Breakfast - 2 slices wholemeal toast with Marmite.
Lunch - Tuna salad sandwich (brown bread).
Dinner -Large bowl chicken noodle soup. 2 slices wholemeal bread. Yoghurt.
Snacks - Mini mince pie.

Drink:

2 pints ale (production meeting), rest water.

Exercise:

None really.

Mood:

Busy.

Breakfast - 2 Weetabix with semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - Chicken soup noodles (lunch out).
Dinner - 6″ Subway Italian BMT (no cheese, no dressing)
Snacks - 4 multigrain Ryvita with extra-light cream cheese.

Drink:

2 Diet coke, 4 pints ale (bar night), rest water.

Exercise:

None really.

Weight:

Before - 15st 4lb (97.4kg)
After - 14st 12lb (94.8kg)

Loss - ?? (bit early to start calling anything an actual loss, there may be natural fluctuations/scale inaccuracy).

Mood:

Very pleased.

Breakfast - 2 Weetabix with semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - Chicken salad sandwich (brown bread). Celery. Grapes.
Dinner - Wholewheat pasta with chicken and vegetables (little olive oil). Yoghurt. Apple.
Snacks - Flapjack (bad, but company freebie). Satsuma.

Drink:

Just water.

Exercise:

2hrs 15mins walking (route).

Mood:

Apprehensive.

Breakfast - Porridge with Sultanas.
Lunch - 4 multigrain Ryvita with extra-light cream cheese. Celery. Tomato. Yoghurt.
Dinner - Chinese style prawn soup noodles. Yoghurt. Grapes.
Snacks - Celery.

Drink:

Just water.

Exercise:

3hrs 5 mins walking (route).

Mood:

Pleased.

Breakfast - 2 homemade bagels with extra-light cream cheese.
Lunch - Marmite flavour rice cakes. Tomato. Celery.
Dinner - Halloumi cheese with dressing. Vegetable minestrone with bread. Small piece key lime pie. (people round for dinner).
Snacks - None.

Drink:

3 small glasses red wine, rest water.

Exercise:

Very little.

Mood:

Determined to get exercise tomorrow.

Breakfast - Small bowl Oat Clusters cereal with semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - Individual half-fat quiche. Celery.
Dinner - Sweet and sour prawn stir fry with noodles. Celery. Yoghurt.
Snacks - Tomato. Grapes.

Drink:

1 pint beer, rest water.

Exercise:

35mins walking, with shopping (route).

Mood:

Still optimistic.

Breakfast - 2 Weetabix with semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - Individual half-fat quiche. Celery. Apple.
Dinner - Chicken Risotto (at a friend’s).
Snacks - Celery (after walk).

Drink:

Just water.

Exercise:

1hr 10mins walking (route).

Mood:

Tired but optimistic.

Breakfast - Small bowl Oat Clusters cereal with semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - Turkey salad sandwich (brown bread), banana.
Dinner - Wholewheat pasta with smoked salmon and vegetables (little olive oil). Yoghurt. Grapes.
Snacks - None.

Drink:

Just water.

Exercise:

2hrs 15mins walking (route).

Mood:

Pessimistic but determined.

The first women’s match was Martina Hingis (seeded 9th) against Naomi Cavaday (unseeded Brit). Cavaday was clearly the more powerful player, dominating the beginning of the first set, to Hingis’ obvious annoyance, and going on to win it 7-6. She didn’t have the technical ability or stamina of Hingis though and started to look exhausted about halfway through the second set which she lost 7-5 and had clearly had enough by the third set which she lost 6-0. I think if Cavaday could work on her stamina and play as well as she did in the first set then she might be able to get beyond the first round next year.

The second women’s match was Serena Williams (seeded 7th) against Lourdes Dominguez Lino (unseeded Spain). Despite a long run of double faults Williams took the match comfortably in straight sets 7-5, 6-0. She clearly wasn’t playing at her best but that was still good enough to best Dominguez Lino.

The men’s match was Feliciano Lopez (unseeded Spain) against Joshua Goodall (unseeded Brit). Goodall had a lot of support from the (by then diminished) crowd but the light started to fade, prompting both players to query the official as to how much longer they were going to carry on. Eventually some 10 minutes later the official asked the players if they wished to stop playing at which point they both pointed out that they’d been asking to stop for a while.

All in all it was enjoyable day, despite the weather. I took some photos which I’ll try and get onto flickr at some point. I think I’ll enter the ballot next year and see if I can get tickets in advance instead of queuing.

That seems quite high to me given the prevalent nature of debit and credit cards, it looks like quite a few people still prefer using cash over cards. Personally I usually only withdraw £30 on each trip to the cash machine.