14th February 2011

 If I love myself I love you. If I love you I love myself. Rumi

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone xx

Whether you’re in love or not today is about love and self love is just as important if not more so, therefore why not treat yourself to a bunch of flowers or somethings scrumptious for your dinner, I bought the Sainsbury’s meal deal, we haven’t eaten all three courses at once, but with the 49 you could do, the fishcake starters were 8pp for portion, the big Chicken and chorizo main was 12pp, and the side was about 8 too I think, didn’t work out the dessert as mom will eat that ;0), but at least it shows you can still lead a normal life and don’t have to sit there with a Weight Watcher meal tonight feeling sorry for yourself xx

Yesterday when I was getting ready to go for my burger at Frankie and Benny's I found myself comparing what I could be spending the 56pp on instead of a Manhattan burger and whether it was going be worth it as I’d had to forgo my wine on Saturday night, before I even arrived at the restaurant I’d decided I’d enjoy it but it wasn’t going to taste better than chicken chow mein and a bottle of red wine for under 40pp or big mac and fries and bottle of red wine for 45pp, or my favourite recipe at the moment 40 clove garlic chicken which is only 13pp, I could have that with mashed potatoes made with butter and still have a bottle of white wine for less than this damn burger was going to cost me. I have to say I expected the plate to be huge with loads of chips on it but it wasn’t it was an ordinary oval dinner plate with the equivalent of a MacDonalds large portion of fries, 3 onion rings, a little bit of sauce and this mammoth burger that had 2 6oz burgers in it and a bun, I have to say compared to a big mac for me it didn’t compare, it was too greasy, I took one of the burgers home and even Alfie didn’t want it!

So I realised yesterday ProPoints are like currency, in my mind I thanked Lindsay for her fb comment the other week as it reminded me to think of the lbs not the £'s! When you go clothes shopping you might see an amazing outfit, look at the price tag and realise it’s £300, this makes you think it’s gorgeous but for £300 I could fill my wardrobe with a few things, so you decide again it. The same goes for food, something may look delicious but when you weigh up how many ProPoints it’s going to cost you and how long it will take to eat you might decide it’s not worth it, and you’ll have something else just as delicious and lose the pound on the scales.

So think about it, you have 49pp to last you the week, are you going to blow them on one thing or spread them out at make them last, neither is the wrong decision as long as you think about it and make the choice that’s right for you.

Weigh day for me today, fingers crossed, the second week on the plan is always harder for me than the first and I’ve found this week a real test because of the meal out yesterday, normally I’d enjoy my nightly glass of wine but couldn’t do that this week, however I made it through and hope for a loss. Hope you’ve all made it through another week, and if you haven’t and you slipped, don’t panic or stress about it, start afresh today.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone xx