gym-bunny

Went up to Greens on Tuesday and re-activated my gym membership. Also walked a lot with Kate, as evidenced by super-high count here ..

Also did some good food - rainbow soup with red pepper and sweet potato ..then pretty much shot myself in the foot by drinking too much in the evening *bleugh*

Oh well!

scotland

Scotland was everything I wanted it to be in terms of fitness. Two rides along the canal on the bike, and three short walks over differing terrain. I loved getting on the bike again and am determined to keep that up with B at the weekends, cos she can run as far as I can peddle and we'll both be happy.





Foodwise, we ate well, porridge and banana and raspberries for breakfast most days .. a bit of a snack out and about at lunch time and we made simple pasta dishes with roast veg etc for evening meals.





On the down side, I've re-discovered my taste for wine and we ate a few cakes and buns on our travels .. so too many calories overall and no major weight loss yet!





Well in two weeks I lost a single pound! haha





















Stepper for Sunday and Monday combined - not bad!

step count 5

Today's food
Breakfast
The most yummy smoothy with fresh orange juice made using our lovely juicer and then a good dollop of raspeberries and a few ice cubes whizzed up in blender ... absolutely delicious!
small bit of toast with cheese spread and marmite

Lunch
TINNED soup - but nice, from organic farm shop, red pepper and lentil
two bits of toast and peanut butter (spread v.v.thinly!)

Dinner
Roast chicken, jacket spud (only I don't eat the jacket!) carrot, parsnip, sweet potato.

Snacks: milk in tea, two shortbread fingers, TOTAL greek yog (not low fat so B will be pleased)

insert Thurs pic here

step count 4

Weds day 17th Oct pic needed here

YaY. For the first time in a while I actually did over 10,000 steps on Weds.

step count 2 and 3

Monday and Tuesday - logged together and not really enough! hey ho - spent a lot of the day on the phone with fresh cancer troubles to talk about among my friends ..

cant upload images at all atm - blogger probs are not restricted to layout it seems they can't even pick up your pic now

the one I want is: desktop oct17 002

meanhwhile I need to walk A LOT MORE!

Weds food:
Breakfast:
smoothie made from banana and pear with pineapple juice
toast with "cheese" spread and marmite.

Lunch
Remains of the leek and potato soup

Dinner
Roast chicken, jacket spud, carrot, parsnip and sweet potato and a gravy that defies description .. made it with the roasting juices (left to chill so I can get all the fat off) and the celery and onion that sat under the bird while it cooked ... I used to press these veg through a sieve, but it's better to whizz with that hand held blender thing, and then no need for flour to thicken .. tell you it was yummy.

snacks: milk in hot drinks, four shortbread fingers

food 1

so
yesterday I started my healthy eating do-dah again.

Breakfast - toast with lemoncurd (no butter)

Lunch - home-made leek and potato soup for me and Liz ... with some left over for later in the week. ( No extra carbs)

Snacks - banana, two shortbread biscuits, milk in some drinks (now taking black coffee with sweetner)

Dinner - smoked mackerel, brown bread, broccoli and dip made from low fat mayo, horseradish and finely chopped onion -- (this is nicer than it sounds!)

Today:
Breakfast - smoothie from very ripe banana, pear and pineapple juice (this is VERY sweet!) 1/2 slice toast with marmite

Lunch - home-made soup, from tomato with roasted yellow pepper and roasted garlic (this is gorgeous and left a bit for sauce with dinner tonight)

Snacks: some milk in hot drinks, two hovis crackers, two shortbread biscuits, broccoli adn yesterday's dip.

Dinner: roasted chicken (leg) baked spud, spinach, bit of tom sauce (soup!)

step count 1

ok I'm starting a re-numbering thing - haha - post scan Total Fitness campaign!

This is the step count for Sat AND Sun when we were in Wales .. we walked quite a bit on Sunday along the coast from Deganwy to Llandudno - it's a lovely walk, and it was sunny to boot!

Food Planning

so actually I *AM* quite good at this --
it's maintanence I never manage!


I've been thinking about what to do .. knowing what my own habits are tells that that these are the changes I need to make ... this is for my records more than anyone else's, but I'm gonna put it in here anyway .. feel free not to bother reading it!

Reduce overall calories intake :
easiest wasys:put booze back in its box .. strictly a weekend treat (and if mates come round in the week)

stop buying butter / biscuits / gu puddings!

order with care when eating out - no chips, no cream. Order plain cuts of meat/fish .. avoid "composite dishes like lasagne and skip the salad-bar (always have hidden fats in them!)

cook using stock rather than frying

keep an eye on milk intake (too many milky coffees)

increase volume of vegetables in every meal

stick to portions of carbs - 8oz spud / 2oz uncooked rice or dried pasta

increase healthiness of food intake

fruit smoothie or porridge for breakfast (do the shopping for this)

veggie soup for lunch (watch out for excess toast here)

normal tea with B - pasta / meat / chicken / fish etc .. increase fish content generally

keep an eye on getting a rainbow in soups / smoothies

eat daily vitamin supplement

drink plenty of water / fruit teas

increase activity level
keep up with the stepper

re-join the gym and go three mornings a week - to an organised class

get bike out of cold storage and use to go to with B on canal path at w/ends -- build up to normal rides again next Spring!

ration my time in the computer (erk)

Verging on the cranky

Consider doing the cancer-diet from super-foods book?
I did lose a couple of stones last summer using the bowel health diet from that book - and it does mean I dont have to think if I just eat their regime -- but it's quite labour intensive and fiddly ... and it is not flexible for eating out and friends visiting ... hmmmmm

scan days

This is a two day step - we walked a lot before the scan and before the results - in fact this is not hte full count cos it stopped working when we were scrambling on the Roaches .. anyrate

a good couple of days all round!

scan week

ok, so one of these WAS Tuesday and one of them was Wednesday!

Weds was out walking with Matt around cheap shops in town - so I think that was the low one, and the one with the baby eyes really WAS done on Tuesday - me and Andy walked to the Co-Op

hehe - so much glamour in my life!

was chemo sick and tired on Monday

OK - not quite, but OK

Sunday 7th Oct

mostly picked up in The Italian Gardens. It's so pretty there, still.

I was so bone-weary, it's not like TIRED as such, just more flu-y like my muscles don't fancy it!

SO I was pleased with this score .

ps sorry about the weird layout on this page - it seems to have a mind of its own!

inside and out

Managed to do these while I was inside on the drip, which I think is quite good, Tuesday 2nd to Thurs 4th Oct.

Very impressed with myself to have been able to do these on Friday, partly round Hanley and partly alongside the Lake at Trentham where I met B after work. They've started to shut the Italian Garden bit at 4 so we couldn't get in there.

Was feeling much more tired on Saturday, and although we went to Tittesworth I didn't walk very far and got very tired. In any case was saving myself for the night at the theatre.

Notice how quickly I've lost track of the count of the days! haha!

Last Chemo

Hopefully today is my last chemo! I will be back "inside" in a few hours .. will try to walk out for an hour b4 Barbara comes to get me.

I can't walk much in hospital, but I did double on Sunday this week, going out for a walk in the morning with B round Deep Hayes, which is a lovely space, and then up the back lane here with Sam in the afternoon. We then dranka gallon of cava so it wasn't the complete health farm effect!

Day Five - Saturday 29th Sept














Day 6 - Sunday 30th Sept

Day 7 - Monday October 1st