Day 2 – in the office

My office is full of temptations. We have vending machines with yummy chocolate and crisps and nearly all of the office subscribe to have a Graze box delivered weekly. I love graze.com. The web user experience is second to none. At the end of January I was sent an email to renew my ‘subscription’, I had stopped my weekly box in November ‘10. Within one click through (from the email) and a click to say 'yes deliver' – I was back to receiving my weekly healthy alternative to cakes, biscuits and chocolate. No fuss, no re-entering credit card details and ‘Detox box’ delivered the following Wednesday. If you fancy a free box log on http://www.graze.com/ and put in voucher code: 8kvz5bp3. Just don’t forget to cancel your subsequent orders and it really will be free. I should cancel my delivery as nuts and dried fruits are incredibly calorific and certainly not on the SlimmingWorld plan, without 'syn'. However, I do think these are handy to have in my desk for emergencies and they are full of goodness and not full of sugar and unhealthy fats!


So intake today: Vitamins (C, Zinc and B Complex), porridge, banana, pear,
small handful of seeds, very small portion of dried mango (didn’t have much left), smoked salmon salad with low fat cottage cheese (not to be repeated – gross), about 10 cups of tea (I have been in the office and have a lovely team who make sure I have a cuppa within reach). I have just finished my chicken tikka, salad and low fat coleslaw – it tastes even better the next day. I used M&S tikka paste (2 tbsp + 150ml of fat free natural yoghurt + 4 chopped spring onions + 4 chicken breasts). If I feel like a snack later, I will grab a Special K bar – really cannot face any more fruit or veggies.


Now, after my taxi run to collect from Brownies, guided reading of new school book and ensuring my eldest washes and brushes her teeth – will I have the energy to do ‘Davina boxing’ in front of the TV? I think not. I will drink a herbal tea, wish it was wine and write about my new ‘beauty’ purchases!

Drop a dress size - Day 1

So Day 1 of the ‘drop a dress size’ has started well. After walking the girls at school, TV went on and I watched and did aerobics to Davina’s Total Body Workout. I actually did don my trainers and my legs and arms are aching to prove I did more than just bop lightly to the music. I then quickly walked back to the village (still in gym gear) for a quick eyebrow wax. So in SlimmingWorld terms, a body magic star deserved!

While out, I ate a banana, as I was shopping over lunch and I didn’t want to ruin my first day with something hazardous – like a sandwich (bread is banned)!

Had a lovely hour in Boots, where the sales assistant on the Benefit counter introduced me to 7 (well actually 10, but I had to draw the line) new products, that I cannot live without. These will be reviewed in a later entry.


So consumption: Porridge, Special K bar, banana, approx. 10 cashew nuts, 4 pieces of dried mango, chicken tikka and large salad. Drinks: 3 cups of tea. 1 cup of coffee, 1 camomile tea, 1 diet coke and water. Wow – not a lot and not a Wispa or glass of wine in sight.

I'm back...

OK – it’s been a while. Haven’t blogged for ages, even though I have continued to ‘invest’ in make-up. I also enjoyed a two week ‘stay-cation’ last August and visited many local attractions, which I really should have mentioned and rated. At work I continue to juggle an activity based role and manage 9 direct reports in my four day working week. So, not a huge amount has changed.

But, I am restarting my blog now because I need to loose weight. I thought documenting my weekly meal plan and daily food intake, exercise and weight loss may help. So tomorrow it starts. I have just enjoyed four Maryland cookies and scoffed leftover fish fingers and beans from the girls tea (I don’t even like fish fingers!), I may also have a Green and Blacks hot chocolate before bed.

Tomorrow I will be on SlimmingWorld – using fail safe green and red days and my target is to be a small size 10 again in 6 weeks. Must remember to cancel my Graze box…