Diary entry 9th May 2012
I bought a blender/juicer around 2 years ago and never used it. It was sat in a cupboard gathering dust. Now that we have moved house and have alot more kitchen space i decided to display it. Then i thought that if i am eating fruit why not blend the fruit with fat free natural yoghurt. I googled whether blending fruit would alter the sugar content in fruit and whether i would have to syn it but besides depleating the fibre content its a myth that blending fruit releases more sugar. So with this in mind yesterdays smoothie was nice but still a little sour. I had a lightbulb moment and thought that rather than eating the Muller light yogurts seperate i would substitute the natural yogurt for the Muller light. Its still fat free so it still fits in with the slimming world plan. result - delicious.

Today i ate:

Morning:
1 x Alpen Light bar - A choice
Muller light vanilla anc choc yogurt
Pineapple pieces
diet coke with slice of lime
water ~ throughout the morning

Lunch:
Jacket potato
Beans
Salad ~ made of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, carrots, egg, cabbage
tbsp salad cream light - 1 syn
fruit salad ~ made of watermelon, grapes, pineapple, apple, kiwi

Tea:
Rice and Prawn stir fry
1 x cup Thai Jasmine rice
400g fantail prawns
sweetcorn
mushrooms
spring onions
chinese 5 and thai 7 spice
spray light
balsamic glaze
corriander
salad ~ made up of egg, lettuce, cherry tomatoes

Evening snack:
Smoothie ~ made with:
1 x banana
handfull of strawberries
kiwi
Muller light fat free vanilla and choc yogurt






Mr Banana is not amused

Slimming World is the answer...

Diary entry 8th May 2012.
So ive been away for a while and i have eaten tons.
Yes in just over a year since my last post i have lost 18lb and gained it all back. Not because the diet didnt work but because Christmas was approaching and we are now allowed to eat at our workdesk and i wanted to indulge in the xmas spirit without holding back. I thought i would start afresh in the new year but with this and that and a few excuses its taken me up to May to start. Ironic that i 1st started Slimming World last June and lost the 18 within a matter of 6 weeks.
Oh well not to dwell on the past.
However i aim to start again and record everythign i eat.
This may be a dull blog to read to some so i appologies for that but for me i want to look back at this record and be able to see how i reached my goal weigh.

I started a new diary and one of my work collegues left me a little inspirational messgae.
She wrote " Today Lisa is going to be a very good girl as she is starting slimming world, not that she needs too. Good luck Lisa you can do this kitten!"

Start weight15st 10lb

Measurements:
waist 47 in
bubbies ~ (under) 43in
thigh 27in
ankle 16in
calf 16.5in
ring finger 6.5cm

So here is what i ate today.

Morning:
Diet Coke ~ with lemon slice
Water - 2 x 250ml bottles ~ throughout the day.
Pineapple pieces

Lunch:
Salad ~ made of lettuce, carrot, cherry tomatoes, egg, spring onions.
Chicken and rice stir fry made up of ~ Basmati rice - not weighed about a cup full, chicken skinless and all visible fat removed, spring onions, balsamic glaze, spray light, sweetcorn, mushrooms, Chinese 5 spice and Thai 7 spice, dried corriander.(made the evening before)

Smoothie:
handfull of blueberries
1 x banana
1 x kiwi fruit
4 tbsp fat free natural youghurt

Mid afternoon:
2 x Alpen Light bars - Cherry Bakewell - A choice
water

Tea:
Jacket potato with beans and 3 x Babybel light - B choice
left over rice from lunch
side salad ~ lettuce, cabbage, carrots
diet coke

Hello my name is...

Hello readers,

Ive been wanting to do a blog like this for a while and i have no excuses other than the lame old "just havent got round to it yet".

Well today i thought i would start.
As you can see from the title, this blog is going to be about food.
Eating food, making food, wanting food, pictures of lovely delicious things i want to eat.

My name is Lisa and i am a foodie.

So please feel free to stop by and see my posts on all things food releated.
I thought i would kick off with a nice picture of my breakfast this morning. I missed the bottle of Evian water off, but shes here next to me now.

I decided on Friday night that this year i am going to run the "Race for Life". I have added a link here if you would like more information.
http://www.raceforlife.org/

Basically its a national run that is organised by the charity Cancer Reasearch to raise funds.
Its planned for 3rd July 2011 which gives me just over 4 months to train.
I also joined a gym in January and have lost over 1st up to now. Im guessing my new best friend is going to be Mr Treadmill.


So thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the blogs i have planned.

Take care and happy eats.
xxx