What does bold mean Tracey lol?! Also, is it ok if i follow you on twitter? Couldn't help but notice your name in the tweet from Nigella (go you!) Good luck with the flight tomorrow xx
Of course hun, Yay for new twitter friend
I was so delighted by Nigella's response! haha!
Ditto what do you mean by bold!? Is it Irish slang for naughty? Lol xx
Oh girls, this is so funny! Yes bold is another way of saying naughty. You would never think linguistic differences occur
Hi hun how are you? You haven't been updating much lately so I hope everything's going well and your managing to stay on plan and enjoying your new pad! Hope you had a lovely time in Birmingham for your Step Dads birthday xx
I know hun, I have been so quiet! It's down to one thing and that's the fact that I have been completely off-plan. It's been about two weeks now that I haven't been on plan and the weekend away was just the cherry on top (not literally, more like the chocolate on top) and now I am officially back on track and can't wait to do my food diary and catch up with you all! Nice to know I'm missed
Hi Everyone,
I'm baaaack
So my plan to be good before Birmingham never actually happened. I had a brilliant time over there for my stepdad's 50th! Lots of girls times with my sister, mam, auntie, cousins and friends. It was such a laugh! OH was mainly with the men watching football lol! Ah it was just brilliant, and my stepdad had a brilliant birthday which is the most important thing. Food wise I wasn't good as you can imagine. Birmingham shopping centre has a Krispy Creme so we went there both days
baaaad Tracey! I was in holiday mode though, and in that situation I always will be so it's about understanding that and making sure that I can get straight back on track when I get back. And that my friends, is exactly what I am doing right now.
We got home yesterday about 2pm and straight away we went and did a bit of a food shop! It would have been so easy to make it just another day of being off-plan but we decided to start the way we mean to go on. We're re-joining Slimming World on Monday and I want to really try and get rid of the pounds I have gained over the past two weeks. We don't have a scales yet so I have no idea what I have gained but I suspect it's about 6/7 pounds. I plan to have an excellent week this week and I am really looking forward to Monday already.
I posted a pic earlier of the Lasagne OH made last night. It was made with chopped tomatoes, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, mixed beans, peppers, quorn, garlic, spinach, fresh tomatoes and topped with cottage cheese. The cottage cheese works surprisingly well, especially when drowned in cracked black pepper! We had it for dinner last night, lunch today and dinner again tonight so it's been a great way to get loads of superfree in to kick-start this golden week!
We are loving the apartment. It's been a bit stressful at times because our wachine machine isn't working, the storage heater wasn't working and our toilet kept blocking so it can be hard to get past no clean clothes, being FREEZING in your home when its -3 outside, and constantly having an overflowing toilet, but we are still loving it. Hopefully our washing machine will be sorted tomorrow and then we will be SO happy! We plan to go to Ikea on Saturday to get a few bits so I'm really looking forward to that.
Work is stressing me out BIG time. It's not a job I enjoy, and it's not what I want to do for much longer, but today made it worse! In my office there are basically three of us, and then the owner. One of three of us is a part time worker so she is only there half of the time. It's a very lonely and negative place to work. I also work in sales which I never ever wanted to do. A few months ago we got a new member of staff who was a manager. It brought us from 2 staff to 3. Things got so much better when he started. The place was more organised and from a work point of view it was a lot easier for me to just get in and do what I had to do, because he was helpful and he dealt with a lot of the bigger issues. Well today he handed in his notice! He is leaving us at the end of next week and my job is going to be very difficult from now on because of it. I'm paranoid writing this but my boss is very hard to work with and I am under so much pressure all the time. The worst part is now it's just me, the part time lady, and the owner (boss). It's such a lonely office and there is no social element at all! OH talks about his friends in work and the laugh they have and that makes such a difference to him. I have nothing like that. Just on my own in a big office all day long like a performing monkey trying to get sales, sales, sales. It is so not me! So yes, I am currently re-assessing my options and I know that what i want to do is work with children and teach drama etc. I think ultimately it will be childcare that I go in to and eventually move on from there, educate myself all the time and move up to being a Montessori teacher, and then hopefully move in to Play therapy and drama therapy! This is the plan and I really intend to make it happen. We've just moved in and work is crazy busy at the moment so I am staying put for the moment but I am looking at my options and hopefully within the next few months I will be happy in a career. Vintage pockets, let's do it together
Today's Food Diary -
Breakfast - 2 slices of WW wholemeal bread with Philadelphia light with garlic and herbs & a banana.
Lunch - homemade lasagne packed with superfree vegetables and quorn, passata, and light cottage cheese. Absolutely gorgeous! Had this with spinach leaves and carrot sticks with a little bit more philadelphia light.
A WW yoghurt and a pear.
Dinner - Another slice of homemade lasagne, home made potato wedges which were gorgeous.
a tablespoon of coleslaw (3), big pickled gherkin, ketchup (1.5).
Snack - Tesco Light Choices chocolate mousse (4) I had this upon recommendation by my cousin who also does SW. She said to put it in the freezer and it would be like ice-cream. Oh that it was, so lovely!
Hex B - 2 Slices of WW bread
Hex A - Philadelphia Light with garlic and herbs and some light milk in one cup of tea.
Syns - 8.5/15
YES! My first proper day of being 100% on plan in about two weeks. Absolutely delighted with myself! Roll on tomorrow!
