This is me REALLY trying lol

Tuesday 6th September 2022
You are not alone.

 4.30am and wide awake - grrr, not sure what time the thunderstorm started but I only got up to shut my bedroom window so it wasn't quite so loud.  Thankfully I was probably asleep by 9ish.  It took me 51 years to have a tele in my bedroom but it wasn't a bad idea because if I turn it out, I fall asleep and it stops me staying downstairs.

After my 40 lengths yesterday, I spent an hour on the phone to my brother, we had a good catch up, then himself called me and we had a natter, so now it's almost 11am and I haven't even gotten started on my days plan lol.  I then planned our meeting chat for the week and finally got round to doing the washing up and more washing.  I didn't get round to doing the bedrooms though, the novelty had worn off by the afternoon.  Instead I made Aryn and I another lamb dinner and froze the rest of the lamb, it can be thrown into a curry sauce at some point.  

I had an on track day thankfully, that lamb dinner filled me up to the brim so I didn't eat again yesterday after that, apart from a Seriously tasty cheese square, which i ate straight from the foil.

I've defrosted some pork chops and I'm thinking this will be tasty, found the recipe on my phone notes when I was looking for something else; 

Honey-mustard roasted pork chops

Serves 4, takes half hour

Sweet honey and hot mustard are wonderfully balanced in this Dijon sauce—a perfect topping for roasted pork. You can also try the sauce on sh (especially salmon), as well as grilled or roasted chicken.

Nonstick spray

4 (6-oz, 1-inch-thick) bone-in pork chops

1⁄8  tsp salt (or to taste)

1⁄8  tsp black pepper (or to taste)

1⁄4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp white-wine vinegar

1⁄4  tsp dry mustard

1⁄4  tsp garlic powder

3 long rosemary sprigs

1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a shallow, medium-sized baking dish with nonstick spray. Season both sides of pork with salt and black pepper.

2 In a small bowl, whisk together Dijon mustard, honey, vinegar, dry mustard, garlic powder, and 1 tbsp water. Spray a heavy skillet with nonstick spray and set it over medium-high heat. When hot, add pork chops and rosemary sprigs; sear pork until well browned on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. Reserve rosemary for garnish; transfer pork to prepared baking dish.

3 Over pork, brush 2 tbsp mustard sauce. Place in oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until pork reaches an internal temperature of 145oF.

4 Serve with reserved mustard sauce spooned over top.

Per serving (1 pork chop and 11⁄2 tbsp sauce): 360 Cal, 16 g Total Fat, 5 g Sat Fat, 649 mg Sod, 7 g Total Carb, 5 g Sugar, 0 g Fib, 41 g Prot.

I haven't got any rosemary but meh, I can miss that off.  I want to cook that spaghetti squash too so we can have it together.  We've got noodles as back up in case Aryn really doesn't like the squash or me come to that.

I've got lasagne to look forward to at the weekend, my sis is gonna cook it for us, nom nom, so I need to be healthy until then, as that's not a low calorie option!  I'm thinking a fish pie, Aryn asked if we could make our own, so maybe we can, I have frozen salmon and I think some white fish, so it's just the rest of the ingredients I need to get.  I'm also fancying a tuna pasta bake, I need to write a list because I'll forget this.  

Not feeling hopeful for the scales today, but I do feel healthier in myself so the numbers will catch up at some point, I can live in hope.

I'm watching the news and shaking my head, my weight is the least of my worries really, there's more going on in our little family world than what we all weigh.  There's more going on in the wider world for sure, I mean if the cost of living crisis keeps rising, we won't be able to afford to overeat will we!  

Right I'm gonna go make me a mug of coffee, then get ready for work.  Let's have a great day shall we?

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me x