Patience is the companion of wisdom. St. Augustine
Well I
had a half pound gain yesterday at my official weigh in, which I can live with
after my weekend. Had I waited till the
evening to get weighed I would have lost a pound compared to last week as I was
a pound lighter when I tested the scales at my meeting, but I didn’t and as I
tried to explain to a member last night who wanted to be weighed on both set of
scales, we’re only allowed to be weighed once a week, so I have to practice
what I preach and go with the first result. Can’t say I’m surprised by that result, I
didn’t have the best Sunday, then there was the trip to London where I did try
and do my best. Onwards and upwards (or
downwards on the scales) had a fab day yesterday, spent some time doing some
meal planning and had me a shopping trip to my favourite Sainsbury’s store even though I couldn't afford it really, because
I need to cook and enjoy my shop – it’s part of who I am, I don’t mind having a
cheap tv and stereo, I enjoy buying bargain clothes and I can live without the porch
I thought about having built but I like to buy food and I like to do it in
Sainsbury’s, before you start, no there’s nothing wrong with the food in Aldi
or Lidl I know, I just enjoy the experience of walking round Sainsbury’s and
trying the things I fancy, and in fairness I do tend to buy offers so my bill
doesn’t work out much more expensive than shopping in the cheaper stores. I did indulge in another orchid plant though,
it was reduced too ;D I’ve decided they’re a better buy than bunches of flowers
because they last a lot longer, the first one I’ve had for over a month now and
it takes minimal looking after.
For my
tea last night I made tuna melts they were delicious, I used the last two slices
of bread and won’t be buying any this week as it’s my cop out weakness, I
choose it for quickness and it doesn’t really fill me up so I want something
else after which messes up my weight loss.
In the melt I put, a whole tin of tuna, tablespoon of sweetcorn, sliced
grilled pepper (from a jar) 30g phili light, 30g light mayo and 30g cheese,
absolutely tasty as anything and with a few salad leaves, well worth 14pp
unlike my lunch of smoked salmon (half price counter) wraps (8pp) which tasted
nice but didn’t look so good as I hadn’t been shopping for salad.
Today I’m
making bacon and cheese lasagne using a gammon joint I bought last week, which
again was off the reduced counter (I love a bargain) and I’ve bought some fish
for tomorrow for a rarebit, it should have been haddock but they had some other
white fish reduced, can’t remember the name but I’ll let you know what it’s
like. I’m also going to make another
lasagne using butternut squash, a recipe I found that I shall be tweaking and
removing the pot of double cream! I love
to get creative in the kitchen, not a big fan of eating the same meals and
cooking the same recipe, so if I do remake something it was really, really good
the first time! I’m putting together a
new Bev’s Bites which will be to raise money for charity and it’s a ‘cheap eats’
version, it’s almost complete, takes a while because I like to have cooked the
recipes first.
Last night on my way home from my
meeting I received a text from a member that upset and stressed me out.
Normally I would have reacted by having a drink or eating when I got home but
instead I grabbed Alfies lead and took him out for a walk instead. I'm so glad
I did because whilst walking I received another text from a different member
which cheered me up immensely. We have to remind ourselves that we are not
perfect, everyone makes mistakes or as on this occasion unintentionally upsets
someone and no one can keep everyone happy all the time as much as I wished I
could. The only thing you can do is apologise which I have, so I hope it's
accepted.
Can't wait to get back from my
meeting today and get cooking, I'm also looking forward to Friday because I'm
(yes me) am having children in my house and we are going to make pizza and
cakes. That'll be fun ;)
Alfie was
really in the mood to walk this morning, could have kept going to be honest,
however I’ve got to go to work and now have less time to get ready, but it was
worth the rush I’m now going to have.
So
whatever your plans today at work or not, enjoy it and stay focused. Xx
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