Its been a couple of weeks since my last blogg, mainly because I have been so busy I haven' really had much time.
I celebrated my second wedding anniversary last week and my birthday and went up to Norfolk to stay with my mum for a couple of days.
I went out for a meal before my birthday with some friends and invited Nicky, afterall who better to keep you on track than your fitness instructor. So I very sensibly ordered the sea bass for my main, had just one boiled potato, none of the delicious looking cauliflower cheese on offer, just some broccoli and swede. I was feeling very pleased with myself, full of martyrdom and then Nicky - yes Nicky - asked for the dessert menu and I found myself perusing a page of mouthwatering delights such as which I hadn't seen in a long time, and there it was, my absolute favourite - Banoffee Pie! So what does one do in this situation? Well I pleaded with Nicky to take the menu away and I was not going to be tempted, but she insisted, I mean really insisted that I at least shared a dessert of
my choice with her. Well not wanting to appear ungrateful I duly obliged, and wow did it taste scrummy.
Therefore I had to work doubly hard at the gym and at the Rosemary Conley classes the following week to ensure that I worked it all off, I was very relieved to have 2lbs at my next weigh-in, so mission accomplished.
Having overcome that hurdle I then had to fend off the inherit determination of a Jewish mother to feed her children.
My mother is tiny, if people meet me or her for the first time the look on their faces says it all, they cannot believe we are vaguely related let alone mother and daughter and I am certain that phrases such as 'switched at birth' spring in to their heads.
But mum is very good and is one of my biggest supporters, but she enjoys fussing over me and checking I am not fading away due to lack of food. She cooked a beautiful roast dinner and then announced that the roast potatoes were cooked in goose fat, well how cruel is that, make them taste the nicest so I can have even less!
Cheers Mum.......
But I am back 'the wagon' now and lost another 1lb this week, so I have now lost 2 stone & 9lbs, which isn't too bad.