Tillymax is trying again

[tillymax]

snap. I am still debating what to have for breakfast and have no soup :8855:

reckon oatso simple but think i'lll get dressed first or everyone will think I am a lazy cow when in truth i've been up all night lol

Bacon is expensive and with 4 'adults' that eat it its costing me a fortune

I might get Steve to challenge you to have soup for breakfast :8855:

Well done on your half a pound loss Tilly!

I used to think that bacon, sausage, egg and beans etc was a quick economical meal, but no more

You can get a joint of meat for the price of bacon. Roast beef and yorkshire pud for brekkie anyone :8855:

Well done on your loss tilly!

I did have my shepherds pie for brekkie haha! Yum yum! :8855: xx

Shepherds pie :8855:
I was just about to say you eat the weirdest foods but I really enjoyed the soup so you go for it. The breakfast list is endless if you eat your dinner and tea.

 

[thefinalcountdown]

You wouldn't be the first person to say I eat weird foods. I'm kinda known for it! But hey, life would be boring if we were all the same right?

Anyway, I'm off to buy a bag for my granny outfit for tonight Hope yoou have a nice weekend! xxx

 

[skinnydawn]

Ooh I'm glad you lost this week hunni!

I know people always say 'only' 1/2lb, and then others say there's no 'only' about it...

But its so true!

I needed to lose 'only' 1/2lb last week to get my 5st shiny...and I didn't do it

In fact I put 1/2 on! :'(

I would've been so thrilled to have lost 'only' 1/2lb!!!

So well done you! Xxx

And loving the breakfast ideas btw

 

[LoChan1984]

Well done on your loss Tilly, and indeed it's good to see there was no 'only' about it for you - great attitude

Must admit I used to eat takeaway leftovers for breakfast at times, notably salt and pepper chicken, spicy morning lol

Don't do that now as not buying takeaways anymore and it would feel 'wrong' putting curry for brekkie on my online food diary!

 

[JaneB]

Well done on your loss tilly, It must be me thats sad I only have normal boring brekkies. xx

 

[tillymax]

Well done on your loss tilly, It must be me thats sad I only have normal boring brekkies. xx

So do I normally :8855:

 

[JackieN]

me too but one can't own up to being boring can one :8855:

tomorrow I shall post that I had pie and chips for brekkie just to be different :8855:

 

[tillymax]

I've got loads of washing dried today cos it's warm and windy here

Bad part of that is I've got to iron it all

The house is all tidied. Just need to go food shopping later. Can't wait to get loads of fresh stuff cos I start to panic when I've run out.

Food today so far has been 100% on plan - at least I think it has. I'm having bacon and veg pie for tea. I'm gonna start posting my food the day after I've eaten in and then I don't have to keep changing what I've written.

 

[tillymax]

me too but one can't own up to being boring can one :8855:

tomorrow I shall post that I had pie and chips for brekkie just to be different :8855:

Actually I think I'd quite like that for breakfast :8855:

 

[ginlin]

me too but one can't own up to being boring can one :8855:

tomorrow I shall post that I had pie and chips for brekkie just to be different :8855:

Actually I think I'd quite like that for breakfast :8855:

I was thinking about pie and chips yesterday, not for brekkie, and now you have reminded me!

 

[JackieN]

me too but chippy won't be open that early, we could have it for brunch :885

meal sounds yummy what is it?

 

[tillymax]

Here you go. It's really nice.

Bacon and Veg Pie
Serves 4
EE - Free + HEA
Suitable for freezing
From July 11 magazine pge 78
Ingredients
1lb 12oz/794g Maris Piper Potatoes, peeled and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
7oz/198g carrots, peeled and finely chopped
3 ½ oz/100g green beans, trimmed and finely chopped
3 ½ oz/100g courgettes, finely chopped
Fry light
10oz/283g lean bacon, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
3 eggs
4 tsp dried parsley
7oz/198g fat free cottage cheese with onion and chives
1lb 2oz/511g ham, finely chopped
3 ½ oz/100g frozen peas
4oz/113g parmesan cheese, grated (I used light cheese and did enough for 4 to have 1 hea each)

1) Preheat oven to 180c. Boil potatoes for 20-25 minutes, or until tender. Drain well, season and mash

2) Boil the carrots, beans, courgettes and celeriac for 3-4 minutes. Drain and set aside. Place a frying pan sprayed with fry light over a medium -high heat. Stir fry the bacon for 7-8 minutes. Add the onion, fry for 3-4 minutes and then set aside.

3) Whisk the eggs, parsley and cottage cheese together. Add to the mash. Add the cooked veg, bacon and onion, ham and peas.

4) Spray a medium pie dish with fry light. Add the potato mixture, sprinkle the cheese over and bake for 35-45 minutes.

 

[ginlin]

Oooooooh! I like the sound of that pie, a bit like a cheese and ham pasty without the pastry

 

[tillymax]

Just got back from Tesco. What an expensive trip that was - the foods bad enough but daughter lost her phone so we've had to cancel that but she's still got 15 months left on the contract. I was really annoyed with her which has upset me more than her losing the phone. She's not a bad kid and didn't do it on purpose but I think it's the fact that I'm in a job I hate and I never seem to get anywhere with regards money. It's always one step forwards and three back. But at the end of the day it's a bl**dy phone and is trivial when you think of all the bad things that happen in life so why didn't the logical side of my brain kick in before I got cross with her. So now I'll feel guilty for days on end

 

[fillymum]

Just got back from Tesco. What an expensive trip that was - the foods bad enough but daughter lost her phone so we've had to cancel that but she's still got 15 months left on the contract. I was really annoyed with her which has upset me more than her losing the phone. She's not a bad kid and didn't do it on purpose but I think it's the fact that I'm in a job I hate and I never seem to get anywhere with regards money. It's always one step forwards and three back. But at the end of the day it's a bl**dy phone and is trivial when you think of all the bad things that happen in life so why didn't the logical side of my brain kick in before I got cross with her. So now I'll feel guilty for days on end

Don't feel guilty. There is nothing like financial pressure to turn the screws and make us someone we really are not.

It wasn't the phone or the loss of it that made you cross but what it represented to you in financial frustration and what you see as your limitations.

You reacted exactly as most of us would have done.

You are not a monster just a caring loving mum.

Great big, huge, squidgy hugs from me xxx

 

[tillymax]

Thanks Sue that response brought a tear to my eye.

I'm just disappointed in my reaction but thanks for making me feel less of an ogre

 

[skinnydawn]

Aww Tilly...how could you ever be an ogre hunni???

It's sad that pressures of money and work make us all say things we don't really mean

And your daughter knows how lucky she is to have you for a mummy xx

 

[LoChan1984]

I have moments like that too with my son - when I know I've overreacted I'll say sorry to him and explain why I behaved that way. Then we're both cool with it and there's no more guilt

 

[tillymax]

Aww Tilly...how could you ever be an ogre hunni???

It's sad that pressures of money and work make us all say things we don't really mean

And your daughter knows how lucky she is to have you for a mummy xx

Thank you

I have moments like that too with my son - when I know I've overreacted I'll say sorry to him and explain why I behaved that way. Then we're both cool with it and there's no more guilt

I always apologise if I'm in the wrong but I still feel guilty.

 

[tillymax]

Food for yesterday 10/09/11

EE day 1 heb 1 hea and 12.5 syns

Breakfast
oat so simple (B) milk (A) and raspberries

Dinner
baked potato, cottage cheese and salad

Tea
bacon and veg pie (6 syns cos already used A)

Snacks
grapes, options (2 syns), eton mess (4.5 syns)

weekly syns
12.5/105