Meal of the Month

Welcome to meal of the month, every month I will look back at the previous month and pick something that I loved, which I'll share with you. This will be based on something I have cooked, either from a recipe or something of my own creation, it may be a big evening meal or something…

Body magic : Swing Dancing

For years I have been trying to get my husband to do some kind of dance class with me. The answer has always been no. Last year we took my mother in law to a 1940's event for her birthday. There was live music, singers and some wonderful dancers. This was the first time my…

Slimming World – 10 weeks in

A newbie's first 10 weeks following the Slimming World diet. Progress and insights.

Week One – Success

As I promised last week here is my update on how my first week on Slimming world went. You can probably tell by the title it was successful. I followed the plan and I rarely felt hungry. I ate mostly free foods and speed foods, I filled my lunch box up with fruit and snacked…

New start

I got back on track, I was doing so well since my last post. I lost weight that week and had been going to the gym. Then last week I found myself with very little energy and I was tired all the time so I didn't go to the gym at all. I kept on…

Having difficulty

Up and down and up and down, it's doing my head in. I'm not really losing or gaining at the moment it's the same 2kg coming and going. I used to do weight watchers and after a while I found the same problem. With WW I got to know the plan so well that I…

7 days being a vegetarian and where have I been?

Hi everyone it’s been a while! I stopped posting and for what feels like ages. Thing is last summer I lost my grandad and I took it hard. I found it hard to control my weight as eating and my emotions are interlinked and I yo-yoed a lot. Even when I felt ready to start…

21 Day Change Challenge

The last month or so I have struggled to diet. Some weeks are great others are not so good.  I alway feel tired, bloated and I am not sleeping very well at night. I think everything is related. I recently saw a post on twitter "it only takes 21 days for it to become habit"…

My Eating Behaviours?

Hi all, I have written and deleted, written again, rewritten and deleted this blog a few times over the last week. It is a had one, the title has change a good few times too. I try to be very honest in my blogs, I started them to not only improve my dieting life but…

B.S.E & Post Holiday Update

My husband once told me of a story from his childhood, when he suffered from B.S.E. When he was 7 year old he woke up with terrible stomach pains, he came downstairs to the living room where his parents were still up watching TV and practically crying told him mum how much he tummy hurt.…