12.8

I wasn't as good yesterday.  I was ok in the day but it was barbecue for dins and I had a sausage in a bun as well as a burger.  I am glad I haven't piled on the weight.  I must drink more water today and take some exercise.  I saw a prog yesterday where some people did not eat anything all day but at night they gorged and they were SO fat.

I am doing a pulled pork recipe today but it is not diet list.  I will shop around the list for something similar.

12.8

My goodness, that is almost half a stone in a week.  What a great start. PlanBot and I are doing well.

12.9

That could have gone either way.  I ate far too much on Saturday and was suffering from a hangover. I had wine and big lunch on Sunday.  By some miracle I lost weight.  I feel triumphant and can see the possibility of losing a stone by September.  What a relief.

 What horrors lie in store this week?  I can't think if any huge eaty drinky challenges.... Except hunger or boredom.

12.10

A bit of a tricky day as we were out for lunch.  I had antipasto which was rather oily but healthier than pizza.  I did get a bit picky later.  Dinner was mackerel salad which was lovely.  I have to own up to drinking champagne.  I got a bit drunk and went into mad cleaning mode. I now have a slight hangover and sparkly kitchen though I have no idea where I put anything.

New ice cream machine made orange sorbet - amazing.

12.10

And another one bites the dust.

I am getting on so well with this excellent diet PlanBot.  I did have something else other than the set dinner but I kept it to about the same cals.  I then found this amazing extra bit where you could have treats.  I had a crunchy ice cream bar - amazing.

Pretty much a perfect day.

12.11

Going down.
Lovely swim on my own which is pretty amazing for this time of year.
Starting WLR's PlanBot.  A bit draconian but good.
Dawn French is fat again.

12.12

Finished the chocolate cake.

Have teamed up with Sophie B as my diet buddy.  This works quite well.  We are devising the SophieBel diet.  We will be mere sylphs at the end of it.

Having lost another pound I feel quite jolly.

12.13

Re: Chocolate cake. There once was a chocolate cake that I made for Alexander's birthday.  We never got round to eating it before he went to France so I froze it.  Yesterday we had it for tea.  I only meant to have one slice.  I carefully saved it for tea time, not having any for elevenses as I didn't want to overdo it.  So how come at 4pm it was as though I was heroin mainlining cake? Crack cocaine snorting cake?  I just hoovered it up and every time I finished ramming an enormous slice of many gooey layers into my mouth I cut another.  The best bit was the end with extra chocolate and plastic (fondant) icing.  I thought the double cream I poured over the top just gave it that extra loveliness.  Mr Smith had two slices too.  I was horribly full and couldn't manage my dinner four hours later.

Bleaghgh!

12.13

Barbecues and salad days - perfect diet food.

Feel thinner today - just a pound but it's a start.

13.0

Post Parisienne weight gain.  Oh Paris was so wonderful and yes, I did eat a lot, but I also walked many a mile.  I am now feeling a bit of a lump.  The hot weather doesn't help.  Gardening today once I have collected the dog and thought about my diet a bit.  I have a mighty list of things to do today.

12.10

Felt well for the first time in ages.  No headache. Made strawberry icecream in the ice cream machine. It was lovely.  However, I definitely ate less today - sarnie for both lunch and dins topped off with mountains of gorgeous ice cream.

I now feel motivated to lose a stone and buy myself Ted Baker wellies with matching handbag as a reward.