Food shouldn't taste so good!

 Monday 11th November 2024

It's never a bad thing to start over if you feel you need to!  Anyone who knows me, knows I regularly start over with refocusing on my eating habits - I JUST BLOOMIN LOVE FOOD!  Plus the little 'issue' of red wine too :) 

Today, I'll try again to lose a few pounds before Christmas because I really do want to be able to drink Baileys and eat chocolate over the holidays without panicking that my clothes won't fit me on January 2nd!  

If I can lose a bit then I can gain a bit - not the best attitude for some I guess but that is me and I'm not likely to change at almost 55!  Could I?  Of course!  Will I?  Nah, I like being me, even with the spare tyre.  Don't get me wrong if I woke up tomo two stone lighter, I'd be good with that but am I will to not do all the things that cause that extra weight - erm NAH, I'm not. 

However, I'm having a word with myself again and asking if I'm willing to tweak a little and aim for making small changes even if they're not every day.  Yeah I am, I'm going for slow, slow, slow going forward because it's not working the other way.  I lose a couple of pound when I haven't expected too and then I think I've got it nailed.  

This week I will work at tracking everything to try and understand how my metabolism works, ooo I like the idea of the run up to Christmas as being me pressing a massive reset button and using this time as a pre run for next year, me getting to know my body again and what works, what doesn't.

I've planned our meals for the next four evenings, using up leftover pork for a spaghetti and sauce dish today, Aryn can have leftover steak with chips tomo and I'll have egg and beans with mine, I'm doing taco beef I think Wednesday and Chicken Nashville on Thursday, a packet mix thing that was reduced in Tesco, I have a couple of frozen breasts that can go with that.

If I can use up all the stuff I've got in the freezer, stay away from shops, I'll be able to do a bit of Christmas shopping for stocking fillers. 

Despite the lack of losing weight, I've had a wonderful week, went back to the gym, we had a lesson at Millride Saturday after a nice quiet night in the Lancaster, they had a singer who was actually very good, the music was just too loud where we were sat so had to move.  Maybe I'm just getting old!

Life is good regardless of the number on the scales, it's not my fault, dinner shouldn't taste so delicious :) 

Right, I have a busy day, so I better get started.

Hope you're world is good and your mind is calm.

Have a great day,

Mwah, luv ya

Love me!

50 days - seriously!

Monday 4th November 2024

It's been a few weeks since I blogged, getting up early and having stuff to do, I just haven't had time, plus I feel like I'm just writing the same things over and over, then there's stuff I can't include because it involves others who don't want to be wrote about or it's stuff I can't share on social media for reasons I've been advised not to. 

Let's focus on the stuff I can share then :) I can't believe how quickly that time has gone, it bonkers, there's only 50 days left time Christmas, that's just madness, I haven't even began to think about it, never mind have the money to cover it.  That's scary!  The same questions every year - what shall I buy them!

Back to now, I can't be thinking about that today!  So it's been a week since we were side swiped in the car driving home, insurance company said the car was an uneconomical repair so they would be writing it off.  I didn't want to lose it, I can't get a car like that for the money they were going to give me.  We decided to keep it, get the difference between what they'd have paid us minus the value CoParts would give them for it and fix it ourselves which we've done.  The only job now is to get the alloys sorted but they can wait, we've had it MOT'd as requested by the insurance company and it passed.  This meant Saturday was mostly spent sorting that!

The weekends gone too quickly as they always do, we enjoyed it though and I made a lovely lamb Sunday dinner, love the dehydrate option in my Ninja, it cooks lamb and beef so well.  We had an early night and I got up at 3.30am as he was off and I like to make him a drink and make sure he goes lol.  Couldn't go back to sleep, tried and failed so I'm catching up on Big Brother and I've just had poached eggs on toast using Jamie's way, it wasn't the best, the yolk was perfect but the white just disappeared through the slots!  PaulFosterChef (@paulfosterchef) Official | TikTok This version has worked for me in the past.

We're having lasagne for tea, I remembered to take it out the freezer yesterday YAY!  I'm gonna go to the gym this morning, I want to build up some strength in my arms and I'm back doing some of my physio exercises because of my back/leg, I've resorted to pain killers for a bit cos I need to sleep.

Can't believe Aryn's back at school this morning, where did those two weeks go!  We've eaten out and had takeaways so the scales haven't gone down but only went up a little so it's all good.

Coco and I are having a bit of love on the sofa, he purrs so loudly bless him, had him 2 years now which means he's about 5 years old, gorgeous boy he is.

Apart from the gym and planning our Be Happy Owls chat, I'm going to have a chill out day, I'll wash up and tidy the kitchen but that's my lot, I have control of the remote and I plan to use it ;) 

I'll be having an early night too, cos I have the bed to myself - yay.

Damn I love my life, told ya it was boring :) 

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me x