28th
March 2014
Choose
to see the world through optimistic eyes.
4 days
down, 3 to go before weigh in, ended on 42pp yesterday so used 16 of my
weeklies, that’s ok – I still have 28 weeks left and I’ve earned 20pp so far on
my pedometer – on track and in the zone! Bring on the weekend I say, we can survive
can’t we!
Yesterday
I indulged in a raspberry muffin that I’d made for the meeting, we’ve raised £111.50
in meetings with some of my lovely members baking low ProPoint cakes for selling,
donations from members and the 10p per
photo that I’ve taken for Facebook, you all look lovely on my page and are
helping to motivate others to make their weight loss a priority! This takes Natalie’s total up to £439.50https://www.justgiving.com/natalies-fight-club. To make a donation, please
text NJMS48 £1 to 70070.
If
you need a reason to make that donation, this recipe (one of the best of the cakes I tried this week ;> ) is worth it (trust me!) and
it only takes 10 minutes to knock together!
Great way of using up the Easter Eggs so keep this recipe somewhere
safe.
Peanut Butter Crispy
Treats
Serves
10 (35pp total recipe value)
75g
milk chocolate chunks
50g
reduced fat peanut butter
3
tablespoons golden syrup
75g
puffed rice cereal (rice crispies)
1) Line
the base of an 18cm loose bottom cake tin with non stick baking parchment. Put the chocolate, peanut butter and golden
syrup in a large saucepan, stir and gently heat until melted.
2) Add
the cereal and stir to coat in the mixture.
Spoon into the prepared tin and level with the back of a spoon. Chill in the fridge, and then cut into 10
wedges.
You
could even put the mixture in individual cake cases for accuracy with portion
sizes!
These will
last up to a week in the fridge in an airtight container so you DON’T have to
eat them all at once!
So back
to me being on track, yesterday was all about the quick and easy, breakfast was
crumpets, cheese triangle, ham, egg, tomatoes.
Lunch was a 2 egg omelette with cheese, courgette, pepper, mushrooms,
peas, tomato. Then for tea I had a
couple of brown Warburton things with tuna and coronation dressing and salad, followed
by my first wine of the week, mmm delicious all of it.
One
thing I’ve done this week is start every day with a pint of water, don’t forget
how important it is to get plenty of water, why is it? because up to 70% of the body is made up of
water. 75% of muscle is made of water. 50% of bone is made of water and also
fat is made up of 50% of water. The brain is also made up of 70% of water.
So go
have a glass of water! The good news is while the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not
all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or
drink item provides some water to the body.
Do you think you’re putting enough of the magic stuff into your body?
The
other thing I’ve become more aware of this week is my 5 a day, trying to ensure
I’m eating plenty of my fruit and veg, again this is important because they are
a good source of vitamins and minerals and of course dietary fibre. Not forgetting they’re zero ProPoints which is always a bonus.
Have
you eaten a wide variety of fruit and veg this week, looking at my tracker I’ve
eaten;
Onions
Cherry tomatoes
Spinach
Carrots
Courgette
Apple
Banana
Grapes
Broccoli
Red &
green peppers
Cress
Tinned tomatoes
Peas
Raspberries
Lettuce
Cucumber
16
different ones, not bad – I’m happy with that!
Don’t forget to have plenty of variety - different fruits and vegetables contain different
combinations of fibre, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.
My mission for the weekend is to get that
total to 25 or over, variety is the spice of life they say afterall.
Have a fabulously, fantastic Friday, don’t
use it as an excuse to say “oh it’s the weekend and I’ve got so much on, I can’t
possibly stay on track so I may as well put my weight loss on hold”, NO, stay
focused work your fun times into your success – it’ makes it even more
fantastic!
Eat Gorgeous & be Healthy & Happy
BeYOUtiful
xx
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