It's been a very long, very stressful, very busy day today, but I managed to get through it in one piece without snacking which I'm soooo proud of, but it's bedtime for me now, ready for my groceries tomorrow morning.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
...managing to cope with today.
I'm soooo proud of myself right now! I haven't snacked all day and I've managed to get the other two quotes for my roof. I'm just waiting for them to send me the quotes and answer my insurers questions, then I'll send it all over to them and see what they say.
I'm grateful that I can breathe now, and look ahead to tomorrow and my groceries. It doesn't matter if any/all of it is out of stock because I've got enough food and drink to keep me going and it's just chocolate and crisps and a multipack of water, so it's nothing urgent that I can't do without.
Today could have gone badly, but it wasn't so bad in the end.
Loki was up to His tricks for the second time today because I'd literally just finished stirring my hot choccie when the bell went lol
I know roughly how much it'll cost now - the ones that have just gone (so the third quoters) gave me a rough quote of £10-£11k, the second one (that came at lunchtime) was £8k and the first one (that came on Saturday) was £20k, but he's the only one who had a look at the roof while he was here and he's quoted for repairing (for £2k) as well as replacing the whole roof. The first one is the most expensive but he's also the only one who got up onto the roof for a look, took a short video and explained it all to me. He spent the time explaining without jargon and he actually listened to what I said instead of making wrong assumptions.
For me, the order of preference is:
Creamy drinking chocolatesFruit pots
Pringles
Choc nut pots
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Monday 26th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes
Tea: 2 x (softest) gold Kiwi
Tuesday 27th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Wednesday 28th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Thursday 29th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Friday 30th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Saturday 31st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Sunday 1st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: Any remaining fruit
Today's last meal was a healthy meal of 2 Kiwi fruit that were supposed to be Golden Kiwi but they were past their best when they arrived yesterday evening and had lost most of their colour and were very soft to cut in half and then eat. That's 9.2 portions of fruit and veg consumed today, so that's not too bad.
Creamy drinking chocolatesFruit pots
Pringles
Choc nut pots
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Monday 26th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes
Tea: 2 x (softest) gold Kiwi
Tuesday 27th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Wednesday 28th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Thursday 29th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Friday 30th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Saturday 31st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Sunday 1st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: Any remaining fruit
It was really tough going this morning, but I managed to get through it without snacking, so this afternoon will be a breeze by comparison!
My lunch today, like most breakfasts, came in two parts - the leftover vegetarian family roast and a quartered potato roasted in vegetable oil, washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Guava pop for my usual Monday main course, and I also had 4 pots of mandarin segments in juice for my pud to try and put a rocket up my fruit and veg portion intake today and according to my app, I've now managed 9.2 portions of fruit and veg and 47.1g of protein (including the 2 Kiwi fruits I'll have for my tea) today so I'm pretty proud of that too lol
...today is gonna be another busy day 'cos the roofer that said I wasn't in on Saturday is coming over at about 2.30pm today after all and I've got another roofer coming over between 4pm and 5pm too, so it had better be an early lunch today!
I'm glad I changed the bedding this morning instead of waiting until lunchtime now lol
Thank you Loki!
...significantly over my Pace Points budget before the recycling collectors arrived and I'm now at 26.2 out of 20 so I'll definitely crash now 'cos it's only just gone 10.35am!
...my entire day's Pace Points used up so I'll be going waaaay over budget today, but the bedding has been changed at last, so I can recover until lunchtime now.
Creamy drinking chocolates
Fruit pots
Pringles
Choc nut pots
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Monday 26th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes
Tea: 2 x (softest) gold Kiwi
Tuesday 27th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Wednesday 28th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Thursday 29th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Friday 30th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Saturday 31st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Sunday 1st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: Any remaining fruit
Fresh new week and fresh new start to my meals. I'm determined to eat proper meals this week and not snack if I can help it. I've got fruit pots in the fridge and snacks in the drawers, but once I've had those, I won't be getting any more to try and reduce the temptation. It'll be hard but worth it.
I started off my meal intentions with my normal 500ml glass of water to wash my 11 morning pills down with, then I had my first solid meal of the week of two slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 20g of 'Buttery' spread and approx 30g of a plant-based chocolate and hazelnut spread and washed it down with a freshly-decanted 250ml bottle of Wonky Orange juice.
I've woken up in a pretty decent mood, taken my 'Morning Stability' score (which was 2 again, so no exercising today), taken my blood pressure (122, so that's high for me but just about in the normal range), popped my 11 morning pills, weighed myself (1.6kg above where the nurse wants me), made and ate my breakfast, washed up and just started off the daily virus scan which has found an advanced issue, so hold on while I resolve it... OK, all sorted.
I've also taken my paper and card sack out so that it didn't blow away overnight, so I'll bring all the recycling in when it's been emptied. I wanna get my bedding changed today too and I've got the last roofer due between 4pm and 5pm, so it's gonna be a busy day for me - I'm hoping it'll stop me from snacking lol
Time to get this week's first meal photo's downloaded, resized and up onto Instagram, then the first update to this week's menu then today's to-do list now I reckon.
BBS
I was seriously expecting to be in bed and fast asleep waaay before my OddBox was delivered, but it's arrived, been put away, I've taken my pills and got myself prepared with the next four boxes of my pills (should only have been two, but never mind) and I'm wide awake now!
I'm gonna crawl on up to bed anyway 'cos my body is seriously struggling.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
My OddBox has just been delivered and put away so I've been able to put next week's official menu together. I'm not tired yet, but I'm gonna take my pills and head on up to bed anyway, hopefully with a less stressful next week.
Creamy drinking chocolates
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Monday 26th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes
Tea: 2 x (softest) gold Kiwi
Tuesday 27th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Wednesday 28th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x gold Kiwi
Thursday 29th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Friday 30th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Saturday 31st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi
Sunday 1st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: Any remaining fruit
Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Monday 26th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Tuesday 27th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Wednesday 28th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Thursday 29th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Friday 30th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Saturday 31st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: 2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Sunday 1st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x apple, 1 x gold Kiwi
Creamy drinking chocolates
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Pringles
Chocolate Nut pots
Monday 19th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: aubergine, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo
Tea: instant soup
Tuesday 20th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: tofu, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler
Wednesday 21st
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: tofu, mayo
Tea: 1 x pear
Thursday 22nd
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: 1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler
Friday 23rd
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: tofu, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler
Saturday 24th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: tofu, mayo
Tea: 1 x easy peeler
Sunday 25th
Breakfast: toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch: Sunday lunch OR tofu, mayo
Tea: 2 x easy peelers
Well, I'm finishing off the week with the last two fresh fruits out of my OddBox from last Sunday - 2 large easy peeler clementines.