Hi Everyone,
Gosh sorry i've been MIA, i don't seem able to get on the MM app on my phone anymore...it just sits there "connecting" booo!
How are you all?
Well, i am back at work (boo!), started back last week and had to have a day off already, Tuesday night Rebecca had a temperature and then proceeded to throw up all over me, in what i think was payback for force-feeding her calpol! As i wasn't sure if it was a tummy bug or not i had to stay off with her Wednesday, but she wasn't sick again so back to work again on the Thursday.
The first week back went OK, luckily a fair amount of knowledge came flooding back which surprises me as i don't really remember anything since having Rebecca!
Rebecca didn't come down with anything last week, but was really unhappy, clingy and moany over the weekend and came down with what i think is cold, and reappearance of the temperature last night so we have hardly slept last night and i hated leaving her this morning, in fact i ended up in tears this morning as she looked so poorly and just wanted to cuddle and sleep. Thankfully Mike's parents have her at our house today and have updated me that she is doing OK so that's good.
On the diet front, i am still doing Slimming World, which seems MUCH easier now i am back at work and away from the fridge/cupboards etc at home. I have lost 1stone 3.5lbs so far. I need to get this to at LEAST 3.5 stone before i can consider having another baby.
Over Christmas i somehow managed to lose 1.5lbs...i REALLY do not understand how as i ate so much crap! I am trying a few days of the Extra Easy SP plan this week, i was planning a full week but by Saturday we had very little food in the house and a grumpy baby and husband with man-flu i caved and ate carbs. I guess i am cutting back on the carbs when i have had them, so fingers crossed i lose this wednesday and don't have a catch-up weight gain from the christmas/new year indulgence!
I will try and write a food diary on here again to keep me on track and accountable!
So todays food:
Extra Easy
Breakfast: Porridge (HeB) with SS milk (HeA) and sweetner
Mid Morning: An orange
Lunch: Bread (6 syns) with baked beans. (poorly baby didn't let me do any lunch prep this morning so this is the best i could grab!), Total 0% yogurt with options hot chocolate mixed in (2.5 syns - YUM, and really satisfied that need for something chocolatey and indulgent and a much better choice than the cheesecake, chocolate and biscuits i drooled over in the shop when buying the yogurt lol!)
Mid Afternoon Snack: Peach and/or an apple
Dinner: Beef Casserole with lots of veggies, SW roast potatoes and broccoli and red cabbage (all free as long as the casserole thickens enough, if not maybe 1 syn for some gravy granules to thicken it).
I bought an apple and blackberry crumble for Mike's parents and Mike tonight as his parents are staying for dinner, here's hoping i can resist that!
Drinks: Diet Coke, SF squash and Dr Pepper Zero
Exercise - walk in to town at lunch time - about 40 mins of walking at a fairly reasonable pace.
Syns: 8.5/9.5 if i need to thicken casserole.
Hope you are all well! It's good to be back, i will catch up on diaries now

xx