YIPPEE.. and lots of joyful words were spoken when she got onto the scales today and registered a loss of 4 whole lbs in weight.. she gained 2.5 last week and was determind to shift the gain PLUS, hopefully, lose a bit more. She would have been content with 3lbs or even better 3.5lbs but 4lbs.. oh.. well.. foodle-the-foodle!
And it is true.. she now knows this to be absolutely true, IF you write it down, it can happen! She did try doing a log of what she ate each day on-line but it is not the same. She now keeps the weekly sheets in the kitchen and everytime she cooks and eats anything.. down it goes.. and as the only thing she eats outside of the kitchen is fruit, life is very simple!
This, Dear Readers, is not a dificult way to live, she'd rather write everything she eats down than have her dodgy knees whinging about how sore they are because they're carrying too much weight around.
Plus, she ate and drank sensibly at the book talk at the English Speaking Union on Tuesday night, which goes to show that you can still go out and about and enjoy yourself without blowing all your good intentions to the wind! And also be able eat things the like of which were given to her yesterday!
For supper tonight she threw a chopped up baby courgette, a carrot, part of a leek and a shallot into boiling salted water and added a teaspoonful of olive oil, then a few minutes later, she poured in a glass of couscous, put a lid on the pan and turned off the heat.
She took a small can of tuna in spring water and opened it to drain, hunted for her favourite bowl and put in crushed chopped garlic and other seasonings, by this time the couscous had absorbed the water, the vegetables had steamed and the tuna had drained. All she had to do was fork the couscous over and give it a good stir.
What a tasty supper, easy to digest and with a couple of large glasses of water, her tummy was happy and so was mine, for I am partial to everything that was on her plate and had a bit of this and lots of that.
So did she mind that it was tipping it down with good solid rain all afternoon? No, not one jot! Because despite getting her hair wet and her shoes soggy, both of which could be dried, she's thrilled as the allotment beds have all been dug over and IF it is going to be fine and dry for most of October, we certainly need moist earth in which she can plant our Autumn planting.
Now what else is happening this week?
Well, the dodo from upstairs has realised that the managing Agents are NOT going to fix his electrics and IF he wants the power back on in his flat, then he has to pay for his own electrician to do the work, so a man is coming between 12.00 - 13.00.
The Wizard will come to fit the new part to the dishwasher, he and Jorge will fix the bed frame, she'll buy the L shaped supports tomorrow. On Thursday after lunch, she and Pauline are going to hear Jayne Shrimpton give a talk on fashion at the Old Town Hall in Chelsea and that evening she's meeting Debbie Goaty mum in Balham to attend a Cheese and Wine do.. she's promised Debbie that she will NOT appear looking like she did on Sunday.. think of a farmyard tramp and you've got the idea of what she looked like.
The rain is with us for most of the week, so gardening will not be done again until Friday, I wonder if the Robins will be there, it was mighty strange not to have them bouncing about and snatching up those poor old centipedes the minute her fork turned them over.
So there you have our week, I am pretty sure she's up to something on Wednesdy but cannot remember what.. we'll find out when we get there!
FOUR lbs! This means a total loss of 15.5, she's back on a losing streak. Oh, happy days are here again, she was very unhappy last Monday, not happy at all!
GeeGee Parrot.
September 21st, 2015.
And it is true.. she now knows this to be absolutely true, IF you write it down, it can happen! She did try doing a log of what she ate each day on-line but it is not the same. She now keeps the weekly sheets in the kitchen and everytime she cooks and eats anything.. down it goes.. and as the only thing she eats outside of the kitchen is fruit, life is very simple!
This, Dear Readers, is not a dificult way to live, she'd rather write everything she eats down than have her dodgy knees whinging about how sore they are because they're carrying too much weight around.
Plus, she ate and drank sensibly at the book talk at the English Speaking Union on Tuesday night, which goes to show that you can still go out and about and enjoy yourself without blowing all your good intentions to the wind! And also be able eat things the like of which were given to her yesterday!
For supper tonight she threw a chopped up baby courgette, a carrot, part of a leek and a shallot into boiling salted water and added a teaspoonful of olive oil, then a few minutes later, she poured in a glass of couscous, put a lid on the pan and turned off the heat.
She took a small can of tuna in spring water and opened it to drain, hunted for her favourite bowl and put in crushed chopped garlic and other seasonings, by this time the couscous had absorbed the water, the vegetables had steamed and the tuna had drained. All she had to do was fork the couscous over and give it a good stir.
What a tasty supper, easy to digest and with a couple of large glasses of water, her tummy was happy and so was mine, for I am partial to everything that was on her plate and had a bit of this and lots of that.
So did she mind that it was tipping it down with good solid rain all afternoon? No, not one jot! Because despite getting her hair wet and her shoes soggy, both of which could be dried, she's thrilled as the allotment beds have all been dug over and IF it is going to be fine and dry for most of October, we certainly need moist earth in which she can plant our Autumn planting.
Now what else is happening this week?
Well, the dodo from upstairs has realised that the managing Agents are NOT going to fix his electrics and IF he wants the power back on in his flat, then he has to pay for his own electrician to do the work, so a man is coming between 12.00 - 13.00.
The Wizard will come to fit the new part to the dishwasher, he and Jorge will fix the bed frame, she'll buy the L shaped supports tomorrow. On Thursday after lunch, she and Pauline are going to hear Jayne Shrimpton give a talk on fashion at the Old Town Hall in Chelsea and that evening she's meeting Debbie Goaty mum in Balham to attend a Cheese and Wine do.. she's promised Debbie that she will NOT appear looking like she did on Sunday.. think of a farmyard tramp and you've got the idea of what she looked like.
The rain is with us for most of the week, so gardening will not be done again until Friday, I wonder if the Robins will be there, it was mighty strange not to have them bouncing about and snatching up those poor old centipedes the minute her fork turned them over.
So there you have our week, I am pretty sure she's up to something on Wednesdy but cannot remember what.. we'll find out when we get there!
FOUR lbs! This means a total loss of 15.5, she's back on a losing streak. Oh, happy days are here again, she was very unhappy last Monday, not happy at all!
GeeGee Parrot.
September 21st, 2015.
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