Rainy Van City 12th March

I awoke this morning, prematurely, to the sound of rain beating against my window. I decided there and then today would not be the sightseeing day I had hoped for.

Breakfast: Missed hotel breakfast - had a fruit & nut cereal bar instead

Snacks:

• Mid morning snack of four wholewheat low fat crackers with a little cracker barrel cheddar
• Spicy cashew nuts (small bag)

Lunch: Decided to have my main meal at lunch time. Chicken burger with yam fries. Yummy..not such a healthy choice though but I will have a light dinner to make up for it.

Dinner: Orange juice, banana, blueberry, hemseed, kale and blue & green algae smoothie. Tastes surprisingly good

Van City 11th March 13

Breakfast: Apple & cinnamon porridge, 1/2 cheese & onion bagel with full fat philly

So this morning I did an audit then I spent the rest of the afternoon walking around Downton Vancouver where I'll be for the next few days before flying home to London.

I decided to eat my main meal at Lunch time rather than dinner time as a) more time to digest b) cheaper to find lunch deals :-)

Lunch: Indian buffet....

Having bought a Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP) teddy moose when last in Vancouver, Martin the Moose has become a facebook phenomenon with my friends. I decided to buy Martin a brother who I will eventually give to a good friend in April.



Martin the Moose overlooking the Banff Rockies

Martin the Moose at Calgary Airport

Martin and the new addition looking like the Kray Brothers...

For dinner I decided to have something lighter. I'd noticed a Vegan/Raw food cafe next to my hotel and decided to try it out. I enjoyed the smoothie but as for the cake...it tasted like rope!

Dinner: Strawberry Zing smoothie: strawberries, banana, orange juice, hempseeds and ginger :)

Snacks: 3 werther original sweeties

Jasper-Banff-Calgary-Vancouver...its been a long day: 10th March

I have just arrived in my hotel in Vancouver after a grueling journey.

Breakfast: I set off from Jasper at 6am missing breakfast, grabbed a egg, bacon, cheese and green pepper sub from subway at my half way point in Banff.

Lunch: Had a chicken burger, bap removed with baked potato at Calgary airport

Dinner: Had miso soup and chicken fried rice in Vancouver...NOT VERY NICE!

Snacks: 3 werther original sweets.

Exercise: None unless I count walking around the airport for 3 hours or the 20min return walk to get my dinner! :S

I hate travelling days...

Jasper & Maligne Canyon 9th March

Breakfast - Buffet selection:

• a glass of cranberry juice
• glass of orange juice.
• mixed fresh fruit with berry yoghurt and granola
• a small custard pastry (tut tut)
• 1/2 small sausage, two rashers of streaky bacon fat removed, 2 tablespoons of scrambled egg &1/2 slice of toast

Lunch - Banana, apple & diet coke

Dinner - Spaghetti with napoleana sauce and one 3oz pork meatball.

Dessert - Large navel orange

Snacks - None (woohoo!)

Exercise - Pedometer did not count steps as today was -15DegC and I was wearing too many layers for it to jiggle around!:

• walked to work (30min round trip walk)
• walked for 3 hours up and down mountain paths in the frozen Maligne Canyon

Swim swim swim! 8th March

Breakfast: Breakfast parfait (yoghurt, blackberrys, strawberries and granola in a chalice) & one hard boiled egg in a cup.

Lunch: Banana, apple, nectarine, 500ml orange juice.

Snacks: none.

Dinner: Pulled pork sandwich with bbq sauce, chips and salad. Dessert: large navel orange

Exercise: 7,000 steps & 50 lengths at pool (smaller than normal pool length).

Welcome back...

So I've been a SliWo failure for the last year. Since I made the blog I've completely recovered from an extremely serious foot injury, graduated from university and am now an overseas consultant for UK tour operators. The only downside...is temptation of nice foods.

I hit a low point when I realised I was the same weight as my 6ft3 boyfriend :/

Having recently purchased tickets for Royal Ascot the pressure to fit my large bottom into a nice dress is on....3months!!!

Instead of doing SW, I'm just going to use this blog as my online daily tracker for food and exercise. I'm avoiding snacks, eating fruits and vegetables a lot more, exercising for at least 30 mins every day and ensuring my pedometer reaches 10,000 steps!!

So I'm in Canada now for work...its been a while since I weight myself. I'm size 16 and heres a photo from yesterday at a very frozen Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies