Oh Dear

Well it all went wrong again. More workshops, more junk and a major craving all worked to undo my good work. Amazingly, I haven't gained any weight this week, staying the same, and as its TOTM too that's a bit of an achievement.

I had a few glasses of wine last weekend and on Sunday morning had the most enormous bacon sandwich craving. I can have bacon whenever I like, but I didn't want a cooked breakfast - I wanted a bacon sandwich with lovely soft white bread and tons of ketchup. I forced myself to have a protein shake, which got rid of the hunger and I hoped, the craving. Unfortunately, when I got to the pub Mark was making bacon sandwiches for the participants of the petanque competition. Arrrghhhh! The smell was driving me mad and reawakened the craving. Soon though, the sandwiches were gone, ahhh panic over. Nope, all the staff had decided that they smelt so nice that they all had a sandwich too. That was a move too far for me so I crumbled and had one myself. Of course, I actually did well to give in to the craving at that point because it meant that I only had one sandwich instead of giving in later and buying a loaf of bread. I'd like to say I didn't enjoy it, but actually it was wonderful. Well for about 20 minutes it was. Then it started sitting on my stomach like a ball of lead and made me feel bloated and lethargic. Be a while before I'm having another one of those then.

Last night I went for a lovely meal with Lynne, Maureen and Caroline at the Ship in Upnor. I did try to stick to the IPD (although I did have a couple of glasses of wine), but the temptation with so many lovely things to choose from was hard. In the end I had gorgeous fillets of sea bass with prawns in a sweet chilli sauce with a salad. I also had a small piece of french bread and a teaspoon of Lynne's banana & amaretto cheesecake - not too bad under the circumstances. So today's weigh in came as a pleasant surprise, although I'm not measuring myself this week because of the TOTM.

One great piece of news is that I can finally fit into the M&S dress with the zip done up. Yep, I really can. Of course it took me about 20 minutes to wiggle into it, and I look like a sausage in a badly fitting casing, so wouldn't yet consider wearing it out in public, but it's a start. This time 2 months ago I couldn't even fit it properly over my hips.

My poorly glider went back to QVC on Tuesday, I just hope it isn't too long before the replacement arrives - I don't have enough room in my lounge for the yoga dvd and don't have the energy or stamina for the peak energy one. LOL