20th January 2015
The secret to having it all is knowing you already do.
We had so much fun yesterday over lunch, I had a wonderful
birthday, I really did. I can honestly
say I'm never fussed about cards and presents, I never make a big thing about my
birthday, it's just something that happens once a year, always on the same day
in January which is a month I'm usually too busy to stop to take time out for a
celebration. That's sounds bad but it
isn't honestly, it's just who I am.
Anyway we always make time for lunch almost every week and Monday is our
new lunch date, so it was fab that it clashed with my birthday. So many giggles the three of us had, it was
so much fun and the food was great too, can really recommend The Mermaid on the
Bridgenorth road that's the second of this chain of pubs we've been too and
both were good http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/ you also get 25% off if you become
their "friend" by filling in the form. This was what some of our food
looked like, it wasn't all mine and yes I do like my steak rare, it's the best
way! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152905822180862.1073741900.595730861&type=1&l=63167a154c
I did receive some lovely cards and gifts and lots of lovely
birthday wishes on Facebook, I have to say though my set of 4 wine glasses took
the prize, hand decorated by my bestie, I've never been so amused or impressed
by a pressie that I can remember, they were awesome, they were rude too so it's
difficult to share them, but trust me I loved them! Oh my brother bought me a bottle of Baileys and
a dress which was fab but drinking the Bailey's will probably mean the dress
won't fit! So I've just taken what's
left out of the fridge and put it in the cupboard where I can't see it. That's as safe as it'll be, if I open the
fridge door and it's there, I'll be tempted to have 'just one glass'!
The beauty of giving myself permission to eat anything I
want usually means I'm more likely to leave food on my page, I left all the
onion rings and half the chips on the plate yesterday, I'd only had a couple of
slices of ham for my breakfast and I didn't bother with tea on the night, so
that meal was all I had yesterday, oh apart from lager and baileys! But as the saying goes "It was my
birthday!"
Back on track from this morning, I've got a chicken to roast
for dinner, although I could pop it in the slow cooker, mmm I'll have a
think. Not sure what we're having it
with but I have a kitchen full of food after my supermarket shop arrived
yesterday.
At some point we need to have a corned beef hash as that was the starter yesterday and I just love that meal, plus it's so easy to make. http://www.happyowls.co.uk/hash1.html
I've noticed a few are still finding it difficult to get
back on track and they're giving themselves a hard time because of it. Please don't, this weight loss/maintenance/eating
healthy/trying to take care of yourself lark ain't easy and when things are
going on in your life that are making things tough, then it's bound to affect
the way you eat. The only thing you can
do is keep trying, be gentle on yourself and accept that it isn't easy. Doing that actually does make it easier because
those high expectations you place on yourself get replaced with a more
realistic ideal that you are more likely to stick to and which is more likely
to result in weight loss. If you do the
best you can with what you've got at any given time, that's enough. Just do your best not to go on self-destruct
using food because that will make you feel worse afterwards, we all know that.
So here's to my 45th year being as good as all the rest,
lots of giggles because laughter really is the best medicine!
Have a great day BeYOUtiful, smile at everyone you walk past
because we noticed yesterday, there isn't enough smiling going on out there!
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