Days 36 & 37 - snow, cooking & another 'stay the same'

Hi All

So yesterday morning this was the view from my front door..........

and my back door - pretty but not going out in my car weather which meant no gym for me!! I don't drive in the snow if I can at all avoid it (I also don't walk in it, ski in it or anything else for that matter) because it terrifies me and I end up driving like a moron - particularly dangerous for other drivers too.

So what to do? Cook of course..........so I made a mixed chicken and roasted veg soup from Friday's leftovers, Cauliflower Cheese Soup (from the SW Little Soup Book), a huge oxtail & meatball casserole (from my head), and two sweet things for the Monday morning SW Great Comic Relief Bake Off - Apple Betty and Blackberry & Chocolate Muffins (more photos coming up!)

I also made pancakes for Toby & his friend which they had with bananas & Nutella - clearly neither of them need to be on diet :)

Andrew & all the boys went to see a film last night - he isn't bothered by the snow - so I had a lovely quiet evening with full control of the remote which was such a luxury :) I watched 'Got to Dance' - wish I could dance like that - and caught up on 'The Good Wife'. They all came home around 9:30 & I left them to it and had an early night.

This morning the weather was warmer and the snow was starting to melt so as both boys had to go to school (much to their disappointment!) I decided to brave the drive (partially cleared by Dom & Andrew yesterday) which was OK & once I got onto the main roads it was fine.

Sadly & extremely disappointingly, I stayed the same again this week, which means that in 7 weeks (since 26/12) I've lost 1.5lbs - absolutely pathetic!!

I have decided not to beat myself up about this but I do need to get on with it now. I really thought I'd had a good week and expected to lose at least 1lb if not more.

However, that was last week and I'm going to give it more focus this week and started today (rather than tomorrow!!) by only buying the fruit, veg and salad I needed from M&S after class and did not stray into the cake/biscuit/chocolate area.

Had a big bowl of the chicken & veg soup with two slices of wholemeal toast for my lunch followed by two clementines.

I've had lots of water as well today because I've definitely not been drinking as much after Christmas as I was before - I've been drinking a lot of black coffee and not enough water/squash etc.

Tonight for dinner, we had grilled salmon pieces with broccoli, UB Mushroom rice (2.5 sins for whole bag and I had 1/4) and spinach with a Butter Buds sachet added (1/2 sin of buttery taste that makes a big difference) and I've had three glasses of water - very thirsty tonight (not sure why but going with it anyway!).

The other thing that was missing this week was my visits to Curves - missed Friday because I went out for breakfast & yesterday because of the snow - although I had a go on the bike on Saturday as I didn't have it set properly I don't think I actually did much good. This week I'm going to ensure I go to Curves twice and use the bile twice - remind me if I seem to be slacking!!

I think that's it for me today.

Hope all is well with you

Lisa xx