Back from Italy

Well I disappeared for a few weeks - busy in the run up to my holiday in Italy, and actually having the holiday itself.

I had a fantastic time and ate a diet that was completely un-IPD for the whole time I was there. I worked out that I had a huge ice cream every other day during my stay, mushroom pasta every day and a host of breads, cakes, chocolates, fruit and loads of alcohol.

So I'm back, and have bought a load of Italian type items - melon, parma ham, mozzerella, tomatoes, avocados etc. for the last 2 days of my holiday (back home but not at work so still on holiday as far as I'm concerned). Tomorrow I will be doing a shopping list based on recipes from the pink bible and will be going shopping to get the stuff. On Monday I will be back on hardcore P1 ready to start the countdown to Christmas.

Oh btw with all the walking I did while I was away, I only gained 1lb rather than the half a stone I thought I might have gained from the quantity and type of food I ate.

I did bring back some bad stuff - biscuits for work (which I will indulge of a few obviously) and some chocolate (absinthe and chilli flavours) and a couple of bottles of wine from San Gimignano. But I was relatively restrained really.