Day 22 : "Re-focused after 'treat night'..."

So, week 4 of 8 begins.

Last night, after my king prawn and crab salad, I had a bit of a carb. frenzy - well, I ate 4 slices of brown toast with marmite.  Sunday is my treat night, after all.  And eating 4 slices of brown toast is sure healthier than an old treat night - which would have consisted of curry (along with starter, popadums, rice, peshwari naan and bombay potato), chocolate and beer or wine.  Or both.

But I'm back on it today, properly, 100%.  I'm determined to lose more than just 2lb this week, despite the muscle gain, so will be keeping carbs and 'extra' fruit in the evening to an absolute minimum.  I'm also going to swap squash for water, and lots of it, as apparently that's good for weight loss.

I'm doing things a bit arse-about-face today, as my wife has gone to the cinema, so I'm writing my blog as I eat some low-fat soup, and then going to the gym later when she gets home.  Tonight will be my Monday workout - chest, stomach and 30 minutes of cardio.  I'll get out of there at about 10pm.  I must be mad.

This means that I'm not eating as late this evening as I normally do, which can only be good for the waist line.  But I know I'm going to be ravenous by the time I get to eat my banana and apple for breakfast in the morning... I shall have to try not to eat my pillow, or to drink my delicious-smelling tangerine flavour shampoo during my morning shower.

So, anyway, my diet today has been:

- Breakfast:  An apple and a banana;
- Lunch:  Two tins of sardines and some rocket;
- Dinner:  Low-fat tomato soup.

Bring on week 4 !!