weight loss todate 3lbs
You may notice that my posting for week 3 is missing, this is due to the fact that that while staying in the Ritz Carlton for the sunday and monday during this week, I ate copiously in Gordon Ramseys restaurant. On the evening of arrival we had a lovely steak sandwich in our room and the following morning I partook generously of the full breakfast and I am ashamed to say that there was nothing on that wonderful breakfast buffet that I didn't try and some I tried twice!! After a little lie down in the spa following a swim (1 length of pool followed by a 30 min lounging in the jacuzzi) We wandered up the Avenue of Powerscourt to my favourite lunch time venue "Avoca Cafe", where it's possible to fool yourself into the thinking the food is healthy due to the large array of lovely salads. We proceeded to justify our tray full of goodies including the largest portion of Strawberry meringue roulade that I have ever seen with the fact that we would not be eating again until 9pm and we might grow faint with hunger if we didn't have a little lunch. I wasn't sure whether I would be able for this lunch 2 hours after breakfast, but to my amazement I managed to fit it all in. My husband walked his meal off with a 4 hour golf game, while I walked mine off by a wander around the Avoca shop where I lost a few pounds (unfortunately all from my purse and none from my waist) and a stroll back to my room where I lay on the bed reading the Sunday papers.
After my husband returned, showered, dressed and switched on the tv for some golf, I handed him a chilled glass of Champagne and took mine to the bathroom, where I filled up the enormous bath with bubbles and soaked for an hour, while watching tv on the bathroom mirror. By 8pm we were enjoying G&T's in the lounge while snacking hungrily from the bowl of nuts and chips which the waiter annoyingly kept replenishing every time we emptied it. By 9pm we were sitting in the restaurant ordering the 7 course prestige menu. One might assume at this stage that I might have passed on the basket of fresh, warm, home cooked breads laid in front of me, but sadly no. We tried each of the three flavoured breads, then slowly but methodically ate our way through the 7 courses and even managed to fit in an optional extra cheese course raising the count to 8 courses.
We retired to our room around mid-night where I lay down in some discomfort and swore that I would not eat again for two days............. 9 hours and 50 minutes later I was shaking my husband awake while flinging on some clothes and shouting "GET UP! BREAKFAST FINISHES IN 10 MINUTES!"
Now I am not proud of this story, and I admit it would be more suited to a blog called called over-eaters and not weighters and if I told you that 4 days later I was away for two nights with 7 girls in a house in Roscarberry, where everybody brought delicious things to eat over the two days and we managed to eat out one night and the following afternoon as well as eating everything that was brought, you might think that I should be expelled from "weighters" and you might be right, except for the fact that I did feel real contrition and managed through hard work and will power this week to return to my week 2 status. So onwards and downwards I head. The battle is still on and I'm not out of the game yet!!
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