Day 21: Dinner

Duck stir fry.

Strips of duck breast, pak choi, water chestnut, onion, garlic, ginger.  Very yummy!

Day 21: Lunch

Chicken and bacon salad and a sparkling water.

Eaten out at Caffe Verdi, a local cafe.  It was very nice, think the chicken might have been salted which always makes it more tasty.  Had to eat out as we had nothing in and I was in a rush!

Day 21: Breakfast

Plain and simple scrambled eggs.

Busy start, and after two cheat day, back to this.  Still not particularly enjoyable though!

Day 20: Lunch

Cheating Again!!!

Today was the 75th Birthday of my grandmother-in-law, and we had thrown a surprise party for her.  My plan was to be good yesterday so that I could cheat today, but as you've seen from yesterday's posts, that didn't quite work out.  My plan was then to try to be good today, but that soon went to pot too!  Unfortunately, where I was helping out with organising on the day, I didn't diligently take snaps of everything that passed my lips, in fact hardly anything, but I'll try to give you an honest account!

Above is an example of the sort of thing that was in abundance and I can safely say I will have eaten around 10 of these mini treats.  I also had a glass of champagne and 2 pints of sparkling elderflower cordial, but the rest of the time stuck with cups of tea (it was a very hot day, 28 degrees centigrade, and it was non stop!).

There was also buffet food, which I ended up having for both lunch and tea.  I honestly can't tell you why there's no snaps of this, looking back I can't remember!  Must try harder next time.  They say with food diary logging, like the apps on your phone that track calories etc, that it's not the things you track that do the damage, it's the things you decide not to, as it gives you free reign.  This is the case here too, and there's less excuse as a little photo with your phone is quick and easy.

The buffet I had was mainly coronation chicken, sausages, some quiche and salad.  I did manage to steer clear of the breads and pastas.  I figured if I was going to be naughty, I wouldn't be wasting it on those foods,  I'd save it for the amazing puddings on offer!  Speaking of those, I think I probably had 3 bowls of Eton Mess!  If you haven't heard of it, it's a simple but delicious dish; meringue, strawberries and whipped double cream.

We'll see tomorrow what the damage is in terms of results!

Day 20: Breakfast

Stuffed mushroom and roasted red peppers.

I realised as soon as I'd eaten this that I had gone wrong!  Cheese!  Not the best start to the day, but nevermind.  Didn't eat the sweet potato though, not that appetising first thing in the morning, cold and dry.

Day 19: Late Night Snack

Tea bread, butter and a cup of tea.

To finish off my cheat day in style I had a late night snack of my wife's homemade tea loaf which is made with All Bran breakfast cereal, tea bags and usual cake ingredients.  It is seriously nice, even more so with butter on!  This type of food is my biggest weakness.

Day 19: Dinner

Fish and chips!

Having had my best intentions scuppered at lunch, I decided that today would become a cheat day.  It has been exceedingly hot today, and whilst I love it, my wife and three girls were suffering so we decided to head to the beach!  We had lots of good and active fun running along the beach and swimming in the sea, but my middle daughter Jess has developed an obsession with chips and tomato ketchup at the seaside!  So seeing as she has me wrapped around her little finger, that's what you see us all eating here.  And very nice it was too!