Jan 05 2009
Slowly Does It
My start to the year has been a bit up and down so far.
Much like the first couple of days, the weekend was a mixed bag.
Saturday, I got out and walked to town, spent hours trawling the shops before heading home. I chose a healthy roasted vegetable sandwich for lunch, instead of a chicken, cheese and bacon panini or McDonalds – which took a lot of willpower for me. I did indulge in a couple of drinks in the evening, though, and snacked on a couple of chocolates.
Yesterday was pretty much a complete write off. I didn’t get out to do any exercise as I was nursing my poor boyfriend, J, back to health – he’s come down with a nasty bout of man-flu! We had massive Sunday lunch, although I’m consoling myself with the fact that vegetables formed the greater part of the meal, so it could have been a lot worse.
Today, I’ve done very little again. I took a walk to the shops to get some more veggies for us to eat and because I really needed some fresh air. Dinner wasn’t particularly healthy – crispy chilli beef, although I swapped the egg fried rice for some noodles with vegetables stir-fried (dry – no fat) into them.
I think the reason I’m struggling is that things still aren’t back to normal.
J has been working from home today, as he’s been too ill to go into work, and we still have a lot of “Christmas” food in the cupboards, so it still feels very sort of holiday-like to me.
Hopefully once things get back to normal I’ll be able to be a little more disciplined!
