Ok I was worrying a bit about this weekend as I had a meal out with school mummies and also a mothers day lunch to contend with and I wasn't sure I could do it. I almost didn't go on the night out as I thought to not go was easier than sitting with a lot of very slim glamorous mummies all of whom starve themselves all week but would definitely be eating and drinking lots at dinner. One of them is a very good friend of mine and encouraged me to go and that I would manage. I opted to drive so that alcohol wouldn't be my downfall, and I looked up the menu before going and decided what to have so I wouldn't be tempted by anything else.
I managed!! hurrah. It was a cocktail bar and steak restaurant in Ascot, and I knew the food would be good, but I selected a skinny burger, basically a very thin lean burger sandwiched between two grilled field mushrooms instead of bread, and served with a super salad instead of chips, and I actually really enjoyed it. I also only had one very small glass of wine, and declined pudding.
Then Mothers day lunch was at my sister in laws, and was a full roast, I didn't want to make a big thing of dieting as most people do not know I am doing it, so I just had a little bit of lamb and lots of vegetables, and one Yorkshire pudding, declined gravy, roast potatoes and roast parsnips, and ignored pudding. Also just had 1 1/2 glasses of champagne.
I can't quite believe it is going as well as it is, and that I am managing to make good choices. For the first time I am actually enjoying being on this journey.
B - special k bar, latte
L - prawns with garlic, lemon juice and low fat mayo. Green salad with rocket, cucumber and asparagus. ryvita
D - homemade chicken, chilli and garlic burger, roasted gnocchi and mushrooms
Monday, 31 March 2014
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Has it really been a week?
Can't believe it has been a week already since I last blogged. Things have been a bit manic. We have been sailing on a sea of euphoria since Mum's results so it has passed in a bit of a blur. Having said that I have still religiously stuck to my points.
More good news was that I completed my 25 dry day challenge. I am thinking I should take on more challenges, as the feeling of winning and actually completing it was amazing. If anyone has any ideas message me. The strangest thing is that I haven't actually wanted wine since finishing the challenge!?
I celebrated in style on day 26 by having dinner with friends, and ok, well over a bottle of wine. I had pointed everything though and selected very carefully from the Chinese takeaway, no rice or noodles just a little chicken and cashews, 2 prawn crackers and one duck pancake. I still really enjoyed myself, and am trying to sort my head out that going out for dinner is not primarily about the food it is about enjoying yourself with the friends you are with.
So today is weigh day and I am pleased to report another loss, this time 3 pounds, so that takes me to my second silver 7* and my 5% badge. wooo hoooooo.
Cant really remember what I ate every day although it is all in my online tracker. but here is todays.
Breakfast - 1 small slice of homemade wholemeal toast with 15g of peanut butter
Lunch - egg bagel (small half size ones I have just found, they are lovely)
Dinner - scampi with roasted butternut squash and peas.
More good news was that I completed my 25 dry day challenge. I am thinking I should take on more challenges, as the feeling of winning and actually completing it was amazing. If anyone has any ideas message me. The strangest thing is that I haven't actually wanted wine since finishing the challenge!?
I celebrated in style on day 26 by having dinner with friends, and ok, well over a bottle of wine. I had pointed everything though and selected very carefully from the Chinese takeaway, no rice or noodles just a little chicken and cashews, 2 prawn crackers and one duck pancake. I still really enjoyed myself, and am trying to sort my head out that going out for dinner is not primarily about the food it is about enjoying yourself with the friends you are with.
So today is weigh day and I am pleased to report another loss, this time 3 pounds, so that takes me to my second silver 7* and my 5% badge. wooo hoooooo.
Cant really remember what I ate every day although it is all in my online tracker. but here is todays.
Breakfast - 1 small slice of homemade wholemeal toast with 15g of peanut butter
Lunch - egg bagel (small half size ones I have just found, they are lovely)
Dinner - scampi with roasted butternut squash and peas.
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The best news EVER!!
Sorry I haven't blogged for a couple of days but it has been an emotional rollercoaster. We had the most amazing news on Monday, that Mum is now officially in remission. We know that the horrid cancer may come back within the next 3 - 4 years, but frankly we are so happy we really don't care. We will deal with it if it does reappear.
So how did I celebrate, lots of champagne, chocolate and ice - cream, errmmmm no. A long dog walk in the sunshine and a skinny latte! Oh I know how to live. Champagne may well come out on Friday though as it is day 26!
I have still been great with my eating, I am not saying I have cracked the emotional attachment to food, I don't think I ever will, but lets just say for now I have it under control. I desperately want to be slim and not the fat mum at the school gates, so that is driving me on.
Tuesday
B - toast with low fat spread
L - Dim sum char sui buns with breadsticks
D - stirfried scallops with parma ham and a tablespoon of lowest Philadelphia ( not quite queenies mornay but I could also convince myself) roasted gnocchi, and to celebrate mum's news, a curly wurly
Wednesday
B - special k bar, latte
L - Parma ham on homebaked roll and a packet of hula hoops (told you I know how to live)
D - 3 egg omelette with lots of veg and an ounce of cheese
Oh and it was weigh day today and I lost another 2 pounds, that's 12 in total.
So how did I celebrate, lots of champagne, chocolate and ice - cream, errmmmm no. A long dog walk in the sunshine and a skinny latte! Oh I know how to live. Champagne may well come out on Friday though as it is day 26!
I have still been great with my eating, I am not saying I have cracked the emotional attachment to food, I don't think I ever will, but lets just say for now I have it under control. I desperately want to be slim and not the fat mum at the school gates, so that is driving me on.
Tuesday
B - toast with low fat spread
L - Dim sum char sui buns with breadsticks
D - stirfried scallops with parma ham and a tablespoon of lowest Philadelphia ( not quite queenies mornay but I could also convince myself) roasted gnocchi, and to celebrate mum's news, a curly wurly
Wednesday
B - special k bar, latte
L - Parma ham on homebaked roll and a packet of hula hoops (told you I know how to live)
D - 3 egg omelette with lots of veg and an ounce of cheese
Oh and it was weigh day today and I lost another 2 pounds, that's 12 in total.
Monday, 17 March 2014
Weekend
I know I haven't posted for a few days but it has been a very busy weekend. I have been trying to keep myself busy as it is today that my Mum finds out whether her cancer has gone into remission or not. It is too horrid a concept to take on that it might not have done and that I might lose her so soon after Tom, so instead of eating for comfort I have just tried to keep busy.
Gardening has been the main stay of my activity, and therefore I have also earned lots of additional activity points with WW. The garden looks great and my legs ache!! lol
Have also been resisting temptation pretty well. We decided on an Indian takeaway on Friday and instead of the yummy chicken passanda and peshawri naan that I love but costs about 100000000 WW points, I decided to go for the plain old chicken shashlick and not have any rice, naans or chapattis with it, have to say it was lovely.
We went into Windsor on Sunday and we would usually have gone out for lunch to Yo Sushi, we all love it, but the problem is I can never seem to limit myself to just one or two dishes from the belt. I absolutely love sushi and yes it is healthy, but not if you eat the entire menu! We decided to therefore stay away, have lunch at home and then go!! hurrrahhh.
I also only have 4 more dry days to do until I have completed my dry for 25, god that glass of wine is going to taste so good on Friday!!
Hope everyone is still doing well with their healthy journeys.
Friday
B - special k bar, latte
L - Crackers and low fat humous, tangerine
D - Chicken Shashlick with home made yoghurt mint dip
Saturday
B - Slice of toast with low fat spread
L - crackers with humous
D - WW home made chicken schnitzel with roasted sweet potato and asparagus
Sunday
B - special k bar
L - home made bread roll with grilled parma ham (bacon sandwich), packet of pomme bear crisps (ok I know they are supposed to be for children but they are yummy and only 2 points), a pear
D - fish tortillas with oodles of yummy veg, sugar free jelly.
Monday
B - Nakd banana bread bar, latte
L - tortilla with chicken and rocket
D - lemon sole goujons with roasted butternut squash
Gardening has been the main stay of my activity, and therefore I have also earned lots of additional activity points with WW. The garden looks great and my legs ache!! lol
Have also been resisting temptation pretty well. We decided on an Indian takeaway on Friday and instead of the yummy chicken passanda and peshawri naan that I love but costs about 100000000 WW points, I decided to go for the plain old chicken shashlick and not have any rice, naans or chapattis with it, have to say it was lovely.
We went into Windsor on Sunday and we would usually have gone out for lunch to Yo Sushi, we all love it, but the problem is I can never seem to limit myself to just one or two dishes from the belt. I absolutely love sushi and yes it is healthy, but not if you eat the entire menu! We decided to therefore stay away, have lunch at home and then go!! hurrrahhh.
I also only have 4 more dry days to do until I have completed my dry for 25, god that glass of wine is going to taste so good on Friday!!
Hope everyone is still doing well with their healthy journeys.
Friday
B - special k bar, latte
L - Crackers and low fat humous, tangerine
D - Chicken Shashlick with home made yoghurt mint dip
Saturday
B - Slice of toast with low fat spread
L - crackers with humous
D - WW home made chicken schnitzel with roasted sweet potato and asparagus
Sunday
B - special k bar
L - home made bread roll with grilled parma ham (bacon sandwich), packet of pomme bear crisps (ok I know they are supposed to be for children but they are yummy and only 2 points), a pear
D - fish tortillas with oodles of yummy veg, sugar free jelly.
Monday
B - Nakd banana bread bar, latte
L - tortilla with chicken and rocket
D - lemon sole goujons with roasted butternut squash
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Oh my god I ache!
Ouch was the first word out of my mouth this morning, usually its chocolate or wine!! lol
After car washing and gardening yesterday the backs of my thighs hurt so so much I just managed to hobble into the shower. So I took Charlotte to school and then went back to bed..... err no I took Charlotte to school and then took the dog out for an hour's walk, and guess what, it did actually ease my muscles.
Rewarded myself with a trip to the garden centre and then came home did some more gardening and sat outside in the sunshine with the Hairy Bikers, god I wish, ok with the Hairy bikers cook book for an hour. If you haven't read it, it is worth getting a copy the recipes are absolutely scrummy and very low in calories.
Breakfast - Toast made from home baked bread - one slice, not two huge slices like usual
Lunch - Chinese dumplings, naked banana bar, 2 tangerines
Dinner - prawn tortillas - my own recipe. 100g of raw king prawns, stir fried with garlic, red onion and black olives. then stir in one tablespoon of half pat crème fraiche. Next fill two small wraps with the prawn filling and put in a baking dish. sprinkle over 2 teaspoons of parmesan cheese then bake in the oven for about 15 mins. Gorgeous.
PS only 8 days left until the end of my 25 dry days. Not that I am counting, obviously.
After car washing and gardening yesterday the backs of my thighs hurt so so much I just managed to hobble into the shower. So I took Charlotte to school and then went back to bed..... err no I took Charlotte to school and then took the dog out for an hour's walk, and guess what, it did actually ease my muscles.
Rewarded myself with a trip to the garden centre and then came home did some more gardening and sat outside in the sunshine with the Hairy Bikers, god I wish, ok with the Hairy bikers cook book for an hour. If you haven't read it, it is worth getting a copy the recipes are absolutely scrummy and very low in calories.
Breakfast - Toast made from home baked bread - one slice, not two huge slices like usual
Lunch - Chinese dumplings, naked banana bar, 2 tangerines
Dinner - prawn tortillas - my own recipe. 100g of raw king prawns, stir fried with garlic, red onion and black olives. then stir in one tablespoon of half pat crème fraiche. Next fill two small wraps with the prawn filling and put in a baking dish. sprinkle over 2 teaspoons of parmesan cheese then bake in the oven for about 15 mins. Gorgeous.
PS only 8 days left until the end of my 25 dry days. Not that I am counting, obviously.
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Tuesday - Wednesday Catch up
I seem to have fallen into the habit of writing this blog a day in arrears and have had to catch up because at my age you begin to have trouble remembering what you did in the morning let alone the day before. So here is catch up
Tuesday
I am afraid to admit quite a lazy day, I put on my gym clothes then did some housework, got changed out of them and went to John Lewis instead. Don't shout at me, I paid for it in humiliation as I decided a new pair of jeans was in order. Oh yeah this is me, on a diet 2 weeks and already think I am a size 12 again. Anyway I picked up a size smaller than the ones I am currently wearing, The brand - not your daughters jeans, £140 a pair, bloody hell they would have to be good for that price. Well they may as well have been Charlotte's as I think she is probably the only one that would have fit into them. I shuffled out of the changing room and sheepishly handed them back to the assistant, with a muttering of "oh, erm well not for me I think" then I legged it to the curtain section where I felt infinitely more at ease!
Breakfast - rice krispie square
Lunch - Parma ham sandwich, packet of hula hoops, yoghurt
Dinner - quorn burger, onions and mushrooms, roasted butternut squash, yoghurt
Wednesday
Ok to make up for yesterday I went out for an hour walk with the dog, and I must be getting slightly fitter as not only did I manage to have a conversation with a friend as we walked round, but I didn't collapse in a heap when I got home. I went straight out to wash the car, and I mean by hand, not by driving it to one of those places where gorgeous young men in wet t-shirts do it for you, oh hang on that doesn't really happen does it!? I then had lunch and did an hour of gardening before picking up Charlotte from school. I know my arms are going to hurt tomorrow, but you know what, I DONT CARE. Oh also it was weigh in and I lost another 2 pounds, that's 10 in total now.
Breakfast - special k bar and latte
lunch - parma ham sandwich, hula hoops, yoghurt (must have something different tomorrow)
Dinner - chicken teriyaki, roasted gnocchi and roasted asparagus, sugar free jelly
Tuesday
I am afraid to admit quite a lazy day, I put on my gym clothes then did some housework, got changed out of them and went to John Lewis instead. Don't shout at me, I paid for it in humiliation as I decided a new pair of jeans was in order. Oh yeah this is me, on a diet 2 weeks and already think I am a size 12 again. Anyway I picked up a size smaller than the ones I am currently wearing, The brand - not your daughters jeans, £140 a pair, bloody hell they would have to be good for that price. Well they may as well have been Charlotte's as I think she is probably the only one that would have fit into them. I shuffled out of the changing room and sheepishly handed them back to the assistant, with a muttering of "oh, erm well not for me I think" then I legged it to the curtain section where I felt infinitely more at ease!
Breakfast - rice krispie square
Lunch - Parma ham sandwich, packet of hula hoops, yoghurt
Dinner - quorn burger, onions and mushrooms, roasted butternut squash, yoghurt
Wednesday
Ok to make up for yesterday I went out for an hour walk with the dog, and I must be getting slightly fitter as not only did I manage to have a conversation with a friend as we walked round, but I didn't collapse in a heap when I got home. I went straight out to wash the car, and I mean by hand, not by driving it to one of those places where gorgeous young men in wet t-shirts do it for you, oh hang on that doesn't really happen does it!? I then had lunch and did an hour of gardening before picking up Charlotte from school. I know my arms are going to hurt tomorrow, but you know what, I DONT CARE. Oh also it was weigh in and I lost another 2 pounds, that's 10 in total now.
Breakfast - special k bar and latte
lunch - parma ham sandwich, hula hoops, yoghurt (must have something different tomorrow)
Dinner - chicken teriyaki, roasted gnocchi and roasted asparagus, sugar free jelly
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Dog Walking
So today I headed off with my friend Emma for a long dog walk. The lovely Emma is a size 6 and very fit and frankly I would have to kill her if she wasn't so nice! So I am having to tell her to eat more just to stay her current size, and she is having to remind me to keep moving, its a match made in heaven. Nothing quite brings it all home when I think that I would like to lose three quarters of an Emma in weight! well nearly, yikes!
The only problem was that following our 4 mile walk I got home and sat down for three hours, doing paperwork and stuff and then started to stiffen up, god just how unfit am I.
Did something very naughty and got on the scales before weigh day, and it serves me damn right that there was little or no change. Will have to wait until Wednesday before I know whether I need to cry or not.
What I do wonder is why the weight doesn't just fall off, I mean I am eating probably less than half of what I was eating before WW so why doesn't my body cooperate?
Breakfast - Special k bar and skinny latte
Lunch - Parma ham sandwich and special k crisps, activia yoghurt
Dinner - lemon sole fillets, with roasted courgettes and mushrooms
The only problem was that following our 4 mile walk I got home and sat down for three hours, doing paperwork and stuff and then started to stiffen up, god just how unfit am I.
Did something very naughty and got on the scales before weigh day, and it serves me damn right that there was little or no change. Will have to wait until Wednesday before I know whether I need to cry or not.
What I do wonder is why the weight doesn't just fall off, I mean I am eating probably less than half of what I was eating before WW so why doesn't my body cooperate?
Breakfast - Special k bar and skinny latte
Lunch - Parma ham sandwich and special k crisps, activia yoghurt
Dinner - lemon sole fillets, with roasted courgettes and mushrooms
Monday, 10 March 2014
Green Weekend
So this weekend was mostly spent in the garden enjoying the fantastic unseasonably warm sunshine, as part of my commitment to building a better relationship with food I have decided to grow a lot of it myself, starting with a vine!! lol, I wish, god no stop thinking about wine.
I have always loved being in the garden and growing things, I put this down to a wonderful Grandad who encouraged this and loved spending time with me showing me how to do things. I also loved sunbathing in his greenhouse, convinced that as it was so lovely and warm I must surely be getting a tan! This love of gardening was only strengthened by my wonderful Step Father Tom, who always had a tip or two for me. My lovely new greenhouse was a gift from my Mum and is a little place for me to go and think about two wonderful men I have loved and sadly lost.
I planted lettuces, rocket, spring onions, butternut squash, tomatoes and cucumbers to name just a few, lets hope at least one or two of them actually grow.
Having been so busy this weekend, I had better bloody lose weight this week!
Saturday
Breakfast - slice of wholemeal toast with 1 slice of leerdammer light, 1 tangerine
Lunch - Prezzo pizza light with salad
Dinner - home made turkey burger with butternut squash
Sunday
Breakfast - Sugar Free Alpen - only fit for hamsters!
Lunch - My version of a bacon sandwich - 2 slices of parma ham put in microwave for 50 seconds, in a small bap - yum yum yum. 1 packet of special k crisps
Dinner - enormous omelette - seriously big stuff, felt very full, but still only 9 points!
1 small tub of frozen yoghurt, wish I hadn't bothered not worth the 4 points.
I have always loved being in the garden and growing things, I put this down to a wonderful Grandad who encouraged this and loved spending time with me showing me how to do things. I also loved sunbathing in his greenhouse, convinced that as it was so lovely and warm I must surely be getting a tan! This love of gardening was only strengthened by my wonderful Step Father Tom, who always had a tip or two for me. My lovely new greenhouse was a gift from my Mum and is a little place for me to go and think about two wonderful men I have loved and sadly lost.
I planted lettuces, rocket, spring onions, butternut squash, tomatoes and cucumbers to name just a few, lets hope at least one or two of them actually grow.
Having been so busy this weekend, I had better bloody lose weight this week!
Saturday
Breakfast - slice of wholemeal toast with 1 slice of leerdammer light, 1 tangerine
Lunch - Prezzo pizza light with salad
Dinner - home made turkey burger with butternut squash
Sunday
Breakfast - Sugar Free Alpen - only fit for hamsters!
Lunch - My version of a bacon sandwich - 2 slices of parma ham put in microwave for 50 seconds, in a small bap - yum yum yum. 1 packet of special k crisps
Dinner - enormous omelette - seriously big stuff, felt very full, but still only 9 points!
1 small tub of frozen yoghurt, wish I hadn't bothered not worth the 4 points.
Friday, 7 March 2014
I can resist.....
Thursday
Ok so already putting the willpower to the test! Yesterday I went out with two of my most glamorous friends for lunch, it was their 50th and 38th Birthdays so a double celebration. How would I cope. We always have wine, and today was going to be difficult.
I told them straight away that I was sorry I was going to be boring (when did it become boring not to drink) and that I was on 25 dry days. They both smiled and said that was fab, but they couldn't do it!! I bet they could if they were as fat as me, infact if you put the two of them together they probably would be!
So we ordered and I had the superfood salad with chicken, I have had it at the restaurant before and actually its pretty ok, I mean how can I rave about a salad! The two slim ones had desert, - how is this possible, and I even turned down coffee as they only had full fat milk! How virtuous am I? Lets see how long it last shall we.
Breakfast - Special K bar
Lunch - Super food salad with chicken, and gallons of sparkling mineral water!
Dinner - Stir fried prawns and gnocchi
Friday
Another temptation, a play date for Charlotte and I. Well when you make it to Friday as a fulltime Mum it is usually cause for celebration! And quite often my friend Emma and I get together so that our daughters can play and we can drink wine. Well today was the play date but guess what.... NO WINE!!! God how much longer can I keep this up, it is day 12 and it feels like day 100.
Breakfast - Special K bar
Lunch - Smoked salmon pate and crackers
WW ginger and lemon cookie
Dinner - homemade turkey and cashew burger with sweet potato
Frozen yoghurt.
I WANT A GLASS OF WINE! oh god maybe I should delete that, I look like an alcoholic.
Ok so already putting the willpower to the test! Yesterday I went out with two of my most glamorous friends for lunch, it was their 50th and 38th Birthdays so a double celebration. How would I cope. We always have wine, and today was going to be difficult.
I told them straight away that I was sorry I was going to be boring (when did it become boring not to drink) and that I was on 25 dry days. They both smiled and said that was fab, but they couldn't do it!! I bet they could if they were as fat as me, infact if you put the two of them together they probably would be!
So we ordered and I had the superfood salad with chicken, I have had it at the restaurant before and actually its pretty ok, I mean how can I rave about a salad! The two slim ones had desert, - how is this possible, and I even turned down coffee as they only had full fat milk! How virtuous am I? Lets see how long it last shall we.
Breakfast - Special K bar
Lunch - Super food salad with chicken, and gallons of sparkling mineral water!
Dinner - Stir fried prawns and gnocchi
Friday
Another temptation, a play date for Charlotte and I. Well when you make it to Friday as a fulltime Mum it is usually cause for celebration! And quite often my friend Emma and I get together so that our daughters can play and we can drink wine. Well today was the play date but guess what.... NO WINE!!! God how much longer can I keep this up, it is day 12 and it feels like day 100.
Breakfast - Special K bar
Lunch - Smoked salmon pate and crackers
WW ginger and lemon cookie
Dinner - homemade turkey and cashew burger with sweet potato
Frozen yoghurt.
I WANT A GLASS OF WINE! oh god maybe I should delete that, I look like an alcoholic.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Here we go again.
There are many reasons why people decide to try and lose weight and I have my own.
1. I am sick of being fat, I don't want to be that fat Mum at the school gates. I finally realised a couple of weeks ago that I was the fattest Mum at the school and believe me that did not feel good. Now I need to put things into a bit of perspective, this is not your average school. Most of the mums here look like that have just stepped off the pages of Good Health, Tatler, or Running magazine. Many of them have their own gyms, swimming pools and trainers (and I don't mean the shoes) waiting for them at home for their return from the school run, others have just realised a lot sooner than I have that its no fun being fat.
2. The last time I saw my best friend she asked had I considered a gastric band. Again let me put this into perspective, Lisa is and probably will always be the only person allowed to talk to me like this, but then she has been my best friend since I was 11. I know she didn't mean anything bad by it but it did make me think.
3. I am an emotional eater, there I finally said it, eating is my crutch, my support network and always there for me, but it is no friend, and I realised I had to make friends with the enemy and have a better relationship with it full stop. I complained to another good friend a while ago that I had put weight on since the death of my step father, and she said to me "thin people suffer bereavement and grief too" and she was right, most of us go through tough times in our lives but it is up to us to decide how we deal with them. Some people smoke, some people take drugs, some people drink, some people eat and some people just get on with it!
So here I am again, committed to doing my blog as often as I can. I have now been making friends with food for 2 weeks and have lost 8 pounds. I have also given up all alcohol for 25 days and I am over half way there, thank god.
So here's to the future whatever it may bring!
1. I am sick of being fat, I don't want to be that fat Mum at the school gates. I finally realised a couple of weeks ago that I was the fattest Mum at the school and believe me that did not feel good. Now I need to put things into a bit of perspective, this is not your average school. Most of the mums here look like that have just stepped off the pages of Good Health, Tatler, or Running magazine. Many of them have their own gyms, swimming pools and trainers (and I don't mean the shoes) waiting for them at home for their return from the school run, others have just realised a lot sooner than I have that its no fun being fat.
2. The last time I saw my best friend she asked had I considered a gastric band. Again let me put this into perspective, Lisa is and probably will always be the only person allowed to talk to me like this, but then she has been my best friend since I was 11. I know she didn't mean anything bad by it but it did make me think.
3. I am an emotional eater, there I finally said it, eating is my crutch, my support network and always there for me, but it is no friend, and I realised I had to make friends with the enemy and have a better relationship with it full stop. I complained to another good friend a while ago that I had put weight on since the death of my step father, and she said to me "thin people suffer bereavement and grief too" and she was right, most of us go through tough times in our lives but it is up to us to decide how we deal with them. Some people smoke, some people take drugs, some people drink, some people eat and some people just get on with it!
So here I am again, committed to doing my blog as often as I can. I have now been making friends with food for 2 weeks and have lost 8 pounds. I have also given up all alcohol for 25 days and I am over half way there, thank god.
So here's to the future whatever it may bring!
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