Challenge (NO) Cheese - Day 1

The cheeseless Monday started out well as the asparagus dipped in to melted butter that I had for breakfast was delicious. I made the prawn korma from scratch with cream, ground almonds, coconut. It was scrumptious.

Today I ate: -

• Asparagus with melted butter
• Spinach and nutmeg soup
• Ham
• Prawn korma, cauliflower mash
• 3 square Green and Blacks organic dark chocolate with crystallised ginger

Challenge (NO) Cheese

I have decided to take a cheese sabbatical. From tomorrow I am not going to have any cheese until weigh day (Friday). Let's see how it goes!

Today I ate: -

• Sausage
• Corned beef crust quiche, dressed salad leaves
• Brie
• Pate
• Frikadellan, dressed salad leaves

Underwear Update

So, I put 21 bras in the Salvation Army clothing bin, I threw 2 away as they were just dangerous. I probably threw away about the same amount of undies. I found a whole load of very pretty (brandnew) underwear that my Mum had given me for Christmas or my birthday 2005 or 2006? My unmentionables drawer is now hyper-neat and catagorized.

I feel like Mel Gibson at the end of Braveheart

FREEDOM!!!!

Today I ate: -

• Sausage and fried egg
• Corned beef crust quiche, slice of Brie, dressed salad leaves
• Sprats, dressed salad leaves
• Sugar-free Pavlova with double cream
• 3 squares Green and Black's organic dark chocolate with crystallised ginger
• Cheese

Weigh Day!

I lost 2lb! The exciting thing is I'm now under 12 stone. To celebrate I am going to clear out my underwear drawer and throw out all the greige knickers and tiny bras. I turned the whole drawer out on my bed this morning and immediately extracted a microscopic Topshop bra that would only cover 25% of my current bosom land mass. Is it OK to donate ex-bras to the Salvation Army clothes bin? Comments, please!

Today I ate: -

• Sausage egg muffin
• Slice of salami
• Quiche made with corned beef crust, dressed salad leaves
• Bolognese sauce, brussell sprouts
• 1 square Green and Black's organic dark chocolate with crystallised ginger

Spinach, D'oh!

I'm not meant to eat spinach. My consultant, or one of his underlings anyway, told me in 2001. I had spinach and nutmeg soup for lunch. Sometimes you just want to live life in the fast lane and dice with death, don't you?

Today I ate: -

• Sausage egg muffin
• Salami
• Spinach and nutmeg soup
• Ham
• Roast duck with beansprouts and plum sauce, salad leaves
• A little of Beloved's beef and onions

Pears Belle Helene

Youngest and I made Pears Belle Helene for the family's dessert today. Man, it looked and smelled good. I had the low-carb version, some would call it chocolate sauce on a plate!

Today I ate: -

• Scrambled egg with smoked salmon
• 3 slices of salami
• Smoked mackeral, mayo, dressed salad leaves
• Chicken chow mein (without the noodles), dressed salad leaves
• Chocolate sauce (70% Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate, double cream, Splenda)
• Maasdam

Hit Counter

I put a hit counter on my blog thanks to the nice folks at Easy-Hit-Counters.com. I thought it would be interesting to see how many people stumble across me everyday. 24 hits since yesterday, awsome!

Today I ate: -

• Sausage egg muffin, half a tomato
• Prawn mayonnaise, half an avocado, half a tomato, salad leaves
• Maasdam
• Chicken casserole, mashed swede, asparagus
• Ham, pate

Tired

Feel weak, tired, bingey and hormonal today but I know I'll feel better in the next day or two. Made a big effort to be nice to the family. I'm just going to make them some popcorn and we've got Hoot to watch on DVD from Blockbusters.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato
• Tuna mayo, pate, ham, cheddar baby chard, lambs lettuce
• Smoked sausage, tomato pesto sauce, mashed swede, broccoli
• Maasdam

Sunny Sunday

Mid afternoon I started to feel hormonal and bingey. Unfortunately this was combined with the fact that the cupboards and fridge didn't contain much suitable food as I was planning to shop tomorrow also combined with the fact that Sunday was my traditional binge day in the past. Uh-oh.......... Not too much damage done but started picking at anything I could find.

Today I ate: -

• Scrambled eggs, half a tomato
• Tuna mayo, char-grilled courgette, cheddar
• Choc mousse mixture
• Clotted cream with Splenda
• 1 slice bacon
• 7 meatballs
• Cheddar
• Smoked salmon
• Double cream with Splenda

Dessert Day!

21st April 2007

Decided to make Saturday dessert day. I really enjoyed making the pudding and serving it up, and it was definately delicious, but in the end I think the week long anticipation that I was going to prepare and eat it was the main pleasure. Hey-ho!

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato
• Ham, cheddar, half an avocado, half a tomato, salad leaves
• Sausagemeat patties, salad leaves
• Orgasmic hot bitter chocolate mousse with Cornish clotted cream
• Lots of spoon and bowl licking during the cooking process

WHA-HAY!

A sneaky peek at the scales reveals that I'm back to the weight I was before the big Christmas re-gain! So I'll start the weigh-ins again on Fridays. Onwards and downwards!!

Today I ate: -

• Scrambled egg
• Ham, half an avocado, salad leaves, blue cheese dressing
• Salmon, broccoli, salad leaves
• Ham and cheese roll-ups
• Cheddar
• 2 squares Thornton's Cuba dark chocolate

Busy Day

19th April 2007

Got in from work at 8.15pm.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage and egg muffin
• Prawn mayonnaise, salad leaves
• Ham and cream cheese roll-ups
• Beef curry, salad leaves
• Double cream, Splenda

Pasta!

The kids and I made pasta last night from Jamie Oliver's blindin' pasta recipe. We dug the pasta machine out of the cupboard and we made lasagne sheets, tagliatelle and linguini. We cooked up a lasagne for their dinner tonight. I forgot to keep some sauce back for myself, drat! I will have to peel my portion.

Today I ate: -

• Cheese omelette, smoked salmon
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese, black pepper and lemon juice, rocket dressed with olive oil and Maldon salt
• Meat sauce (from lasagne), char-grilled aubergine, runner beans, rocket
• Double cream, Splenda

Thai Tonight

I have a meeting tonight and we are having it at a Thai restaurant. I think this will work out fine as there are lots of low-carb options.

Today I ate: -

• 1 sausage egg muffin (sausage, eggs, cream baked in a muffin tin)
• Prawn mayonnaise, half an avocado, rocket
• Cheddar
• Red curry with roast duck, tomatoes, lychees and coconut milk, dressed green salad

Monday Roast

I feel periodically guilty about the family not having a traditional Sunday roast. This is due to the fact that when we get home from church it's often nearly 1pm. I guess I could put it in the oven before we leave but to be honest they love their sandwiches and crisps on a Sunday lunchtime. As I cook them dinner every evening and the kids have school dinners they consider it a treat. Anyway, we had a Monday roast today!

Today I ate: -

• Creamed mushrooms, fried cauliflower mash cake
• Pate, salad leaves, mayo
• Roast chicken, asparagus, Brussell sprouts, gravy
• Cheddar

Courgette Rosti Triumph

The courgette rosti I made for lunch was a thing of beauty. Gorgeously delicately green, succulent and crispy, deliciously satisfying.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato, mushrooms
• Courgette rosti, salad leaves, mayo
• Tuna mayo, 1 slice char-grilled aubergine, half an avocado, salad leaves
• Stilton
• Double cream with Splenda
• 2 squares Thornton's Cuba dark chocolate

If it's Saturday it Must be Dr Who!

We have come late to Dr Who, we have only watched a handful of episodes. We are going to rent the first series from Blockbuster.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato, mushrooms
• Mackeral fillet, salad leaves, half an avocado, half a tomato, blue cheese dressing
• Cheddar
• Ham and cream cheese roll-up
• Sea Bass, char-grilled aubergine, salad leaves, home-made tartare sauce

Last Day of the Holiday

I love it when the kids are off but I guess we still have the weekend. Back to school and work on Monday!

Today I ate: -

• Omelette with avocado and cheddar, mushrooms
• Vegetable soup with stilton
• Ham and cream cheese roll-ups
• Beef casserole, steamed greens, horseradish creme fraiche
• Orange cheesecake with almond and hazelnut crust, cream

Groan

What a night, we were full to the gunwales with grub and slept really badly. Ladies and gentlemen beware the dangers of uberty and foison!

Today I ate: -

• Scrambled egg with smoked salmon
• Vegetable soup
• 2 mackeral fillets, salad leaves, creme fraiche
• Beef and onions (Beloved had a Chinese takeaway and I had some)
• Cheddar

Fifteen Years Ago Today!

It's our fifteenth wedding anniversary. Beautiful weather, almost as glorious as the day we got married. I got him a large bar of Cadbury's whole nut and he left me a letter telling me he has booked dinner at the Hungry Monk for tonight and organised for the kids to stay at my parents!!! Note to self; must try harder next year.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato
• Vegetable soup, home-made pesto
• Camembert
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese roll-ups
• 3 amuse-bouche
• Walnut bread, butter
• Orkney crab mousse, rocket, melba toast
• Rabbit roasted in prosicutto, stuffed with apricot and pistachios and with a mustard sauce, dauphanoise potatoes, savoy cabbage, leeks
• Treacle and stem ginger pudding with cream
• Peppermint tea with banoffi chocolate

Lardy Cake

Back from Easter in Dorset, there was a lardy cake involved. Let us speak of it no more, back on-piste today!

Today I ate: -

• Miso soup and tofu
• Vegetable soup, parmesan
• Shepherd's pie with cauliflower mash topping, sugar snap peas, runner beans
• Cheddar

Chocolate Truffles

A busy day today so the kids and I made chocolate truffles and fudge as a treat.

Today I ate: -

• Miso soup and tofu
• A fair amount of spoon and bowl licking during the truffle/fudge making
• Tuna mayonnaise, herb leaf salad
• Chicken with onions and bacon gravy, steamed greens
• Cheddar
• Chocolate truffle

I Ate the Breadsticks!

Pizza Express is so not the restaurant to eat at when you are on a low carb diet! I should have asked for the removal of the dressing, balsamic and bread. But they were so delicious!

Today I ate: -

• Scrambled egg with smoked salmon
• Coronation tuna, herb salad
• Bosco salad at Pizza Express - garlic mushrooms, avocado, baby mozarellas, mi-cuit tomatoes, spinach leaves, honey dressing, balsamic vinegar, breadsticks
• Cheddar

Sunny Day

What a beautiful day! Made a huge error today and to cut a short story even shorter I ended up with no child care and four hours work booked. The kids went to Beloved's office armed with their Nintendos. Beloved's office manager spoiled them and took them to McDonalds for milkshakes and to Poundland for bubblegum. They had a great morning! Off to Tescos now, I am sticking to India and Neris's diet. I need to cut back on the cheese though, I am going to buy some olives for snacks instead.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato
• Vegetable soup, parmesan
• Cheddar
• Turkey chow mein (I left the noodles out of mine), dressed salad leaves
• 1 square dark chocolate (Thornton's Cuba)
• 1 feta stuffed green olive

P.S. Didn't eat the fabulous biscuits at quilt group, first time ever!!

Sew and Sew

Yesterday afternoon I got completely absorbed in sewing my Easter gifts and didn't even think about eating. I had my iPod on, I just bought Tapestry by Carole King from iTunes, and it was the most pleasant afternoon.

Today I ate: -

• Sausage, half a tomato
• Vegetable soup drizzled with double cream
• Ham and cream cheese roll-up
• Fennel, onion, pepper cream cheese omellette, iceberg lettuce, mayo
• Cheddar