Nikina70's Journal, 23 Jul 21

This week went fairly well so I'm not too phased by the small loss. Still on target for 69kg hopefully by next Friday. Did a decent amount of walking this week although I only cracked the 7,500 steps a day target on Wednesday when I did 13,000 walking into town twice to run an errand and do some shopping. Felt good, but then the next day I did absolutely no exercise using the heat as an excuse. My other days were hovering just below 7,000.

Hubby wasn't keen on the baked potato for lunch idea so we had lunch-time salads Mon-Wed and then yesterday we enjoyed avo on toast and will probably do the same again today.

Only did 2 YouTube workouts this week. This morning I did: JessicaSmithTV - 25 Min, Lose Your Love Handles! (standing abs exercises, belly fat burning workout) after a 48 minute early morning walk with hubby.

Waiting for two installations messes with your day when they constantly don't show up, but we're trying to be patient. New washing machine should arrive on Monday (fingers crossed) and then who knows how much longer it will take to get broadband set up. We've been let down by the first supplier we tried - wasting two weeks - so really trying not to use too much data for the time being. On the plus side I did some old-school handwashing (bit of an arm workout ringing out wet clothing) and I've gotten into a really good book for the first time in ages. Can't wait to join the library as well - waiting for proof of address for that too.

This week I had some treats as usual - all logged, but yesterday I was really tempted to have a glass of wine while we watched a movie and I resisted, thinking - today is weigh-in day. Having the scale in the corner of the kitchen also helped as I stepped on it to remind myself that I could have a good weigh-in this morning. In the end it wasn't that great, but I'm still glad I resisted. Will enjoy a glass this evening and another tomorrow night to celebrate the freakin' weekend!

Looks like I'll have to order my weights and plant based protein powder online and almost ready to do that. Might end up going to Argos for the first and Holland & Barrett for the second, but we'll see. Would be nice to get them before the start of August, but I will try to be patient for that as well - all the stars have not aligned just yet.

Anyhoo, hope you all have a great weekend! And to those in SA - stay safe and warm! xxx

69.5 kg Lost so far: 16.5 kg.    Still to go: 4.5 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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2163 kcal

Fat: 86.49g | Prot: 73.31g | Carbs: 207.68g.   Breakfast: Fuel 10K Super Berry Protein Boosted Granola, Flaxseed Seeds, Strawberries, Bananas, Acti Leaf Blueberry Soya Pot, Acti Leaf Soya Original, Cinnamon. Lunch: Acti Leaf Soya Original, Asda Smart Price Strawberry Jam, Sun-Pat Crunchy Peanut Butter, Asda Avocado, Aldi Mighty Yeast Extract, Tomatoes, Village Bakery Soft White Toastie. Dinner: Asda Sunflower Oil , Hubbard's Foodstore Gravy Granules (Prepared as Per Instructions), Fried Onions, Linda McCartney 6 Vegetarian Red Onion & Rosemary Sausages, Mashed Potatoes (Whole Milk and Butter Added) , Asda Garden Peas, Asda Sweetcorn. Snacks/Other: Aldi Roasted Salted Peanuts, Sainsbury's Fig Rolls, Apricots, Grove Manor Sparkling Summer Berries Flavoured Fruit Wine, Pink Lady Apples, Nescafe Instant Coffee. more...

1818 kcal

Exercise: Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 25 minutes, Walking (slow) - 3/kph - 40 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 55 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...