Wednesday Weigh-In 7 May

Bank Holiday Weekends. I'm about as far removed from the stereotypical DIY enthusiast as you can get, so I was never likely to be found doing odd jobs around the house over the long weekend or eyeing up bargains at Homebase. With no projects to sink my teeth into, I was a little worried how three days at home would negate my good work whereby I resurrected the diet and kept to it during the working week. I needn't have worried however, as rather than spend my time thinking about food, I had three Fs to occupy my time, namely Family, Friends and Football.

Saturday was spent primarily with my boys, with a spot of gardening and lots of laundry thrown in. Sunday was a time to catch up with old friends. I'm very fortunate to still have a very large close knit group of friends from secondary school. Even though it is 16 years since we sat our A-Levels, get the group together and it is like time stood still. Five girls and guy went wild at Bekonscot Model Village, well, as wild as our spouses and children would allow! We don't see each other as often as we should, but on the occasions that we do it is so lovely. Now we all have kids or bumps in production, it is less of a boozy affair than in yesteryear. Bearing in mind these guys can remember just how big I used to be, it is always nice to hear complimentary comments about how I'm looking these days. 

I'd promised myself not to have a drink throughout the weekend, but Sunday night I caved in to the bottles of cider in the fridge. And why not frankly. 7 days of being very disciplined merited reward, and basking in the afterglow of time spent with old acquaintances, I very much enjoyed a glass of something nice with my wife.

Bank Holiday Monday presented a different challenge. As a lapsed supporter of Slough Town Football Club, I made the journey to Burton Latimer to watch the Rebels face Kettering Town in a play off final for the right to earn promotion to the Southern League Premier Division. Well aware that the majority of my readers are unlikely to give two hoots about a non-league football match, I'll skip all the drama of Slough overturning a two-nil deficit to win 3-2, and instead report that I did remarkably well in terms of food and drink control. Rather than visit the obligatory burger bar, I endured my 99p tuna sandwich acquired from Londis pre-match. It was priced at 99p for good reason too and not an experience I'll be looking to repeat again in a hurry, but the net result was an improvement on the greasefest I would have bought at the ground. Only one pint of Guinness pre-match and none in the celebrations that followed. I did permit a celebratory take out Monday night instead of cooking when I got home, but even that was a better option that join the players and supporters in the Herschel Arms.

Cider and pizza perhaps cost me a little on the weigh in this morning but overall I am very pleased with the outcome of an otherwise very disciplined week. Last week the scales had nudged up to 14st 8lb. Today I'm showing a 3lb loss. That'll do nicely!

Better than last week!

My plan for the week ahead is to build upon the success of the last 7 days. Today has not been a great start, adding a savoury snack to my salad at lunch, but after a couple of interrupted nights thanks to the nocturnal child, I knew I required something a little extra to make it through the afternoon. So long as I don't make a habit of doing so, I'd like to think the scales will be favourable again next week.