Day 41. Fun in the Sun

Hiya, today was like a Summers day except in March, and because it was sooo warm outside and sunny, I couldn’t stay indoors, I just had to get outside and enjoy this glorious weather, afterall it is in limited supply in the UK.

Oh, but I didn’t just stop there, oh no… In fact I jumped into my car, drove over to Newborough Beach and went hiking (roughly four hours +). It was awesome, I saw lots of beautiful sites and because the sun was fairly strong I even got myself a slight red glow ;o) Opps :o)

Its amazing to have such nice weather at this time of year, I hope there is more to come.

Other than this I didn’t do too much, basically chilled from doing any work for a change. I am hoping to have shed a few pounds with all that walking too :o)

Day 40. Opps I did it Again...

Hey folks I got lost in the Game earlier. I picked up a friend from the airport, only trouble was 3 hours later than scheduled (Due to the flight being delayed), and because I left home super early in the morning without a proper breakfast (My bad for not getting up early enough) I kind of slipped on my lunch - food choice… eck! Anyhow to cut a long story short, I kind of broke my diet a little, but not by much. Basically because I was starving due to me not eating properly that morning, AND the flight being delayed AND because I was hours from getting home AND my friend wanted McDonalds, I kind of snuck and ate a Cheese Burger with the Bun…!

Anyhow so yup I’m guilty. I hope the Atkins police don’t hear about this. Other than that, it was all good :o) I still ate fairly healthily throughout the rest of the day :oX hehe! So maybe they won't catch me :oD Besides I did lots of walking, around an one hours worth.

Day 39. Little Fishy Dishy

HiHi! I just want to apologize to all you readers out there for my very brief posts. Just to summarize I have a lot of work and pressure on at the moment, hence my lack of material. Actually when I have some more time, I have a little gift for all you low-carbers to share, but you will just have to wait and see what it is ;o)

Something I ate earlier though is worth a mention. I decided to mimic fish and chips for dinner but in a low carb fashion, and I have to admit I definitely pulled it off in style. My food substitute for potato is celeriac instead, secondly I only had salmon in my fridge, so I had salmon instead of cod too. I am so glad I made this meal, I urge anyone to try it for themselves. Its pretty quick and simple to make, here is a run down of how I did it :oP

• Peel celeriac, and chop into chunky fries (Used Desired Portion to Your Diet).
• Boil some water in the Kettle (or Pan if you don’t have a kettle).
• Then put celeriac fries into the boiling pan of water.
• Cook on medium heat for 7 minutes or so, or until slightly tender.
• Pre-heat Oven, nice and hot I used 230 degrees.
• Drain water from pan and place celeriac chips onto a baking tray.
• Drizzle plenty of Olive Oil over the Fries so that they are bathing in the tray.
• Cook for about 20 minutes or until brown and crisp.
• Whilst cooking Celeriac Fries, Oven Grill or George Forman Grill the Salmon.
• And Voila done a tasty very filling meal.

You could probably cook celeriac fries in a deep fat fryer without boiling them, only problem is though, I don’t have a deep fat fryer, but if anyone does try this let me know, I would be very greatful to hear ;o) Perhaps post a comment below :oD

Day 38. Lean is Mean

One cool thing happened to me earlier: I haven’t seen some of my uni friends for two weeks, and then all of a sudden I bump into them in the reading room (A place where I study a lot) and without prompt, the first thing they said to me was… “I can’t believe how much weight you have lost, you are looking much leaner” :o) Cool stuff don’t you think, I thought soo :o)

This then gave me the idea to check over my progress. Well I’ve lost a total of 9.2 kg in the last 6 weeks, and browsing over my weekly pictures (I take a picture of myself each week) you can really see the difference :o) BTW I haven't published my pictures on this blog – however I will publish them closer to my goal… at the moment they look a little embarrassing and hideous – Sorry!

Day 37. The Road is Long

Today I left my Dads house and drove all the way back to University, all 300 + miles of it in my new but old car. New as in, it’s new to have it back, but old because it used to be mine, well technically it used to be my sisters car, then she gave it to me, then I gave it back to her, and then she gave it to back to me again, but this time its probably going to be mine for good now…. Phew! It’s a good cheap little runner though and living three miles away from town, university and shops, it can be a God send when it’s raining cats and dogs outside. So what does this have to do with today’s Diet? Well nothing really, except I haven’t done much other than travel all day. So nothing much to report.

I didn’t eat too much either, this was partly down to my laziness to prepare food for my trip and lack of low carb food choices in service stations to purchase, therefore tut tut on me. Anyways I made it safe and sound home so now its time for bed. Ciao :o)

Day 36. The Show Down

Start of Week 6 and my results are in and it’s a positive sign. From 93.4kg (205.9 lbs or 14.7 Stone) to 92.4kg (203.7 lbs or 14.6 Stone). Granted I didn’t lose a tremendous amount this week, but hey I did mix my diet up just a little with the odd splurge-a-roonie ;o) Actually I thought I would have put on weight if anything ;o) But back to my normal eating plan now.

Checkout my loss though, a whole Kilogram within a week, that’s just awesome especially because of my slight deviations whoops!

It was another day for product testing too. I tried some more of the Atkins range. This time I ate the delicious “Atkins Endulge Crispy Milk Chocolate Bar” and wow I was totally impressed with the taste of this bar in fact I reckon I could get addicted to these. My only two gripes are the size and cost. As usual £1 a bar is a bit steep especially when it’s only 40 grams in size but then again only 1 net carb can’t be bad :oP

Day 35. Off the Beaten Track

Holy smokes… here I am writing a blog on my weight loss journey and then I go out and have a huge dish of Fish and Chips with a Battered Sausage (A great English delicacy btw)…. What is going on? You’re probably asking yourself. Well if you look at post "Day 33", it’s all explained there :o) But just so you all know my splurge period is over. No more diversions, no more slip ups, well not for another 6 weeks or so anyways ;o)

It’s back to the committed Atkins plan for me as of tomorrow. It was delicious to have fish and chips again though, and it was in aid of a special occasion, a family get together type treat :oP Especially as I will be heading back to university either tomorrow or the next day and my sister is off to Japan, so yep that’s what this splurge is all about :o)

Another point I want to make if your following along with my food choices, please don’t use my Fish and Chips record as a low carb food idea, because this is not a low carb dish ;o) This message is for all those people who need a contains nuts label on a pack of nuts :o)))) hehehe!

Nonetheless tomorrow is the big day, will this week be a good or bad weigh in experience…. Stay tuned to find out, I hope one meal hasn't underdone all my hard work :oS