Thursday 9th January 2025
Short blog this morning as I posted some of this yesterday I think, breakfast was mushrooms on toast, I added a little milk to the pan to stop the mushrooms from sticking and to help them cook without oil whilst the soft cheese melted, really enjoyed this meal for under 200 calories (without the mugs of tea/coffee), quick to cook too.
I went to the gym straight from huddle for the first time this and walked a mile on the treadmill, it almost made me cry with pain but hopefully as I lose weight it'll get easier, my knees not as painful as it has been so maybe it's helped. I still wouldn't want to walk round and stand on it for hours but I didn't wince as much as I usually do coming down the stairs this morning.
Lunch was leftover hotpot with veggies, those sprouts were so good but I left some of the carrot I was full and hadn't thought there was already carrots in the hotpot.
I was surprised to find myself hungry again at tea time so I cooked the leftover chicken thighs from the pack I'd bought for the hotpot, I removed all the skin and bones and weighed my 2 pieces and served it with this microwave Dal Tarka that I'd bought to try before Christmas, the whole packet was 258 calories, it cost £1.85 and tasted okay, not sure I'd eat it again as a main but as a side if we were having fakeaway Indian, it'd be great.
It tasted better than it looks.
I ended my day on 1587 calories, I did enjoy some wine and eat a banana, the app says I had 9.2 of my f-a-day but they do count 2 portions of mushrooms as 2 of your 5 but that should only be 1 as the 5 should be different things. I still hit the five easy, mushrooms, sprouts, carrots, onions, cabbage, banana, lentils (yes lentils count).
Fitbit says I did 9,924 steps and burned 2,080 calories, even managed 10 minutes in the active zone, it doesn't show the 25 minutes in the pain zone ;)
I've ha a good nights sleep 8h 38m apparently, sleep score 86, I left the heating on when I went to bed because I was cold all night but woke up at 1am warm, thirsty and needing the loo - so came down and turned the heating off and had a glass of water, need to remember to take a glass/bottle with me to bed as it does help me drink that extra 500ml a day when I do that. I'm drinking about a litre of water a day, so I could work on increasing that, see if that helps my joint pain.
Anyway I need to get ready for work, I'm sat here in my dressing gown and haven't thought about breakfast. I've got a really busy day, 3 huddles and parents evening after work tonight which makes me laugh 5 minutes per teacher - that's crazy, what are you supposed to be able to cover in 5 minutes.
Here's to a great day, I've bought a ready made lasagne for tea so I don't have to cook, that'll sort the boys easily and I can just have a portion with some salad I think.
Catch ya tomo,
Luv u
Love me xx