Day 9

Todays weigh in - 1*2.4 kilos, a loss of 800 grams since yesterday, cant wait till I get in the next lower middle digit :).

Made the Scotch Eggs yesterday, the recipe said 6, I could only make 4 with the pork mince as I couldn't properly spread the mince out with only 1 hand, but they still turned out nice. Cant wait till I can use two hands properly again.

Here is the pic, as you can tell I couldn't wrap the mince around all of them properly, but hey they still taste the same.

I am about to head out the door to my surgeon/specialist appointment, wish me luck....

Ok back from specialist now, and am allowed to drive very small distances like 5kms max..... am also allowed to take my splint off for small periods of time, but if my hand starts getting sore, or my fingers droop more than now I need to put it back on full time for a bit again and try a week later. He has given me a medical certificate till the end of October..... so no nails till then :(. I still have to wear it at night for at least another 6 weeks. I go back to see the specialist in 6 weeks. 

After that we went and had lunch at Bayfair, have not been there for ages, didn't really enjoy it as my arm was quite sore, probably should have had it in a sling when out and about, did go to 'K&K Fashion' and David purchased this top for me.... it is a lot brighter in real life :).

Anyway think I will sign off for today, am feeling a bit down right now, excited I can drive a bit, but another 8 weeks of work....... have no idea whats for dinner, maybe a low carb takeaway....

Day 8 and Official Week 1 Weigh In....

Day 8 and lost 700 grams from yesterdays weigh in, and  official Week 1 weigh in - lost 2.8 Kilos, am happy with that :).

Only walked 3 times last week, going to aim for more this week.....today I did 11.46 minutes, creeping up bit by bit :)

I am struggling a bit, I really thought after 6 weeks I would be further along after my surgery, I still cant move my middle finger up, and my ring finger hardly moves as well. Cant wait till I see the surgeon tomorrow, hopefully he can reassure me, and that I have not damaged any of the repaired tendons and they still need time to heal. 

Oh forgot to take a pic of the dinner, but here are the left over meatballs, they were really yummy in that sauce. David took some for lunch today and I also will have some today (they tasted much nicer than they looked in this pic). :)

Tonights dinner is chicken breast with garlic/herb butter, so nice and easy in the air-fryer and also am thinking I might make some keto scotch eggs today, if I have the ingredients. Be good for David's lunch as well as mine :). Right now I am trying to keep things exciting. 

This week I am going to try and focus on drinking 1 litre of water a day..... done

Just cooking the scotch eggs as I finish this post off... will take a pic and post it tomorrow. No walk tomorrow as I have the specialist appointment wish me luck 

Have a great day/night where ever you are :)

Day 7 and First Day of Spring :)

Day 7 weigh in and we have a gain of 50 grams..... so a 2.1 kilo loss to date, oh and my glucose readings were quite a bit down today, in fact just about close to being in the normal range :).

Sleep pattern - not sure when I last updated my sleep pattern....

Thursday - Bed 11.30pm - awake 8am
Friday - Bed 1.30am - awake 8am
Saturday - Bed 11.30pm - awake 9am

Last night we had chicken wrapped in bacon, I was going to make it myself but they only had chicken breast at the local supermarket and really couldn't be bothered making it, when I saw already made ones in the butchery compartment, I asked what was in them and he said chicken thigh wrapped in bacon, because they were the right way up, when he put them in the tray I didn't see the stuffing in them, whoops - anyway I cooked them in the air-fryer and they turned out delicious, the mushrooms so were nice as well. In fact I am having the rest for breakfast, oh and yes I did eat the stuffing :). 

Anyway this is what it looked like and sorry the photo is crap.... see the stuffing, also dont know why I even have a knife on the plate I cant even use one with the splint lol

Yesterday I said going low carb is more expensive, I say that cause meals cost more, like this meal with everything came to just under $20.00 with mushrooms/bacon etc.... in the past we may have had a supermarket pizza/pie or sausages and potatoes and peas for $10.00 (this is just a basic example), also snacks consist of salami/cheese.... low carb crackers are $6.00 for half the size of normal crackers and triple the price. Before low carb, it would be chip/lollies/normal crackers etc.... yes it is the wrong foods but thats the reality thats the food that got me to that big. At the moment, when I only have one hand, it is pretty hard to cook from scratch, Almond/Coconut flour is also double the price if not more than normal flour....last night I cooked the mushrooms with one hand, and just things like cutting up the mushrooms and bacon takes so much work. Using cream in sauces's is more expensive than just a normal gravy. Keto/Low Carb bread is round the $9.00 a loaf rather than a normal loaf for about $3.00.  Yes in time I will start eating less, once I lose more weight, but for now, right now it is more expensive to eat this way :)

Speaking of food, for dinner tonight, we are having 'Keto Hamburger Patties with Creamy Tomato Sauce', we wont have cabbage though with it, not sure what we might have, am feeling like some fries so might have some french fries with it - (I am not doing keto remember), I am ok about having french fries once a week/fortnight or so...... I will have to remove the splint to make the patties. 

Anyway another beautiful day out there today and it is 16 degrees, our warmest day since I dont know when...., might drag all the cushions out on the chairs and relax outside for a bit today. Better make the most of the weather as it is suppose to rain all of next week :(. 

Going to post now, while I remember :)

Have a great day/night, wherever you are :)

Day 6

Day 6 and another 300 grams down (updated weight is in the side bar), and 2 .15 Kilos down so far. 

Someone at Davids work brought some daffodils in to work, so he brought some home, they smell divine.

This weekend, nothing exciting is happening, surprise, surprise...... David is doing overtime this morning and need to go to the supermarket and get some more low carb stuff and meat. 

Have been having trouble moving my wrist, so the hand therapist suggested a heat pack before exercising and tried it this morning and what a difference, as I was starting to get a bit disheartened. 

Dinner tonight is chicken thigh wrapped in bacon and am going to cook garlic mushrooms with bacon as well. The recipe is 'here'. My bloods were up again this morning, but it was down a little this afternoon, Will give it another week or so, if it isn't coming down, might have to go to the doctors. 

When David got home, we went and got groceries, nearly $200 later and we are sticked for lower carb eating. Am not going to lie, eating this way is not cheap. But we pretty much have enough food for the week. 

No walk today, just because I was lazy, does walking around the supermarket count?.... Water am going to try and aim for a litre a day next week. 

Anyway that's it, will try and remember to take a photo of dinner and after I have been to the surgeon/specialist next week I am going to start doing my nails well one hand anyway :).

Have a great day/night where ever you are :)

Day 5

Day 5 weigh in is 1*4.15 Kilos, so 100 grams down from yesterday, feeling a little off today and my blood sugars are up..... they started coming down but now they are up again, hopefully they will settle in the next week or two.

Well so much for rain today, it is fine, though the clouds are building up - am not sure if I will go for a walk as this morning I did the vacuum cleaning and did the bathroom and toilet and my hand can feel it, though I try not to use that hand.

I go back to the surgeon/specialist on Tuesday and it will be 6 weeks since surgery then. I am really hoping I can start taking the splint off for short bursts, and that I can drive short distances. 

The scars are looking better each day now, am moisturising them and massaging them a few times every day.

Still wearing this splint 24/7 apart from when I do my hand exercises.

Anyway not a lot else to report, having butter chicken for dinner tonight, though I would love the butter naan bread, I am going to turn that down :).

Catch you all soon, and have a great day/night where ever you are :)

Day 4

Yippie another 500 grams down so 1.75 Kilos in 4 days being back on lower carb. Hand/wrist is feeling so much better today, so will go out for another walk sometime today, suppose to get a high of 13 degrees today, it is 10 currently. 

And I forgot to take a photo of the pizza last night, but it was yummmmm, next time I will make sure I have more ingredients to put on it. I added some herbs to the chaffle which was nice :), might make one today for lunch.

Did my walk did 10.55 minutes so a little longer than Tuesday's, also I didn't hold the dog strap in the bung hand and that made a difference. I cant believe how unfit I have become in the last 5 months since I stopped the gym.  Tomorrow it is suppose to rain again :(. 

And this is lunch, I added some parmesan cheese to it and it was really tasty, tonight for dinner is steak and not sure what else with it yet :)

It's another lovely sunny day out there, though it is still a little nippy, but it is so nice having all the doors open throughout the day.

Anyway thats it for now, catch you soon :)

Day 3/100

Day 3/100 weigh in - 1*4.75 Kilos, so down 750 grams from yesterday and down 1.25 Kilos in total. So lower carb is working already, and already feeling much better in myself, it doesn't take long to feel better.

Another day of no rain, and a high of 14 degrees, though it is still cloudy, have the door open, even if it is rather chilly. 

Monday night I went to bed at 2am again, but got up at about 8.30am, last night I went to bed at 11.30pm and got up at 8am, showered then talked to my dad on Skype (I do that every morning, while I am not working).

Am expecting a few courier parcels today, one from Sephora, one from Ezibuy, one for nails, tomorrow I have acrylic powder etc from Magpie Beauty, they have just brought out there acrylic package, (Magpie Beauty is the brand I use for nails), so if I like using it, I will start doing acrylics again maybe :), oh and another nail package. Also waiting on a package from ASOS, that should be here early next week, yip thats what I do when I am bored, shop online :). 

The Sephora package arrived - love this, though I am struggling to do makeup now with 1 hand, come Spring/Summer this will be perfect  :)

From Ezibuy, I just got these two tops to wear with a black skirt for when I start back at work - so nothing to exciting :)

I am going to have one hand of mine with acrylics and Build Me Up gel and see which I prefer. So will have 1 hand with extensions, and one not lol. Hoping to start the hand in the next few days, will prob be only be able to do one - two nails a day. 

Tonight we are having homemade pizza's, was going to use Flathead Pizza's base, but dont have all the ingredients (should have checked last night, before David went to the supermarket), and I cant drive yet sooo.... instead I will use the chaffle recipe as the base, what I have seen other's do :).

Yesterday/this morning my hand has been really sore, think it is because I am holding the dog strap with it, Rusty is good to start with but on the way home, when we get near home he wants to run.... so am having today off from walking to let the swelling go down, and will try tomorrow using the other hand and see how that goes, having said that it could also be that I am doing a little bit more stuff with it, when I shouldn't be. 

Anyway will post this now, nothing else exciting going to happen today, will try and remember to take a photo of the pizza I make tonight and post tomorrow :)