The Future of Modern British Cooking

Tonight I should be posting an update on how my diet is going because I should be getting weighed tonight, but my buddy/mentor/friend who weighs me, the divine and wonderful LizSara, is off galavanting with Mr Grohl and Mr Dean-Bradfield, so I will have to wait until tomorrow.

So what I thought I would do is give an update into how I think I've done... and then do a compare and contrast with my post tomorrow (or possibly Wednesday) after I've been weighed.

Well, if you remember, my diet started off in the worst possible manner last week with me overreating on the first day. It really knocked my confidence and I was not fully focussed on the job at hand for the whole week. I did, however, not put any weight on, which was a metaphorical weight off my shoulders (rather than an actual weight, which would've been great!) and I faced up to the new week with a PMA (positive mental attitude). It's the dieting equivalent of being two goals down in a football match and getting a goal back just before half time. The score isn't ideal, but it's a damn sight better than what you thought you were going to be facing. The metaphorical half-time team-talk just got a lot easier.

So after my team-talk, how did I do? Well I think I've done well. I even managed to include a night out into the mix and didn't overeat any day this week. So, in theory, there should be no reason why I haven't lost weight. I still haven't managed to introduce exercise into my routine yet (the football match last week was cancelled) but all-in-all it's been a positive experience. And do you know what has made it even better? Home cooking.

So far this week I've eaten steak (dry-fried and cooked medium rare), Pork loin steaks (again dry-fried, with spicy onions, rice and an egg - lovely, you should try it), and pan-fried (this time with an oil spray - in my experience you can't dry fry fish) haddock fillets. So I haven't been starving myself or anything, but it has all been weighed and measured so that I only have the right amounts of everything. And I'll tell you something... I feel great! All I need now is for me to not lose weight at my post-Mr Grohl weigh-in tomorrow and it will shatter my confidence completely!