So the morning after my last post I woke up with a nasty old virus – sore throat, banging head, snotty nose and aching limbs. There was no way I could even crawl out of bed, let alone make it to the gym and I was just glad that I was in homeworking mode and didn’t have to drag myself onto the coach.
Fortunately, I did manage to recover sufficiently to attend my birthday meal on Saturday evening, hosted by the lovely Karen, and we had fun packed evening, with lots of good food, good wine and good conversation – and a huge amount of cake!
Unfortunately the night ended with a large amount of snow, which left me stranded and unable to get to the gym (if it doesn’t snow again tonight I am hoping to finally get there tomorrow).
Apart from stopping me from exercising the snow has had another bad effect on me – it’s completely ruined my way of eating. When the weather is cold like this I don’t want salads and fry ups and the usual fare that has become my way of life. This week I actually found myself feeling physically ill at the thought of any of the foods that I would normally have for breakfast, my body instead craving porridge. A stew is fine, and I can eat those, but I want dumplings and jacket potatoes with it, not just some cabbage. And as the cold weather continues it’s not going to get any better. And to add to this, my chocolate cravings are not going away either as my mood plummets because of the bad weather.
Today I received another box of chocolates (a late birthday present from a friend who I hadn’t seen for a while). I know I should take the chocolates into work and share them with my colleagues as I did with the advent calendar, but I don’t want to. They are a decent box of chocolates and some of my favourites and I just don’t feel like being that virtuous. Add that to the fact that I had already bought some chocolate when I went shopping and it all adds up to me sliding way off track.
In fact my groceries this week include a disturbing number of carb laden foods. Although in the main my diet will still remain as low-carb as I can make it there will definitely be a bit of blip.
So the bad stuff I bought today was:
- 4 fresh tiger rolls (bought because they smelt so nice and I hadn’t eaten all day – these have now been eaten along with some prosciutto)
- 2 frozen jacket potatoes (I know, I should never have got them, but they were cheap and I was really craving a jacket spud)
- 3 bottles of sparkling rose wine (because it’s one of my favourites and it was reduced to £3 a bottle)
- 1 bag giant chocolate buttons (fairly standard for me these days, but will be split into four portions)
- 1 bag giant white chocolate buttons (because I wanted to try them – not a good excuse I know, these will also be split into four portions)
- 1 bottle of pancake batter mix (as it was on special offer and in readiness for Pancake Day which I absolutely refuse to miss as I adore pancakes)
Overall, I know that this isn’t actually that bad compared to the amount of carbs I used to eat, but these items really shouldn’t have made my basket at all (except for the pancake mix which was never not coming home with me).
I can’t help that I hate the weather at this time of year and wish I could just hibernate until Spring and I can’t stop the carb or chocolate cravings, which are going to be with me until it gets warmer. All I can do is try to limit the carb intake where I can (whilst I am going wildly over the 30g of Phase One I am at least not anywhere near the 200g that is the recommended daily amount for a female) and try to get to the gym when the weather allows. I just need to hang tight and be aware that I’m not going to lose any weight whilst I’m in this mood, but hopefully I won’t gain too much either and once the weather gets warmer I’ll be ready to get back onto Phase One with a vengeance.
