Still no wheat....

Ok, so I've been cheating a little bit and have had the odd portions of wheat, but nothing like the toast fest I was having before (I guess, even though I didn't think I ate that much toast)

Friday was torture. It's supermarket shopping day for me - which normally requires visits to one supermarket  that sells things discounted. However, as its a discounted place it didn't have some of the stuff, so I headed off to a main stream supermarket. They were completely sold out of all fresh fish  - the key protein in my dinner on Friday. CRAP. So, off I went to a third supermarket! After landing in my door at 6.10, changing and going out, I wasn't back home until 845, and then had to leave again to collect himself from the train. Also had a crazy incident with my neighbour - she's clearly all kinds of crazy. 

Dinner was amazing, baked hake with pesto, red onion, chorizo and tomatoes. 

Saturday - went to the www.artsource.ie to see some of local Irish and based in Ireland artists - yeah, wasn't as good as last year, but still it was nice to go to. Spent the morning of Saturday on a grueling 13.5km run - which was hard going (2 glasses of wine and 2 bottles of beer on Friday night - NOT my friend), but soooo worth it, and then before the exhibition went to lunch. At lunch I had a smoked salmon open (that's how it was written on the menu - in the salad section!) - however, when it arrived I then realised that it was an open sandwich served on one piece of brown bread. So I ate that. Then I ate chocolate cake - which was amazing. 

Saturday's dinner had disaster points all over it - it should haev come with a WW warning - TWO BOTTLES OF WINE (yeah, for me - I shared 1/2 of one bottle), potato gnocchi - YUM, and a cream and bacon sauce. Gnocchi is something I've never ordered or made before. Even though it was a bit glutenous it was pretty tasty when fried off in the pan and my boyfriend LOVED it. 

Sunday was a good food day, had a couple of these sausages - which did taste low-fat, but at the same time gave me the sausage hit that I wanted. They did not pass the test of the boyfriend though, and I think he would have preferred something a little more fatty! Oh well - it's 1WWPP vs 4 WWPP for a full fat saussie!!
Then I had a falafel from the market and a rice crispie square - with chocolate. Delish! 

This week's been good so far, today weighed in at 9st 13lb :-) Have a 10k race tonight  so am looking forward to that, and any more positive effects it might have on the scales...

Menu today:
Protein shake 2pp
Grapefruit 0pp
Yogurt 1pp
Chicken salad with low fat mozz and dressing 6pp
Porridge 2
Yogurt 1

then home to collapse on the couch... not sure what I'll be able for after the run - sometimes I'm not ready to eat anything right after, and we've no eggs - my normal emergency meal option! 

Quick post before I head out the door...

So, WW  today - 

DOWN 2.5LBS - yes, that's right, bold, and caps and underlined... and a different colour font! I've also realised that I am no longer craving a caffiene fix in the afternoon - such as coffee or a diet coke, and that in a week i've had no diet drinks at all (or carbonated drinks) and wonder if they were bloating me long term - i always felt a bit more bloated when I drank them, but then assumed that it was normal!

I am so chuffed - as was my leader, she said, 'well done - see you did tell me you'd get that off now the last time you came'. I also am particularly chuffed as this means that I am now

2 POUNDS FROM GOAL. 

Next week is a birthday party for one of my best friends. It's a night away, and there's going to be copious amounts of alcohol, and some sort of food - as well as the following day, travelling, and therefore munching in the car. So - going to be smart about this - 10k run before we head down on Saturday - that's an extra 10 WW pro points for me and the dinner that night will not include any of the following:

• bread
• pasta
• noodles
• chips / french fries

All so I can get into this dress, or a dress that looks like that as the dress I have isn't online any more!! It's a UK10 - and I've been trying it on over and over again... I am planning on wearing it with black tights, gold shoes and a cream jacket.... but I DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN IN IT AT LEAST FOR DINNER!

Breakfast the following day will also not include

• bread
• dairy 
• too much sugar

but it will probably look like this, a lovely Irish fry-up, hangover cure and little bit of heaven on a plate... yummo

Back to basics... I've been slacking!

Ok, so the posting has been a lot less inspired than I had hoped - and a lot more kudos go out to my friends who blog all the time - Jenn and Lynn, and Tiffany - you guys are amazing, how do you find the time! 

I have decided, based on my allergies, to go wheat free for a week - and see how that goes for me. So, no more sneaky slices of toast, no more digestives that were bought for the chocolate biscuit cake, and no more pasta - just for a week, which started on Saturday. So far it's been ok, as I mentally know that I can have some carbs, and there's a lot of wheat free options out there.

This is in attempt to reduce the itching that I experience all over my body, especially my eyes, throat, nose and legs, and to reduce my sniffles. I'll update how it goes. I may continue for one more week to ensure that i get into that LBD for my friends birthday on the 17th! :-) Who knows!!

Well - today's lunch was leftover fajita peppers (I didn't have the tortillas on Saturday), spinach leaves, roasted chicken and a tiny piece of cheese that was just too small to put back in the wrapper (think 1/4 of a matchbox). It was tasty, followed by an apple and a yoghurt and it was nice and filling - and i'd estimate maybe 6 points for the whole thing - the yogurt was only 1!!:-) 

This evening we are having grilled hake, baby potatoes, brocolli and carrots (boiled) - and I may add a teeeeny bit of parmesan to the veggies and perhaps the fish. I've a long run scheduled with my running buddy too -  12.5km - and have to work out what to eat before I do that. It's going to be hard if I can't have the toast I normally do. My boyfriend's going to get me some oranges, so that might do - or I can have a 2pt protein shake - that might work also, but I think the oranges, with the natural sugar and fibre will probably give me more energy...