Day 5 of the Klein

Saturday 18/9/10

Today I had such high hopes for the day.

I had planned to go to our first ever farmers market near home.

I thought it could go 2 ways.
One be the best ever as its the first or second really crap.
Which do you think it was? OK so the first sentence probably gave it away.......

There was allot of cars there, parking was crazy. I parked in a side street and as I started to walk there it was beginning to rain, just light but there was wet stuff coming from the sky.
You would have thought the people leaving empty handed would have given me a clue. NOPE

What was the first thing I saw?

Free camel rides

Then I took a picture of the picturesque lake



That's where the good ended.

The 'farmers market' consisted of about 7 tents, all selling something not really resembling anything like a farmers market. OK maybe there were 2 out of the 7 that had something I wanted. I did buy some un-homogenized milk for 'the husband' and there was a vegetable stall however I didn't buy anything from them. I think I have turned into a 'farmers market' snob. Their vegetables didn't look anything like the vegetables I saw at my first farmers market. They also looked very clean?? Now this may seem odd but they aren't meant to be going through commercial cleaning process before being sold but the Pontiac potatoes looked like they had come straight out of a Woolworths shopping bag. The vegies looked like the vegies at the supermarket, small.

I left with my milk and that's about it. Very disappointed to say the least.

Now onto food, again disappointed.

However who can I blame?

Of course not me.

I went to pick up mum today for our normal shopping trip where we do some shopping, have some lunch at Subway, but not today, she hasn't been feeling well, a little like Christmas where she almost died from the infection (still a little worried tonight that I might need to take her to the hospital). But on the way back to my place to watch some DVD's she mentioned that she wanted to stop at the pie shop. Not just any pie shop but the bakery who sells their seconds discounted. Well I got 'the husband' some gourmet meat pies and ended up buying some spinach and ricotta sausage rolls. You know where this is heading don't you??

Food today: 18/9/10

• 2 coffee's = 108 calories
• spinach and ricotta sausage roll = 380 calories
• 2 cans Pepsi Max = 0 calories
• dinner is going to be oven baked chicken pieces = ? calories
• Microwave sticky date pudding, only small but packed a punch = 311 calories and a little lite icecream

Don't want to total my calories today, don't worry my head is not in the sand or up my arse, I know what I have done today will ill effect me on the scales.......

Day 4 of the Klein

Friday 17/9/10

So today started off better, I actually woke a bit earlier than normal, I've been wanting to get up at least half an hour earlier so that I can get on the treadmill but I seemed to be very sluggish of late, but this morning I seemed to wake allot easier, I wonder if its the diet and exercise?

• Coffee = 54 calories
• 2 egg omelette, which I only ate half = 66 calories
  
• coffee = 54 calories
• wrap = 122 calories
• 2 spoonfuls of chili con carne = 76 calories
  
• lettuce = 5 calories
  
• tomato = 3 calories
  
• black tea = 0 calories
  
• herbal tea = 0 calories
  
• 200 grams watermelon = 52 calories
• coffee = 54 calories
  
• 1/2 a large banana = 60 calories
  
• 6" turkey subway = 380 calories (may be over estimating here)
  
• 1 can Pepsi Max = 0 calories
  
• Total = 926 calories

Worked 11 hours today so no exercise for me tonight, just finishing my drink and heading to bed in about 30 minutes to read a little, new book Eat Pray Love.

Day 3 of the Klein

Thursday 16/9/10

• Coffee = 54 calories
• 1 hard boiled egg = 66 calories (don't normally eat breakfast so this is it)
• 1 herbal tea
• 2 boiled eggs = 132 calories
• Salad = 82 calories
  
• 200 grams watermelon = 52
• 1 coffee = 54 calories
• 1 Pepsi max = 0 calories
• 1 750 ml water - I know this isn't enough :(
• Total thus far = 440 calories - dinner yet to be eaten - give me a break its 8.30pm and I've been at work 12 hours...........

Back with dinner calories and I'm really sorry to report that the Husband cooked sausages!

• 2 Herb and Garlic beef sausages = 467 calories
• left over mashed potatoes, beans and carrots = 220 calories :(

Total = 1127 calories eaten today - exercise = zilch

Food on the Klein Project

Tuesday 14/9/10

• Coffee = 54 calories x 2 = 108 calories
• 1 Mountain Bread roll up = 74 calories
• 1 microwaved egg = 66 calories
• same lettuce in the roll up = 5 calories
• 2 banana's = 242
• 2 x 750ml water
• 1 cup herbal tea = 2 calories
• Porterhouse steak, mashed potatoes, carrots, beans and gravy = 445 calories?
• Total = 942 calories

• Exercise = 70 calories - 20 minutes on treadmill
  

Wednesday 15/9/10

• Coffee = 54 calories
• Small banana = 90 calories
• black tea x 3 = 0 calories
• Salad - Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, coriander, avocado = 82 calories
• Small tin of tuna = 122 calories
• Watermelon 100gms = 26 calories
• Gnocchi = 259 calories
• Tomato sauce = 76 calories
• Onion = 6 calories
• Salami 50g = 235 calories (serves me right but it tastes great)
• Garlic Bread 50g = 154 calories
• total 1104 :(

• Exercise = 100 calories - 35 minutes on treadmill at 5.3kms p/h

Bit disappointed about today, would have been OK had I not eaten the dinner of Gnocchi in my homemade sauce, have to learn to make some changes to the sauce minus the salami at least.

I told Dazza that there must be something wrong with the treadmill if I only used 100 calories for 35 minutes (@#$%%$#) surely it should have been more.

Can't believe what I stumbled on today

Can you believe that I just added today this exact saying to my Goals page!

RE-JIG

So there has been a little re-jig so to speak.

I have changed the page background, learnt how to make a 'page' and set some goals *gulps*

I am no good at goal setting.

I don't like failure.

I don't like looking at my failure.

Or having others see my failures.

But there is no gain if I don't set them and try my damnest to stick to them.

I have added a box to the side with the amount of weight I would ideally like to lose before heading to the States for our treatment so please if I appear to be slipping, catch me and prop me back up, remind me of what I am trying to achieve.

Today I have a doctors appointment, had put it off for a month, not only financially but I know he is going to ask me how much weight I have lost since I saw him weeks ago. The answer is probably none. He had hoped for just a kilo per month until we leave, not to hard for most people, incredible for me, who doesn't like to give anything up expect my DREAM of a family.

Anyway, a new plan, I am buying what I can as organic, making better selections of the things I can't. Trying to keep away from ingredients that include numbers?? what vegetable does 220 come from anyway??

Taking some information found on my new friend Allan's page telling us all the mathematics behind weight loss, so I might just call it the 'Klein Project' and give it a go for a week to see my results. Must say I hate counting calories but obviously not counting calories hasn't gotten me very far!

So the start weight for this week is in pounds in honor of the American way = 209lbs

A funny thing

This morning I got up as per usual quite early. Instead of turning the television, I came down to the computer to check on all my bloggy freinds.

After about an hour I decided that I needed some breakfast and looked into the lounge room. There on the couch was a little teddy bear? Where has this come from I wondered, vaguely recalling seeing this before many years ago? It seemed that Humphrey was playing with it. Then I hear it.......................

Fuck U
Your an asshole
Fucking Jerk
Eat Shit

He has found the swearing bear!

It all came back to me now, I remember buying this bear out of one of those book club boxes that come around to your work. I had never seen one before and thought Daz would get a kick out of it. I don't know where its been and now that Humphrey feels he owns it I don't think I want to know where he has had it.