PotentialSlayer

Yesterday: day 27 Breakfast:apple, juice, yoghurt Lunch:salad (tomatoes, leaves, olives, mushroom onions, olive oil), ricotta and spinach pasta leftovers Snacks: two yoghurts, two biscuits, an orange Dinner: chicken satay sticks, a macaroni pie Exercise: 30 minutes walking Ballet: 45 mins

So, I went off the rails all weekend. I ate rubbish, and lots and lots of it. I continued to drink lots, in spite of the fact that I'd already surpassed my weekly limit. I didn't record stuff because I knew I was being 'bad'. And I didn't do any ballet except my class. Quick evaluation of week four anyway: Food 1/5 Drink at least 21 units, I'd guess. Maybe even more than that... Ballet - 45 minutes Other exercise - nearly eight hours. Log - I missed two days... I was rubbish. However, I'm drawing a line under that now ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ See? New start! I'm gonna let myself win this challenge if I demonstrate sufficient willpower this week - if I do ballet every day and drink no alcohol at all, and never miss a log. Onwards!

Oh dear, oh dear... I'm an idiot Have just failed my six week challenge, and know I'm not gonna manage one of my other quests as I have a friend arriving in an hour for the full weekend. Yesterday (day 26): Breakfast: Yoghurt and apple and small slice of toast with marmalade, orange juice Lunch: Homemade broccoli soup with a homemade scone and cheese and an orange Dinner: five chicken wings, broccoli and cauliflower bake (with hazelnuts and goat cheese) Snacks: Biscuits galore Exercise: 1h 45 minutes walking Alcohol: beer (2+1+2.6 units =5.6 units), a rum (1 unit), a gin ( 1 unit) = 7.6 units, -1.5 remaining... Sigh...

Day 25: (yesterday) Breakfast: yoghurt, apple, orange juice Lunch: sausage roll, pork pie, 2 biscuits Snacks: Lots of biscuits Dinner: cauliflower and broccoli soup, bread and butter, cheese, pate, marmalade Alcohol: 1 large and 1 small beer, 3 units, 6.1 remaining. Exercise: 1h 40 walking

Day 24: (yesterday) Breakfast:Yoghurt, banana, apple, orange juice Lunch: Leftover dinner from yesterday with salad and tomatoes Dinner: cheese, bread and pâté Exercise: 1h 10 of walking Snacks: Orange, biscuits Alcohol:1 beer ( 2 units), 9.1 remaining

dancezwithkittehz thank you so much *blushes* - I get muddled up with all of the names, but it was exactly what they do at the end of this video that I was trying to replicate:

Day 23: (yesterday) Breakfast: orange juice, toast with orange and ginger curd and marmalade, an apple. Lunch: Broccoli soup, salad (rocket, pickled onions, olives, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms), four cocktail sausages, 2 chicken thighs Dinner: Pasta with cream cheese and lots of veggies (celery, mushroom, onion, garlic, carrot, cabbage, peas, sweetcorn, spinach), yoghurt, banana Exercise: Walking 1h 15 mins Snacks: 4 biscuits (very tasty, homemade, eggnog flavoured biscuits... mmmmm), bowl-licking, Alcohol: none, 11.1 units remaining

Thank you for your words of encouragement! I do enjoy the 'beginner' part of learning things where every day you can make really significant progress. I have a (non-fitness related) skill that I have been practising daily for nearly 15 years and it's so rare that I can actually see my improvement, so I make the most of it where every workout improves my overall ability by something like 10%

Day 22: (yesterday) Ballet: 45 minute class Walking: 30 minutes Breakfast: Toast, marmalade, orange and ginger curd, orange juice Lunch: Broccoli soup, salad (rocket, pickled onions, olives, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms), fromage frais, apple Dinner: veggie lasagne, cheese Drinks: 1 whisky (1 unit), 1 beer (1.9 units) = 2.9 units, 11.1 units remaining Snacks: 5 packets mini haribo, 5 lollies, 2 oranges, 1 tangerine, 1 biscuit, 1 bowl of cornflakes with milk, 1 banana... whoops...

OMG OMG just got back from ballet and it was AMAZING; I had so much fun. From getting there, all through the warm up and all of the stuff we did at the barre, all the way until when we came into the centre, I got it. I knew what I was doing and was focusing on getting my form as correct as possible rather than generally flailing around and trying to work out what we were supposed to do :) I'm so happy and in love with ballet. Although it was heartbreaking... I practised my arabesque with a chassé bit in it for bloody HOURS this week and we didn't do it in class. We did two things I can't do instead So I guess that this week I'll be mainly practising pirouettes and balancés

Week three: complete! Did all my logging, all my ballet, and stuck to my alcohol limits, so full brownie points for me I'm so so proud of the progress I'm making in ballet. This week in class I made a point of trying to remember the name of the tricky bit we do at the end that I struggle to follow (arabesque with a chassé) and looked it up, followed a YouTube tutorial, practised it about a SQUILLION times and am now really excited about class this evening where I can hopefully follow what's going on! In terms of my life goal, I ticked off one of my mini decluttering tasks this week and am part way through several more, so that's a work in progress too! Christmas is seeming very soon now (4 and a bit weeks!) and I'd love to see the house looking its best. Anyway, this weekend is going to be a challenge for me because I've got a friend here all weekend and that doesn't lend itself to alcohol moderation or to meticulous logging, but we'll see!

Week 3 review: Ballet: 3 hours and MY GOODNESS I'm getting better. Log: complete Alcohol: 14 units exactly Food: marginally better than previously: 2.5/5 Running: 0 Walking: 6h 30

Day 21 (yesterday): Breakfast: onion, fried potato, mushrooms, sausage, egg, tomatoes, beans , orange juice and a latte Lunch: peanut butter on toast, peanuts, a fromage frais, a biscuit Dinner: breaded quorn dippers, parsnips and potato wedges, and a yoghurt, and two non-alcoholic beers Snacks: 3 apples, 5 biscuits, Exercise: 30 minutes walking.

Day 20 (yesterday): Woke up hungry and stayed that way to dinner time, in spite of eating quite a lot. Guess it was just a hollow day! Breakfast: satsuma, banana, cornflakes and milk, apple. 337 calories Lunch: Big veggie stirfry, peanuts, fromage frais 386 calories Dinner: baked quail with chestnut stuffing, with a non-alcoholic beer and all the veggies (potatoes, carrots, peas, garlic, onion 738 calories Snacks: Carrot, fromage frais, 4 x mini scotch eggs, a chicken drumstick, yoghurt, apple 654 calories Alcohol: small white wine (1 unit), small brandy (0.95 units), no units remaining, 113 calories Exercise: 1 hour of ballet (15 mins of watching vids and reading stuff, 45 mins dancing), 1h 45 mins walking. 758 calories Total in 2228 Total out 758 Difference 1470

Day 19 (yesterday); Good day! Did an hour's ballet and really mastered one of the things we've been doing in class, woohoo. Breakfast: two slices of toast (homemade bread), one with marmalade, one with peanut butter, served with juice and an apple 373 cals Lunch: soft boiled egg, rocket, pickled onions, olives, balsamic, packet of crisps, fromage frais 305 Dinner: Big veggie stir fry with extra beansprouts and marinated tofu, followed by a serving of amazing peanuts 502 cals Snacks: apple compote, mini haribo, a lolly, cheese 283 calories Alcohol: 2 x whisky (2 units), 1 small beer (0.9 units) 225 calories, total 2.9 units, 1.95 units remaining Ballet: 1 hour 339 calories Exercise (other): walking for 26 minutes, 153 calories Total in: 1688 Total out: 492 Difference: 1196 Very happy with that!