Diet Day Seven

Another good diet day today ;) We had a very lazy Sunday morning, had a nice lie in then read the papers and had brekkie.... I had a mullerlight, raspberries and grapes - not the usual scrummy Sunday treat of Waffles - we then chilled for a bit and then ALL went into the Gym, Andy did some exercises with the kids and they went on a couple of the weight machines, Lauren and Nic arent quite tall enough yet to ride the bike but Chloe is... They all had a go on the Cross Trainer, not for long tho.... then it was my go... I had a banging head, still not managed to get rid of the dreaded virus yet, but I did 10 mins on the trainer and burnt over 100 calories, would have done longer but Chloe was waiting for her turn :P

It was then shower time for all and lunch. For lunch I had 2x wholemeal bread (HE B), with laugh cow cheese triangles on, celery and a tomato. It was then time to take Nic to her second party of the weekend, Maddies party. Nic had a great time, we pulled up outside the house and there was a huge horsebox outside, we all thought Maddie was having a riding party, but NO inside it was all kitted out as a wacky warehouse.... the kids had lots of fun playing in there - they then all went in to have their face painted... Nicole chose a butterfly and looked gorgeous, I forgot to take my camera, but my friend took a few pictures for me.

When we got home Andy had been shopping and had the dinner on, he's like a changed man -he made roast duck with apricot stuffing, asparagus, sprout (upon request), brocolli, carrots and roasted butternut, I had a HE B portion of potato too, it was YUM.... then for dessert had another GU brownie (4 syns). Have got a wildlife bar and a diet coke for treat tonight to use up more syns, on another forum I go on there is a SW consultant and she advises that people use ALL their As Bs and Syns up as it helps speed weight loss.... so just doing as Im told :P

Right, got a few jobs to do tonight :(, then was going to try and to a layout for the weekly UKS challenge..... and maybe my front cover for my journal although I do need to have an early night........ we'll see.... I will pop back on later with any piccies if I do get any scrapping done.

Diet Day Six

Gosh 3 posts in a day.... dont get used to it :P

Here is the diet post..... had another good day.

Red today.

Had a Shape Lasting Satisfaction Yog for brekkie along with a pear.

Was very good and had no biccies with coffee and nothing to eat at the party - very good for me :P.

Lunch was Shepherds pie, carrots, brocolli and sprouts, 1 x Babybel and small piece of cheese (HE A), and then as a snack had 2 slices of wholemeal small loaf bread, it was homemade but same size as 400g loaf so not really sure how many slices I can have... but reckon it is healthier for you than shop bought bread.

Tea was steak, aspargus and a few more sprouts - (bet you're glad you're not here with me tonight.... although have to say have eaten that much veg this week doesnt seem to be having the same effect on my anymore IYKWIM:P), for dessert Andy had bought GU chocolate brownies, yum yum yum - asked Andie how many syns were in them and she worked it out to be 4 syns which is shockingly low as they are SO yum..... so on account of the fact that I hadnt blown my syns I had a Wildlife bar as a treat this evening and a diet coke - so just 9.5 syns today.... more than usual but it is Saturday - am going to be mega good tomorrow as hoping for a fab loss on Monday.

Must note - Andy made lunch and dinner today - I was very impressed - not sure what the catch is yet.... but sure I'll know soon.

Right off for a quick chat then time for reading and sleeping.....

Induction Morning for Nicole

Felt very sad today, my baby will soon be off to school :( and there will be no little girlie at home with me anymore :( its lovely to see the girls all growing up but sad that we dont have a little baby anymore....

Today Nicole was invited to the Induction morning at Cheadle Hulme School, in preparation for her assessment on Thursday. She wore her beautiful Monsoon ballerina outfit and looked like a princess, all the teachers commented on how beautiful she looked, hopefully pulled a few heart strings there :P although it wasnt completely intentional - she had a busy calendar today and was zooming off to George's party on the train at Brookside Garden Centre straight after ;).

Nicole was as good as gold, she stayed with me for a while on the activities, playing in the sand (ergh...), doing jigsaws and icing a biscuit and then decorating it with as many sweets as possible onto the top LOL. I then left her and went for a coffee, and she gave me a little wave as I went.

I had a coffee and chatted to a couple of the new Mums, Nicoles group then came into the Hall to play with the parachute, but she was very good and stayed with her group and didnt come running over to me. Nicole joined in well and followed all instructions, they then all disappeared for a story while the other group played with the parachute... she came back with a big smile and said she had lots of fun and asked when she could go again - good job really - shes back there again on Thursday... :)

I tried to get some photos of her earlier in her ballerina outfit to post on here but she was busy watching Simpsons before bed and wasnt in the mood to co-operate.... so here are a few piccies.... you get the idea....

One 'not impressed' little princess.......

Just a quick peek at the telly, Im sure Mum wont notice...

cute little princess x

My 1st Layout of 2008 ;)

Well here it is...

My first layout of 2008. Rach came round last night and we did some scrapping, it was really nice to have some company to scrap with... we had a lovely evening and both managed to get a layout completed.... we did a mini cybercrop with the Chock Chick teamies, we chose a sketch to do and all worked from it.

I seem to have lost my mojo a bit a the moment so it feels good that I have done a layout AND I actually like it :)

Diet Day Five

VERY proud of myself today...... went shopping into Stockport this morning with my friend, didnt stop and have a Starbucks brekkie - just hit the shops straight away - had museli before I took the kids to school so I wouldnt be straving - so was very proud of myself.... just before we left to come home... my friend wanted to go McDs... well the smell in there was just so tempting... my friend devoured two burgers.... and me - I had nothing :) (2nd proud moment) and came home and had SW mag Minestrone soup, 6 crackerbreads and 3 laugh cow Xtra lights.... some grapes and a pear.... third proud moment was this afternoon when I went to meet another friend for coffee at Costa, was VERY good again and just had a coffee.... no cakes/pastries or anything and no high fat yummy coffees either :) so feeling very proud of myself too..... :) for tea I had SW chips and baked beans.... and then a pear and a Mullerlight for dessert. Have got a wildlife bar (5.5 syns) and a can of diet coke for my treat when I have put the girls to bed...... Andrew is out at the Rugby tonight.... so my friend Rach is coming round later to have a mini crop along with my Choccie teamies.... :) this MAY be my 2nd scrapping of 2008..... MAY be I said.... we are known to chat chat chat :P

Diet Day Four

Another good day (*insert polishing halo smilie:P*)..... today was a red day... not done many red days before - for brekkie had a Shape Lasting Satisfaction yoghurt and a pear and a few blueberries. Lunch was HE A Cheese on one slice and tomatoes on the other slice of 2 x Wholemeal HE B - followed by Toffee Mullerlight and an apple. Then for tea I made the shepherds pie from the Jan/Feb 08 SW mag and had it with sprouts, more carrots, and green beans... it was yum. Had a toblerone as a treat (9 syns) and a coffee. Think thats it. I drank lots of water too....

Crop Night....

Just managed to get on the laptop, DH had been hogging it.... :( - tonight was crop night, and I was a busy little bunny.... managed to finish my Christmas CD mailer book - all but sticking in the piccies (which I need to get printed) and doing the journalling..... so was very pleased.... this is the first scrapping I have done this year :)

Now for the diet.... another good day.... today was a green day - had a Shape lasting satisfaction yoghurt for breakfast and a large handful of blueberries along with a coffee and 1 pagen Krisproll. Then lunch was baked beans, boiled eggs and 3 quorn sausages. Snacks have been a babybel light, 2 crispbread (not sure if I have the right ones, the only ones I could get were wholemeal ones but they are the same syn value as high fibre ones so hope they are OK - if not they are only 1 syn each!) and a laugh cow x light triangle. Then for tea I made the Minestrone soup from the new SW mag... it was yummy - had a bowl of soup and one slice of wholemeal bread and dessert was a large pear..... I have been a litte bit naughty today.... and was feeling a bit sickly this afternoon so when my friend offered me a ginger cookie, I couldnt resist.... but I will have it as my syns for the day (along with the 3 little kinder friends which I will syn tomorrow).... besides that been very good, no diet coke either, just no sugar squash and a coffee, well two :P.....



Right I am now off to bed... was hoping for an early night... as finding it VERY hard getting up in the mornings for the school run.... its not going to be an early night tho :( so better go - Nite all x