Completely confused

I know that eating good food and small portions will help to lose weight, but I don't understand why I gain weight when I do those things. &;15 Swiss muesli with a bit of sugar and some milk. 8:15 cup of black decaf. 12:00 noon chili con carne with rice and a pot noodle. 2pm cup of black decaf with sugar. I have not had massive protions of anything, so see what happens today.

Lasagne

started at 7:15 with a bowl of Swiss muesli. I had a small amount of sugar with it as there was hardly any fruit in it. I had a couple of mouthfuls of white coffee with sugar before going to work. 8:15 cup of white coffee. 12:00 noon I had mackerel with a green salad and tomatoes. 5:30 Lasagna with 6 chips and some cherry tomatoes. The weigh in revealed I had gained one pound and Mary had lost one pound. We decide to aim for Monday to start the Marines diet again. This is how we made some big weight loss before.

Connifer day

Today started with a Poached egg on toast and 3 thin slices of Bavarian smoked ham at about 9am, mmm. About 1 pm we had 2 finger rolls with a mixture of tuna, mayo, tomato and spring onion. Dinner was Bangers and mash with fried onions. The sausages were 100% beef, mmm. We had been topping a large connifer today. My friend came round and we took the tree down from about 50 feet to about 25 feet. This was getting out of control and was taking the fence apart. Disposing of all the branches helped me to burn off a load of fat. Mary felt she had put on weight for too many cups of tea and felt like  had lost weight. The weigh revealed that Mary had gained one pound and I had lost 2 pounds. I had some baked beans to celebrate my weight loss, but now I need to burn that off too. I got some Swiss style meusli to have for breakfast, so that is what  am looking forward to tomorrow. I have updated the 'simple fry up' page to show the non-fried version (poached egg, dry toast and ham).

Football diet is bad

Today we were taking our daughter to a football competition. The prize was to carry the flag on the pitch for the start of the champions league final at wembley. This was at the Dagenham & Redbridge stadium. The team drew one match, won the next, and lost the last. They were close to qualifying for the semis, but missed it by one goal by another team just as the whistle blew. Maybe next time....

We started at about 8:00 with poached egg on dry toast with a few thin slices of smoked ham and a cup of white tea with sugar. When we got to the stadium we had to wait to go in, so we had a cup of tea while we were waiting. During the day we had sausage rolls, salad with roast chicken, chopped bacon and pasta, some chicken rolls (brown bread) and crisps. Dinner was roast chicken with a cheese and pasta salad.

The weigh in revealed we had both gained 2 pounds. Next time we go to sit for half a day in a football stadium, we will take less food and no pasta.

Salads....

As I lost 3 pounds yesterday I though I would have a simple fry up. I had poached egg on dry toast with a single rasher of bacon, mmm. I would have had a slice of ham instead of bacon, but I got it at work and they do not serve sliced ham in the morning. This was at about 8:00 as I was travelling alone I skipped breakfast at home and went straight to work. I had a cup of white coffee with sugar with breakfast. 9:30 I had a cup of black decaf with sugar. We went to the pub for a lunchtime drink and I had a pint of bitter shandy and that was all. Then as it was a Friday I had an early finish and when i got home about 2:30 (that was late for me) I had mackerel with salad. At 5:30 I had ham salad and the weigh in revealed no change and Mary had gained a pound. She blames her pound on a milk craving. I get those too. I reckon when you do get a milk craving, go with it as your body is feeling delinquent of calcium generally and this should be addressed. So I am off now for a glass of milk then some TV before going to bed.

Losing weight again yippee

Yesterday the weigh showed that we had both lost a pound. This demonstrates that we are back on track after the long weekend we had. Also we were a bit de-motivated after gaining so much weight. Today started as yesterday with 2 weetabix with sugar and a cup of white coffee with sugar to kick start my metabolism. 8:15 cup of black decaf with sugar. For lunch I had a rice and salad dish at about 12:00 noon. 5:30 I had cod in butter sauce with green salad and tomatoes. I didn't like the fish though. The weigh in revealed I had lost an amazing 3 pounds and Mary had lost one pound.

Sir Mackerel the 2nd

I started the day at 7:15 with 2 weetabix, milk and sugar, and a cup of coffee with a dash of milk and sugar. 8:15 I had a cup of black decaf with sugar. 10 am cup of black coffee with sugar. 11:30 lunch was smoked mackerel with green salad and tomatoes. This is the second time I have had this since I started losing weight. This is the first time I had this when not on the Marines diet, so there is a meal that I have inherited into my usual daily life. I have have had smoked mackerel for lunch before, but when I go to the restaurant at work I would normally get a salad with pasta and cheese and lots of other bits that I avoided today. The green salad had lettuce (several types), cucumber, cress and some shredded carrot as well as a few cherry tomatoes. I really enjoyed it and I am not bloated. Talk about being extra good, I walked past chili con carne with rice and a full curry menu. I didn't even look to see what region the curry was this time. I had a cup of black decaf with sugar with my lunch. I hope I lose some weight today as the last weigh in was a big gain after the long weekend. No surprises though. We had lamb chops with salad and tomatoes for dinner and then the weigh in revealed we had both lost one pound, cool.

Back to work

We had some stew left over from yesterday, so I boxed up 2 portions and put them in the freezer and put some in a bottle to have as soup and then the meat that left after the pour I put in a ramekin with some of the stock and I had this for breakfast today at 7:15 with a cup of tea with milk and sugar. 8:15 cup of black decaf. 11:30 meat stew soup. 2pm cup of black decaf. 5:30 dinner was minced beef with spaghetti sauce and fried mediteranean vegetables. I had a weigh and over the weekend I have gained 7 pounds, ouch. I need to be focussed on what am eating now to lose that again now to pick up the trail.

Still no weigh in

To be honest I am worried about gaining all the weight I lost recently over this long weekend as my normal "being sensible" and eating less does not lose weight at the same rate as the Marines diet. This long weekend my eating has not really been sensible, but I have consciously eaten less than in the past. Today started with a plate of last nights' garlic chicken supreme that I split with Mary half each. This will be my lunch too as I didn't get up till 10:30. Tonight we have meat stew with golden vegetable rice. That has been slow cooking yesterday and we shall warm it up again for dinner time today. The meat goes so tender when cooked that way. Notice we are having rice instead of potatoes or dumplings. This is lower in carbs, easier to digest and easier to burn off again. Also it is cheap. I buy a kilogram of normal value long grain rice for about 50p. This will do us for about 5 meals for the whole family. A proper cup measure (tea "cup and saucer" size cup) of rice serves 3. I shall post a recipe for this on the side bar. Again it is a simple dish. I only do simple dishes, but it tastes delicious. The only special ingredient is turmeric. This is what makes the rice golden and gives it a distinctive taste. I shall have a weigh in tomorrow night. Fingers and toes crossed.

ACB day (after curry and barbecue)

Now the barbecue is done and we have a load of meat left over. My friend suggested we stick it in the slow cooker with some gravy and veg and let it bubble away for ages. So we chopped it up a bit more and it is now cooking. I just grabbed a sausage roll before taking my daughter to her football training. When I came back Mary and I shared a can of chicken soup. She has some ryveta with it, I had a handful of pringles. I have our special meal planned for today, beef and tomato soup with poached egg and grated cheese, garlic chicken supreme with golden vegetable rice and coconut ice cream. I need to do some post processing on the coconut ice cream as I tried some the other day and it was not sweet enough, so I shall mix it up again with some milk and icing sugar in the blender, so it is just a nice sweet smooth coconut desert. I am not sure if it will be like I intended, but it will be cold, sweet and taste of coconut. Well the starter was a hit with Mary. The main course I knew would be a hit, but the ice cream was a bit of a flop. Mary didn't like the coconut. My daughter didn't like it, but 2 of her friends had a bowl each and said it was nice. I thought it was delicious. I had a bit more soup later for supper and a cheese and pickle sandwich. Throughout the day I had about 3 glasses of lemon cordial and the same amount of tea with milk and sugar. I am only having the smallest dash of milk now as after not having any, it tasted really creamy with a normal measure, so I now prefer less milk, so that is a good thing long term.