EG's journal

[Englan Girl]

Lawd unno mek mi feel bad [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Dis mawning: two weetabix, little brown sugar and soya milk, one boiled egg, little 'good bacteria' drink and a orange juice (Tropicana the company NOT the boardite).

Mid-morning - coffee with skim milk, little chocolate, 1 sugar, white toast (*me shame)

10 mins later (virtual) G2's shop - nuff nyammings

Went to the gym: 30 mins cardio, 10 mins (I think) stomach exercises then stretching

Lunch: ham and tomato sandwich on granary bread, no butter, salt, pepper, whatever. Apple

Planned dinner is garlic bread and cheese, small bowl of pasta and tomato sauce, watch ND eat the ice cream (drat!)

Plenty water during the day - can't say how many cups/litres as I drink from I wake til I go to bed. Plenty of toilet runs though [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I'll confirm/amend dinner in a few hours.

Edited to confirm dinner was as stated but in a plate not a bowl. So far have resisted the wine and had water instead [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[CeaBee]

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Sorry I missed this ok note to self: EG = Englan girl

So whats your goal are you trying to just maintain your fitness? I know that you run marathons so you must be pretty fit to begin with....whats your goal tho'?

Kinda wondering about the garlic bread and cheese and "nuff nyamings" But I suspect that you are not trying to lose but simply to stay in shape....Good to have the company tho' and I look forward to reading future installments and see how long u resist the red wine [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Englan Girl]

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Coolbeans right now I am trying to get back my fitness level and slowly whittle down the 'bad' foods and up my veg intake/reduce carbs (Carbs are my downfall plus PCOS women aint supposed to overload on them. To that end I bought a steamer on Saturday and tonight is my second night without Red Label Wine (and boy is that a killer - thank God it's Friday tomorrow!)

I figure by the time I get my eating habits back on track it will be time to hit the outdoors and pound the London streets for the various runs I hope to do this year.

One small effect reading the journals have done so far is that I didn't have toast with my coffee mid-morning, however I slipped up this afternoon [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Keep the journals going everyone, I'm counting on you all!

PS: Haven't done a marathon yet, it's still the annual half marathon happening this September


Thursday:
Breakfast - Fried egg and bake bean (low salt) in olive oil, 2 slice hardough bread with scraping of butter, small hot chocolate - no sugar

Mid-morning - coffee

Lunch - couple slices of roast lamb with cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot and 4 tiny potatoes (potato salad),

Mid-afternoon (shameful) small bag of Revels chocolate, bag of Walkers crisps. White tea, no sugar (yuk!)

Dinner: 1 portion of noodles, small amount of goat meat, steamed mushrooms and sweetcorn. For some reason the smell/taste of sweetcorn was offputting so I'm giving that a miss for the time being.

Water at intervals during the day.

Missed the gym due to doctor's appointment.

I usually go 3/4 times a week and do mostly cardio (treadmill, bike, stepper) with 1 full body weight session either on one day or split over 2 days. As I can only go during my lunchtime it's usually a 30/35 min session. Am planning on doing a spin class for one of my cardio sessions from next week. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]ray:

edited to change 'Wednesday' to 'Thursday', losing my mind already [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Sharei]

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Englan Girl I got a Steamer for christmass and have been using it everyday, there great and make veg taste so good. Have you got a George Foreman Grill? My mum got that for christmass and I was the first to use it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Worth investing as well.

Anyway keep up the good work.

[7777]

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so unno stop posting for today. Hey....I need to read... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Englan Girl]

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Sorry everyone!

Family drama yesterday (continuing) prevented me from doing an update. Will post later and also read the others Don't fail me now!! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Englan Girl]

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Well I'd like to apologise for not posting on a daily basis like I should have but this week's been really hard. Anyway here I go:

Monday:
2 shredded wheat + fortified soya milk + a little brown sugar, one actimel and a little oj

Mid-morning coffee and 2 white toast with butter

Lunch - ham and tomato sandwich in granary bread no butter

2 satsumas

Dinner - leftover soup

Did 30 mins cardio in the gym at lunchtime. Nothing energetic just enough to get the blood circulating for the week: 10 mins on treadmill, 10 bike and 10 stairmaster

[Englan Girl]

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Tuesday:

Breakfast is the same as yesterday but with a boiled egg

Midmorning coffee

Lunch - cheese, onion and tomato panini + fruit

4pm - bar of chocolate (small)

Dinner - plate of pasta with tomato sauce and small slice of Viennetta ice-cream.

No gym as I had to work straight through and leave early for home [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Englan Girl]

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Wednesday:

2 weetbix, oj, actimel

midmorning - coffee, toast (this is beginning to become a habit I must break)

Lunch - ham and tomato on brown + fruit

Dinner - steam fish with rice and sweet mini corncobba (tasted way too sweet for ND and I so I won't be buying those again, yuk!)

Same 30 mins cardio but I actually upped the intensity this time. Much better but I should have been in the spin class - got there too late!

[Englan Girl]

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Thursday:
2 slice hardough bread, small butter, scrambled eggs/bake beans, acti and oj. Hot chocolate no sugar

Coffee and handful of cashew nuts (hurrah no toast!)

Lunch - remaining ham no tomato + fruit, Twix, coffee

After the family drama yesterday evening resulting in a very late night, was really not in the mood to go to the gym. Will get there tomorrow though as I'll be doing weights this time.

Late evening whilst watching double ER - glass of Red Label wine and a digestive biscuit

[SassyRas]

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EG,

Hope all is well with you. You can go ahead and have your glass of red wine. After I update my post you'll see why.

[7777]

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just curious..
Whats actimel?

[Englan Girl]

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Finally I show up

Here is the link that will help explain what it is. It's a drink (small). ND and I have one each morning

Actimel

Well Friday I can't remember what I had for breakfast although I'll assume it was cereal with actimel, oj and maybe a boiled egg.

Lunch was cheese and tomato on brown, no butter with 2 small pieces of fruit.

Dinner was a takeaway [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] beef in black bean sauce and egg fried rice. Absolutely scrummy! Because I don't each as much as I used to, half the contents would have been fine for the evening but, seeing as it was Friday and junk food day, I scoffed the lot! Although to be fair I did give ND a little as she's not too keen on oriental food. She liked it


Exercise: Did 10 mins on the treadmill at a higher intensity (finally) then did machine weights, 2 sets each, for biceps, triceps, chest press and the upper back. For the legs I, again, used the machines and did thighs and calves. Followed up with lots of abs, then stretched for about 5 mins. Fridays I tend to do a longer stint in the gym.

[SassyRas]

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actimel?

I check out the website and went to look for it in the grocery store but didn't see it.

Does anyone know if it sells in the US?

[Englan Girl]

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Monday 19th

B - ackee and saltfish, 2 slice hardough bread and a cup of organic hot chocolate. Scrummy!

Mid-morning - coffee and toast

L - Peanut butter on brown and 2 pieces of fruit

D - Rice and peas, with mixed vegetables and salmon

I've just remembered that I had a Twix on Friday afternoon. Couldn't resist after the gym, tasted divine.

My evening meals tend to be small despite my meagre lunch, but by the time I've finished my session in the gym I'm not really that hungry so one dry sandwich and a piece tends to keep me, unless I feel like something chocolatey which I'm trying to avoid. Winters affect me greatly so I usually head for chocolate although this winter it seems to be toast and butter in the mornings


Please take it as read that I have lots of water during the day. Get headaches and dry throat if I don't [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] .

Gym - 10 mins on stairmaster, hills @ level 10, 10 mins on the treadmill, hills, level 10 and 10 mins on the bike, hills level 10. Damn that was a struggle but it felt good and the peanut butter sarnie kept my body on an even keel, so I didn't have that sugar dip I sometimes get.