Ooops! 
Started out for the funeral early this morning with good intentions. Had my usual porridge breakfast, packed some oatcakes w/pb and weighed out some dried fruit/seed/cashew mix.
The gathering after the service was in a pub and was a sit down catered meal. I refused a beer and had some black tea and a glass of water. Then the server brought us all bowls of soup. Took a spoonful and could taste some kind of meat broth. A few more spoonfuls and I realized it was lamb. Gave away the rest of the bowl and had my oatcakes w/pb. Then the server came around with our meals - plates of steak pie, chips (fries) and peas. I ate the chips and peas and was going to give away the pie or just leave it, but I kept looking at that luscious golden, flaky crust and those big chunks of steak.....and I ate it!! 
Things were getting to a party atmosphere so also had a couple of beers.
So, Day 3 of vegan down the tubes. Calories not too great either.
But, tomorrow is another day and I'll be back to my very healthy vegan diet and my workouts.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Internet is back up here! 
Wish we had a choice of which provider we use, but our area is stuck with only one.
Daughter is settling in at her volunteer position on the island. She enjoys her job and her housemates and roommates. As before when she spent a week at the community as a participant, they often serve soup which she doesn't like. Soup is never part of the menu in Uganda. They find it difficult to view soup as a main course. Often when hubby and I lived there and someone would stop by our house when having soup for dinner, we'd be asked where the real food was!
Tomorrow we are going to a funeral - husband's uncle by marriage. I don't think I've ever met him. The buffet afterwards will be a challenge - no vegan options I'm sure - and it will be loaded with sweets which I've cut as well. I'm going to pack a couple of oatcakes w/pb so I don't starve.
Workout at gym:
Workout at home (upper body):
My internet is down and it is far too difficult to post here using my android. Hope to catch up in a couple of days.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Been gone for two days. We've taken our daughter to the island for the beginning of her 14-week volunteering. It's such a gorgeous island but it was SO windy, which is common. Forecast was for rain both days but it was sunny the entire time! She was a bit nervous and also very sad to see us leave. She'll be the only African there during her stay as they find it very difficult to get sponsorship for Africans (risk for remaining illegally). There will be other non-British/Americans there as well though. Three years ago she came to stay with us for nearly 3 months during university break, so the UK is not totally new to her. I did notice another cultural difference when she met with her 'boss'. She held out her wrist to be shaken instead of her hand. This is common for women in Uganda, especially if your hands are not clean. So I pointed this out to her and we practiced shaking hands. Hubby says she'll figure all this out herself. Here's a shot of her on one of the beautiful beaches:
Workout:
Workout at home (lower body):
Going to work out 6 days a week, with a light workout on the 7th day. Funeral of husband's uncle on Saturday and I guess I'd better bring some oatcakes w/pb as the buffet will not have any vegan/sugarless foods.
Not very energetic today. Maybe all that excess food is weighing me down. Taking daughter to the island tomorrow and we'll spend the night there. Wednesday morning we'll walk her down to the community where she'll spend the next 14 weeks. She gets one day off a week, so before we go to the US we'll go to the town where the ferries dock (Oban) and she can meet us for an afternoon. When we come back from the US we'll go to the island for an overnight stay on one of her days off. I hope she remembers everything we told her - speak louder (whispering is not considered respectful here like in Uganda!), speak a bit slower, don't use eyebrow or chin movements to indicate yes or no as people here won't understand them. Don't use 'short call' 'long call' to refer to going to the bathroom as no one will understand. She was surprised when I told her those phrases aren't used here.
Workout at gym:
Happy Mother's Day! 
Nice dinner last night. Too much meat but we ate it all except for one pork chop. So today is leftovers - beans & sausages and whatever meat we need to get rid of. Taking daughter to island Tuesday and when we come back we are meat-free, at least until we go to the US. Technically we will not be vegan as the definition means you don't use any animal products whatsoever. So our diet will be 'plant-based'. And sugar will be minimal. No artificial sugar at all. No processed food.
Workout at home:
Did the 7 minute arm video yesterday but didn't have time for any more as I was busy cleaning, making bread, etc. So will finish upper body today and also do lower body.
Menu:
B: porridge/cinnamon/raspberries/soy milk, tea w/milk
L: grilled cheese, plain yogurt w/strawberries (my grocery store has a knack of running out or discontinuing products just as I decided I want them! No soy yogurt the last two trips!
D: bean & sausage casserole, rice, salad ??
There is some apple pie someone has to eat, and the onion bread our friend's brought.....
Total unknown
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
I have a weakness for cupcakes. Couldn't bake any w/o eating at least 2!
I am very grateful for this time with our (Ugandan) daughter, and for all the trips I have to look forward to in the next 9 months....two of them involving warm weather!!
Daughter goes to the island next Tuesday. Husband has been spoiling her with all the foods she very rarely gets to eat in Uganda. The diet there is quite monotonous. I'd hate to have her get a cholesterol test right now! He's feeding her sausages and bacon and pork. Lots of sugary treats as well. The greasy, disgusting MESS I have to clean up after he cooks all that fatty meat is enough to make anyone permanently vegetarian. Yuck! She'll get healthy food on the island and little meat so not worried about this 2 weeks of a bad diet.
I'm looking forward to starting our vegan experiment after she goes. We'll freeze any leftover meat and give it to her when she comes back in Sept for two weeks before going home to Uganda.
Workout:
Workout at home (lower body):
Hey I didn't realize that your daughter is going to be on the Island til Sept..What a great experience that will be for her..I forgot to ask what her occupation in Uganda will be since she has graduated?? Just curious..
Let your hubby spoil her, as young as she is I am sure she has a cast iron tummy! Have a great evening Annie ans YES you can borrow some energy, I have plenty of it!
Yes, daughter will volunteer for 14 weeks on the island.
Her degree is business but she's had no luck finding a good job, just those where you work on commission. Unfortunately, you need to have connections or to offer bribes to get many of the good jobs in Uganda.
Not good yesterday - too much snacking. Good today. Husband and daughter went into Glasgow to shop and visit uncle and will go out to lunch and maybe dinner. If I went I'd miss my gym day and probably eat/drink what I shouldn't. So I stayed and did the gym. On my own for dinner.
Yesterday was gorgeous! Mid 60's sunny. Went for a short bike ride - about 5 miles.
Been trying out different soy milks and almond milk. Husband loves the almond milk in his cappuccinos.
Waiting to hear when the uncle's funeral is and whether it will be when we are due to spend the night on the island and drop daughter off at the religious community to begin her volunteering. If the funeral coincides with this then husband will go by himself and I'll take daughter.
Workout at gym:
Workout at home: edited: too much to do the entire muscle work today. So will do lower body tomorrow after spin class as originally planned.
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
Wasn't good over the weekend. And yesterday we went to our friends' house for dinner. So today I'm being very good. It's a Bank Holiday Monday here and the gym didn't open until 10 so I decided to do my workout at home. We've invited our friends for dinner on Saturday. So another challenge for me. Husband told our friends that our daughter would cook them traditional Ugandan food....impossible because you can't buy any of the ingredients here. Don't know what he'll cook...maybe BBQ some chicken. I could make soup for a starter instead of the usual salad. And I'll bake some oatmeal raisin cookies like I did yesterday to bring for dinner.
Workout at home:
Menu:
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
Very proud of you for the meal planning. Watch those portions! Even healthy foods have calories.
Love your weight gauge, you have lost so much and you are so close to your goal.
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Start again tomorrow x
Will do! :)
Puddles on 05/18/2013:
Annie just so much we can push away. Thank God for tomorrows. Pretty hard to go to a pub and not have a few brews and food.
OhioRaven on 05/18/2013:
Oh, Man...I though you had this ! Ha-ha. At least you lasted 3 days. I probably couldn't make it 3 hours. Start again tomorrow. Looking forward to your adventure.
Haha Ohio. I made it for 6 months before. Just starting again today. Should have asked for a plate without the pie so I wouldn't have it tempting me while I ate the chips and peas.
selina on 05/18/2013:
Your meal at the pub sound heavenly! My kind of food! Have a great weekend!
It was yummy. I think it's the second time I've eaten a steak pie which made it so tempting. Hubby didn't eat his but did eat the soup with lamb juice.