What's in the box?

I just love a parcel! When I got home from work tonight there was the familiar sight of a brown amazon box waiting for me. Yay I thought! I'll be shredding tonight. I ripped open the box only to find...the other exercise dvd I bought - Pilates for Dummies. Ow man!

Oh well! I've been moaning about starting up pilates again and the reviews for this dvd were really good so I decided to try it this evening.

I've just finished it and I really liked it. It reminded me a lot of my class I used to go to. You start with 20 minutes of a standing up workout and then 15 minutes of mat work. It ticked all the boxes, got my heart going (the first part of the workout really gets you out of breath), worked out my stomach muscles and gave my back (and pretty much everything else) a reaaaally nice stretch and it was over in no time!

After a intense day at work, it was the perfect way to wind down at the end of the day - whilst also working off the cals.

So maybe it wasn't the exact dvd I was anticipating (the 30 day Shred will have to be tackled another day - come on mr postman!) it ended up being exactly just what I needed!

Today's letter is S...

...and the topic is...snacks!

I've been thinking about healthy, energy-boosting snacks I can easily take with me to V Festival. Last year I ate rubbish and I really don't want to mess up my good behaviour. I don't mind compromising with the main meals (I found a baked potato stand last year...well they do have everything in fact!) but want to go for the healthier options - noodles etc. Also, I'm thinking because it is a full on two days, I want to have a pack of little energy-boosting snacks with me so that I can keep my energy levels up. The other thing is that they have to be small and light enough to be packed in a little box, and has to be able to last all day in a bag.

So far I have come up with the following ideas:

• Rice cakes.
• Oatcakes with peanut butter (hmmm, not sure if the PB will last though..)
• Pieces of fruit - apple, banana.
• Breakfast bars.
• Small handful of walnuts.
• Seeds.

Nothing mind blowing but a friend suggested I go to Holland and Barrett and stock up on the a few little packs of snacks - like seaweed covered peanuts (although I think they can be quite calorific -like most nuts, so again, would only be a handful). So think I'll make a trip there sometime this week - will have to stop myself from eating them at work though!

Preparation Pay-Off? + Tuesday Twaddle

So the roasted pepper pasta was a bit 'meh' - not bad but there are tastier lunches that don't take 3 pans to create, amongst other washing up items!

My gym effort this morning was a bit poor, due to me realising (about 5 mins into my workout) that I am actually still suffering with this blimmin' cold. I contemplated going home but decided to soldier on and just spent less time doing cardio and concentrated on weights.

So all in all yesterday's preparation didn't inspire great results today but I suppose I did get some exercise done as planned, and (so far) I have stayed well within my points allowance. So scrap that - preparation has proved to be successful! :)

I bought some melba toast at lunchtime, for an afternoon snack. I looked the points up on WW online and it's a bit confusing (0.5 points per pack of 6 - yet it says the same if you select one individual slice? But the slice is 3g the same as a 3g pack???)

WW online has gone insane recently. The community section has given up the ghost - tried to post on my WW blog and everytime I clicked save it sent me an error message - argh! All the new sections are really slow. Technology eh?!

Right - that's enough Tuesday twaddle!

Tuesday Twaddle

So the Monday blues are over...and the Tuesday trauma's hit! Not been the greatest day at work but felt in control of what I was eating.
Had a really nice WW chicken balti curry tonight for tea - feel stuffed now! Think i'm going to stop having the pitta bread with it next time.

Went to a fashion shop/late night shop thing last night and bought two gorge maxi dresses, handbag and sunglasses. Felt really good to treat myself to a nice dress, especially after last weeks weight loss.

Didn't go to the gym this morning due to a late night last night, so will go every morning for the rest of the week - gotta get another weight loss this week!!

Catching up with the Biggest Loser Australia at the moment. It has been a big motivator for me to get down the gym - plus the Commando is amazingly good looking so that always helps! Seriously though, the transformations are really inspiring. I will never be able to meet that rate of weight loss but as long as I keep losing i'll be happy :)