Hard Labour

Well I have manage to get past the first week of this challenge without killing anyone due to my lack of sugar, not sure if the staff at work would agree after yesterday. So the last 2 days have been especially hard as have been back doing crazy long days. On Wednesday worked for 17hrs and then on Thursday 14hrs such is the life of a operations manager in the catering business, the hard part was that we had to shift nearly 200 chairs to the ground floor so they could be taken away, by hand!!  After doing that I was in need of a big pick me up as normally I would of have had something sugary, I am sure after this challenge is complete and I do something like that again I will be having sugar. Glad to say I didn't despite having a evening buffet going on which had apple pie for dessert, which I know is so good, also has a lot of sugar in it having watched the chef make it earlier in the day.

Bread and butter pudding

The following day was again busy with a lot of small conferences on and another small dinner in the evening, this had another great dessert (see below). The main hard part has been ensuring I can have a good meal in the evening while working while avoiding sugar, not to hard but I have found I have come to enjoy cooking at home in the evening using fresh food each day. By the time we get to eat, after the customers have been served the food is not always the best, it is at least kept hot and we do get feed, I have work in other places where the chef would not feed the staff in the evening. For me this would normally lead to snacking on anything around normally biscuits.

Left over bread and butter pudding

Thankfully got today off work so could relax, find it strange that I am now actually enjoying my breakfast now, muesli was not something I thought I would enjoy. To give it a bit of variation I managed to get some strawberries the other day so stuck all the yoghurt in the blender with them, which has ended up with the yoghurt a bit more runny which is nice and some flavor. I sadly did not get around to making pancakes today so will have to wait until I next go shopping to buy some measuring cups. I will also look for some recipes to see if I can make something to eat as well while at work.