The Lunch Box 28-day diet: Week One/Day Seven

The Lunch Box 28-day diet:

Week One/Day Seven

Disaster has struck!

Let it be known that on the seventh day the dieter did sin!  I hold my head in shame!

                      I know, you think I’m terrible don’t you?  It wasn’t my fault, honest!

My friends read yesterday’s post and thought I sounded a little bit down, so they all turned up today with bottles of Pimms and nibbles (not healthy nibbles at that!) and chocolates and cake.  I couldn’t believe the spread they laid out before me, and after this morning’s weigh-in, which is another disaster, but I will get to that soon enough, the food looked like a gift from heaven.

After a couple of glasses I didn’t care about diets, lunch boxes, vegetables, or exercise, I was just happy to have my friends support – OR NOT, AS IT SOON DAWNED ON ME!

They had plenty of well meaning comments, but at the end of the three hour ‘girly’ session, they said their goodbyes and as they were leaving one of my friends turned around and said We didn’t think you would be able to stick to it – why don’t you knock it on the head and go back to normal eating?’

Well, I was amazed……………….one, because my friends had me tagged as a quitter, and two, they had sabotaged my diet plan by bringing a host of my favourite treats and enticing me, yeah, I would go as far as to say encouraging me to partake of their offerings.  I was shocked!  They were my friends!  Just goes to prove the argument about peer pressure.  They don’t have to tie you up and force feed you, but by just bringing it along (for themselves, they said) and eating it in front of you, you can’t help but sneak a quick olive, then a piece of cheese, then a hunk of bread and then a glass of wine or Pimms in this case, and before you know it YOUR A CHEAT!

Well, something else hit me about their comment – what did they mean – ‘NORMAL EATING?’

Well, I suppose I should go through my food intake today, but I warn you, it gets ugly………….

BREAKFAST:

Poached egg

1 slice Wholemeal toast, no butter

Cup of tea with semi-skimmed milk

MY LUNCH BOX TODAY CONSISTED OF:

Cherry tomatoes

Watercress

Cold smoked mackerel fillet

MY CHEATS CONSISTED OF:

2 Glasses of Pimms with lemonade1x Glass Red Wine (small, ish)10x olives2oz (approx) Feta Cheese

3 hunks of crusty bread

Olive oil/Balsamic vinegar dip

Portion of Victoria Sandwich with fresh strawberries and cream

3x Dessert Chocolates

MY EVENING MEAL: 

I didn’t dare have anything

(I feel like I should be sent to bed with no supper, and so that is what I shall do)

ACTIVITY TODAY:

I went for a walk, but I felt so sluggish, I most definitely wouldn’t class it as a POWER WALK, not today!

Oh, I nearly forgot!  The weigh-in this morning – another bad, bad start to my day.  I have put on another pound………………..I know, and that was before today’s cheating occurred………………I don’t know whether I want to weigh myself again EVER!

So, my weight is 10stone 11pounds and as you can see, I’m not proud of it either, so I don’t really want to shout about it, or dwell on it – best I move on and try harder tomorrow.  Trouble is, I’m invited to a dinner party on Saturday, what do I do – not go!

Anyway, if you have any jewels of wisdom to encourage me back to sainthood, or if you want to give me a stern ticking off, both are welcome.  I need all the help I can get.  And, as for my friends – I have banned them from entering my home or office without a bag search and any contraband is to be confiscated immediately……….well, as long as it is something that will keep for the duration of my diet plan anyway…..LOL!

I will speak to you tomorrow to divulge the latest weigh-in – and I think we all know which direction the scales are going to go on that one, don’t we?

Till tomorrow then, bye everybody

Chezzymac

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