Being accountable ain't I!

Thursday 11th November 2021
A life spent making mistakes is so much better than a life spent doing nothing!

Well, I got stuff done yesterday and my body knows about it this morning!  This was my day, cracking huddle with new members, the busiest Wednesday morning we've had so far which was brilliant.  Somehow I ended up with the class journal, I'm hoping the extra accountability will show on the scales next week.

I then got home and did 4 hours of housework, I cleaned windows and mirrors and if you've seen the mirrors in my house they're floor to ceiling (two of them!)  My house does look lovely now though, the only room I didn't get completely done was the kitchen, that's not long been deep cleaned but I'll do it next Wednesday or maybe Monday. 

Apparently 4 hours moderate cleaning earned me 856 calories, I was dancing round in-between any actual cleaning too, I was a true rock star in my own mind yesterday!  Poor workmen next door must have thought I was being attacked! 

Alfie and I went for a little walk, he'd done a long walk the day before so wasn't up to going too far, I was concerned he'd been a little quiet the last few days but he still managed to get a little frisky when he met a few dogs, so I think it's just old age. 

11,797 steps done yesterday, but only 19 active minutes so the fitbit didn't pick up the housework, that doesn't mean it didn't happen, my body knows, when I was walking Alfie, my sciatica had kicked in good and proper.  This morning, I'm a little stiff and my backs not so happy, it'll be okay though, it's all good for me. 

Sleep wise, I got my 8 hours, I actually had a little more as I fell asleep watching Casino Royale, so I don't know how it ended, feel free to tell me so I don't have to find where I stopped watching, conclusion, all Bond movies are the same really and nothing changed when Daniel Craig took on the role. 

Now back to this journal, I hadn't eaten breakfast yesterday, I wasn't hungry, so when I got home I had oats with coconut milk, the milk been recommended as a low calorie, tasty alternative for cereal and it didn't disappoint, I've just enjoyed some on Weetabix this morning. 

I skipped lunch, busy working hard, plus not hungry.  I'm carrying a water bottle round with me to ensure I drink more water, I had at least a litre yesterday, there's a bottle by the side of my bed too. 

After working up an appetite my fish and chips were mega, I really enjoyed them and all of this washed down with a couple of glasses of wine from an open bottle, so none tonight now, I did sleep like a log though, woke a couple of times but went straight back to sleep and finally awake just after five. 

Now for a day of huddles, oh I also have my dinner cooked as I did the slow cooker chicken yesterday ready, not sure what it'll be like as I wasn't impressed when I started reading the packaging!  Now I bought this when it was on offer but I would NOT pay £1.80 for it. 

It tells you to brown the diced chicken in a frying pan, then transfer to your slow cooker.

then fry the diced onion until soft before adding to slow cooker with tomatoes and the pouch of Curry sauce and stir.

That to me isn't how slow cooking works, there should be no pre cooking required, plus I didn't realise I had to add the tomatoes either, I might as well have bought a jar of sauce and cooked it on the hob in 20 minutes. I didn't follow their instructions just threw it all in the slow cooker so we'll see what it tastes like.  

Calories wise, the sachet is 70 calories per 1/4 pack, then the other ingredients 

Curry sauce sachet 280

Tin tomatoes 94

200g onion 70

600g chicken (it said thigh but I only had breast) 636 

Total calories 1080, feeds 4 at 270 calories, mmm I'm not sure that'll be worth it at all.  I will be cooking butter chicken tomorrow Butter Chicken (behappyowls.com) and that's the same calories and I know that'll blow it out the water!

Wish me luck with day 2 of my journal, it's helping already, I can tell, I'm quite pleased I ended on 1308 calories yesterday, makes me want to do similar today, thinking soup for lunch, save calories for dinner!  Breakfast just cost me 160 calories = bargain.  Mustn't forget the mug of tea also, so another  16 calories.  Yeah love the simplicity of calories, I don't eat the same foods every day, I don't want to have to eat the same foods, I like variety, calories allows me to do that.

Here's to a very, very, great day.

Mwah, luv ya

love me xx