10 weeks left…I clearly couldn’t count…not a great start.
So I’d say it was more of an 11 week challenge as I got my final weigh in day wrong…not to worry I hear you cry, the 10 week challenge is firmly on.

So week 1 or as I like to call it, the sampling week saw highs and lows. A trip to the gym, lots and lots of walking and in the main, I stuck to my guns on food and drink…what wasn’t needed was a day at house festival with basically all my favourite food and drinks being handed to you on a plate followed by, lunch at a carb heavy ace restaurant, and a night out in Manchester filled with many delicious treats made by my friends, and a few refreshing drinks.

House festival should have been the hardest challenge but I kept it mellow, drank a zippy low carb vodka and soda type drink and ate the grand total of an Oyster, a slither of lobster tail, 3 meatballs and a 1/4 chicken (how very house festival)…all low carb…all delicious and non excessive. Also managed to squeeze a non conventional work out in whilst at the festival in the form of a go on the Waltzer and threw a few shapes to Sean d Paul. Mainly classic disco moves if you’re asking. All in all a solid day and didn’t break…until en route home in my cab my mate insisted we stopped for some chicken (he definitely didn’t insist, in fact he didn’t even want any…that was me and the old voddy sodas talking)…ah well not too bad.

Lunch at The Ivy on Friday was a tricky one and not ideal to enter the weekend with but I avoided the carbalicious treats and opted for some roasted Hake, washed down with a couple of superb gin and slims and excellent company…a great set up for me to then go and have an epic BBQ at my cousins in the evening and a couple more Gin and slims.

Saturday delivered me the hardest of days…a night out in Manchester to see Joyce Sims! Easy I hear you say…just apply the old Sean Paul disco dancing method and a few voddy sodas in the mix…not that easy when your pal rustles up a pre night out incredible BBQ lamb wrap for dinner…the wrap was essential to hold all the delightful ingredients together. Maybe where there was a problem was when I started to drink a couple of beers in Band on the Wall…noooooo! Anyway I pulled it back with the old voddy soda trick and a few disco dancing moves.

We won’t talk about Sunday but obviously after 3 boozy evenings I didn’t drink a bean but may have had another couple of wraps let’s just say.

Onwards and upwards…it’s Monday and I’m feeling revved up! Here’s to a top week!

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