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kenshin112
Gotta Make A Change
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Jezebella
Playing the Angel
RTM Day 77 (Week 11)
OMG the last day of Week 11, tomorrow is the beginning of the end..... the last week of RTM. Then the wide world of life beyond awaits me. I am apprehensive but more relaxed than at any other stage of my journey thus far. Bread week, which I have been dreading has not been as bad as I suspected it would be. The bread I have had, I have really enjoyed, but have not had any desire to go on wild middle of the night bread binges or anything. Perhaps because I am still getting the bulk of my carb in the form of porridge or low gi veg like sweet potato and butternut, it is filling me up enough. If I had more bread and less of those kinds of carbs perhaps I would find it different? So I am quite thrilled to know it is still something I can enjoy in moderation in the future. Especially as the wine was such a dissapointment. I did only end up having half of what I poured last night, but will try again another day!! God I cannot imagine my life without a glass of wine or 2 but I suppose this also if moderated is fine.
Woke up at around 9ish and had to drag bliss out of bed.. poor child was shattered, even though we had about the same amount of sleep, but I did want to get to Kent early. Well early didn't happen but I did get to indulge in a lovely lie in for a bit with a cup of tea, Lily and had a long chat to my mom to catch up on the news. Had a banana and packed some fruit and a bar for the remainder of breakfast and headed off to Kent. Got there at about 12:30 and what a wonderful, wonderful few hours. Gwen and her husband Tony are just divine and the cats are awesome. I love breeders like this, the cats are just their world and have complete rule of the roost. The babies are so lucky to grow up in such a happy family environment are are so well socialised. Little Chai is gorgeous with the most soulful little eyes, a real cuddly boy. When we arrived, he and his 6 littermates were all asleep infront of the fire. Pretty soon they woke up and the games began. Kittens find the strangest things for toys. All the other cats were wandering in and out and came for cuddles. Phoenix - Mommy- is just the most petite and elegant girl I have seen in years. It amazes me she produced seven kids - she is such a tiny thing. Valentine - Dad - wins my supreme cuddler of the day award. Such a gentle and loving boy for an entire. Chai is going to be a big boy like his Dad I think. We are just so excited to be welcoming such a special little man into our lives. I have a while to wait for a naughty tortie, but I suppose one baby at a time. Lily really does need the company as she is still pining for her little ones that never were. She has had every toy she owns out and sort of cuddles them. Chai will be coming home in mid January so not long to go. We had 2 cups of tea with Gwen then headed home at about 3 and got stuck in the most awful rain, the sky literally went black and it bucketed down. Pretty scary on the motorway, lol there I was doing 30 just to try and get some visability, have never seen water like that on the roads.
Had the remaining breakfast apple on the drive back, and when we got home, we had some of Em's lovely pea and ham soup with a slice of toast!! What a nice treat it was too. Toast was great but I restricted it to one slice. The soup was even better.
Dinner was sublime too. The beef olives with some courgette and savoy cabbage, roasted roots, and cauli puree. So much wintery goodness!!!!!!! Pud is a very yummy Banoffi!! Bananas done with a splash of cointreau sprinkled with pecans and raisins and a toffee muller.
All in all a good day. Have a nice bar of extra dark chocolate to try tomorrow and some skinny cow hot chocolate. Also have some crisps to try later in the week. I am not as worried about the chocolate as I was about bread and cheese which were always my weaknesses. Another busy week ahead, but this will be the story of my life for the next few weeks until the Xmas break.
Hope you have all had wonderful relaxing weekends, and have an exciting week ahead.
Jez
xx
OMG the last day of Week 11, tomorrow is the beginning of the end..... the last week of RTM. Then the wide world of life beyond awaits me. I am apprehensive but more relaxed than at any other stage of my journey thus far. Bread week, which I have been dreading has not been as bad as I suspected it would be. The bread I have had, I have really enjoyed, but have not had any desire to go on wild middle of the night bread binges or anything. Perhaps because I am still getting the bulk of my carb in the form of porridge or low gi veg like sweet potato and butternut, it is filling me up enough. If I had more bread and less of those kinds of carbs perhaps I would find it different? So I am quite thrilled to know it is still something I can enjoy in moderation in the future. Especially as the wine was such a dissapointment. I did only end up having half of what I poured last night, but will try again another day!! God I cannot imagine my life without a glass of wine or 2 but I suppose this also if moderated is fine.
Woke up at around 9ish and had to drag bliss out of bed.. poor child was shattered, even though we had about the same amount of sleep, but I did want to get to Kent early. Well early didn't happen but I did get to indulge in a lovely lie in for a bit with a cup of tea, Lily and had a long chat to my mom to catch up on the news. Had a banana and packed some fruit and a bar for the remainder of breakfast and headed off to Kent. Got there at about 12:30 and what a wonderful, wonderful few hours. Gwen and her husband Tony are just divine and the cats are awesome. I love breeders like this, the cats are just their world and have complete rule of the roost. The babies are so lucky to grow up in such a happy family environment are are so well socialised. Little Chai is gorgeous with the most soulful little eyes, a real cuddly boy. When we arrived, he and his 6 littermates were all asleep infront of the fire. Pretty soon they woke up and the games began. Kittens find the strangest things for toys. All the other cats were wandering in and out and came for cuddles. Phoenix - Mommy- is just the most petite and elegant girl I have seen in years. It amazes me she produced seven kids - she is such a tiny thing. Valentine - Dad - wins my supreme cuddler of the day award. Such a gentle and loving boy for an entire. Chai is going to be a big boy like his Dad I think. We are just so excited to be welcoming such a special little man into our lives. I have a while to wait for a naughty tortie, but I suppose one baby at a time. Lily really does need the company as she is still pining for her little ones that never were. She has had every toy she owns out and sort of cuddles them. Chai will be coming home in mid January so not long to go. We had 2 cups of tea with Gwen then headed home at about 3 and got stuck in the most awful rain, the sky literally went black and it bucketed down. Pretty scary on the motorway, lol there I was doing 30 just to try and get some visability, have never seen water like that on the roads.
Had the remaining breakfast apple on the drive back, and when we got home, we had some of Em's lovely pea and ham soup with a slice of toast!! What a nice treat it was too. Toast was great but I restricted it to one slice. The soup was even better.
Dinner was sublime too. The beef olives with some courgette and savoy cabbage, roasted roots, and cauli puree. So much wintery goodness!!!!!!! Pud is a very yummy Banoffi!! Bananas done with a splash of cointreau sprinkled with pecans and raisins and a toffee muller.
All in all a good day. Have a nice bar of extra dark chocolate to try tomorrow and some skinny cow hot chocolate. Also have some crisps to try later in the week. I am not as worried about the chocolate as I was about bread and cheese which were always my weaknesses. Another busy week ahead, but this will be the story of my life for the next few weeks until the Xmas break.
Hope you have all had wonderful relaxing weekends, and have an exciting week ahead.
Jez
xx
Jezebella
Playing the Angel
Hun, it is so easy, I take 1 cauli, break it into florets, and chop the stem up, pop into boiling salted water and cook until very tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the cauli and whilst it is still hot, blend till it is very smooth, add seasoning to taste and I usually add about 1tbs of extra light philly to a full cauliflower. This makes 4-6 really decent sized portions, and is just so much nicer than mashed potatoes.
Jez
xx
Jez
xx
kenshin112
Gotta Make A Change
jez how do you make the banoffi pud?
Jezebella
Playing the Angel
RTM Day 78 (Week 12)
Shudder, gasp!! I am in my final week of RTM!!! Where has all the time gone?? This journey has flown past and even though I know realistically, that I started in May and we are now going into December, I never dreamed that my entire life would be altered this much. I am so pleased to have kept a blog from Day 1 abstinence onwards. A memory to look back on, a tool to use to keep me on track, a graph of my personal changes. I am still feeling pretty ok and relaxed, however this time next week will probably be an entirely different story
So food wise today, a pretty controlled day, Breakfast at about 10:30 with the usual porridge, some stewed plum, 5g raisins, and a dollop of vanilla yoghurt. Slowly, slowly I am converting some of those boys to porridge in the morning. I think I will try an egg again at some point when I have time in the morning and am not so busy. Work is somewhat hectic at the moment. Also the porridge is really filling and sustains me for hours thus making me less inclined to want to snack. I was stuck in the office all day with paperwork, well at least it was warmer than the kitchen, I sat there in my coat and many layers of clothing with my feet tucked up under the heater. I was sooooo busy, that I forgot about lunch until nearly 3pm and decided as it was so cold, soup was the order of the day. Heated some celeriac, apple and fennel which was just gorgeous. At about 5pm I had a cup of tea with milk and a very crispy lovely apple. Headed home and thank goodness I did have a snack because the traffic was dire. Lucky old me though, Bliss had the bath run for me so I could warm up and a lovely cup of tea waiting as I walked in the door.
She had also lovely dinner prepared, lemon and dill salmon, savoy cabbage, some baby corn, fine beans, garlic grilled tomato, sweet potato chips and a very yummy leek stuffed mushroom. Absolutely amazing, and low cal. It still astounds me that I can have a lovely large plate of food that is not high in calories. Pud was some vanilla berries (just slightly warmed through) Vanilla Muller Light, sprinkled with pecan and raisin and a raspberry jelly. I am now about to indulge in ............ Very dark chocolate!! I purchased a bar of Lindt 70% excellence with orange and one with Coffee, so will try a square with a cup of coffee shortly. I am a bit wary of the milkier varieties of chocolate still. But I have all my life to discover them again and see if they agree with me.
Now a querie for all of you lovely people who read my blog. This is sitting in the RTM Section, however I wil continue to blog once RTM is over. Should I just continue writing here, or should I start a new blog in the maintenance section??? The blogging is such an essential tool for me and a very useful way of making sure I keep myself honest by telling you all what I have been up to food wise. It also provides great things to look back on to see personal growth.
As always.. your answers on a postcard to the usual address please <G>
Tomorrow is my last WI before the end, and so far so good, I will be ending RTM on a lower weight than I started it at, which was a personal goal of mine, so unless I balloon over the next 7 days I will have managed to achieve this.
Also I would love to hear what you are all planning to eat over the festive period, if you fancy sharing, perhaps we could start a new thread about it. Do any of you have specific triggers you will be avoiding, or will you be eating sensibly? Will you cut back a bit first so you can really indulge?? etc etc
Looking forward to hearing what you will be up to
Jez
xx
Shudder, gasp!! I am in my final week of RTM!!! Where has all the time gone?? This journey has flown past and even though I know realistically, that I started in May and we are now going into December, I never dreamed that my entire life would be altered this much. I am so pleased to have kept a blog from Day 1 abstinence onwards. A memory to look back on, a tool to use to keep me on track, a graph of my personal changes. I am still feeling pretty ok and relaxed, however this time next week will probably be an entirely different story
So food wise today, a pretty controlled day, Breakfast at about 10:30 with the usual porridge, some stewed plum, 5g raisins, and a dollop of vanilla yoghurt. Slowly, slowly I am converting some of those boys to porridge in the morning. I think I will try an egg again at some point when I have time in the morning and am not so busy. Work is somewhat hectic at the moment. Also the porridge is really filling and sustains me for hours thus making me less inclined to want to snack. I was stuck in the office all day with paperwork, well at least it was warmer than the kitchen, I sat there in my coat and many layers of clothing with my feet tucked up under the heater. I was sooooo busy, that I forgot about lunch until nearly 3pm and decided as it was so cold, soup was the order of the day. Heated some celeriac, apple and fennel which was just gorgeous. At about 5pm I had a cup of tea with milk and a very crispy lovely apple. Headed home and thank goodness I did have a snack because the traffic was dire. Lucky old me though, Bliss had the bath run for me so I could warm up and a lovely cup of tea waiting as I walked in the door.
She had also lovely dinner prepared, lemon and dill salmon, savoy cabbage, some baby corn, fine beans, garlic grilled tomato, sweet potato chips and a very yummy leek stuffed mushroom. Absolutely amazing, and low cal. It still astounds me that I can have a lovely large plate of food that is not high in calories. Pud was some vanilla berries (just slightly warmed through) Vanilla Muller Light, sprinkled with pecan and raisin and a raspberry jelly. I am now about to indulge in ............ Very dark chocolate!! I purchased a bar of Lindt 70% excellence with orange and one with Coffee, so will try a square with a cup of coffee shortly. I am a bit wary of the milkier varieties of chocolate still. But I have all my life to discover them again and see if they agree with me.
Now a querie for all of you lovely people who read my blog. This is sitting in the RTM Section, however I wil continue to blog once RTM is over. Should I just continue writing here, or should I start a new blog in the maintenance section??? The blogging is such an essential tool for me and a very useful way of making sure I keep myself honest by telling you all what I have been up to food wise. It also provides great things to look back on to see personal growth.
As always.. your answers on a postcard to the usual address please <G>
Tomorrow is my last WI before the end, and so far so good, I will be ending RTM on a lower weight than I started it at, which was a personal goal of mine, so unless I balloon over the next 7 days I will have managed to achieve this.
Also I would love to hear what you are all planning to eat over the festive period, if you fancy sharing, perhaps we could start a new thread about it. Do any of you have specific triggers you will be avoiding, or will you be eating sensibly? Will you cut back a bit first so you can really indulge?? etc etc
Looking forward to hearing what you will be up to
Jez
xx
kenshin112
Gotta Make A Change
hey jez woah week 12 crazy
but well done keeping on track
for xmas turkey is on the agenda
and also mom is making fresh mince pie so look forward to that
dark chocolate mmm never tasted it, you also got green and blacks?
how many calories you having daily now Jez
but well done keeping on track
for xmas turkey is on the agenda
and also mom is making fresh mince pie so look forward to that
dark chocolate mmm never tasted it, you also got green and blacks?
how many calories you having daily now Jez
Jezebella
Playing the Angel
Green and Blacks another day, they didn't have the dark one in the Supermarket I went into, all out of stock, but I like Lindt so it is a good second best. What veggies you gonna have over Xmas? Also will you have some Xmas pud and mince pies??
Calorie wise I am averaging between 1200 and 1400 per day, depending on the day. Today will be about 1250.
Jez
xx
Calorie wise I am averaging between 1200 and 1400 per day, depending on the day. Today will be about 1250.
Jez
xx
I have never been much of a chocolate fan but if I did, I would choose dark chocolate - a lil bit with coffee is nice.
I cannot believe you are in the last week of RTM!! Where has the time gone!
As for your blog - I don't think it matters if you continue to post here hun. Your posts are fabulous for so many people and I believe would continue to be so once you are in management.
I am thinking about Christmas and not sure yet how I am going to do it yet but I want to ensure whatever I decide on, I have planned and prepared and made adult choices, not last minute rebellious child choices. I was never one to (only) over indulge at christmas, I over-indulged all the time.
I "may" have a lil bit of what I fancy on the evening of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day and then New Years Eve and New Years Day and reign it in the rest of the time. Whatever I decide to do, it will certainly test the water as it were. I am not concerned that 1 will lead to 2 will lead to 3 and off the wagon.
I "may" stick to RTM rigidly.
Hmmmm to decide...
Kat xx
I cannot believe you are in the last week of RTM!! Where has the time gone!
As for your blog - I don't think it matters if you continue to post here hun. Your posts are fabulous for so many people and I believe would continue to be so once you are in management.
I am thinking about Christmas and not sure yet how I am going to do it yet but I want to ensure whatever I decide on, I have planned and prepared and made adult choices, not last minute rebellious child choices. I was never one to (only) over indulge at christmas, I over-indulged all the time.
I "may" have a lil bit of what I fancy on the evening of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day and then New Years Eve and New Years Day and reign it in the rest of the time. Whatever I decide to do, it will certainly test the water as it were. I am not concerned that 1 will lead to 2 will lead to 3 and off the wagon.
I "may" stick to RTM rigidly.
Hmmmm to decide...
Kat xx
kenshin112
Gotta Make A Change
ill be off my diet for a day or 2 but thats it, but im not over indulging and def not picking
might have a lil xmas pud
might have a lil xmas pud
