Oh, well I’m not sure what happened and although it’s by no means a disaster I still put on half a pound this week.

Why?  Now that is a good question.  Could it be that I finished off those Christmas chocs?  Yes, guilty, and the ridiculous thing is…. I don’t have a sweet tooth!  I’d much prefer to munch on a bag of crisps or a chunk of cheese.  What else have I done?  I did have a bit more alcohol this week.  Had a pig of a day on Monday, a horrid stressful incident involving a weirdo and the police and then I had a job interview so all in all I did have a few glasses of the old vino which if you’ve ever seen my wine glasses actually amount to a bottle of wine!  Not good for the waist line!

It’s a great excuse isn’t it?  Having a bad day, stress, etc etc.  Making excuses like this though really doesn’t help and doesn’t empower you at all.  At the end of the day you always have a choice.  Sadly I chose to put the chocolates and wine into my mouth and sadly that means a weight gain.  In times of temptation I must just ask myself…”How much do I really want to be slim and get fit?”  If I still put stuff in my mouth then that must mean I don’t want it as much as I thought.  Maybe now I have lost nearly 2 stones and am feeling great that the urgency has died down?  I will ponder on this some more and question how I am really feeling.

So this week I will be good.  I hope.  Nope, no “I hope”…..I will!

Hope you have a good one.

x

Sorry I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks, christmas and all that!

How was it for you? For me, well, I’ve only just picked myself up off the floor from laughing so much….not christmas cheer but my weigh in on Wednesday night!

So here’s what happened….

Week 12:

I had prepared well for Christmas, planned to a certain extent what we were eating and although I ended up using Goose fat for the roasties overall I thought food wise I did rather well! Booze wise was another story though and the small glass of Baileys over ice I asked my husband to pour me seemed more like half the bottle…maybe he knows me too well and to hand over anything less may have got him shot!

Anyway, weigh in…2.5 pounds ON! Which I was slightly disappointed at as I didn’t think I’d been THAT bad!

Week 13:

This week I knew would be difficult. We were off to visit various family and friends for 4 days and I knew I would have no control over what food I was given and then there was the booze issue too (sounds like I have a drinking problem doesn’t it?!). So I just decided to forget it, it’s only 4 days and then I can get straight back to clean living!

So four days of sausage rolls, pork pies, takeaway curry, bread & BUTTER, pies, puddings, and booze. We finally arrive home having stopped for a burger in the service station coming back and then we tuck in to Pizza for tea. Oh dear! The next day we end up having a takeaway Chinese and there is fruit loaf and all sorts still left over which seemed rude not to eat up!

The weigh in…..1.5 pounds OFF! So now you see why I can’t stop laughing!

Anyway the past is the past. Here’s to a new week.

Pants. 1.5 pounds ON this week.

I have to say this has really done my head in. Probably because I don’t understand why. So what is different this week to last? Well there are only two things I can think of. The first is that I am taking some medicine from the doctor however according to the box it is sugar and fat free, and the second is that it is that wonderful time of the month that us females have to endure!

Could these two things really be the cause or am I looking for excuses? I don’t suppose I will ever know. The only thing I can do is to carry on, focus on my food to make sure that I am eating healthily and see what happens next week.

Here’s another recipe you might like to try this week. It really is yumbo!

Teriyaki Salmon with Noodles