yes I have kept up my record of loosing each week.
I lost 1 1/2lb last night - which I was very pleased about.
I am now 12 stone 4.5 lb.
I don't think I will get to my target of 12 stone by new year but at
least I am close.
I was pleasesd and surpirsed by my loss as I had been a bit worried as I had not been to the gym much last week and went out to a family get together on Sunday - where the only healthy thing to eat was tomatoes - so I dug in with everyone else to onion bajis, samosas, little sasagues etc! I did refuse a mince pie though.
It was a lovely get together and nice to see everyone again
though the numbers were depleted due to this dreadful cough that seems
to be plaguing everyone.
It was our last SW class last night and we had a lovely time - Mandy made it really special and we
all bought in food, so it was a real party atmosphere.
There was a big raffle with lots of prizes - I won some smellies.
The sticky toffe scan bran cake I made went down well and
lots of people wanted the recipe.
The roasted chick peas though did not turn out well
as I had heard they burn very quickly so
in an attempt to avoid that the oven must have been too low
because after 1 1/4 hour they were still soft.
They tasted nice - covered with salt, pepper & paprika -
so will try them again but cooked at a higher temperature -
to try and get them crispy and that will give me something to
nibble on when everyone else is tucking into peanuts and crisps over christmas.
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Saturday, 15 December 2007
This is why I have not scrapped lately!
Yes everything is still all packed away in bags and boxes! Mind you not usually as tidy as this. Because I have been trying to do a little bit of scrapbooking I have been rummaging through the stuff and flinging it about the room - so that you could not even set foot through the door - but as Jess comes home tomorrow - thought I had better make it slightly presentable for her.
Ross is still in Jessica's room as my mother is still living with us as the purchase of her flat has been delayed because of problems with probate with the people who are selling the flat. So she is very frustrated with it all and we are bursting at the seams.
When Eleanor comes home next Friday the put up bed will have to go up in this tiny room as well for her. Micheal & Sian are coming to sleep next Saturday so I am not really sure where we will put them!
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
todays baking feast
Just to show you more of my daily temptations!
Lovely fruit cake - I remember it used to taste delicious! The recipe is quite large so makes a large tin loaf - well actually a Jamie Oliver Silicone loaf tin and a smaller round 8" cake.
Plus flapjacks - without apricots this time at my sons request. I did sneakily have a teaspoon of syrup when baking these - but only one as I just adore syrup!
Lovely fruit cake - I remember it used to taste delicious! The recipe is quite large so makes a large tin loaf - well actually a Jamie Oliver Silicone loaf tin and a smaller round 8" cake.
Plus flapjacks - without apricots this time at my sons request. I did sneakily have a teaspoon of syrup when baking these - but only one as I just adore syrup!
Monday, 10 December 2007
Crikey - I got away with it!!
Just got back from Slimming World weigh in and I lost 1/2lb - what a miracle as I was sure I would have put on with all the food I ate last week - particularly at the weekend - so at least I have continued my run of loosing weight each week. Wonder if I can keep this up over Christmas as well?
next week is our last meeting before Christmas so we are all going to bring in some SW snacks.
Not sure what to take. I might try some parsnip or sweet potato
crisps- but last time I made them did did not turn out very well -
so may try the scan bran sticky toffee cake as a stand by just in
case they don't work again. I had better practice making a few
snack things this week - which will give me something to eat at Christmas
when everyone else is tucking into sweets, crisps and nuts.
I am really missing all the summer fruits now that they are so expensive, so I was delighted to find a tub of raspberries for £1.99 instead of £2.99 at Sainsburys this week. Did not fancy them on their own so added them to a Raspberry sugar free jelly and it was so delicious. It took me all my will power not to eat the 2 bowls at one setting - I was good and saved the other bowl for tomorrow. Hopefully they will be the same price next week so I can get some more.
next week is our last meeting before Christmas so we are all going to bring in some SW snacks.
Not sure what to take. I might try some parsnip or sweet potato
crisps- but last time I made them did did not turn out very well -
so may try the scan bran sticky toffee cake as a stand by just in
case they don't work again. I had better practice making a few
snack things this week - which will give me something to eat at Christmas
when everyone else is tucking into sweets, crisps and nuts.
I am really missing all the summer fruits now that they are so expensive, so I was delighted to find a tub of raspberries for £1.99 instead of £2.99 at Sainsburys this week. Did not fancy them on their own so added them to a Raspberry sugar free jelly and it was so delicious. It took me all my will power not to eat the 2 bowls at one setting - I was good and saved the other bowl for tomorrow. Hopefully they will be the same price next week so I can get some more.
Lovely weekend in Norwich - but boy did I eat well.
We had a lovely weekend visiting Jessica at Norwich despite it raining all the time, Steven was quite poorly with his asthma and constant coughing, breakfast was not up to its usual standard at the Premier Travel Inn and we broke Jessica's laptop - she has to do her final presentation on Thursday so a real disaster for her!
We called at Elveden Forrest on the way down because I wanted to see the famous Eleveden elves but only briefly saw 2 girls dressed as elves under their coats so a bit disappointed with that. However there was a real buzz as there with loads of people getting their Christmas trees etc. I would have liked to stay longer but Jess was texting us asking where we were and how long would we be etc.
Steven all muffled up against the cold to try and stop him coughing - it did not work I hasten to add! We did not actually get our tree from here in the end but got a real Norfolk tree from a farm just a few miles outside Norwich - its lovely, though we did get covered in mud getting it because of all the rain.
Steven & Jess went to watch Norwich play Sheffield at the football ground - Liam played on Jessica's laptop - until he broke it and I checked in at the premier travel inn, then settled down
to read my new copy of the Scrapbook Magazine in the warm & dry.
We all met up after the match in the Riverside area
and had a lovely meal at Old Orleans. I did not want to be a diet bore again so joined in but with sensible choices.
I had chicken breast , jacket potato and green beans, though
when I had finished eating the beans they left behind a load of fat/oil on the plate -
so I have no idea how they cooked them or what damage it did to my diet.
Liam actually allowed me to take his photo in the restaurant - would not smile though - but at least its a start!
Jessica is so beautiful. I think I look a bit haggard! Jess does not want me to loose any more weight as I don't look like her mum anymore! She was very surprised when she saw me because she has not seen me for 3 months and after the initial shock was over, said that I was not to loose any more weight. Its a bit of a dilemma because I am still overweight at 12 stone 7lb but perhaps after seeing this photo - another 2 1/2 stone might be too much. How can I loose it from my hips and not anymore from my face?
I had a big breakfast at the premier inn the next morning and for some strange reason I put butter on my toast - why??? I have not used any butter or spread for 6 months - so what a silly thing to do. We then ate out for lunch - the kids were starving so we ate in the food court in the lovely Chapelfield shopping centre - I went for what I thought might be the safest option - a jacket potato but did not fancy baked beans on it so had chicken tikka - thinking it might be dry chicken, but no, it was chicken in loads of sauce!! It was very delicious though and I was hungry and had a long drive home so tucked in and ate it all! So all in all a bad week food wise - but at least I lived a normal life and have not succumbed to any chocolate - must get back on track next week.
Jessica at the Notcutts garden centre at Norwich. They have the most fantastic Christmas display. We just bought one lowly Santa figure to hang on the tree. I wanted some brilliant white twinkling tree lights but they were £40.00 and Steven was too ill to be sweet talked into getting them.
We called at Elveden Forrest on the way down because I wanted to see the famous Eleveden elves but only briefly saw 2 girls dressed as elves under their coats so a bit disappointed with that. However there was a real buzz as there with loads of people getting their Christmas trees etc. I would have liked to stay longer but Jess was texting us asking where we were and how long would we be etc.
Steven all muffled up against the cold to try and stop him coughing - it did not work I hasten to add! We did not actually get our tree from here in the end but got a real Norfolk tree from a farm just a few miles outside Norwich - its lovely, though we did get covered in mud getting it because of all the rain.
Steven & Jess went to watch Norwich play Sheffield at the football ground - Liam played on Jessica's laptop - until he broke it and I checked in at the premier travel inn, then settled down
to read my new copy of the Scrapbook Magazine in the warm & dry.
We all met up after the match in the Riverside area
and had a lovely meal at Old Orleans. I did not want to be a diet bore again so joined in but with sensible choices.
I had chicken breast , jacket potato and green beans, though
when I had finished eating the beans they left behind a load of fat/oil on the plate -
so I have no idea how they cooked them or what damage it did to my diet.
Liam actually allowed me to take his photo in the restaurant - would not smile though - but at least its a start!
Jessica is so beautiful. I think I look a bit haggard! Jess does not want me to loose any more weight as I don't look like her mum anymore! She was very surprised when she saw me because she has not seen me for 3 months and after the initial shock was over, said that I was not to loose any more weight. Its a bit of a dilemma because I am still overweight at 12 stone 7lb but perhaps after seeing this photo - another 2 1/2 stone might be too much. How can I loose it from my hips and not anymore from my face?
I had a big breakfast at the premier inn the next morning and for some strange reason I put butter on my toast - why??? I have not used any butter or spread for 6 months - so what a silly thing to do. We then ate out for lunch - the kids were starving so we ate in the food court in the lovely Chapelfield shopping centre - I went for what I thought might be the safest option - a jacket potato but did not fancy baked beans on it so had chicken tikka - thinking it might be dry chicken, but no, it was chicken in loads of sauce!! It was very delicious though and I was hungry and had a long drive home so tucked in and ate it all! So all in all a bad week food wise - but at least I lived a normal life and have not succumbed to any chocolate - must get back on track next week.
Jessica at the Notcutts garden centre at Norwich. They have the most fantastic Christmas display. We just bought one lowly Santa figure to hang on the tree. I wanted some brilliant white twinkling tree lights but they were £40.00 and Steven was too ill to be sweet talked into getting them.
look what I have just had to buy!
I cannot believe it - size 14 trousers! Goodness knows how long it is since I wore that size.
It was a case of desperation though - as I hate buying clothes, I only have one pair of trousers that fit - size 16 - but they got covered in mud yesterday buying the Christmas tree from a farm in Norwich so are in the wash. I make do with 2 pairs of size 18 as spares, but when I put them on this morning, they just kept falling down and it was silly to keep wearing them so in desperation went to buy some more size 16's.
However Sainsburys only had one or 2 pairs of 16's so I picked
up the 14's and they fitted!!
Well they were a bit snug but I was able to do them up and hopefully will fit perfectly soon - so wow I am in size 14's and that's something to shout about!!
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Miss Breslin's retirement do
I had the most wonderful evening celebrating Miss Breslin's retirement at the New Meadow football ground. There was about 150 people there and it was lovely to see so many old faces. I had planned to take photographs of everyone there and
then make her a lovely memory book but the evening was so hectic that
I only got half the people there so cannot do a book now - which is a shame
.
The food was just wonderful and I did not want to be a party pooper by being a diet bore so I had to eat all 3 courses! I had soup and croutons to start, then roast turkey with all the trimmings. It tasted so much nicer than my Christmas dinners and then Christmas pudding and rum sauce for pudding - I did turn down the mince pies though!
The scan girls did a fantastic turn by dressing up and wrote a song which everyone joined in with the chorus. Mr Reed & Mr Redford spoke beautifully about her and she in turn did a talk in her fantastic entertaining way and the evening whizzed by far too fast.
Thelma & Finchey
Me & my twin Linda
then make her a lovely memory book but the evening was so hectic that
I only got half the people there so cannot do a book now - which is a shame
.
The food was just wonderful and I did not want to be a party pooper by being a diet bore so I had to eat all 3 courses! I had soup and croutons to start, then roast turkey with all the trimmings. It tasted so much nicer than my Christmas dinners and then Christmas pudding and rum sauce for pudding - I did turn down the mince pies though!
The scan girls did a fantastic turn by dressing up and wrote a song which everyone joined in with the chorus. Mr Reed & Mr Redford spoke beautifully about her and she in turn did a talk in her fantastic entertaining way and the evening whizzed by far too fast.
Thelma & Finchey
Me & my twin Linda
