Family arrive today so I am taking a break from the site and just going off the diet a bit. They arrive this afternoon and will not have had lunch but arriving at 3pm so in between meals. I have talked them out of going to a beef ribs restaurant and will be doing a tapas, cold meats, salad bar type spread. That is fine but I am sure there will be alcohol involved as we have some celebrating to do for several reasons. I haven’t had a drink for 7 weeks so will take it steady. Tomorrow I have booked canoes for a 16 km ride down the River Dordogne and left overs from today will be packed up as a picnic to keep up away from the burger and chips bars on the riverside.
On Saturday we are going to a restaurant that specialises in duck, quail and venison with all the trimmings. When I say duck etc I mean course no.1 is duck, course no 2 is fish, course no. 3 is quail or venison, and so on, followed by cheese course, then dessert. All alcohol is included and it is a banquet of 7 courses. That day I think I am going to just stick to eating the meat and lots of salads. Then I am back on the diet to the full.
Daughter and brother return to UK on Sunday leaving us with 2 little boys and from then on I have control over the diet. When I report back in next week I hope I can report good news for my b/g’s and weight. My health is too important to mess it up now.