measure properly
last time (quite possible) or because my muscles are growing from the exercise
I’ve been doing (also possible). However, I’m hoping that this trend isn’t
going to continue as my goal is obviously to lose, not gain inches.
Today’s exercise: Not a lot
Carb's Eaten: 18.8G
Exercising to: The sound of the TV
Weight Loss = 9lbs
Inch
Loss = 7.5
Mood: Not sure how I feel today
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