Guiness is Good for You!

Big baking day today! Made Nigella's chocolate Guiness cake for a birthday at work tomorrow of a Guiness fan. I also bought the ingredients for Guiness ice cream perhaps I'll make that next week. I did make Key lime ice cream though.

Today I ate: -

• Quaker Oatso Simple
• cake batter and frosting
• Crottin de chevre with sliced tomatoes dressed with olive oil and lemon juice, Maldon salt, black pepper
• Natural bio-live yoghurt with blueberries
• Pork tikka masala, basmati rice, runner beans, carrots, garlic and coriander naan bread
• Key lime ice cream

Exercise: -

• Walked the school run

Winter Wonderland

24th January 2007

Snow! Our town usually closes down after more than three flakes of snow. School is still open though but because of my work schedule today I have to drive kids there.

Went to the pub this evening with Funfriend and Neighbourfriend. Neighbourfriend's partner has left her. He needs to "find himself". I suggest he looks up his own backside. I hardly ever drink alcohol and after a pint and a half I felt completely drunk. Had a nice conversation and some cheese on toast with Beloved when I got home.

Today I ate: -

• Toasted bran, seed and cranberry bagel with honey
• Left-over cold pizza
• Spagetti bolognese, runner beans
• One and a half pints of cider
• 1 piece of cheese on toast

Exercise: -

• Not much, snow excuse!

Of Mice and Men.............

23rd January 2007

The best-laid plans...............

All ready for a healthy day with time for a trip to the gym and then Youngest was off school! I took him to work and he was angelic. Then we played. So, no gym.

And then the Funfriends and Neighbourfriends came round to watch the football. Funfriends are big fans of Wycombe Wanderers! (maybe their only fans hahaha) The Funfriends came in took off their coats and said "Pizzas will be here soon!" Then gave me a bag of Maltesers, Skittles, Marshmallows and Revels. Ring on the doorbell and Pizzaguy is there with a stack of pizza boxes. Neighbourfriend arrives with huge bag of beer and wine!

Today I ate: -

• Super high fibre cereal
• Left-over cauliflower cheese and salad
• Barbecue chicken, basmati rice, purple-sprouting broccoli, carrots
• Natural bio-live yoghurt
• Pizza, garlic bread, Revels, Maltesers, Skittles
• Beer

Exercise: -

• Not a lot, didn't even walk to school as Youngest was off.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Hello, did you miss me?

I went through a door marked Christmas and like Alice in Wonderland when she followed the white rabbit through the rabbit-hole I fell and fell and fell. When I landed I climbed on to my bathroom scales and found that, as if by magic, I was the same weight as the day I started this blog. Ho-hum!

The Unbearable Heaviness of Being is not my weight it is in my heart and soul. I am going to try and have a more honest new year and fix my life. If my weight gets sorted out on the way then great.

Also, blogfans, you'll notice a new section in this years daily up-dates, EXERCISE!!!

I have decided not to weigh-in until I'm back to where I was in December so as not to discourage myself.

Today I ate: -

• Super high fibre cereal (Dorset Cereals)
• Salad with hummus
• Slice of pineapple
• 1 low-fat sausage, cauliflower cheese, purple-sprouting broccoli, carrots, sugar-snap peas

Exercise: -

• 40 mins cardio-vascular
• 20 mins weights