I use the term 'meltdown' in more than one context...living in Kuwait is serious stuff when you're used to the weather in Leeds! I never thought I would miss the rain so much :cry:. However, when I come back home to Yorkshire for holidays, I remember the sinking feeling of putting out my washing to dry and having to belt out the door to bring it back in again every time a grey cloud passes. 
Anyway, I've decided to start a diary here basically to keep myself in check. I need to write stuff down cos I've been at this a while and keep kidding myself I can skive off from filling in the SW diary 'just for today' and then that day turns into a week etc etc...All the better if anyone wants to read and kindly share their advice.
I could really do with an Asda up the road - but I make do with Lulu Hypermarket which sells almost everything I need, with the exception of Scan Bran, but you never know right...? They have Iceland products there, Quorn, fat free Greek Yoghurt, Batchelors rice, pasta and super noodles, and so on, so I love going round there. It makes life quite a bit easier than trying to tally up the values of local products. The local goods are very tasty, but not that SW friendly, which is probably why my weight is going up so quickly since we moved here! Add to that the cultural no-no of refusing someone's hand when they want to offer sweets
So here's today's effort:
Green day
Breakfast
Coffee with semi-skimmed milk (HXa) and a huge bowl of chopped canteloupe and honeydew melon.
Lunch
Fattoush salad with tsp olive oil and lemon juice (HXb). Added to John West salmon light lunch (2.5 sy) and cup of diet pepsi.
Dinner
Quorn peppered steak and rice.
Snack
Special K chocolate chip bar (4 sy)
I'm typing this just BEFORE dinner, so we will see what the reality is afterwards. We have dinner really early here (its not even 3:00 yet and this is a late day!).
Anyway, I've decided to start a diary here basically to keep myself in check. I need to write stuff down cos I've been at this a while and keep kidding myself I can skive off from filling in the SW diary 'just for today' and then that day turns into a week etc etc...All the better if anyone wants to read and kindly share their advice.
I could really do with an Asda up the road - but I make do with Lulu Hypermarket which sells almost everything I need, with the exception of Scan Bran, but you never know right...? They have Iceland products there, Quorn, fat free Greek Yoghurt, Batchelors rice, pasta and super noodles, and so on, so I love going round there. It makes life quite a bit easier than trying to tally up the values of local products. The local goods are very tasty, but not that SW friendly, which is probably why my weight is going up so quickly since we moved here! Add to that the cultural no-no of refusing someone's hand when they want to offer sweets
So here's today's effort:
Green day
Breakfast
Coffee with semi-skimmed milk (HXa) and a huge bowl of chopped canteloupe and honeydew melon.
Lunch
Fattoush salad with tsp olive oil and lemon juice (HXb). Added to John West salmon light lunch (2.5 sy) and cup of diet pepsi.
Dinner
Quorn peppered steak and rice.
Snack
Special K chocolate chip bar (4 sy)
I'm typing this just BEFORE dinner, so we will see what the reality is afterwards. We have dinner really early here (its not even 3:00 yet and this is a late day!).
