5th February 2013
Do your best
when no one is looking. Bob Cousy
Well I’ve found the way to keep myself
occupied and my mind off food, mess about with my website – it took me hours
last night to try to do something because it wouldn’t work how I wanted it too,
I was extremely frustrated (in a good way) and ended up on live chat with a
helpful man who did it exactly the same way as me which proves that I’m not
stupid, the thing just don’t work how it would if I’d invented it – which would
be EASIER!
Anyway it helped me stay on top of my
eating, which is always a good thing, and I did nip to the supermarket for a
couple of ingredients yesterday but I spent less than a tenner, and I’m using
up all the food I have. Mom had a
chicken casserole out of the freezer (6pp) and I made a beef stir fry with a
reduced packet of beef in soy & ginger I’d bought from Waitrose last
November! I also made a lamb rogan josh
and carrot which will be for today. They’re
all tubbed up and marked with the ProPoints ;-) Aren’t I good and healthy.
And as if you needed another reason NOT
to weigh yourself everyday, I jumped on my bathroom scales yesterday morning
and this morning and there’s a 3.5lb difference! Now it didn’t bother me but it would the
average person following a weight loss plan, it just shows our bodies fluctuate
massively for many reasons, so it is best to get weighed once a week.
Seeing some great photos of food, keep
them coming, I’m feeling inspired already, fancy trying the turkey & chick
pea burgers posted by Nat (recipes on page 32 of March Weight Watcher magazine)
may have to add them to my ‘to try’ list I think. And Jane S is whizzing her way through the
recipes in the Everyday Favourites cook book, I must have a look through mine I
think.
Also
loved Jane B competition entry: Spanish Rice with Prawns and Chorizo 12-13pp per
serving. Very tasty & can change ingredients to chicken etc. 1 onion, 1 red pepper, few sprays
light oil, 100g chorizo, 150g paella rice, 1 tsp saffron, 1 chicken stock cube,
125g prawns, slice lemon. & parsley. Serves 2 : )
I’m assuming for those who aren’t great in the kitchen you cook that rice
either before and fry everything else or you add the rice, the stock cube and
some water to the rest and cook it all together.
Yes I’m feeling quite motivated, I had
6pp on my pedometer by bedtime last night, almost 20,000 steps, my three things
to focus on this week are hitting my 10,000 steps a day, shopping online (once
I’ve planned my meals) and track. Those
are the three things I’m focusing on.
I posted this on Facebook last night –
Complete the
sentence!
You know you're serious about weight loss when.......
You know you're serious about weight loss when.......
Loved some of
the responses I got, how would you end that sentence, the one I read that made
me smile was “You enjoy everythin u eat!!!” How true is that, you should be if you’re
doing it right anyways.
So today on the
menu for me is, crumpet with banana and a drizzle of honey, lamb rogan josh and
rice, and probably the other half of the beef stir fry that I cooked
yesterday. Tomorrow I plan to have this
because I have the mozzarella (mine isn’t light so I’ll add the extra PPs);
Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella
Pasta Salad
Serves 2 = 7pp per portion. Takes less than half hour.
90g
Pasta, Dry, uncooked, ideally fusilli or other spiral pasta (9pp)
½
tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1
teaspoons olive oil (1pp)
10
olives, halved (1pp)
1/2
level teaspoon Oregano, dried
50g
Cherry Tomatoes, halved
10
g chopped Basil
40
g Cheese, Mozzarella Light, diced (3pp)
Salt
& pepper to taste
Cook pasta according to package directions without added salt or fat.
Drain and transfer to a large bowl. Add vinegar, oil and oregano; toss to coat.
Fold in tomatoes, olives, basil and mozzarella; season to taste with
salt and pepper. Serve warm or chilled.
For an extra 1pp per serving, add 25g Sun-dried tomatoes for an intense
and sweet taste to this dish. Place sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl and cover with
boiling water. Set aside 10 minutes to plump. Drain well and substitute for
half the cherry tomatoes in the recipe. (If they’re in oil just chop & use)
Mmm I fancy that today, wonder if the
beef stir fry would keep till tomorrow?
On that note I better get a wriggle on,
places to be, things to do, people to weigh ;-)
Remember #WWEatGorgeous and be a happy
owl. xx
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