JanD into the third year of maintenance :-D

[irish molly]

Despite the gain, you are still focussed. I love the doggie painting. An artist pal of mine says animals are the toughest thing to get right. Your paintings look just fab. A whole other career there if you wanted it, I reckon.

 

[JanD]

Awww thanks Molly that's kind

As for the food .... ... fell off the wagon and ate the proverbial horse AGAIN!! ... biscuits, butties, cakes ..... :sigh: .... OFGS!!!

Thought to start again today (as ever the 'diet starts tomorrow'! )... however ....

Tuesday - 18th October

Breakie - banana mousse

small banana

Lunch - Sainbury's cafe - chicken muligatawny soup with roll & butter .. sign said it was 400 cals but I suspect that was without the roll & butter

small square of caramel shortbread

V&Cs ...

was supposed to be having chicken stir fry for tea but i didn't feel like anything so up to now I haven't had anything. There are a couple of boiled eggs in the kitchen i may have before i go to bed but if i don't feel like anything I'm not going to eat for the sake of it ... not when i AM eating at other times! xx

 

[summergurl]

Jan today doesn't look bad at all - disregard the 'however'

Is there anything going on at the minute that might be making it a struggle to get back aboard? Xx

 

[JanD]

I suppose just looking at todays input it's not THAT bad ..... tbh I really can't think of anything .... other than I am being the freaking big pig that I am ...

.... yet then tonight I don't feel like anything .... weird eh!! xx

 

[summergurl]

I'm sure you'll get there hun something will just click with you and you'll be back in the right frame of mind xxx

 

[JanD]

Hope so .... I got up really late so haven't had any breakie but am just off out for lunch x

 

[MiniB]

Hope you are having a lovely lunch out!

 

[JanD]

We did thanks Bev ... I have a friend who's husband does a few hours in a tea shop near us. They've been going on at us to go so we went today - needless to say he wasn't there! But his soup was .... it was TO DIE FOR!!! Courgette, onion & cheddar ... wedges of wholemeal bread and a little dish with about half a pound of butter in . John had his sweet potato & parsnip soup which I didn't like as it was REALLY sweet.

To top off that nawtiness I had a M&S lemon meringue biscuit at art this afternoon.

Tea - Stir fried chicken & veg with black bean sauce.

(EDIT: picked at 2 slices of turkey ham & 2 wafer thin slices beef before going to work

4 squares of wholenut choc at work )

Work - mrb & 2 boiled eggs.

I've finished my commissioned painting - I'll upload a piccie in a bit ... I hope she likes it! **bites nails** xx

 

[summergurl]

Oh, what a bummer he wasn't there!!!!

Looking forward to seeing this picture xx

 

[Zenaworrier]

Yes me too! You really have such a talent Jan.
Soup sounds lovely- just what you want in this weather too x

 

[JanD]

Awwww thank you

I don't think the soup needs to be so thick and creamy or the bread needs quite so much butter - just coz of the weather, but hey ho

Here's the pic

 

[Foo Fan]

That photo is fantastic Jan!

 

[summergurl]

wow Jan! That photo is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! You really do have an amazing talent there!!

 

[Zenaworrier]

Amazing Jan!

 

[JanD]

Aw shucks thank yoooo

My next project is a painting of my sister's house in Cyprus. I thought it might make a nice christmas pressie if it's any good. I've never done anything like it before though xx

 

[x__lis__x]

Wow that pic is fantastic x c

 

[MiniB]

The painting is great Jan! Very lifelike. You should be very proud of your work! I'm sure your client will be very happy with it.

 

[JanD]

Thanks very much - I must admit I'm quite pleased with it myself

WELL!!! Still banging my head up against a brick wall food wise.
Making myself document it though, even though it's not pretty

Thursday 20th October

Mum's .... In no particular order .... 5 biscuits, 2 pieces of toast with clover - my only saving grace was that I got a toffee crisp out of her cupboard and later went and put it back.

At home - crust with clover light & jam, 2 biscuits. Then had to go out. When I got back I took to bed 2 pieces of toast with clover light, 1 with jam & 1 with toothmark cheese & mayo

:sigh::sigh::sigh::sigh:

Tea - Panfried pork loin chop, romanasco cauliflower & courgette
banana

2 slices turkey ham

work - mrb & 2 boiled eggs

I'm a dead loss at the mo when it comes to food - really dunno what's up with me Just hoping all will clip back into place sometime soon!! xx

 

[JanD]

Just in case you didn't know - this is a romanesco cauliflower

I thought it looked interesting and a bit different when I got it in Morrison's the other day. Have to admit DH put me off a bit when he said it looks like pictures you see of viruses!! Lol! It was nice though! xx

 

[summergurl]

hahaha I was going to ask what that cauliflower was!!

Good idea to keep documenting the food jealous of all you had today, would love to have all that right now!! :giggle: & toothmark cheese, is there any other way to have cheese in a sarnie or toast really?!! x