Well how is everyone doing?
I can't remember the last time I blogged three days in a row but it certainly gives me something to do with my hands other than pick at food.
Except for the bag of Twirl Bites I ate this afternoon, I've had an excellent day diet wise - the Twirl Bites I estimate are around 40 syns (OMG that's three days worth!!!!!!!!!) - the actual value of a bag isn't on the website because they obviously don't expect anyone to eat a whole bag. On the website it says 2 bites are 1.5 syns - not sure which paragon of virtue is able to eat just two but it ain't me.
They are truly the devil's food & I felt quite sick after I'd eaten them - but that was the first chocolate I'd eaten since last Friday which is probably some kind of record for me :-)
It was really silly to eat that chocolate as I'd planned well today - taken loads of fruit to work, had salad for lunch & only ate fruit at the meeting today (swerving the nuts, crisps, sandwiches & biscuits in the process) & I wasn't even hungry. I'll learn one day!
After the meeting I finally got to do my food shop - Tesco will declare a premium tomorrow I expect :-)
My trolley was truly virtuous - loads of different fruit, veg & salad, fat free yogurts, crispbreads & water (fizzy, still & flavoured) and some Iced Gems & Mikado Sticks for a treat - not today (obviously) but thought having these nice things might prevent me going berserk again!
BUT...........................why oh why is it all so expensive & why can you buy 4 large Mars Bars for the same price as two mangoes - no wonder half the world is obese - much as I like mangoes if I'm honest I'd rather have a Mars bar.
I am, I realise, very fortunate that I can afford to buy as much fresh fruit as I want for myself and my family and do so on multiple occasions each week but I am beginning to notice how expensive it all is. On the other hand - Tesco is amazing for special offers (I realise there are other supermarkets & they do great offers too but today I was in Tesco) & I had lots of vouchers - I do love a voucher - so it did bring the cost down a bit, but if you are on a more limited budget than I am it must be so hard to make sensible choices.
Anyway, at least now my kitchen is full of all the right things now & I shouldn't have any excuse not to make good choices in my own kitchen!
We have friends coming for dinner on Friday so I've just made a big pot of chicken soup (it always tastes better if you make it in advance & I'm out tomorrow night at a seminar) - can't believe I'm still making soup in July but it truly is the perfect SW soup (veggies, chicken & water all boiling away & making the house smell lovely).
I don't think I've anything else to share tonight so I'll bid you farewell for now.
Lx
PS: Over 40 hits for yesterday's blog - thank you again xx
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