Interview tomorrow

I've not been to an interview for over 5 years

Taken them, yes - hundred of telephone and face to face interviews for various roles in my company, however I've not actually been the recipient for a very long time. I wasn't sure if this was a good job for me, however the more I've researched the company and the role, it actually sounds quite interesting and if I'm going to go to an interview, I'd much rather revise / prepare and research the company as much as I can, otherwise what's the point unless you give it your all?

I don't know if I'll pass the test (yes, there's a 90 minute test first) let alone the interview stage afterwards, but I'm trying to remain positive, not allow my nerves to take over and am currently ignoring the voice in my head that says 'You're not good enough'. 

Work was fine, especially considering my lovely colleague is on Holiday so I'm picking up all of her responsibilities as well. I also survived the weekly meeting with my Boss - I still believe he's hiding something, but either way, it's another week of surviving. 

I am not ignoring my body, however - I think as time goes on, I'm genuinely feeling less hungry between meals. I don't know if it's because my body doesn't expect crisps / chocolate every few hours or because my stomach has shrunk, maybe it's a combination of the two? Either way, after I walked into town to get some houmous, tomatoes, pepper and some calamari (thought it made a change from the pita breads!) I happily munched my lunch at 1:00pm and am just about to eat my dinner 6 hours later.....  

I didn't eat all of the tomatoes (maybe a quarter of the pack?) and also only ate half of the houmous. I did however, eat all of the calamari and the pepper :-)

Dinner was as I planned, a really healthy KFC wrap which is one of those dishes where it shouldn't taste as good as it does, as it's quite low in fat? Tomorrow will be more difficult as I'm in London for the interview so I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do about lunch. I think I might buy a big bottle of water, take one of my nakd bars with me so if I don't get chance to have lunch, I won't be as ravenous as I could be, afterwards. When I'm really, really hungry, my willpower decreases, so I want to give myself a fighting chance to avoid that.

I'm still really pleased with the figure the scales showed this morning, however I shouldn't become complacent, nor should I assume things will continue at the same pace, especially as my period is due in 3 days and that always plays havoc with my body and weight. So I'll stay away from the scales for another week at least -In some ways, I actually think that staying away from the scales is harder than not eating junk food... It's as if I need the positive reinforcement from something as without it, I don't know if I'd be able to keep motivated.

Tonight I'm going to take care of myself - I'm going to revise a little bit more and then I'm going to have a bath, make sure I know what I'm wearing tomorrow and get an early night.

.. Wish me luck! :-)

Healthy 'KFC' wrap

One of the best healthy 'makeover' recipes I've ever done

If you love fried chicken and are partial to a KFC but less partial to the calories and fat that it contains, look no further. This recipe is easy, relatively quick and incredibly tasty - Did I mention it was also rather healthy? :-)

Ingredients - serves 4

150 ml (1/4 of a pint) buttermilk

2 garlic cloves, crushed

4 x skinless, boneless chicken breasts

1 bag of salad or suitable salad bits

80g of cheese

4 large tortilla wraps

100g Panko breadcrumbs

2 tbsp self raising flour

1 tbsp paprika

1/2 tsp English mustard powder

1/2 tsp Thyme

1/2 tsp hot chilli powder

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

3 tbsp rapeseed oil

                                             Method

1. Pour buttermilk into a bowl and stir in the garlic. Slice the chicken into slices and lay chicken into buttermilk. If possible, marinade over night, but at least for one hour in the fridge.

2. In another bowl, add the breadcrumbs, flour, mustard powder, thyme, chilli powder and black pepper and mix.

3. Heat a large non-stick frying pan with the rapeseed oil and then add the breadcrumb mix. Toast for about 3-4 minutes until they start to go golden.

4. Tip the crumb mix back into the bowl it came from. Take the chicken from the fridge and coat the chicken in the breadcrumb mix. Place on a baking sheet.

5. Heat the oven to 210 C for a fan oven / 230 C for a non fan oven (Gas 8) and bake for 15 minutes.

6. Prepare the wraps - place one on each plate, add some salad and grate 20g of cheese over each.

7. Once the chicken is done, divide chicken equally between the wraps and hey presto - the most amazing and tasty KFC wrap!