Week 2; the story so far.....

Well it's 9:30pm Thursday evening and I've just had dinner, which tells you that I've had a frantic week, very disorganised but no major problems on any front!! I think it's been many weeks since I've been able to say that and actually although, for some unknown reason I've slept very badly this week, I feel much calmer than for a while.

On the SW front it's been a good week - I lost 4.5lbs & my BMI has dropped to 35.2 - amazing for just one week. It has a great effect on my mood and I feel in control of things for the first time in a while. I'm not really someone that does meal planning in a big way but I do ensure I've got the right things in the house.
For instance tonight we had grilled minted lamb chops (I count 4 syns because the 'minted' part was done at the butcher), with artichoke hearts and Israeli Toasted Couscous (Osem 1 syn per portion - but I count 1.5 syns because I almost certainly had more than one portion!!).

I'm drinking loads of squash/fizzy sf flavoured water/black coffee throughout the day which is stopping me from noshing but is also playing havoc with my bladder :-)
I'm also taking fruit to work everyday for when I feel peckish.

Yesterday I had a light-bulb moment too - I was at a conference & as usual despite the fact that it was a conference for pharmacists the food choices were far from healthy (or they contained shellfish which I don't eat!). The hors d'oeuvre was a tiny portion of tomato & mozzarella salad, veggie main course choice was a goats cheese tart - I had a small piece with loads of vegetables and the non-mayonnaisy salads. Dessert was either raspberry panacotta or crème brulee - both delicious but a no no - and not a piece of fruit in site :-( I went back to my table empty handed, moaned a bit about the absence of fresh fruit & then decided to get a grip & ask for some!! I was brought a huge bowl of fresh fruit & started a trend as the other closet dieters also asked for fruit.
Result was I had dessert, didn't feel hard done by & didn't dive into any cake at afternoon coffee.
How was the conference - dreary but that's ok some things you just have to attend

I also invested in a new coffee machine - we'd had the old one for a while & it suddenly decided that every coffee would be an expresso!!

Anyway here is my new one and the coffee is fab :-)

On the family front

• Dad is doing ok - he's was moved to an 'open ward' because he no longer is infected which is good news. We thought it might lead to problems but it didn't which is excellent although they are moving him again tonight back to the surgical ward he started in - hospitals.........
• Toby will take his last GCSE tomorrow - maths & guess what he told me he's lost his calculator - and I wonder why I get stressed and binge :-)
• and Dom is coming home tomorrow - 'BIG SMILES'!! Can't believe his first year at uni is over - he's had a great time but I'm really looking forward to having home for six days as this time next week he'll be in Israel for a six week holiday - oh to be a student!!!

I think that's all from me - just to say thanks for reading my ramblings. It makes me feel less like I'm talking to myself xxx