prchick's Journal

Oops, I kinda forgot to write in this journal, I'm always too busy with my blog - oh, and life n' stuff!

Happy 2007!

Good news is that I lost a stone in May/June last year and kept it off til Sept... but then my lovely fiance got himself a job in London and we moved.  The stress of the lead-up to the move, then the move itself, then the chaos that is a newly moved flat lead to me gaining it all back... plus a few pounds.

GRRRRRRRR!

We didn't have a routine, had to live out of boxes, mostly takeaway!  And we were so short of money while we moved that vegetables were almost a luxury item we couldn't afford.  Then there was the stress, I didn't want this move, so I ate to make myself feel better.  The result - I start 2007 feel like a hefferlump!

But yesterday was D-day - Diet day... I don't generally call it dieting, cos it's more a lifestyle change... but these are desperate times and call for desperate measures!

I made a big pot of my famous chilli - turtle beans, red kidney beans, chick peas, black eyed beans, borlotti beans, tomatoes, chillies, celery, carrot, corn, spring onions, mixed capsicums, onions, tomato paste, garlic, herbs, and about 5 hours of gentle cooking... mmmmmmm!  Then I made some cornbread using skim milk and a little vegetable oil --yum!

It's delicious, and filling without being full of crap!  Yay!

Then my lovely fiance made us cream of mushroom soup... yes yes, cream!  But we used that fake cream that is lower in fat.  And he used white wine too - which is good for a girl I tell ya!  So, not as low in fat as my chilli, but still, a good whack of veges and no preservatives liked the canned stuff!

I'm feeling positive at the moment, but am dreading the moment when I am too skint to buy any interesting vegetables, or too tired to cook something decent, or too depressed about living in this yucky city to care...

I just hope I can retrain my brain like I did last year...!  Keeping my fiance on board will help, as he has put on more weight than I have so wants to diet too - yay - support!

:-)