Monday 28 January 2013

Time for some SERIOUS slimming!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
Put on weight at Slimming World. Half a pound. Measely, I know, but I had been aiming to lose 3lbs this week and that feels like a massive kick in the teeth. I am obviously not doing this seriously enough, I know that. I need to start being more open about this fact and start being more open minded in general about the ways I can make sure that I LOSE and not put on. As Tom rightfully pointed out, the wedding is only a year away, but if I don't sort this out now, before I know it it'll be February next year and I'll be exactly where I am now, moaning. I have a plan though. I've been meaning to do this for AGES, and tonight I finally sat down and did it.
I present... My Food Menu:


I can add the little tabs as I make new things, but otherwise it helps me to plan out what I eat each evening and breakfast (lunches are easy, I take Mugshots or pasta salad with me, syn-free either way) and also make sure I use up all the food in the fridge as the week goes on so as to avoid any wastage whatsoever. I have a list for food that needs using up asap, and then put defrosted frozen meals on the menu for one or two nights in a row. Homemade soup days tend to be those based on there being a lot of veg in the fridge that needs to be used. I hope it works - it'll give me a plan to stick to and also a way of reassuring that there is food in the house, and therefore eliminating the possibility of snacking on bad things out of laziness hopefully.
How do you menu plan in your home? Do you use tools to keep it up to date?

BBxx

Quiet weekend in...

Hello!
So I haven't seen my fiancé since Monday, as he's had a horrendous week at work including 3 overnights as well as day shifts, then went straight from there to a 3 night stag do. He's on his way home now, and I can't wait to see him and practically attach myself to him! But I can't complain; it's not actually been that bad a weekend...
I don't get paid until tomorrow, but I managed to budget enough so that I could go and buy some wadding for two quilting projects I've had on the go for a while now. At the beginning of the month I bought a lot of different materials very cheaply off eBay and once I had it all I started to create a baby-sized quilt for one of my friends who will be giving birth in July. After the success of the gift I made my mum at Christmas, I've well and truly got the bug for it now! It's been something to indulge in and waste the hours of the lonely weekend away, but with productive results at the end of it. I've still got to slip-stitch the hem to the back, but it's otherwise done. Take a looky:
I'm especially pleased as from start to finish, it's only taken me 3 weeks. Winner.
The other quilt top is one I made way back last year but never had the courage to go the next step with until recently. Tom's mum is currently hand-quilting a massive quilt she's made, and I'm considering doing the same thing, as this other one will struggle to fit through my sewing machine.
Slimming World tomorrow - dreading it!! The good thing about finding something as all-consuming as quilting is it kept me from snacking and eating copious amounts of stuff I don't need to eat. So fingers crossed!!

BBxx