Weekending.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend doing what ever makes you happy.

Mine has been a lovely calm weekend.

Saturday I went off to meet a lovely friend from my last job, we had planned to meet for breakfast at the Mall, I was a little worried given my current diet and had popped a diet bar into my bag just in case! needn't have worried she has started the exact same low calorie low carbohydrate diet as me !  Her Dr recommended it to her, shes on real food though not meal replacements. So we had a look at the food places and there was very little ketogenic /GI friendly foods. We settled on somewhere that did a basic cooked breakfast, minus the bread! I hadn't planned to eat, but hey, you have to live too !

I chose this

It did come with toast but I made them take it away! I have to say it was a bit of a shock having a whole plate of food, all i managed was the 3 slices of bacon, the mushrooms and about 3 mouthfuls of scrambled egg, this was the plate after

I cant believe how much my stomach has shrunk ! I was stuffed. I was really pleased that I stopped when full and was able to remain diet friendly. I must be doing something right ! 

After breakfast we mooched about, I used up some body shop vouchers I had and treated myself to this little beauty

basic chambray tunic, looks better in real life, and guess what.... it was a size 18 !! a tad snug, but an 18 from Fat Face !, I will stick to this diet !! I would be so happy just to be able to walk into any ladies clothes shop and be able to buy something ! I have booked a night away for hubs and I next month [off to Brixham] , as we get to spend such little time just the 2 of us, and am planning on wearing this ! may team it with some chunky tights and boots. Am anticipating it will be cold given its going to be the end of October when we go. I cant remember the last time I actually wore a dress with no leggings or jeans on...

Back home and we decided to take the mad hound down to the beach. The weather wasn't too bad and I felt like a blow out after my breakfast.

Daft hound didn't want to walk ! we managed to get him to do a small walk by tempting him down to the water as the tide was in, but some days he just wants to go home, this was one of those days, It's really sad to see a dog that doesn't like being outdoors, Maybe hes hearing something that were not.

As I had eaten at Breakfast I decided that Saturday would be a food day, My late lunch/ afternoon snack was a stick of celery with 2 teaspoons of peanut butter, yes just 1 stick...I know how to live! with a steak on a bed of leaves, olives and gherkins for my evening meal.I couldn't eat it all, how sad is that, the hound didn't mind as hes quite partial to a slice or 2 of steak.   I will admit to succumbing to a glass or 2 of Gin, it was Saturday, I was knitting and the x-factor may just have been on...

My rough calculations mean that I was way over the 600-800- very low calorie guidelines, but it was still below the 1200 average weight loss plans.

Sunday was a  house day, ironing and coming week prep was in order, I also wanted to do a sort out of project bags as my sweater is  squished into one of my favourite bags but its a wee bit small, so needed a change over. Then decided to unpack all my size 20 clothes and put them into my wardrobe, which led to sorting and bagging up for charity shop, its amazing how just 10lbs can change your dress size. I am determined that I wont get bigger or put that 10 lbs on, and having all those clothes out was like having a massive shopping trip ! I have another box of size 18 clothes which will be next but, think maybe another 10 lbs to get them comfortable.

As  my size 20 box was now empty I then decided to sort my yarn out and put all my sock yarns into 1 box. I am planning on doing Steven Wests Speckle & Pop shawl, and am still dithering over colours. My stash is most definitely growing.

The Bra box is full of gorgeous sock yarns, top box is lace weight and fibre and 1 sweaters worth of yarn for my next planned sweater. I don't think that's excessive, do you?

What's that Bra sticker I hear you ask, well, I might just be on a  bit of a pin badge thing at the moment and when this little badge popped up on Instagram I just had to have it.

It was for a good cause after all !

I'm still none the wiser in regard to yarn choices for the west knits mystery shawl knit a long, But I still have 2 weeks to decide.. just enough time to try and empty a project bag..

The boys were out at Rugby with hubs, so cooking the Sunday roast was down to me, even though I wasn't eating, very impressed I didn't give into temptation. I did notice a difference after a day of eating though, I could feel my old temptations coming back , I think the trick for me is to keep on the plan, meal replacements only until I work out how much real food I should be eating each  day, and have lost a decent amount to keep me motivated.

I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening unpicking the bottom of the sweater and then re-knitting, hoping I can get this sweater body done by next weekend.I have a whole box of scummy yarns just waiting to be cast on.

An uneventful weekend but a calm restful one, and a lesson learnt about food.