I had been a bit disappointed, because no matter what I seem to do this week I keep gaining weight.  I’ve been exercising, drinking so much water I pee twice an hour if not more, ate carefully, didn’t eat carefully … And so my weight yesterday morning was 155.4lbs - that is very close to my (if it isn’t my actual) heaviest weight.  So what did I decide to do?  I said - I know!  I’ll fast for a weekend to shrink my stomach and burn some of those “hanging around not doing much” bits of fat!

Like I said, I’m an idiot.

I woke up hungry (I hadn’t eaten since 7pm Friday).  But I drank lots of water and it satiated me.  As I got to work though, I couldn’t ignore the hunger pangs.  You could hear my stomach growling over the music in the store!  I was starting to get little dots in my vision and feel unsteady.  I was tired, irritable and slow paced.  Again, I’m an idiot.

So I decided that idiocy is not the way to go.  Funny that!  I came home and made a small portion of scrambled eggs (two eggs, tiniest scraping of butter, teaspoon of grated cheese) and will make some dinner once I’ve written this.  I’m having sweet and sour chicken, which involves:

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 pack of Amoy straight-to-wok fine noodles
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 heaped tablespoons of sweetcorn
• Sharwood’s sweet and sour sauce

It’s pretty yummy and not too bad for me.  It fills me up quite a bit too.  So I’m hopefully paying penance for my earlier stupidity!  I’ve resigned up to the Daily Plate too - I’d gotten out of the habit of using it, but am renewing my efforts!