Well I've done it- I managed to weigh myself! I was having a pants evening anyway last night so I figured it couldn't get much worse (more of that in a moment) BUT- trala- I am actually 2lb down on my pre-Xmas weight despite having eaten all manner of naughty things like cheese, chocolates, crisps etc over Xmas. Don't know how much I had put on but after two weeks of my new eating plan it's better than before Xmas, hooray!
So- while my optimism lasts I thought I'd get a ticker & went for the pie one (the pies I can't eat!). You might as well pretend that all this is fun I guess!
Anyway, last night my OH was away and I thought I'd sit down and teach myself to knit as someone has lent me that "Stitch and Bitch" book and I've seen lots of knitting patterns for fruits, tins of beans and pizza slices etc that I'd like to make for Elliott as play food but before I settled myself down I had to answer the call of nature. Now I know I shan't meet any of you in the flesh and we're always frank on here so I hope it's not tmi to tell you that my new diet of porridge, rice, tofu/lentils and veggies for lunch and rice cakes and miso for dinner with lots of fruit throughout the day is doing fabulous things for my insides. Not so for our plumbing! I managed to block the loo with my oh so healthy poo. Oh the shame! So after attempting to bail it out with a yogurt pot into our nappy bucket and unblock it with a plunger (I really didn't want to have to call a man out) I had to call our emergency insurance cover and get a plumber. Lovely lady there thought it was hilarious and told me to open a bottle of wine to blot out the horror. My beloved oh told me that if we weren't cover by emergency cover I should pee in the garden until today- pah! Anyway, one plumber and a plunger on a stick later and all is well- phew! Except for a bucket full of poo & water in my garden which I will now have to do something with.
So- the dangers of dieting eh ladies!
(I told the plumber it could have been one of the liners from Elliott's resuseables- if in doubt blame it on the baby!)
How are you all doing this week?
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p.s. about miso types- I don't know which is the better, dried or paste but I found the paste to be cheaper and more tomatoey in flavour- particularly Genmai kind (I think it's made from different things). I like the packet ones with tofu bits in but loath the ones with seaweed bits floating in it. I live 2 mins from a deli which sells the paste though and I know I've seen it in Fresh and Wild too although that place is so expensive.
p.p.s still haven't managed to do any proper exercise
So- while my optimism lasts I thought I'd get a ticker & went for the pie one (the pies I can't eat!). You might as well pretend that all this is fun I guess!
Anyway, last night my OH was away and I thought I'd sit down and teach myself to knit as someone has lent me that "Stitch and Bitch" book and I've seen lots of knitting patterns for fruits, tins of beans and pizza slices etc that I'd like to make for Elliott as play food but before I settled myself down I had to answer the call of nature. Now I know I shan't meet any of you in the flesh and we're always frank on here so I hope it's not tmi to tell you that my new diet of porridge, rice, tofu/lentils and veggies for lunch and rice cakes and miso for dinner with lots of fruit throughout the day is doing fabulous things for my insides. Not so for our plumbing! I managed to block the loo with my oh so healthy poo. Oh the shame! So after attempting to bail it out with a yogurt pot into our nappy bucket and unblock it with a plunger (I really didn't want to have to call a man out) I had to call our emergency insurance cover and get a plumber. Lovely lady there thought it was hilarious and told me to open a bottle of wine to blot out the horror. My beloved oh told me that if we weren't cover by emergency cover I should pee in the garden until today- pah! Anyway, one plumber and a plunger on a stick later and all is well- phew! Except for a bucket full of poo & water in my garden which I will now have to do something with.
So- the dangers of dieting eh ladies!
(I told the plumber it could have been one of the liners from Elliott's resuseables- if in doubt blame it on the baby!)
How are you all doing this week?
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p.s. about miso types- I don't know which is the better, dried or paste but I found the paste to be cheaper and more tomatoey in flavour- particularly Genmai kind (I think it's made from different things). I like the packet ones with tofu bits in but loath the ones with seaweed bits floating in it. I live 2 mins from a deli which sells the paste though and I know I've seen it in Fresh and Wild too although that place is so expensive.
p.p.s still haven't managed to do any proper exercise
