16th February 2016
Opportunity does not knock,
it presents itself when you beat down the door.
My bed was warm and cosy
this morning, could've easily stayed there a while longer, think I even half slept
through my meditation! I'm awake now
though, 5am and ready for my day.
We enjoyed our chicken
hotpot yesterday, such a simple meal, 4 chicken legs skinned, 2 carrots, 2
onions, stock layered with thin potato circles, less than a fiver for a meal
for four. Always turns out really tasty
whilst not taking any effort.
I need to have a word
with myself though as my tracking has slipped and I know my 80/20 attitude is
more 70/30 and I'm not going to lose weight if I'm not following the plan
properly. My chicken hotpot might have
only been 8sp, my breakfast only 6sp but I have no idea what else I consumed
yesterday because I've been to bed since then and I can't remember, or is it
that I don't want to remember!
Therefore today, I'm
getting my journal back out and I'll be continuing with it, back to writing it
all down, summers coming you know, there's a little thing called spring we have
to deal with first but before you know it, the cardigans and jumpers will have
to be removed, the shorts considered and the excess weight more evident. I can walk round with my fat jeans undone at
the waistband at the moment because the jumper covers it, I won't be able to
once summer is here!
Why track? Because it's
so easy to overlook things, 3 or 4 mugs of tea throughout the day is 3 Smart
Points of skimmed milk in my house! I do
that all week and don't count it, that's 21 Smart Points! Yep it soon adds up, so the journal is
returning, plus it gives me prompts and asks me questions, it asks me how I've
felt, how much I've moved, how much sleep I've gotten, and makes a suggestion
or tip like;
Today's tip - squeeze a
lemon
The citrus scent of lemon
is said to promote concentration, induce calmness and banish negativity. It's worth a try! Add some lemon zest to your bath water, add a
slice of lemon to your drinking water or just sniff a lemon!
I remember back when I
joined Weight Watchers you had to start each morning with hot water and lemon,
it was part of the plan! I have lemons
in the fridge, they're normally only used in my gin, maybe I'll give the hot
lemon a try today.
I've also stopped the
walking with mom again, it's so easy to get caught up in the day to dayness of
life and forget the other stuff, you know like your health! I need to make time to move, not find time -
MAKE TIME, the time is always there, it's up to us how we choose to spend it,
I'm going to commit to walking at least 3 times this week, I know it'll do me
good. At least 15 minutes with or
without mom, if I can fit in more great, but I need to do something!
What can you commit to
doing to help you on your weight loss journey?
What will help you the most, it's too easy to get distracted and forget
those reasons, luckily I wrote mine down in my Journal, I also wrote down what
I wanted to achieve in 10 weeks, it was 10lb, I'm on week 6 and I've lost 7lb
up to the end of last week, so I have 3 1/2 weeks left to lose the other 3lb, I
can do that if I get back on my tracking, move that little bit more and think
about my choices.
On that note I'm off,
need to go choose my food for the day, got no bread so that's one thing I won't
be having for breakfast! I do have some chapatti's left though, might have one
of them or might just have 2 bacon medallions (1sp), egg (2sp), tomatoes (0sp)
and beans (3sp), I'm thinking pasta for lunch of some kind, haven't had any for
such a long time, I'll think about it whilst I go make me a cup of tea with the
milk I'm going to measure out!
Here's your Smart Point
recipe,
Beef Chow Mein
Serves 1 – 12 Smart Points
60g medium egg noodles (6sp)
Low fat cooking spray
125g lean stir fry beef (4sp)
4 chopped spring onions
60g mange tout
80g chopped mushrooms
80g beansprouts
3tbsp oyster sauce (2sp)
Cook noodles in boiling water for 3 mins until tender. Drain & rinse in cold water.
Lightly coat a non-stick frying pan or wok with low fat cooking spray. Stir-fry the beef and spring onions for 1½ mins, then add the mange tout and mushrooms and cook for a further 1½ mins.
Mix in the beansprouts, noodles, oyster sauce and 1tbsp water, and heat through for 1-1½ mins, stirring continuously. Serve immediately.
Happy Day's BeYOUtiful, remember they can be if you choose
them to be!
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