Days 33-35
Day 33:
Evening Dinner
The small posh dinner, mentioned in the last post, warrants its own section as it was my biggest
failure.
The guidelines of the velocity diet say that the healthy solid meal
should consist of a source of protein, veggies/salad, starch (small
amount) and some fruit for dessert. Alcohol is not allowed but in one
post Shugart does say that a glass of wine with a HSM at a restaurant (or
appropriate setting) is fine. However, it is is not encouraged as he
says it can easily slip into a drinking night out with the lads.
The group dinner was planned before I started the diet and I knew
that with a set menu it would be difficult to stick to the guidelines. However, I
couldn't start the diet earlier for other reasons so would have to
try the best I could. Alcohol
wise, the plan was to have 1 or 2 glasses of wine and a glass of the post dinner drink. I knew this was more than the 1 glass of wine at a restaurant
rule but this certainly isn't going to turn into a drunken night out
with the lads and I was very keen to enjoy the wine.
Starters: Figs with goats cheese
This was deliciously sweet. Figs are quite sweet but I wouldn't be
surprised if they had added sugar. However, as the options go it was
the one with the lowest carbs.
Main: Roast beef with mushrooms and potatoes
The meat literally melted in my mouth. I drool thinking about it. The
mushrooms were good and I could ignore the potatoes so that went
well.
Dessert: Crème Brule
Ok this clearly had a lot more sugar than a portion of fruit.
However, I could crack the top, eat the spoonful of the cream at the
bottom and mush it around pretending that I've eaten it. I did eat some of the biscotti. That was bad but oh sooo good.
Alcohol: How many glasses did I have?
Honestly, I'm not sure. The problem with posh dinners, as opposed
to cheap restaurants or at home, is that the waiters just keep pouring you wine
until you run out. They don't wait till the glass is empty but pour
whilst you aren't looking. If I didn't know better I'd thought the
waiter was trying to get me drunk....I could guestimate (from the bill)
that I had 2 glasses of wine and 2 (maybe 3) glasses of sherry but it felt more than that.
What happened after?
I started walking home with my supervisor. I was having a very good
conversation regarding my career when I passed some friends who were
in a bar. I decided to stay and have a chat with them. I remember
being a little bit tipsy but I didn't feel drunk. My friends were
drinking some white port, which I love, and offered me some. I had a
couple (2- I think) glasses, thinking it isn't a lot, especially on
top of what I've already had and then stopped and turned to soft
drinks. Randomly, I found myself in a club, surrounded by d*cks. I
then decided to get a taxi home.
What was the failure?
When I got home I rushed to the toilet and was violently sick. I was
vomiting most of the night and the next morning. Clearly, I drank too
much alcohol. I then missed the shake that evening. This is certainly cheating, no excuses.
Am I an alcoholic?
A few years ago I would've easily drank double the wine and more
afterwards, in a shorter period of time and wouldn't have been so
bad. The difference now is that I only had 1 solid meal that day and
hardly any of that absorbs alcohol as well as the carbs that I used
to eat. A lot of drinking experience has taught me that when I drink alcohol,
bread is very good at sobering me up. However, this doesn't mean I
plan to eat bread in future, I just need to be careful with the
amount I drink and adjust my limits. In summary, I don't think I'm
an alcoholic, after all I did stop when I thought was sensible, it is
just a shame that my judgement was a bit blurred and didn't come
earlier.
Day 34
I woke up after a very rough night, had a quick shower and went off
for a breakfast with coach who was saddly leaving us. We often went for a
full English Breakfast and I thought it would help me recover. It
didn't. Even whilst eating I had to go and vomit. Nothing I ate would
stay down. I ended up going home and going to sleep.
I missed a shake as a I was asleep. I woke up and was quite hungry
but I really wanted/felt I needed a solid meal. I figured a low carb
meal of eggs and bacon would be fine as I'm allowed one meal a day
and the breakfast wouldn't count as I didn't absorb any of it. I went
to the first little 'cafe' (greasy spoon) I could find. I ordered eggs and sausages (no bacon) and was asked
“Would you like chips with that?”. “No thanks, was my reply”.
I wanted to reply, “No, stop trying to make me fat, you b*****ds”.
I ended up with chips on my plate. I tried 1 or 2. They were pretty
disgusting.
Day 35
I finally recovered from Friday night (day 34). I had a wedding this
day. I had no idea (and no choice) what the menu was so I was a bit
worried. I brought a shake with me so I wouldn't miss one out. I had
no intention to drink alcohol this time.
This was quite a long day. After the ceremony we were offered alcohol and cake. I rejected both. Shake 3 helped a lot but getting water for it was
surprisingly difficult. The original choice I was offered was alcohol
and sugar (Pimms and lemonade) or just sugary water (elderflower water). The
waitress finally agreed to give me a glass of normal tap water after
I explained I needed it for 'medical reasons'. I managed to hide away
and have my shake.
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| The wedding cake I never ate |
Starters: Melon with strawberry soup
A very sweet starters. Too sweet for my taste buds but tasty and
given it is only fruit it is probably healthy. Normally I would have this for dessert though.
Main: Guinea Fowl in bacon and cheese
Guinea Fowl is nicer than chicken, bacon was good and cheese was
good. All of this was healthy too. I was very happy. I had a small
potato with it and that was it.
Dessert: Hot Chocolate Cake with ice cream
Clearly unhealthy. I mushed it around. Took a tiny taste, mushed it
around more and left it. It smelt amazing but wasn't that tempting.
I was quite hungry after this. I had to leave anyway and was very
lucky that I found some cheese too. I helped myself to some as I
think this is a good protein rich dessert.
I then left the wedding and took the train to London where I was going to spend week 6.
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