Walking in Dalkeith

Today was mild and pleasant - not at all like a late October day! I went for my usual walk - who would have thought I could walk a mile a day? Voluntarily? I'm really glad to be doing it. I do a quick turn around the streets near my office, ending up in a park. It's nice to see the children playing there on fine days and just as nice to have the place to myself when it's dull or windy.
I've been doing this for several weeks now, but on my return today I decided to continue through the centre of Dalkeith and have a peek in a couple of shops. Big mistake. The centre of Dalkeith is full of bakeries and cafes, and the all pervading smell of pastries and fried food nearly broke my resolve! It would have been so nice to just pop into Greggs for a chicken bake, or even a sausage roll! Fortunately it passed, and I left the shops smartish and returned to my office where I thoroughly enjoyed my beans and rice.

Good Walk Today

Today I walked right up to the Bluecairn crossroads, probably a mile up the hill. I really enjoyed it, it was overcast and there was a slight breeze, but that just meant I didn't get too hot.
I saw some windmills that I think are from the new windfarm over at Stow, and some sheep with curly horns. Most sheep are de-horned when they are young (I think) anyway you rarely see sheep with horns. Even the lambs had wee horns. It was a good walk, then I went to the Lowood nursery and spent too much on plants but I did get six good plants and I could quite easily have spent 4 times as much so I am quite pleased with myself :-)

Not a Great Day

Today has been a complete disaster. I started the day hungry and had a ham toastie for breakfast, then pasta for lunch and I bought some Lyons coconut tarts - and ate 3 of them! Aaaargh! After that a Magnum seemed appropriate and when Mum offered me half her fish supper I thought I might as well. Oh bad, bad, bad.
On the plus side I walked up past Fordswell nearly reaching Jeaniefield. I was pleased with that, and I enjoyed it.

Bit Better Now :-)

Well I did a lot better this week!
Last week I was really worried that 1400 calories would not be enough of a drop to lose weight - would I have to go down to 1200 already?
Oh that would be too hard - I was saving that little joy up for when I get too light to lose at this level. Fortunately 1400 was enough.
I suspect a scales glitch, but never mind, I'm deliriously happy at having lost 12lb to date.
I managed to use the stairs at work all week and today (being the first day of 'next week') I went for a lunchtime walk. Just a short one, I only had limited time, but I walked for 20-25 minutes and really enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy the stairs afterward but soon the stairs should stop being a problem.... I'll let you know when *that* happens!
I'm slightly less worried now about going out for lunch on Monday, same place as on my birthday, but I'll not have the G&T!

Scary numbers? 16st 4.5lbs

A Difficult Day

It's 3 o'clock and I'm starving. I'm never going to manage this. I will have a treat of some kind and a coffee, but maybe I'll have water now, go for a walk and have the treat when I come back. It can be a reward.
Now it's 4:15 and I'm all warm and flushed after a 45 minute walk. Down to the Upper Blainslie sign and back - hopefully a mile each way, I'll check tomorrow. I've certainly earned a treat and a coffee, but I'm not so desparate at the moment.
Having promised myself a treat I had one, a Cadbury's mini roll and a coffee, and I had a meat pie for tea!
In the end, once I'd crossed that difficult patch, the day actually went well.