Apologies and excuses

Wow, it's been sooooooo long since my last blog. Apologies for that. My excuse is that i've been so busy with the boys during the day and at night i've been relaxing with the hubby. We've started watching 24 and for me it's not the kind of thing I can watch whilst multi-tasking as I need to concentrate on what's going on in it.

So, the past few weeks have been much the same as before except that my first weigh in since my last post was a bit of a disappointment when I STS on the scales. To say I was gutted was an understatement and I was really flummoxed about it. However when I looked back I could see that a few things had crept on in my diet that I hadn't really noticed.

I got right back on it the next day after my maintain on the scales and I managed to lose 3lbs on Wednesday so I was very pleased. Total weight loss so far in 5 weeks is 1stone 4lbs. Can't argue with that can I? lol

Anyway, onto the food and here are some of the things i've been enjoying over the last few weeks. Mmmmm

Whipped up a yummy baked potato with tuna and spring onion, served with a superfree salad.

My yummy quorn swedish meatball dish with spaghetti.

Simple Sunday dinner. Roast chicken, roast potatoes and veg.

1/2 syn roulade. I actually didn't like this very much but I think it's because it was too thick and I didn't have enough filling in it. I would make it again though but I'd do it differently

Yummy cooked brekkie....Mmmmmmmmmm

This is a chicken biryani that I'd made with the left over roast chicken. Just 1.5 syns for the pataks curry paste

Simple dish of pasta, with onions, garlic and mushrooms, with 60g of low low cheese mixed in

 This was one of the B free wraps and I filled it with my quorn meatball concoction, topped it with cheese and then I baked it in the oven and served it with savoury rice. It was lovely.

So those are the things that have helped me lose my 3lbs this past week. I went to the doctors on Thursday as she weighs me every 8 weeks and told me that i'd lost 4kgs since I was last there, which I really don't understand as I've obviously lost more than that. She wanted me again to try the Orlistat tablets and I agreed as I thought that every little helps. She'd mentioned it to me pre slimming world and I'd said no but I thought i'd give them a go. What harm could they do eh!! Well, I took two tablets on the Thursday, one with breakfast and the other with lunch and i've been ill with tummy pains and diarrohea since then. :-(  I really don't think I should've taken the tablets in hindsight as I have a very sensitive stomach at the best of times and often have to go to the loo about 4 or 5 times a day and that's on a normal day. 

So, since Friday morning all i've had to eat is toast and a few digestive biscuits. I'm meant to be working tomorrow but I had another trip to the loo this afternoon and I'm sure i'll need to go again so I don't think I should be going in. The problem is that if I don't i'll leave them very short as the other nurse I work with is on holiday this week. 

Anyway, I'm off to lie on the couch now and watch Frozen with my boys. 

Sorry it's not been a very exciting blog. I'll try and do better next time.

xxx