1st March 2016
'If a cheetah doesn't catch its
prey within 300m it gives up'. Stop treating your weight loss journey like prey,
be in it for the long haul.
Yesterday wasn't a great day,
found myself taking life too seriously, starting to stress about how much I'd
got to do when all I wanted to do was go out for the day because the sun was
shining, to make matters worse the internet wasn't working at a descent speed
(all fixed now) and it all ended with me banging my head really hard on the
fridge as I stood up after trying to get Alfie to eat. It hurt like hell, made me cry and bought me
back to reality, I decided I wouldn't be of use to anyone if I worked without a
break, I'd worked a large chunk of Sunday and I was doing the same on Monday
both of which are supposed to be my weekend, so I stopped, it was about 2ish
and I decided to leave it all. I
couldn't get mom out so instead we sat and enjoyed some tele and chilled, I
even went to bed early, that bang on the head really hurt, I went tired for
most of the rest of the day.
I made this thought, this made me smile, it's a Bar Bouquet made up on Weight Watcher bars, mom will be able to enjoy that on Sunday and it's a lower Pointed version of a treat.
The one positive was it didn't
knock me off track, I cooked three meals throughout the day and I did enjoy a
12g milky bar for 3sp too, do love a bit of white chocolate. My meals were;
2 low
cal bread, avocado, slice of streaky bacon, mushrooms, dry fried egg, rocket
and leaves 10SP
Moroccan
tagine WW recipe kit from meeting (spicy hot!) 8SP
12SP,
cheesy beans, chicken sausage, egg and low calories bread
I'm now ready for my working
week, or at least I think I am, physically I am anyways, good night's sleep,
thinking another early night tonight won't do me any harm, I'm loving my bed at
the moment. Just done my meditation
session too, enjoying this month's topic of generosity, I love that they get me
thinking, generosity isn't just about giving stuff away, it's about more as I'm
hearing in these meditations, the last couple of days was about being generous with
your thoughts. Just because no one can
hear your thoughts.... doesn't mean you shouldn't be mindful of them and the
effect they're having on you and others around you. Your thoughts affect your behaviour, heck
they did mine yesterday, I was feeling resentful of having to work on a Sunday,
and that I hadn't got time to go drive out for the day. Oh and that even if I did, my mom didn't want
to go anywhere - that doesn't help at all, it occasionally makes me feel
trapped which I'm not. See those
thoughts if not observed, acknowledged and in my case dismissed can make for an
unhappy mind!
Well as soon as this house warms
up, I'll brave the shower, sat here drinking my pint of water, that needs
following up with a hot mug of tea! I'm
back in my dressing gown after not having it all last week because it spent the
week in my meetings, I did miss it, it's the first thing I put on in a morning
until it does warm up!
What
to eat today, I might wait till I get to my meeting for my brekkie and have
toast, then I've got lots to choose from in the fridge. Yep today will be a much better day and
yesterday finished just fine, mini melt downs allowed and only a little sore
bump left on my head as a reminder to stop being so dramatic!
Here's
your recipe for the day, it's a pudding for a change, I do like egg custard, I might
make this at the weekend, I could divide the recipe into thirds and just make
enough for 2 portions, otherwise I'd eat too much!
Baked egg custard
Serves
6, 4sp per serving
600 ml
Semi Skimmed Milk
3
medium eggs
1
teaspoons (level) Vanilla Extract
25g
Caster Sugar
nutmeg
·
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 3/170°C/fan oven
150°C/325°F.
·
Heat the milk until quite hot, but do not boil it.
Remove from the heat.
·
Whisk the eggs, vanilla extract and sugar together
in a large jug, then pour on the hot milk stirring all the time. Strain the
mixture through a sieve into 6 individual baking dishes, or into one large
dish.
·
Stand the dishes, or dish, in a roasting tin with
enough warm water to come about halfway up the sides. Bake for 25-30 minutes
for individual desserts, or for about 50-55 minutes for one large dish. The
custard should be set and firm to the touch. Cool slightly.
·
sprinkle freshly grated nutmeg over the surface of
the custards before baking them.
·
Serve the custards
Make it into something special by topping it with pomegranate seeds! Or sliced banana would work too.
Enjoy your day BeYOUtiful, try not to be as dramatic as I was yesterday
and take this thing called life too seriously, it's really not and a year from
today most of it will be forgotten. xx
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