Looking forward to the scales!

 Tuesday 8th October 2024 

Can you believe it's only 77 sleeps till Christmas and that's a massive motivation for me to lose some weight, I want to end the year lighter than I started it and I know I'll gain a bit over Christmas because that's what it's all about, spending time with loved ones and indulging!  Today's my first weigh-in for Tracktober and I've had a great week, everything tracked, temptation resisted at times and enjoyed my meals. 

Yesterday I made pasta bake with the other Peri Peri chicken, I added peppers, sun dried tomatoes, sweetcorn, tomato paste and Philadelphia light and the lads inhaled it.  

As you can see, I had a girl portion, realising I don't need as much food as either of the males in my life!

Not the best nights sleep last night, lots of dreaming, mom was in it and I'd come home and she'd rescued a tiger - yeah a real life tiger, I hate dreams, then I was woken by an alarm on his phone 45 minutes before I needed to be getting up, the phone was in the living room so I had to get up because he didn't hear it!

I've got leftover lamb to use today, I'm thinking either lamb in pittas with mint mayo or I could make a shepherds pie, mmm decisions, decisions.

We went to Aryn's open evening for 6th form last night, he has no idea what he wants to do as a job, but it's looking like 6th form maths, ICT, as much as he wasn't keen on doing English because of the literature side of it, his results are really good so after a conversation he's agreed English and possibly Chemistry.  Now to get the results! 

Nothing worth having comes easy whether it's an exam result or weight loss!  Last week we asked our members what are you willing to do to lose weight and what aren't you willing to do because they are all very different people.  You can't mark them all the same and expect them to behave and eat the same way.  Some will be willing to weigh and measure everything others won't, some will be willing to exercise others won't and that's why Be Happy Owls works because we help members design their own 'diet' that works for them!

On that note, I need another drink, this one's gone cold, I'm not willing to give up my morning cuppa - are you?  I was willing to change it to decaf though.  

Let's have a great day, 

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx

I made it through the weekend!

 Monday 7th October 2024

I did it, I made it through the weekend 100% tracking but also starting day 7 within my allowance, it helped that we didn't go out this weekend, had a lazy weekend in the house.  

I made healthier choices too though, the peri peri chicken I bought from Sainsbury's in the meal deal was absolutely delicious, they had theirs with waffle chips, I had salad with mine and one slice of garlic bread to say I'd tasted it.  That was Saturday. 

Sunday when I made him a full English, I had a sausage sandwich with mushrooms and tomatoes.

Sunday lunch was a lamb dinner, check me out weighing my lamb and almost measuring the gravy, I didn't have as much as I normally would anyway. 

I only had a couple of small glasses of wine all weekend, I opened a bottle on Thursday and there's still a glass of it - GO ME!  

Feeling good starting the week, I shall get weighed tomorrow and see if it's helped and if I'm on course to get some weight loss this month!  Wish me luck.

Keeping it short this morning as I had a lie in and I've got loads to do, it's Aryn's open evening tonight for 6 form, interested to go to that. 

Here's to a great day, 

Mwah, luv ya

Love me xx

Saturday has landed!

Saturday 5th October 2024

I need to remember this statement every day this month to keep me on track!  

Yesterday I got so stuck into doing the housework, I forgot to eat and I wasn't hungry, it was afternoon before I realised.  I ate a packet of sliced beef because it was use by yesterday and I was only eating to have something in my stomach.  I cooked the lads shredded chicken with black beans in a spicy tomato sauce in taco boats but I didn't like it at all, so I just had the Doritos and I had a good few so that was my dinner - not the healthiest of days but it's all tracked and I only consumed 772 calories all day.  Weird as I wasn't hungry so listening to my body.  This morning my belly was growling so I've had weetabix (well the home branded ones).

My house is so clean and tidy, I love it when it's like this, it's just keeping on top of it.  I burned 2,877 calories yesterday according to my Fitbit, did 11,776 steps and 104 zone minutes just from doing housework and a walk round Sainsbury's.  How good is that!  My back/knee/leg all reminded me for the rest of the day and all night that I'd done that much moving too, gotta love being in pain - NOT!

I picked this Chicken meal deal up in Sainsburys for today, £12, that's two whole chickens and 3 sides how good is that.  I'm not sure I'm a piri piri fan, if I have Nando's I would have the lemon and herb but I'll give it a go, the lads will inhale them I'm sure!  I might cook them both together in the oven to save on electricity and then I might turn the one into a pasta bake which I can freeze for a mid week meal or it would keep till Monday in fridge.  But seriously 2 chickens and 3 sides for £12, that's ridiculous! 

I've took a leg of lamb my sister gave me out the freezer, we're gonna have a Sunday roast tomorrow, looking forward to that, roasters, yorkies and gravy, nothing better than that!

I'm feeling positive as the weekend begins, I survived Friday easily, I can do this - we all can!

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx

Friday's arrived, the weekends aren't as easy!

Friday 4th October 2024

Another day in the bag, just been chatting about what to have for tea and he suggested chippy but I said no as I'm trying to eat healthier and he said yeah I thought that, he was trying to save me hassle but I don't mind cooking.  I've took chicken breasts out of the freezer and I've sat here toying with defrosting them in microwave, cooking from frozen in slow cooker or I've found out I can cook from frozen in my Ninja combi, I've still not decided what I'm going to do with them, I'm thinking some kind of shredded chicken and rice served in taco boats.  I want something that can be reheated in microwave because we will probably all eat at different times which is typical on a Friday. 

Yesterday went well, I finished just over my daily allowance but it was all tracked, I had this for lunch and it was delicious, I'd like to experiment and maybe make my own version.  I had it as part of an M&S gastropub meal deal, so £15 for main, side and dessert or starter.  Aryn had the dessert, I had this side as a main meal, 428 calories in the whole thing and it really was lush.  

    

Because I knew I wouldn't do it when I got home I diced some salad before going back to work, there's enough there for today too. 

   

For dinner we had the Moussaka, I had a little garlic bread with it, less than 40p in Lidls they are and I put some cheese in them to make them scrumptious, Aryn ate the rest. 872 calories in total for this but it was really tasty, without the bit of garlic bread it would've been 261 calories less. 

  

I've found my taste for wine again, so had a couple of glasses, first in a fortnight though!

Today I shall mostly be a domestic goddess, the bathrooms, kitchen and living rooms all need a good clean, beds need changing, I've not done a lot for the last couple of weeks as I was poorly last week, rested Monday, did all the ironing Wednesday and worked the other days so today is catch up day then I'll be back to normal next week and can get back to the gym too.  

Energy levels seem back to full capacity, Aryn's a couple of days behind me so he's skipping MMA tonight, but he has managed 2 classes this week so fair play.  He has so much school work too, it's a tough year for him with his exams next spring. 

I'm delaying starting ain't I :) right let's do this!  Have a great day x

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx

Tracktober, day 3

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Tracktober is going well, I'm not gonna pretend I don't want to eat more food than I have, this weather makes me want to eat plus my eating patterns have been out of tune with having the lurgy last week, the only thing I've found easy is not drinking wine which feels very strange! 

Foodwise yesterday, my plan had been to have banana on toast, but Aryn ate the last one so I had egg and mushrooms on toast instead, I put brown sauce on the one slice of toast instead of butter and the egg was enough on the other, 356 calories including my mug of tea. 

For dinner we had couscous with veg, Aryn had spicy kfc style chicken on his I had a tempura chicken, I've got to say I really like them, not something I'd normally buy but it was in a Coop meal deal I think.  I didn't realise the box of couscous was feed 4, and I'd split it between the two of us, I couldn't eat it all, so what I did eat cost me 624 calories, but I really enjoyed it. 

Lunch was a tin of chicken soup, but I was still hungry so I had some of these ryvita crackerbreads wih pate, I really like these for 20 calories each, they're the ones that are full of air, not the crispbreads, I'd forgot these even existed!

Now I also had a cup of Options hot chocolate the other day, I decided to weigh the powder to make sure it did only set me back 40 calories, because I know we all do the heaped spoonfuls and don't really use the 11g we're supposed too, just so you know, it's 3 level teaspoons and in the right size cup it's plenty and a tasty sweet kick. 

I was wanting to pick yesterday, wanting more food, but other than 4 seafood sticks, I managed to keep it under control.  My app says I had 7.9 portions of 5 a day, but again, it was only 4 different things, that's an improvement though!

I was under my total allowance, just looked at the totals and my salt was high, looking at it, it's the pate, I never thought about that being a salty food, fatty yeah.  It's the processed food, the soup, the chicken, I tend to make a lot of food from scratch so salt is rarely an issue.  Having said that, if they get to write, 'salt took her' on my gravestone, I'll be amazed!

Bananas have been bought, so I can have them on toast for breakfast if I fancy, it's a bit early today though, I leave at half 7, not sure I want to eat anything, I can wait till later for food. Not home till one though so need to think about if I want to take something with me.  It's actually the first morning I haven't woken up hungry so maybe eating healthy the last few days is balancing my appetite back out.

I got all my ironing done yesterday, up and down the stairs, managed to get over 9k steps which is great for me!  Managed 16 minutes active, they were from emptying the car at the venue on the morning, then putting the chairs out.  See activity doesn't have to be in the gym, housework and general day to day stuff helps.  

Here's to making day 3 a success, it's a busy day so I won't have time to think about food as much.  I'm feeling positive, starting to break the bad habits again.

We got this!

Mwah, luv ya

Love me x

Tracktober!

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Temptation is hard!  But we can resist and get the results we want.  I haven't blogged for over a week because I was busy, Elle was on holiday, I didn't feel great, so blogging was just another thing on a long list of things 'to do'.  

I gained 1/2lb when I weighed yesterday, I hadn't weighed on Thursday as I was on my own and completely forgot, then got too busy with our members, I'm happy with that half but as Elle pointed out, 1/2lb every week soon adds up!  She's right (I hate that sometimes 😁 the truth hurts!) I'd rather be losing 1/2lb a week, we've got 12 weeks till Christmas and they'll soon go by.

This is why we're all doing Tracktober this month, tracking is a great way to see what you need to work on.  Looking at mine for yesterday, I managed 4.1 of my 5 a day according to nutracheck which was better than I've been doing lately, but I only had butternut squash and a banana so really I only had 2!

I've started my list of meals I enjoy because I know that will help me going forward when it comes to deciding what I want to eat.  Yesterday when I was looking at a members tracker I noticed banana on toast and I thought, mmm I've not had that for a while so I had it for my tea when I got home and I really enjoyed it.  That could be a regular breakfast, I also enjoyed the weetabix I had the other week so that could be another, I had scrambled egg on toast yesterday for breakfast which was delicious but because of the butter I put on the toast with my cuppa it was 484 calories, the banana on a slice of toast is only 183 calories and the Weetabix with 125ml milk is 195 calories so I could have both of those for less than the eggs and it wouldn't have so much saturated fat, plus it's one of my 5 a day.  Worth thinking about isn't it and if it was in a little notebook in the kitchen, I can flick through the ideas and decide, I can also use it for shopping purposes. 

I'm off my wine too which is gonna help isn't it, feeling poorly last week meant I didn't want any, when I opened a bottle Monday, it didn't taste that great, so I didn't bother, poured a little bit last night from the open bottle and nope still not tasting great so I didn't bother again.  I drink red wine because I like the taste, if it's not tasting great there's no point!  I'm sure it's not a forever thing - but imagine if it is! 

I ended my day on track, I'd got 198 calories spare but they'll be my safety belt at the weekend, I've decided Saturday is my day where I can go a little over if I need too, if we go out.

Here's to making it through October and seeing results, it's only 83 days to Christmas, that'll soon pass, we talked last night about booking ferries for Ireland, that's when I know it's getting closer!  

Have a great day, I'm going to eat better today, I've got food I bought to eat that isn't as low in calories as I'd like, we had stuffed pasta yesterday, it's just not worth the calories I've decided, it's alright like but I can think of foods I'd rather eat - another reason for writing that meal list.  

Not sure what we're having, but I could do egg fried rice with crispy chicken or there's fish in batter which would be nice with chips, I don't want to be eating 'diet food' because those 'diets' don't last, this is what happens when you go on a typical 'diet'.

We don't promote those kinds of diets, it's okay to eat what you enjoy and you can still lose weight, so that's the plan!

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me x

How is it Monday already?!

Monday 23rd September 2024

Well that went way to quickly, no sooner does he arrive than he has to leave again, thankfully we enjoy the time he is here and this weekend we enjoyed a night out to celebrate Louise's 50th, a surprise party and it was great to see that they had managed to keep it secret.  

As always it involved food and alcohol, I'll be on the midweek diet this week again then!  We had a Chinese takeaway Friday which as as always delicious from Stubby lane Golden Wok, I opted for something different for a change and had the fixed meal for 1 which was too much for one so I didn't eat it all, but it got eaten by the two gannets in the house, 

The beef just melted in your mouth, I'd definitely have that dish again, I can't remember what it was but it had beef, mushrooms and onions in it, lush.  Then Saturday we went for lunch before the party at the Spread Eagle, very good pub grub, I had a burger, he had mixed grill.  Excellent pub grub I have to say.

 

Yesterday I made pie, that went down very well, I cooked it all separately, did the filling on the hob and cooked pastry in oven so the pastry was perfectly crisp, no soggy bottom! 

I've planned a few healthy meals for this week, no alcohol, woke up with a head cold courtesy of himself, he started with his yesterday, apparently two of the chaps he's working with have it too, ones not made it to work (wuss!), I'll take today steady so hopefully it'll go quickly.  

The only thing I have to do today is plan the chat for the week and I'm off to the cinema later to watch Prima Facie, I'm not missing that, I've waited too long to see it, it's a theatre show that's been recorded for cinema.  Other than that, the rest can wait, I shall chill before and have an early night.  Aryn's just said he has a bit of a sore throat too - great joy!

Thankfully there's some tortellini in the fridge which takes no cooking at all, we can have that for dinner. I'm also thinking a chicken fried rice one of the nights and salmon another all food I already have in freezer and cupboards, no shopping being done here.

Right here's to having a good day, paracetamol taken, 2 mugs of tea drank, I'm ready to take it on, thankfully I love all of my life and I don't just live for the weekends because they go way to quickly, but so do the weeks so it'll soon be Friday again.

Enjoy your day, 

Mwah, luv u

Love me x

 

Every day matters

 Thursday 19th September 2024

Well I'm on day 4 of tracking and I do feel better in myself already, I slept better last night, according to Fitbit I had 7hrs 25m of which 2hrs 1m was deep sleep, I don't very often get much more than 1 hour of deep sleep. 

I've enjoyed my meals too, just hope I can survive the weekend, yesterday looked like this; 

 

This was lush, a little high on saturated fat but I wouldn't have it every day!  I do like toast with butter though, its scrumptious.  Mushrooms are so good for you too, they can boost your immune system, lower blood pressure and supply vitamin D among other things.

 
I spotted these in Sainsbury's, love lemon tarts I do and these small little treats hit the spot, only 63 calories. 

Dinner was gammon, mash and courgettes topped with parmesan cheese.  I had a whole pack of beetroot too, it was lush, 200g fig & balsamic beetroot in Sainsbury's, it was reduced to 69p and I really enjoyed it.  It balanced out the salty gammon.

So I've managed 3 days on track, the day before was egg, mushrooms and tomato on a slice of toast, beans and sausage on a jacket for lunch and a ham and mayo sandwich for dinner - need to up my 5 a day intake but I'm getting there. 

I'm not expecting a loss at the scales because I've only done half a week and the weekend was indulgent, but I'm back on track .

Did half hour at the gym too yesterday, although my knee isn't enjoying it at all!  

And no I still haven't used that damn butternut squash, today I will roast some as I have a M&S ready meal that it will go with, that was a yellow sticker one, I found in the freezer yesterday so have defrosted.  

Busy day ahead so I better get ready for it, hopefully Aryn won't break anything today, he pulled the shower rail out of the ceiling yesterday, I don't know how!  

Let's remember why we're doing this, here's a thought for the day; 

 "Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it."

I read this yesterday and it did give me something to think about, so today I will think about that before eating. 

Mwah, luv ya

Love me xx

My spine needs me to do this!

 Wednesday 18th September 2024

It may only be two days on track, but I feel so much better!  I also had a moment last night when I realised how much weight I really need to lose and the difference it would make to my joints!  Anita bought 30lb in weight of canned food to the huddle to show us how much weight she'd lost, she was also donating it to the food bank which was of course awesome.  Anyway, I picked up these bags and OUCH, I wasn't impressed at all, so heavy and I felt the effect on my spine instantly, which means if I lost that 30lb, my spine would thank me enormously - NOW I JUST NEED TO KEEP REMEMBERING THAT! 

It really hit home, I have to admit, so if you're in pain and you need to lose weight go and put 7 cans in each carrier bag for every 7lb you want to lose! 

I've eaten basic food the last couple of days but I've enjoyed it, this was my day yesterday, have to say I prefer Aldi beans and sausages to the Sainsbury's one, but there's not a lot in it.  I had full fat mayo on my ham sandwich and it was lush.

    

Today we're gonna have gammon, mash and veg for dinner later, I've still not used that butternut squash so I need to get that into my meal plan, I fancy it roasted with spaghetti, Aryn doesn't like it though so I need to make it a meal for me only, I could have that instead of the mash I guess, mmm thinking out loud, but I'll get something made, maybe I do it with pork mince and then he just doesn't have the butternut squash. 

I'm gonna go to the gym again today, do me half hour on the recumbent bike and try and get my leg muscles building up a little.  

I've slept better the last few nights too, is that a coincidence?  

I resisted temptation yesterday too, Aryn went over the shops and came back with this lot, then offered me some Maltesers!

I said no, despite having fancied them for a few days, I'm just getting rid of that sugar craving, I didn't want to set it off again.  Oh and I didn't pay for them, he did, I don't have crap in the house so he's not tempted, I buy him one treat when I go shopping as he doesn't need the junk there tempting him either.  If he wants it, he can pay for it, trust me, it makes him think twice before he spends his own money :) 

Mushrooms on toast for breakfast today I think, gonna go make it now, so let's have a great day, we can do this, I'm on Christmas countdown and it's only 97 days - ouch!  WE GOT THIS!

Mwah, luv ya

Love me 

Summer's over in this house!

Monday 16th September 2024

Our Welsh summer is over, we had our last night on Saturday staying at Nant-y-moor Park, but it won't be our last as we loved it and we've made friends with the owners so look forward to going back to see them in the future.  We've also had some wonderful nights with Andrew and Amanda, yeah I shall miss driving down on a Saturday. 

Time to get my head into gear and lose a few pounds with Christmas in sight though - 99 days - ouch!  Back to starting my day with eggs or something healthy that'll fill me up, thinking about what I can eat and the actual calories in those meals, not just eating stuff without thought!

I resisted temptation yesterday so that's a start, I didn't stop at the services for a Maccy's and I didn't buy Maltesers when I took Aryn to the shops for his treats.  

I feel like I've caught up on my sleep finally so I'll be going to the gym today to get back into that, need some routine back in my world, I might even go swimming, not done that in ages need to find my goggles, try to get used to putting my head under water, that's my next challenge!  

Now for the really, difficult bit! To remember all this after I've blogged and not be swayed by temptation!  Because temptation is EVERYWHERE, I just looked up and there's a delicious looking pasta dish on the tele, now I fancy that ;-)

I need to think 'weight loss' when I shop, look for foods that will help, I have a butternut squash in the kitchen so I'm going to do something with that today, even if it's only airfryer roasted cubes. 

But first to plan the chat for this weeks huddles, something that'll motivate me as well as our members.

Here's to a great day, here's hoping it's a dry day, I'm not loving the damp days, they make my body hurt.

Mwah, luv ya

Love me xx

Brrrrr.... I'm cold!

Wednesday 11th September 2024

It's getting real cool in the mornings isn't it!  My heating is not going on yet though, I may be on a great, fixed rate with UW but I'm still not putting it on yet, I'll wear my dressing gown and thankfully Aryn doesn't feel the cold anyway!  

I had a full day yesterday, 3 huddles, a trip to Aldi, spent £70 on filling the fridge and the fresh veg drawer, oh and bottled water which I hate buying but it means they drink plenty of water so I buy it and at least there's is the cheapest.  My living room still looks like a bombs hit it but at least all the washing has been done and put away, plus I ironed Aryn's uniform.

Got home a little later than usual as I helped a couple of my members with their bills, they're both now saving money and have them all in one app so it's easier to keep on top of them without worrying about the price increase on energy next month! 

Food wise, I had, avocado and egg on toast with tomatoes for breakfast, the egg white is bigger because I'd used a yoke the day before and kept the white so added it to breakfast.

For lunch I had this M&S mini meal which was only 288 calories, I cooked some savoy to go with it, I wouldn't buy it again, wasn't keen on the gravy, but the rest was okay and it's only small I know but it was great for a lunch, as filling as a sandwich for sure.  They're 3 for £8, I'd bought it on a whoopsie and put it in freezer.

 

For dinner, I had grey peas and no one needs to see a photo of them, they don't look good on a plate do they!  

I indulged in a handful of cheddars, they slid in the trolley in Aldi after having a couple when I picked himself up at the weekend, he had some on his table!  Have to say the Aldi version were as tasty as the real deal and I'm guessing a lot cheaper.

I'm going to move on to today, huddle this morning, gonna have me a trip to the gym I think, I was thinking about swimming but my neck and shoulders have been hurting the last few weeks and I don't want to aggravate them, I still can't put my face in the water, so I'll go in the gym do a little cardio and get back on some light strength training.

 Foodwise, I have leftover cottage pie which we can eat or I'll freeze, depends on whether I fancy cooking because I take Aryn to MMA later plus I have a UW appointment whilst he's there, trying to help as many as possible before October, so let me know if you want me to look at yours. 

I really need to tidy this living room, it's annoying me now!

Here's to a positive day, hope you have one too,

Luv ya,

Love me x 

Nip in the air this morning!

Tuesday 10th September 2024

Well I was a busy girl yesterday getting stuff done, I never got to the shops for food but we didn't starve!  My sis came round for a chat first thing so I never got started on stuff till half ten, actually I did get a couple of loads of washing in the machine by then at least. 

Not gonna lie, I was shattered and struggled to get the enthusiasm to do anything.  I did the bare minimum in the end, spent some time planning our huddle chat, did the washing up, ended up with 5 or 6 loads of washing!  The ironing part will have to wait till later, I'd say tomorrow but Aryn will need a uniform for tomorrow and he'll wear his last clean one today.

I then made my own version of Welsh rarebit (450 calories)  and it was delicious, 2 slices of toast, 40g of cheese, 1 egg yolk, a dash or two of Worcestershire sauces and a big dollop of English mustard.  I enjoyed it so much I wanted it later for tea but I didn't have any cheese left! My fridge is seriously empty, I need to go shopping today, I really do.

Dinner was a quick and easy cottage pie, 5% beef mince, diced onion and carrot, frozen peas, canned sweetcorn, a couple of Oxos and a bit of Bisto, topped with Idahoan mash and a sprinkle of cheese, easily served 4 huge portions for 456 calories.  Such a simple meal to make and hit the spot when you're hungry and tired.  The weather is getting cooler and this is the kind of food I like to eat. 

I managed to fit in a couple of UW appointments, lovely to see people I haven't seen for a long time and have a catch up, even better saving them money.   I had a zoom meeting at 8 and I was in bed just after 9, struggled to fall asleep again but I've had 7h 40m so catching up on the missed sleep of the weekend. 

Busy day again today, I have to confess, I didn't plan the weeks meals but I do have a good idea of what's in the freezer, I'm going to defrost a couple of things for Aryn and have it ready for him to eat when he comes in so he doesn't have to defrost it himself!  I'm not buying anything that we won't eat this week, we will use more of the freezer stuff!  I will save a few pounds...

On that note, I'm off for a shower to wake me up and then I'll be ready for the day ahead :) 

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx

Great weekend had

Monday 9th September 2024

Well that weekend flew and it was wonderful, it won't have helped my weight loss though!  Hey ho, here's to a good day today.  

After a great huddle Saturday morning, Aryn and I drove down to his dad up, then we drove to Cardiff to meet up with his mom and sister (Aryn's nan and aunty).  It was all about the food, alcohol and catching up and it was great.  After checking into the hotel, we met them for lunch, I had Welsh rarebit as I didn't want to be too full before dinner later. 

Our meal at Miller & Carter was delicious as always, although the steak we had the other week at that Cefn Mawby Arms is still the winner.  We had the sharer meal which came with a bottle of wine, we shared that, pacing myself as I knew it was going to be a late one :)

  

We ended up back at the hotel where we ordered two doubles and got charged £21.50!  Aryn couldn't have a drink so we all decided to go to Tesco Express and buy a drink and we all went back to their room and had our own little party.  It ended just after 2am, let's just say me and him shared a bottle of Jack Daniels, his mom and sister were on the vodka and his mom was singing us a few tunes ;) A great evening.

Thankfully I managed to sleep until half nine Sunday morning, before enjoying a lovely shower and heading out for breakfast at Bill's, it's a chain I'd never heard of but their breakfast was delicious and I got to have this plate of scrumptiousness!

Aryn and I headed home after a little walk round and got back about half four, finishing the weekend off with a Chinese takeaway, I just had fried rice and a pancake roll and then just chilled for the rest of the day.  

There's a hell of a lot of washing and housework to be done this morning.  I had too much caffeine this weekend so struggled to fall asleep, I forget diet coke isn't decaf, then I did have a few teas and coffees forgetting to ask for decaf but I've managed 7 hours after my 5 hours the night before, hopefully I'll have an early night tonight.

I got a busy day today, a couple of UW appointments this evening, want to help as many people as possible before the October price increase comes into play!  Need to plan this weeks huddle chat and work my way through the baskets of washing, hoping it won't rain so I can dry it! 

Then there's food!  What to eat today?  I'm still full from the weekend so I'll be keeping it light, fridge is empty but there's still some stuff in freezer to work through. 

 I will try and get to the gym if I have an hour but I'm not gonna force myself, I could burn a shed load of calories cleaning the house! 

106 days to Christmas - oh my days, that means there's only 113 days left in 2024, where has this year gone, ridiculously fast, time flies when you're having a good time I guess :) 

I've just decided I'm actually going to not rush today, I'm going to take some time to plan my meals for the week, give myself a chance at success at the scales going forward, on a positive, I didn't have any alcohol last night :) 

Let's have a great day, 

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx