January 26, 2010

Day 4: Big, big stakeholder day

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Today was a huge day. I had presentation to 20 stakeholder in a new research programme I am managing. We had to impress and as we are a virtual team, we met for the first time this morning, just before the meeting. Co-ordinating 4 different presenters, making sure the material is right and giving confidence to our customers was a challenge and we did it.

This is me laying on the excuses for the fact that photos and food planning was low on my list of priorities today. I knew it was going to be difficult so I stuck to some guidelines instead of rigid calorie counting. Toting up the damage, it seems to have worked.

Breakfast was Fruit bread (no butter) and coffee… in the car. Naughty. Calories= 452

Lunch was a buffet which I had 1/2 sandwich, 2 mini Kiev, 2 halves of a mini pork pie ( I felt guilty but I did enjoy it) and a diet coke. I was talking all the way through lunch with our VIPs, so I think my attention wasn’t as focused as it could be, but these events are few and far between so this kind of problem isn’t common. Calories= 548

However, the volume of this food was low and by the time I drove home I was starving… a fuel stop end up with me buying chocolate and more fruit bread and a machiato when I got home.Calories=460

Ham and Egg loaf, wedges and tomatoes

Dinner is Ham & Egg Meatloaf, wedges and tomato salad and houmous. Calories= 437

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January 24, 2010

Day 2: Feeling Good

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I woke up at 6 this morning (not good for a Sunday unless you are a morning person). The reason was that I was starving hungry. I knew I hadn’t eaten enough yesterday but ran out of meals… What do I mean? I strongly believe that dieting is very bad for us in the long term. I think we play around with our metabolism at our peril, and that it is very unforgiving of our mistakes. I found the Fat2Fit Radio podcast on itunes, and the two presenters are very convincing that we should not go below our BMR in terms of calorie intake. If we do, our body responds by going into starvation mode which is highly efficient at using the few calories we take in. This is a start of a cycle which forces the dieter to consume less and less just to sustain weight loss. I know that I cannot thrive on less than my BMR so I aim to eat around 2000 calories a day.

Bacon, Eggs, Toast and Tomatoes

Breakfast today was our usual Sunday breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Grilled Bacon, Toast and Grilled Tomatoes. With a dollop of ketchup on the side. Also a lovely frothy cup of Machiato. Calories= 502

My daughter has spent the day with us having Java tutorial from my Beloved. She is new to software programming and its a very steep learning curve with an assignment at the end which has to be in this Thursday. She is working very hard to manage the course, the assignments and work. We left her to it while we drove to Waitrose for the weekly shop. Lunch was a bowl of Heinz Pork & Stuffing soup and bread (unpictured). Calories=354

My exercise today was 30 minutes on the ET, The two downstairs were laughing as I sang along with my music. I like singing when I exercise, and I love music that gets the blood pumping.

Gammon, Cauliflower, Potatoes

Mini Pud Key Lime Pie

Dinner was a baked smoked gammon ham, served with baked cauliflower, sweet potatoes and roast baked new potatoes. Served with a spoon of spiced peach chutney. Followed by a Fru Mini Key Lime Pie ( picture of the box… D’oh) .Calories=820

I had a late night splurge… my daughter had made cupcakes at a friends house yesterday and bought samples with her. I cut the topping off and had the sponge. I also had half a mini bar of Green and Black’s creamy milk chocolate. Calories=245

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