Nikina70's Journal, 27 Jul 21

Unofficial weight on Monday morning was 69.6kg, which means I behaved myself over the weekend. Still had pizza, wine, ice-cream and even chocolate cake - and enjoyed it all! Average daily calories for last week was 1802 so that is progress. At the moment I don't see myself lowering it very easily so I'll hang around here as long as I can still see a loss each week and then adjust.

Hubby did try to tempt me with an ice-cream wafer sandwich last night - and then peanuts and chips as well, but I resisted them all. I wasn't even hungry (and I don't think he was either) so I just had some red grapes with black coffee while watching Netflix. I am determined not to nag him about eating healthier, but I hope he will follow suit eventually. At least he had a banana this morning - progress! He usually asks me if I want to share one, which I find completely ridiculous - like eating a whole banana will kill him!

I've seen someone on FS say that they tried eating 1800 calories a day and didn't lose and they were around 100kg. I find that really hard to believe - they're either not tracking accurately or haven't given themselves enough time (doing it consistently for at least a couple of weeks) to see the results. I also don't feel like calling someone out if I think they're lying to themselves about what they're really consuming. And it still boggles my mind that some folks use this app and don't use the food diary. I can understand if they've reached maintenance and no longer need it, but it's just the easiest tool for beginners to see results - if they'd just embrace it. Such a waste of time and energy to be doing half-hearted tracking... but that's my little rant over.

This morning I did:
Caroline Girvan - 30 Min DEFINED ABS WORKOUT at Home | No Equipment | No Repeat

This was after a 40 minute walk with hubby - we go for a walk every morning these days (weather dependent) and it's usually up to an hour so that's great. Meant to rain this week so will see if we can still fit in at least one hour long walk a day. I'll still try to get in two more YouTube workouts as well.

This week I baked a kilogram of sweet potato for my lunches. There were 6 good sized ones so I could actually have 1.5 a day, but just having one a day for now. Was delicious yesterday with broccoli, tomato, humus and sweet chilli sauce - a bit weird, but very tasty. There's a ripe avo in the kitchen so today's version is going to be delicious, but not pretty, so won't post it. Might make some more effort to make it pretty tomorrow.

Anyhoo, not sure who's read this far - waffled on a bit today. These journals are as always just a way for me to keep track and to look back on in future. But, if you've read this far - have a great Tuesday!

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1289 kcal

Fat: 36.20g | Prot: 39.97g | Carbs: 193.40g.   Breakfast: Asda Bran Flakes, Sainsbury's Scottish Porridge Oats, Bananas, Cinnamon, Acti Leaf Vanilla Soya Pot. Lunch: Baked Sweetpotato (Peel Eaten, Fat Not Added in Cooking), Asda Avocado, Bramwells Short Cut Spaghetti, Cooked Broccoli, Acti Leaf Soya Milk. Dinner: Tesco Xero Cherry Cola, White Rice, Frylight Extra Virgin Olive Oil Spray, Aldi Red Kidney Beans, Tree of Life Soya Chunks, Onions, Aldi Green Lentils, Sharwood's Tikka Masala. Snacks/Other: Brompton House Chocolate Brownie, Nescafe Instant Coffee. more...

1894 kcal

Exercise: Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 30 minutes, Walking (slow) - 3/kph - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...