Just back from the gym and having my WW toasted fruit loaf (2 slices, 2 points)
I did say I was going to do half an hour on the treadmill, probably about 2.5 miles. Well.... 'half hour on the treadmill' is easier 'said' than done I can tell you !
I have done it before, and got a great buzz from it, but I think I have been a bit slack just lately and my body and mind just couldn't deal with it this morning. But I did do 10 minutes (1 mile) then 5 minutes on the cross trainer and weights, then stretching
I enjoyed it actually. I did wonder if anybody would be there, considering I was outside at 6.25am waiting for it to open at 6.30am. It seems the older generation use it early on, before the 'beautiful people' arrive bless em xx
Oh god, I have just realised what I've said - does that make me part of the 'older' generation ??? Blimey, I won't be going at 6.30am again if thats the case, I'll wait till nearer closing time when the beautiful people go
I won't though, I will be there again tonight for Salsa-cise and again tomorrow morning, because my weekend will be filled with celebrations again, so I have to make the most of the gym before it starts
OK, time to get ready for work, I hope you all have a lovely day, the sun was shining at 6.30am
My DH managed to re-arrange the builder, he came round at 5.30 instead, and he was gone by 5.50pm - marvellous
I had a great Dance-fit work out, no water as always, well don't want to sabotage myself before my WI
Got to my WI, and was releaved to find I am still 10 stone something
I did gain, but obviously I was expecting something like that, but it was only a pound 'thank the lord', I can deal with that
I tell you what though, if I'd have gone up a stone bracket I would have the right hump
SO, as I have a weekend away ahead of me (DHs birthday) which includes 2 meals, I will be hitting the gym at 6.30am tomorrow, for half an hour on the treadmill, which should equate to 2.5 miles. I will then go back to the gym after work for my Salsa-cise class, and I'll be up and out again at 6.30am on Friday for more of the same
Well, there is no way my lovely weekend is going to push me back up a stone bracket, I want to enjoy my weekends, but not let them ruin all my hard work
So there you have it, Easter is over, a weekend away ahead of me, but I am so much more focused than when I woke up today
It is WI day today, but not until 7.30pm tonight (It is 6.40am at the moment) and I had a quick 'check' on my old scales, and they still have me in the 10 stone bracket
So, that must mean I don't have to go to WW for my official WI tonight then - marvellous
Now I know there are certain people out there who have already told me I am not allowed to bunk off my WI tonight as it is against EP law, but I do have a bit of a conundrum (I love that word !!)
I usually go to the gym for my dance-fit class, that starts at 6pm and finishes at 6.45pm, then I jump in the shower, dry, change, do my hair and get to WW for 7.15pm, ready for my WI - but tonight we have a builder coming round at 7pm to discuss the extension honest we do
Anyway, so as not to be arrested and treated like a criminal I am going to see if I can find another WW nearby, tonight hopefully, so I can get weighed properly. I am hoping I find one so I can still go to my dance class, cos you know how much I enjoy my dance-fit class (much better than my DVD!) I will let you know how I get on.
Anyway, I have to go into work early today, I'm still trying to catch up on the long weekend 'work' wise
Have a great day everyone, I'll get to my WI honest
Blinking diets, blinking loosing weight, blinking vanity, blinking wanting to look blinking nice and buy nice clothes to blinking wear ... blinking easter !!
It was my idea to be fair, and it is my body that needs sorting out, so if this is all about me, I best sort my blinking self out
I don't think it helps that I am now (very luckily) near target, albeit getting further away from it as these last weeks have shown I seem to be getting a bit too use to being 3 dress sizes smaller than when I started and 3 stone lighter
But I must remember how fantastic it will feel to actually reach my target, and get my Gold WW Certificate and immunity from having to pay each week - marvellous
So, I dragged myself kicking n screaming out of bed this morning and did 30 minutes of my WW DVD. I hate doing the Dancercise session, cos it isn't dancing at all, I also have a problem with the Boxercise session as well, so I was grateful that the majority of my 30 minutes today were floor exercises, with the blinking dancercise session thrown in for good measure.
This DVD plays randomly, so you don't know whats coming next, which helps me keep interested to be honest.
Tonight I am going to visit my kids, as I didn't see them last night (my usual Monday visit) my food so far today has been minimal to make up for the amount I put away over the weekend I have no idea what we're gonna have for dinner tonight, which might be down to me, so we shall see. They might just have to share a light snack with their mother to help towards my next WI, which is on Wednesday - too blinking soon if you ask me
Work is pants at the moment, so many changes, and clients who I wish would 'please go away', so all in all I'm having a lovely time
OK, thats me done moaning, now I've got to go back to work .........
I hope you are all feeling good after your Easter weekend too
I do not love having to go out in it, so hopefully by the time we have to leave to visit my in-laws it would have disappeared
Although, snow fall over here is nothing compared to what JulesW has endured just lately, so there are no complaints over here to be honest.
It's Easer Sunday. So far I have consumed one cup of Camomile & Honey tea and that is it. But there is an easter egg in the fridge and I can't stop thinking about it It is open, because I opened it on Friday night. As a 'treat' we went to be early Friday to watch TV and eat chocolate - how naughty is that ??
Unfortunately, DH fell asleep before me, and if it wasn't for the fact 'I' bought this egg for him, I would have eaten the lot, and most probably felt completely sick afterwards
Thankfully, as the egg was officially his, I had to draw the line at a nibble here and a nibble there, or he would have killed me the next day. It is now wrapped in tin foil and in the fridge. At least it is wrapped up so I can't get a sneaky bit too easily
But, it's not just chocolate that has been my saboteur this weekend. We went out for a meal on Friday, but I was good cos the meal wasn't the nicest, so I didn't eat too much, but then we went to my favourite Thai restaurant last night, so I did eat a bit too much of the 'good' stuff - but hey, I'll pay for it quite happily, cos if I gain I'll know why, and I will be happy to take it on the chin and work it off 'again'
Today is another big day. A family get together with the in-laws. I know my FIL will try to ply me with booze, we make great drinking buddies, but 'NO' I'll say (albeit on deaf ears probably!) I am driving and the one glass of vino I had last night is still making itself known in my tummy today - yuk ! I don't like that feeling anymore
Once upon a time I'd quite easily drink 2 bottles, but now my body complains after having just one glass - that can't be a bad feeling - my body definitely likes it's water now a days
Grandad and I spent the day with our grandson Harry-J yesterday. He is such a delight to spend time with. Harry & I met Grandad in the local shopping mall, which was the best place cos the weather was so weird yesterday. Raining then blue skies and sunshine, then sleat, then blue skies and sunshine, hail stones, then blue skies and sunshine, snowing then blue skies and sunshine - see I said it was weird.
DD wanted me to get some socks for Harry, which I am happy to do. So, I came across what I thought was the perfect shop to buy the socks and treat my DD to a couple of bits. I came out of there with a bag full of stuff for DD but no socks for Harry they didn't sell little boys stuff after all, but DD did alright out of it
Grandad treated Harry in the end - and Nana-J
Harry has bought a birthday card for Grandad, it's his birthday next weekend. Nana thinks the card is Hilarious
It says, 'Grandad's are like Dads, but more wrinkly' LOL !!!
He's going to kill me. My poor DH isn't a dad himself, he has inherited my brood and has skipped the 'dad' bit to become a grandad instead. So I thought he'd like the first line of the card anyway
OK, I gotta go cos Grandad wants some breakfast ... bacon sarnies coming up
Well, Cinders has been shopping, and sorted the washing out. She has just finished a rather delish' luncheon that she felt she should share with her fellow EP buddies, so here goes ....
Thai Prawn Salad - no cooking involved !! :
These ingredients serve 4 =
Salad Ingredients -
250g cooked and peeled tiger prawns
125g beansprouts
1 carrot peeled and grated
75g cucumber, finely diced
50g radishes, trimmed and grated
25g fresh coriander, chopped roughly
25g fresh mint, chopped roughly
Sauce ingredients -
1 teaspoon caster sugar (I used sweetner)
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Juice of 2 limes - this helps to give the Thai salad flavour
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
1 teaspoon Thai fish sauce
Mix all salad ingredients in large bowl
Mix all sauce ingredients together in smaller bowl. Once thoroughly mixed pour the sauce over the salad and stir to coat thoroughly.
I had mine with a bread roll - Bread roll 2 points, salad 2.5 points
But this recipe was actually called Chinese Prawn Pancakes, cos they suggest wrapping the salad in chinese pancakes, but I couldn't find any in the shops, and once I started eating it really reminded me of a duck salad I have had at my favourite Thai restaurant, so I adapted it slightly
Yes, some of the sauce ingredients aren't the usual things you'd have in the cupboard, but once bought, you have them there ready for next time
So, I am yet to have any chocolate, although I am about to ditch the housework and go to visit my sister and 2 nephews, I wonder if I will manage to succumb from the easter treats there as well ??
I haven't done any exercising either, but I have decided whilst DH goes off playing golf (hasn't anything better to do obviously !!!!! ) I am going to focus on the house
Well, it's got to be done sometime, so it might as well be now, cos tomorrow I will be spending the day with my little grandson, and I don't want boring housework getting in the way of building blocks, rocking horse rides and the disney channel
But first, I have to go and get the weeks shopping. Not the virtual, sit on the sofa, internet grocery shopping, 'real' get in the car and battle the odd's grocery shopping, which DH said we'd do together !?! Oh well, at least this way I get to chose what we buy
I hope you are having nice 'family' good Fridays, unlike old Cinders here
I'll be fine, I quite like my own company ya know
Chat soon
Jxx
PS - I hope it rains, sleats and snows in 'golf' land today
I'm going though a 'phase' at the moment, the sort of phase where you eat what you want, too often, and over indulge when you know you shouldn't. The sort of phase where you can't be arsed to exercise and don't even do your food diary.
Since joining WW last August I have never ignored my food diary. I have filled it in as I cooked in the kitchen, or as soon as I returned home from a meal out. Infact they are all piled one on top of the other in the kitchen so I can look back on them for point values.
But today my food diary has been neglected - well, how do you point Tapa's ??
So, my promise is to wake up tomorrow and BE FOCUSED !!
I am going to remember how important my goal is to me, I am going to exercise when I can, I am going to drink my water and write everything down.
This weekend is not going to set me back, I am NOT going to go up a stone.
My challenge was not to gain over easter and I will achieve just that.
So, my friends, I have made this promise in writing now, to you and to me - and I will not let 'me' down
as they say, except what I am hinting at is that I have gained 2lb this week
I am not disheartened, well, not much anyway
I was worrying about getting to my target too quickly and putting it all back on. Last weeks weight loss was an eye opener (5.5 off) but today just brings me back down to earth, with a slap round the face to bring me back to my senses.
My leader asked what I had done differently this week, I honestly said that I couldn't think of anything, but it would all come back to me once I sit down and think about it
So, this is me sitting down and thinking about it .......
Hot Brie & chutney baguette - cor that was YUMMY
3 glasses of vino
3 bacardi & coke's
3 tia maria's
2 Thai fish cakes, difficult to point, but very easy to eat
and
1 chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream - cor that was even YUMMIER
and I thought it was my DH who was only holiday, not me ?
I did say to a friend at the club that I will probably loose it next week, BUT it's easter weekend, and we have a big day ahead of us on Sunday. It's a family get together with the in-laws and we will be meeting my FILs girlfriends' family, so you can imagine a glass or two of vino will help break the ice
I think I'll be driving though, so that will probably help matters
The following weekend is my DHs birthday and that will be 2 meals out, blimey I've got my work cut out if I want to get to goal by 19th April
honest we do 
